Monthly Archives: October 2011

Today was Zach’s last football game.  He was sad that the season was over.  We as the coaches are kind of relieved but we will really miss the kids.  It’s been a fun season!

Tonight we had our Ward’s Trunk-or-Treat activity.  Everyone got dressed up in their costumes and we went to eat some food, enjoy our friends, and let the kids get some candy.  Angela, the boys, and I were pirates.  Kirstyn was a flapper girl from the 20’s, and Sarah and Brittany were princesses.

The dinner went very well and there was a ton of food to be eaten.  We filled right up and then the kids went upstairs to go through the Young Men’s Haunted Hallway.  The Young Men did a GREAT job with it and the kids loved it.  The only issue was that one of the young men left the smoke machine on for too long, and it set off the fire alarm in the building.  We finally were able to figure out how to turn it off, but the system is monitored, so it triggered a 3-alarm fire alert!  😐  The police arrived first and I told them it was a smoke machine, so he hurried and called off the “other” two fire trucks that were on their way.  One truck came and they inspected the building just in case.  We told the firemen they looked great in their Halloween costumes and offered them candy.  They got a laugh out of that.  🙂  Whew!  The kids all loved the sirens and the truck coming into the parking lot!  That’s a first!

After getting a bunch of candy, we helped clean up a bit and then came home.  Angela and I are tired, but the boys are wired due to all the sugar!  😐

Today was session #2 of the Bishop’s Storehouse Open House.  Sarah and Kirstyn went up and helped Angela with the event and they had a great time!  We had our neighbors come and they enjoyed it as well.

I brought up Brittany and the boys later on and we did a session.  Nothing got broken or messed up which made us very happy!  🙂

Overall, the 2-day event was very successful!  There were a ton of people that came up for the public open house and really enjoyed it.  It seemed as though the tours never stopped.  The boys particularly loved the refreshments!  🙂  When Angela came home, she gave a huge sigh of relief.  She had put tons of hours into working on this and it’s nice that it was a  huge success and that it’s finally over!  🙂

Today was a fun day.  Although Zach’s team lost, they played the Broncos (Zach’s old team from last year).  It was fun to see all the kids he played with last year, as well as Coach Tim and the other coaches.

Tonight, we had our Stake Roadshow performances at the Naperville Stake Center.  It was a hoot to watch them.  Our ward’s performance was one of the better ones and the kids had a blast doing it.  The olio’s were also pretty funny as well.  There are a lot of talented kids (and kids who aren’t afraid to get in front of others and act crazy) in our stake.  The theme of the night was Bedtime Stories.  Our ward’s performance was around reading “For the Strength of Youth” and Rapunzel (Denzel), Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo (Nema), and others.  We hope to get a DVD of the performances soon.

I tried to get some pictures, but we were a ways away and with our small camera, it was too dark.  I only got one of Sarah that turned out blurry but recognizable…

Sarah played Nema’s mom and they were dressed up like clownfish.  🙂  Brittany was a cute pink fish and had her face painted up as well.  Kirstyn was one of Rapunzel’s (Denzel’s) flock of girls who thought he was really cute.  🙂  I guess you really had to be there to understand.  🙂   I’ll try and get some better pictures posted.

Great job girls!