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Thursday, November 30, 2017

November

Justin's band was in a Veteran's Day parade!  Tessa had lots of fun picking up candy that people threw to her.  And of course I was a proud band mama, as usual!



Here they come!  They were just wearing their show shirts this time, and not the uniforms.  And this is not the whole band; probably just about a third of them.  It was smaller for this occasion, and Justin was chosen to go.


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The parade ended at a local middle school, where a Veterans' Day program was held.  I took these pictures of Justin while they were waiting for it to start.  And since both shots were so cute, here they both are.  :)






Justin's school football team went all the way to the state finals, so we went to several exciting playoff games!  Samuel is ready with his Raptor shirt!

Some of the games were on Friday nights, and some on Saturday afternoons.


Go Eaglecrest!




One night the kids made pizzas.  Yummy!

Uncle Keelan and Elias.  Again, I must post both cute shots!



Caylie loves her Saturday dance classes!


Baby shower for our friends Brad and Rachel.  


 Cutie pie Elias in his new fuzzy hat.

And modeling a new diaper.

Me and my cuties.


Packing Thanksgiving bags for the
 Bread of Life Food Pantry at Calvary.

 It was our family's first time to make a Thanksgiving banner for the Calvary banner service.  So much fun!

Justin and me eating some pie after the service.

Me and my cutie Elias on Thanksgiving.

 My big boys.  Love them!

This cow lives down the road from us. 
 I love seeing cows every day.  So cute!


Snowy mountains and fields.

Eaglecrest Raptor Regiment, all lit up for the Southlands Christmas parade.  

And Christmas time is upon us once again! 
 I can never figure out how that happens.





Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Justin's Marching Band "Friends and Family" Performance

Justin's marching band, the Eaglecrest High School Raptor Regiment, put on an amazing performance at Legacy Stadium last night.  I am such a proud band mom!  Here are six videos for your viewing pleasure.  The next-to-last one is their 2017 field show.  ♫

Also, if anyone knows how to get better quality video on an iPhone 7, I'd love to hear it.  I'm using the highest setting, and it's still not good.














My favorite trombone player.  😊

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Calvary Aurora Harvest Festival & some Halloween Fun


This was our first year to be involved with Calvary's Harvest Festival.  We had so much fun!  This was the day that Samuel, Justin, and I spent a couple of hours helping to put together big candy bags for the Festival visitors.  There were thousands of them!


The evening of the Harvest Festival.  
Tessa and Caylie enjoying a pony cart ride.

And Brittany & Elias did, too!


Samuel climbing a rock wall.

Justin with a little donkey friend.


Caylie and Samuel playing one of the many games.  I wish I'd taken a lot more pictures, because this Harvest Festival is amazing!  There are endless activities, both inside and out.


We also carved a couple of pumpkins.



Trick-or-treating after the Harvest Festival.