Celeste went as a person going to a masquerade ball. Celina was a dancer from "Dancing with the Stars". I was a great big M & M. We went to the trunk or treat event put on by our ward. They had a chili dinner under an army tent and then we gave treats to the little kids as they came around. Sterling put our carved pumpkins next to the car and lit them so others could see. I handed out M&M's while Sterling and Celeste handed out other candy. We ran out of candy and had to borrow from Celina. Then we ran out again and the ward member in the car next to us filled up half our bowl. By the time we were done, we had about 14 pieces of candy left. Sterling and I raced to Winco to buy 3 more pounds of candy so we could give it out to trick or treaters in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, we only got about 12 trick or treaters. After the trick or treating, I took pictures and we listened to Halloween music. Alec and Sterling had fun goofing off! Then we watched an older fun, scary movie called "Wait Until Dark" with Aubrey Hepburn. I ate so much candy I felt sick during the night. I don't think I am as young anymore.

Sterling and Alec in costume! At the last moment, Sterling decided to be a Ninja. Alec was "Dr. Creepy" (sort of like Dr. G, if you know who that is on tv - a coroner). Alec's trick or treat bag was a head.

These are pictures that we carved onto our pumpkins the night before Halloween. It took quite some time before we were done. It was very difficult to get pictures but we finally got these and they look pretty good! Celeste did the skull and crossbones. I did the wolves. Sterling did McCain and the Republican symbol. Celina did one that isn't posted but it was computer symbols. Alec was at his play that night so the next night he did a pumpkin with ghosts.

These are pictures that I took of Celeste and Celina on the day I took Sterling's. Alec was doing home teaching at the time and was not able to come.

Well, we finally got it! The REAL pose that we are going to use for his pictures!

Bashful!
La-la-la!

"The professor"

"yeah, RIGHT!

Taking senior pictures with Sterling about drove me crazy! These were some of the more common pictures. I took Sterling back up to Cherry springs last week so that we could take some more pictures since he only got one the time before that was half-way decent. The weather was nice and when we were done, we went back up to Scout Mountain for a meal of stew, bread and apple crisp.

Happy Birthday!

Joe and Jessica came to mom and dad's to help with their house. It was close to Joe's birthday so we decided to throw him a birthday party. You know you're getting to that age when the candles are hot enough to melt the frosting and almost set off the smoke alarm. Happy birthday Joe!

Busy as usual! I just spent time emailing a doctor in BYU-Idaho. Celeste is making chocolate chip cookies (yeah!), Alec is doing homework, Sterling is working and Celina is asking me frequently when I will be done so that she can do her homework.
Last night, Celeste and I went to her induction into the National Honor Society. I am very proud of her! She got her name called and stood up on stage where they presented her with a nice certificate. There are several things she must do in the following two years to continue in NHS.
Alec started wrestling and appeared to have a real interest in it but I am afraid the spandex uniforms are setting him back and I am not sure that he will continue. He and Sterling had some "fun" matches in the house several times, though.
Celeste had her second cavity today. Her first was so tiny they drilled it without a shot. Today, when they gave her the shot, I was feeling queasy but afterwards, she said she hardly even felt a thing. In fact, she said she didn't even realize she was getting a shot until halfway though it. She has an amazing pain tolerance!
Well, that's all for now. I am too tired and there are things to be done! Laurie

This week has been very busy! I took the kids to get caught up on all their shots. I didn't realize how many they needed! They have come up with a lot more shots since I was little. Sterling and Celina had four shots and Celeste and Alec had 2-3. Needless to say, they were not very happy. I took the kids to get glasses afterwards. Then I let them stay home because I was late for work and their arms hurt. It was funny because we were going home from those appointments and got stuck between a HUGE piece of farm equipment. It had wheels that would have stretched across the entire road except that the wheels folded up on each side. As we followed, it started taking out tree limbs and missed a power line by about 8 inches. Just as we got to a stop sign, a semi going the opposite direction, turned into the lane beside us. As he did so, he took out huge chunks of a business's fence. It was quite the adventure getting home!
Work has been all right. It is not so busy in the morning which is hard for me because I don't like being bored. I like a medium and in this business it doesn't appear to work that way. It is either too slow or too busy. But, anyhow, I do okay.
Well, it is time to go to work so I will leave for now.