Creepy looking

I took this photo cuz it was pretty creepy looking, especially on Halloween!

It's looking like...HALLOWEEN!!!

Carving pumpkins, decorating scary cookies and dressing up with friends and family.

Birthdays!

October 19th was Kara and Sages's birthdays! 12, and 21!

It's bound to happen...

Last home volleyball game, 2nd serve over and Maya couldn't resist diving for the ball! What this all adds up to is a broken arm (her radius, to be precise). The docs in the ER decided to do "conscious sedation" in order to set her arm. I know, it's a strange term because you are not awake at all during the "sedation" period. It took an anesthesiologist, an ER doctor, 2 nurses, an EMT, a radiologist and an orthopedist 10 minutes to put my gal back together.

Our Weekends...

Most Saturdays it is just Lea and Sage home with us. The rest of the girls are out of town with their sports. This past weekend we decided to make some caramel apples. Yum!

Something's just not right...

Yes, it's October 1st and this is what I woke up to...SNOW.

Lea's Birthday

yes, Lea has had another birthday...she's a whopping 22 years old! And yes, you are seeing right..those are sugar cookies...not cake for this girl.

Serve...Spike...Set

It's volleyball season and that's where Mari really shines. She's the captain of the varsity team this year. Nobody and I mean nobody can jump like this little brown girl! She amazes everyone with that ability. The not so good "picture" is actually a picture I took from off the front page of our daily paper...Mari looks like she's in pain...but actually they had just beat another team!

The last day!!!!!!

Yoo hoo, we are done and back home in Jackson now. Kirk's last treatment was on Thursday morning at 5 am. As we were coming out of the hotel and crossing the parking lot to the car, another car came out of nowhere and was coming towards us and flashing their brights--I honestly thought they were trying to run us over! NO.....it was Mark and Francisco and they had driven from L.A. (yes, they got up at 2:45 am to do this!) to take us to the hospital for the final treatment! The party was on with balloon hats, cards and flowers. We had quite the party waiting for Kirk to get his treatment and he surprised us by modeling his gown before he got his balloon. Mark, it was so thoughtful of you and Francisco to come and bring the party. I get a lump in my throat when I think about it. You were there for the first balloon...and the last. We love you and will always remember your thoughtfulness.

Our last week...

We drove to Malibu on Sept. 11th to have a fun weekend with Mark. On the way there, we passed Pepperdine University which had a touching tribute to the victims of 9/11. There was a flag placed for every victim on the large grass lawn in front of the University. It was quite a sight to see. We also enjoyed a dramatic sunset over the Pacific. Other things we did our last week there was to visit the Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, CA. I found these statues quite amusing...I was taller than most of them! We also visited an orange grove in Redlands and bought the sweetest oranges ever. Incidentally, this grove is kitty-corner to the Redlands Temple.