Tree Decorating

Usually we wait until the first FHE of December to decorate our tree but this year I was a little anxious. (I don't know why). My High School friend Karen Yankee was in town for her annual visit to Vegas and so she was here to help out. See her up in the top right corner.

Thanksgiving Day

It has been our tradition for the last few years to attend a football game with members of our ward. In the past, Tersa played too but this year it was just men and boys. (The years that Tersa played were poor showing years.) They had lots of players this year and it is deemed a "serious" game so girls don't get to play.

Mardi has always hung out on the sidelines with friends and this year, Tersa took pictures.

The rest of our Thanksgiving was spent at home with just us. We enjoyed a laid back day.

Halloween 2012

 Tersa didn't dress up this year. Both she and Mardi thought they had plans but they fell through so both girls ended up being home for the night. We took Anarya out for the first time. She had a ball and when we tried to take her home after going up our street and back, she pitched a fit!! So we took her down another street. She was not happy to be home after that either, but she was getting tired of walking and her bucket was getting too heavy for her to carry.

Silverado Trunk or Treat

 

Anarya was a peacock last year too but I kept it in tact so that she could wear it again. I got this bunch of feathers for her hair this year. The boy she is with is Jackson Schott. She loves him and he visits with her every Sunday at church. This was her first year to Trunk or Trick or Treat and she got the hang of it after a few cars. She was so small though and I had to direct her amongst the other children. We joined with the Stonegate ward. (That's the ward that got some of our members.) So Keddi and Sage got to see Emily Welch (the mad hatter). 

 Bree, Abby and Mardi are BAM and they made t-shirts for their costumes this year. Even though not all of the Richardson's came for Tersa was sure glad to see Krista! Tersa bought amber colored contacts to add to her cat costume, but they didn't really have the affect she thought they would. Oh well.

Black Widow

 We love our Superheros! And this one took some doing. Black leather like jackets are not easy to find and they are expensive! Thank you Amazon!! She LOVED the red hair dye and was willing to sleep on a sleeping bag on her floor so as not to stain anything important. But, we dyed the bottoms of a few socks. (I had no idea how much of it had flaked onto the floor when we'd combed through it.)

She was bummed not to have any guns, but neither the ward party nor her school were going to be too happy about guns. Fingers had to do.