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Derek had his last game on Saturday! He was so excited to play. Derek scored two goals!! So fun! He stole the ball from the other team right before they could score, turned the ball around, dribbled it all the way down the field and scored! Wahoo! Chloe, Doug, and I cheered for him! At the end, he got a high five and a trophy! Great Job Derek!

Chloe got her first Sierra Vista Award! Yeah for her! The award was a character award for Trustworthiness. Good job Chloe! She was very excited to get an award at a school assembly.Here is Chloe with her award. After you've had a laugh at the boy's face next to her ("Huh, you know me?") then check out Chloe's cheek! Nice mark, eh? She apparently tried to play basketball with her brothers and slid on her face. Ouch. I had to post this picture too. Check out BOTH of my kids' faces! What the heck? I promise we don't beat our children. nice bruise Derek and scab Chloe! Nice....anyone want a spiny lobster?

Hello there friends! I thought I'd share with you what goes on at the Farnsworth household every year the day AFTER Halloween. Douglas started this little tradition the year the our good friend Aaron Waldrip was arrested for doing the same thing in Utah. Since then, Doug looks forward to this day! Our children got really into it this year....great, huh? Enjoy! And let me know what weird traditions your family has!Good old Pumpkin Smashing! This is dangerous stuff. I stayed back.....

Here are our Halloween adventures. First we carved pumpkins! So fun! Derek was excited to do it "by himself." Chloe was the bravest with scooping out the pumpkin guts. She even saved a bunch of seeds so she could dry them out and bake some, and make a picture with the rest.Preston was happy that this year he got to draw his own Jack-o-lantern face on his pumpkin. Usually the kids just tell Doug what to saw out but Preston got to design his own pumpkin. Very fun. Next up, was baking time! I made cupcakes for Chloe's class and cookies for Preston's class, and various goodies for the school's Bake Sale. Whew! It was crazy but fun. I didn't take pictures of all the cute goodies I made, bummer huh? I made the cutest Spaghetti and Meatballs cupcakes and Mashed Potatoes and Gravy cupcakes. But here are the items I made for the kids' classes.Preston's class is learning about Owls so hence the "Hooteririfc Treats."Chloe's class got cute pumpkins!Here are pictures (not mine) of the other cupcakes I made.

I also made pretzels, brownies, owl cupcakes, scarecrow cookies, and generic Halloween cookies. It was a lot of baking. So then we had our School's Family Fun Night and our Ward's Trunk or Treat.Chloe loved being able to wear makeup! Here is a full body shot of her and I (although this is a terrible picture it at least gives you the idea of what we looked liked). This is what I looked liked from the front. Melanie (my friend) went as Cinderella BEFORE the whole Fairy Godmother thing! Ha ha. We are dorks! Here is our monkey with his monkey (eating candy)! And here is a better picture of him.....Now, I have pictures of Harry Potter for you (with his Dad)! One more, this time with his "harry potter" glasses on.....On Halloween I helped in Chloe's classroom so I was able to get a picture of her class. They are so cute!Douglas worked on Halloween evening so I let Preston go with his friend to a BIG Halloween party in Chino. He spent the night with Ryan and had a blast. Chloe and Derek got a surprise visitor on Halloween and had so much fun! Samantha Drew came to see us! We spent Halloween with her and she spent the night. Man, those two missed her so much!!! She has to visit us again soon!!Hope you all had a great Halloween too!