School plays & Spotlight

It makes me happy that my kids have all been in school plays at some point.  Paige & Elle were in High School Musical Jr. together -- Paige as Sharpay and Elle as a rebel.

Haley was in her school's production of Once Upon A Mattress.

Paige went on to perform as the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods at Spotlight Children's Theater ...

... and as Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray.

Elle was an elf in her school's production of Elf Jr.

And Paige finished out the year in Singin' In The Rain at her school.

Hopefully, we have many more plays in our future!

Happenings

Summer of 2016 meant trips to Lagoon ....

... soccer games to watch Réal,

... youth conference in central Utah at Snow College,

... the drive-in of course,

.... discovering how fun the Kaysville water parade is on the 4th of July,

... going to visit the girls at Girls Camp at Piuta,

... going to an over-nighter with Elle and all of the Activity Days girls in Huntsville,

... listening to concerts in the park,

... taking a few hikes around town,

Into the fall & winter, we beat the game at Get Out Games on our first try,

... discovered how much we like Top Golf,

... and of course skiing. :)  Always skiing.

'Tis the Season

I seriously love fall, all the way through until Christmas.  Truly my favorite time of the year. :) We have to do the traditional festivities, of course....

We drove the Alpine Loop this year -- a first for us.

Ward trunk-or-treat

Mike always claims the right to take the kids trick-or-treating, which was only one child this year.  Elle still likes to have her dad close by when it gets dark on Halloween night.  

Thanksgiving was spent in Arizona this year, which was a fun break from tradition.  Nana, Tom and Leokadia came, too, which was the best!

Thanksgiving morning ....

We missed having this beautiful missionary in Calgary with us, but she came home soon after Christmas.

Then we came home to this winter wonderland! 

The Farley family Christmas party is the best. :)

One of my highlights is directing the Christmas Choir at Elle's school.  Such a fun tradition, and one that is worth the early mornings and effort for sure!