Cheerleader in the Making!

Tyli attended the Higley HS football cheer camp this year and had a lot of fun. Cauley took her to the camp as he also had practice at the same time. She practiced all week and did a great job performing the entire 1st quarter! They started off by standing with all the HHS cheerleaders for the National Anthem and then lined the field for the Varsity team to run through. Then they went over and cheered- 4 different cheers they kept repeating and a dance to the band. Tyli did awesome! Thanks to those who came to watch! (By the way, Higley won!)

 

Look carefully in the middle of the picture between the 2 cheerleaders to find Tyli! (waiting for the team to come through)

"H-H-S Ya!"



"Higley Knights!" (she's making a "K")

Doing the dance...

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A little bit of attitude...

My beautiful and tired cheerleader!

Cookies for Homecoming 2012

I got a call a week and a half before Higley's homecoming asking me if I could do cookies for their refreshments for their homecoming dance. I jumped at the chance! It was a bit stressful as I have never done "shaped" cookies before, but I think overall they turned out great! (The Theme of the dance was "Come Sail Away With Me" and so I was asked to do a nautical theme.) I ended up having an anchor, lighthouses, sailboats, life savors, and just red and blue filler circles. They asked me not only to make the cookies and decorate them, but to also decorate my table. (The rest of the gym where the dance was held looked AMAZING!!!) I got lots of compliments all night long, mostly, surprisingly, from the students who were at the dance. I do have to say, I could not have pulled off these 550 cookies and the decorated table without two of my greatest friends ever, Charai Allen and Carrie YoungerHoward! (Thanks again you two- I LOVE you!) (We did not paint the lighthouse behind us- it was already there.)

Charai and I after setting up our table. I just love her to pieces!!!

"sailboats, anchors, and life savors"

"lighthouses and sailboats"

"anchors and life savor"

I got to attend the dance where I made sure the cookies kept getting eaten. At first all the kids were afraid to eat them because they thought they were just for decoration, but it didn't take long before I was busy restocking the plates until the end of the dance. There were only a few cookies left over, which made me feel good because they were BIG cookies. I had a blast watching the StuCo kids next to me try and serve the cotton candy! The music was L-O-U-D!!! And, in the end, I was EXHAUSTED, but it was definitely worth it! I am now looking forward to Prom!

One year older and wiser too!

McKade turned 7 this year in August. This was his year for a party and he chose to make it a water party. He invited 4 friends; Davis, Vincent, Dallin A., and Dustin, and all of his cousins who live here in AZ. The kids had a great time paying water games in the backyard with sponges and sprinklers. Everyone ended up SOAKED! We then moved into the garage where the kids ate hot dogs, chips, and watermelon, and then opened presents before brownies and ice cream.

Being silly while waiting for the cousins to show up...

 

We love McKade! He is so fun, easy going and smart! He LOVES to sing- and LOUD is his only volume. He loves playing with his brother and sisters, and is a good sport about playing what his sisters want, usually girly stuff. I am so thankful I get to have this boy be a part of our little family!