Halloween Dancenastics Performances

Both girls had their Halloween dancenastics performances this week. They performed to the Micheal Jackson song "Thriller". They worked hard and their efforts paid off. Karli performed with a fractured middle finger (that kid is so tough), and Kiersten performed after being ill for 4 days. All in all I am glad they were able to do it!

1st Grade Scarecrow day!

The first graders performed an AWESOME "scarecrow" musical this week at Karli's school. Karli enjoyed singing silly Fall songs. All I can say is 2 scarecrow day's down...one to go!

Dress up like your favorite bible character

The kids have been attending AWANA at a local church here in town, and last night was "dress up like your favorite bible character night". The kids had fun wearing angel and Shepherd costumes.

For those of you who are unsure what AWANA is: "Awana is a program that helps churches and parents work together to develop spiritually strong children and youth who faithfully follow Jesus Christ" http://www.awana.org

Weston's BIG RED BARN Farm

This past weekend, we headed to Weston, Missouri to the Big Red Barn Farm. It was a lot of fun. The girls were able to ride pony's, get lost in a maze, and pet animals.

Fall Fun!

Miley Cyrus...Unleashed

We attended the Miley Cyrus concert this weekend, after my race! All I can say is CRAZY...........

ready to roll

the "Mom's enjoying some time together"

Waddell & Reed Marathon

This weekend, my running partners and I decided to try out a "marathon relay" in Kansas City. We thought it would be fun, and we would use it as part of our training run, for our upcoming Disney Marathon. WOW!! ......was it interesting! Just the logistics alone to try and figure out what exchange point to be it and at what time, and then to try and get back to the finish line, was enough to make your head spin.

We made it....and with an average pace of 8:08/minute miles we finished in 3 hours and 33 minutes. We were pretty pumped...this also means a 1st place finish in the woman's relay division, so we were pretty excited!

Overall, I am glad to be done, but another marathon relay, will probably NOT be in my future :-)...run on friends!!!!!

Kade's 1st Preschool Field Trip

I seriously cannot believe my little guy had his first field trip today.!!!! He is only 3 and took his 1st bus ride to a pumpkin patch this afternoon! All he seemed to care about was that bus...he was ecstatic he was finally going to ride in that Big Yellow vehicle. I had told him he had to be 5 to ride a while back, so when this field trip came up, I thoroughly think he tried to prove me wrong...and guess what...he did! He LOVED every minute of it, and NEVER turned his "motor" off!

Happy 9th Birthday Kiersten!

Cannot believe my baby is 9! Wow

Josh and Miranda's BIG DAY

My baby brother is hitched...Josh and Miranda looking mighty HAPPY!

Kade man did an excellent job as ring bearer

The Amazing Boquet!

Uncle Nate...who is getting married in 6 weeks

My girls were the "perfect flower girls" and did everything just right!

Josh's Wedding Rehersal...practicing for the big day!

My Brother's Wedding

sneak peek of my brother's wedding this weekend....more photos to come

Just had to show off my BOYZ.......

The 2 most important boys in my life.........

if soccer wasn't enough...a dance performance was also in the mix for this weekend

Kiersten's "Klassy Kittens" dance team performed Saturday night at the National Armory. The event was a charity for underprivileged kids. Kiersten practiced extremely hard for this, and her efforts definitely paid off! WAY TO GO GIRLS!

getting ready to start

getting "pumped" up!

A Soccer Filled Weekend...............

Kiersten's Little Apple Soccer club hosted a tournament in our town over the weekend. The girls U9 team played all weekend long. They have come a long way, but still have a lot of work to do. Overall, Soctt and I enjoyed watching Kiersten play. I guess we are official "soccer parents" now!






















Kiersten takes a try at goalie!

Kade riding without training wheels..and is not even 3 1/2 yrs old...ROCK STAR!

Garden City Family Reunion

Scott's side of the family was able to gather together this August for a family reunion.

Wow there was a lot of kids...and all of these kids came from 4 moms (19 kids total...YIKES).

The amazing part is that they were are meticulously well behaved. Family came in from Arizona, Missouri, and Kansas to get together!

What an amazing time was had on the farm....zip line, capture the flag, playhouse, pool, golf carts and ...no one should forget our adorable cat we found at our hotel room! (BTW...he is doing great, and we all adore him at the Gillam household)

1st Day of Preschool

Emma is not sure what she got herself into!

Oh my goodness....I thought I was ready for my little man to embark on the "whole" preschool experience, but I have to say...with Kade being my last child, it was pretty difficult (for Mom)...he did fine course. The 1st day they got out the shaving cream and snacks, and Kade was in heaven! He even got to check out library books from the Panda library today...too cool!