Some Things are Just Awesome

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Our lives are definitely moving fast!  I think it's just an inherent part of raising four girls.  But despite all the running around craziness, I have managed to look around and capture a few glimpses of awesomeness . . .

* Awesome colors of Autumn!   I came to Kentucky hoping for beautiful foliage and Kentucky did not disappoint!  Above is the view across the street from Kylie's preschool.  And below are just a couple of the trees I've seen just driving around town.  It has been beautiful!

*This awesome Sasquatch statue in someone's yard on the way to my friend's house.  Chris thought it might be a Halloween decoration, but then I noticed the matching soldier statues further up the hill and the tank to go with them.  Plus, Halloween is now past and Big Foot is still there standing proud. This may be Kentucky at its best.  Love it.

* Aly's awesome soccer season.  She worked hard, played hard, gained some skills, scored a few goals, made some friends, and had a lot of fun.  Chris and I also had a lot of fun "mini dates" going to watch her play and cheer on her team.  I think Chris is the loudest parent out there!

* The Awesome Young Women's group in our ward who have embraced Aly wholeheartedly and whom she loves back just as much.

* Analise's mad gymnastics skills - especially all the progress she's made on the bar and beam.

* Lise letting her true goofiness show with her friends she's made.

* Having Kate be a "Bookworm" for her 2nd Grade Vocabulary Parade.

  *Kate doing a standing broad jump over the hot coals at a friend's obstacle birthday party.    The other kids did a running jump - not Kate.  Awesome!

* Kylie and her friend looking so proud of themselves after collecting all the hymn books in the chapel after a baptism

* Having 2 girls who are good friends (most of the time), love to dress matching, and play together at the park.  (Kate even pushed Kylie on the swings - so cute!)

* Having my husband run a 1/2 marathon as a "practice" for the marathon he's going to run 2 weeks later!  (And he rocked it - don't let that time fool you.  He said he crossed the starting line 1 minute in so he actually ran it in 1:41 - woot, woot!)

* Getting to see "To Kill A Mockingbird" with my hubby, Aly, and Lise.

* Coming downstairs to find my youngest 3 daughters playing "detective".

* Announcing to the kids that it's time to get ready to go see a movie and finding out that Kate's definition of "getting ready" is to make herself a goatee out of green tape and a toilet paper roll.

*** Some Things are Just Awesome ***