We ROCKED October!

Here's how:

Rusty and Sam performed in their first concert of the year:

Ryan performed in his first concert also. It was awesome and included the choir and dance company too. We neglected to bring the camera, but it rocked!

Tracy caught a great big fish:

(He let it go after that.) Tracy also went to L.A. for the Adobe Max conference last week. It's a big computer conference. He had a great time.

The Marching Band garnered two more first place trophies and two second place finishes a point or less behind first. They were also invited to perform for the crowd after the 5A bands at the Bridgerland tournament at Utah State yesterday. They rocked the house! They have one more competition this weekend in St. George. Good luck, guys!

I set a goal to finish the novella I was working on. That would require twice as much writing as I would normally do in a month. And I did it! I finished "Renegade" on Friday. Wrote 89 pages this month, which doubled my previous monthly record. Read about it on my writing blog. I also started exercising regularly for the first time since I sprained my ankle six months ago.

We had a great time at the Taylor Family Halloween Party:

I even made sugar cookies (a minor miracle). I love how they both have big gobs of frosting, but no cookie.

We had some Halloween fun too. A hail storm complete with thunder and lightning hit just in time for trunk-or-treating at the church. We did it in the gym instead of outside. When we came out of the church, there was the brightest and most beautiful double rainbow I have ever seen. Here's a picture of the kids after we got home. They made out like bandits on the candy!

 

Here's hoping November will be just as great!