Teenage Sledding & Wii Tournament

Liberty got some friends together today for some sledding, food & gaming! Fun group of teenagers! @sealib7 #teenagers {Melina, Jaron, Liberty, Kandra, Ann & Nicole?}

Concert Band Concert

Liberty had her Concert Band Performance tonight. They sounded great! Plus Liberty had quite some snazzy moves while she boogied to the Jazz Band music afterwards. Silly girl!

Teenage Noodle Feast

Teenage Noodle Party! Liberty & Shannon got together for a late night movie night while they cooked up a zillion types of noodles. All while staying warm in their cosplay snuggies. Good times!

Parenting a Teenager...

• mtseamonsfamReality Check. Half a foot of snow, freezing temps, hubby out of town, a procrastinated school project, and a night filled with teenagers wishing they lived somewhere else. Quote for the day- "My kids call it 'yelling' when I raise my voice... But I call it 'motivational speaking' for the selective hearing!"

• crumra53I can't imagine that happening with you and your teenagers, great quote though.
• mcfeilzerThe struggle is real
• sealib7Whatever mom 😜

Ice Skating Buddies

Liberty got to do a little ice skating with her friends. Fun group of kids!

Liberty the Drummer

This girl is in love. Uncle Louie let her play his drum set. She was so excited! Best Thanksgiving ever!

Fantastic Beasts

Liberty went to a movie with a bunch of friends. They LOVED it! Except for the lack of kissing at the end! (Oh my heavens! Are they growing up too fast or what? LOL)

Those left when I got there- Liberty, Hannah and Jaron

Swedish Twister

Crazy Teenagers doing crazy games after school! LOL (Becca, Kara, Melina, Jaron, and Liberty)

Attack on Titans celebrates Halloween

Liberty loves to dress up so hence Halloween is one of her favorite days of the year. She had a fantastic day!

First, they got to dress up for school. She has some pretty crazy, fun friends!

Then, she had several friends come over after school. They giggled quite a but down stairs and apparently all (almost) fit in our basement tub. {The joys of me now being on Instagram and seeing what she's up to LOL}We fed everyone dinner.

Then we took them all over to the Trunk-R-Treat at EVMS and to do some Trick-or-Treating in the Eastgate neighborhood. They are pretty silly!

Fun times with friends. So glad she has such good people to hang with! Happy Halloween!

Haunted House & Scary Clowns

Brett also took the kids to Spring Meadow Lake for a Haunted House. Scary!!!

YW Halloween Face Paint

For YW- the MiaMaids did Halloween face painting and ate mini ghosts in hot cocoa. 

Aimee, Hannah, Liberty & Mikal

Liberty also did her face for Pep Band on Friday. Scary but fun!

Ann, Liberty & Wyatt?

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Liberty & Kandra got together & made Pumpkin Spice cookies from a Youtube video. They turned out pretty cool. Liberty even made a whole batch for her Drum Line Club.

Taking Names to the Temple

EARLY this morning, Liberty drove us to Billings for a Ward Temple trip. It was just a special date with Mom & daughter. {Justice had last football game and Brett stayed to support him} Liberty drove the WHOLE way there and back. She's getting to be a really great driver. 

This was our first time taking our own names to the temple. When doing our genealogy, we came across a family that needs some temple work done. Samuel Bower (born 1845) & Mary Ann Pidcock and their 10 children haven't been sealed as family yet. Some need baptisms, some need initiatories and some just need the endowment. Then Brett & I can take them & seal them all together forever. I'm so excited!

Liberty was able to baptize the rest of the girls & I did some Initiatory work for several of the women. 

 What a special day to be with Liberty in the Temple!

I made Liberty's day by taking her to Barnes & Noble. She LOVES books! We bought some books and ate some lunch at their Cafe. Good times!

Driving to Seminary

Early morning Seminary is such a sacrifice! We are so proud of Liberty getting up & going each morning. She's been getting a lot of her nighttime driving hours in. This is me taking a picture of Liberty driving to pick up the Fifes for Seminary this morning. LOL {We are swapping weeks with the Fifes so we only have to drive them in every other week. It's been a life saver!}

HHS Friends

Liberty has a pretty awesome group of friends at school. Here's the group she hangs out with after school every day.

 (L to R): Megan, Kandra, Liberty, Ann, and Melina AND of course Jaron. 

Seminary B-Day Dance Party

Liberty got invited to Jenna's Bday/Seminary Party tonight. They had a blast! After a movie and treats, they played a little Just Dance. It was a hoot! Fun times!

Let's see if I can get a video added:

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Let the 2016-17 School Year Begin

Kids are back at school!!!

Man! They are some good-lookin' kids!

I didn't get teacher/kid pictures this year. Slacker me! But I did get one of Victoria and Sofie after school.

I drove Liberty in for her 1st day of Seminary. Early, people! Ouch! But sure cute friends!

Shopping Cats

This is what Liberty & Kandra looked like when they went on their shopping spree today. Good-lookin' cats going shopping? LOL

Liberty's Lake Party

 Liberty planned an end of the Summer Lake Party today. She invited a lot of people. A few of her girlfriends were able to come. They took kayaks and boogie boards and treats. I think they had a good time! Goodbye Summer water days!

Tatoo-ed Children

No matter how much I tell my girls to not write on themselves- it seems I always find them tatoo-ing themselves up. LOL