Happy Hoco #2 for Penny!

On to the Happiest Ever Homecoming Ever for Penny! In my last post you can see it has been a crazy busy stuco week planning, prepping and being ready for Hoco and now it was time to get pampered and glammed up for the Hoco dance! Happy hoco #2 for Penny with Brighton!! Brighton is one of Penny's bestest friends ever! They always have the best time! Penny was super excited for this Hoco group too! It was planned with her fun friend group! Most all the people in this group are her closest friends and stuco friends! Yayyy! To start Brighton asked her with Gold Fish and not the kind you eat!! The actual fish in a tank! lol 5 of them to be exact! haha She is still currently taking care of her new babies! hahaha She replied with a Fish theme as well and gave him a tackle box full of all sorts of "fish" themed gummy candy! haha So fun! and now we have reached Hoco day and the day was packed! She was up early for morning Pickleball!

She had a blast! Lot's of laughs for sure while playing pickleball cause she says she's a terrible player! haha and her date is an amazing player! lol Oh well! lol They still had so much fun! Then it was Brunch time! Delicious crepes for the win and Penny was in heaven! That is her favorite breakfast food ever! Yum! 

While the group was all doing pickleball and brunch I took  my side kick Piper and went to Trader Joes to get all the flowers! I stuffed 2 buckets of flowers full and away we go! I loved being on flower duty! It was a little chaotic cause every girl going to Arbor's hoco was there buying flowers but it was so much fun! The girls arrived from brunch and got to work! It was so fun to watch them plan out their bouquets! Loved helping them make their boutonnieres too! All of their bouquets and boutonnieres turned out perfect! Each girl had their own style and color to go with their dress! It was awesome!

 Then it was time to get all beautified and ready for the Dance! 

All glammed up! Just look at my gorgeous girl! Her dress we found at Dillard's after shopping that store 3 different times! lol Love it! It was an olive green with beautiful texture fabric! Simple but stunning! Loved the cut and style of it too! Green is such a beautiful color on her! Makes her eyes so green! Oh how I love my Pretty Penny! 

Next up! Picture time and the boys did not plan this one out very good! lol 45 mins for pictures with 12 teens- 6 couples is not enough time! and of course they were all running late so basically 30 mins to get all the pics done! Yikes! and to top it all off the location of pictures! haha There was no shade, fine sand, wind picked up and sun blazing! Harsh sunlight! The odds were all stacked against us! lol and you know pictures are my thing! lol actually my favorite thing! But we made it work! We found 1 tiny shade spot that we all shared the best we could and were successful! Maybe not as many pics as I wanted but we scored with some great ones! The few that we got actually turned out amazing! The rock detail behind them was super cool! They looked so good together! 

We tried our best and got what we got! lol Look how cute they were! Loved Brighton's gray suit and the green floral tie! They matched perfectly together! He even surprised her with a corsage! It was all "drippy" with jems and white flowers! It was absolutely gorgeous! She was so surprised and so excited! Such a gentleman! The cutest of the cuties ever! lol :)

The gorgeous girls!! All such great friends too! I love seeing all their dresses and styles! Beautiful besties inside and out!

The amazing group!! Such awesome kids right here! We could only get a couple shots because of the lighting and wind picked up! The sun was a blazing! lol We tried our best! lol 

Snapped this one last group shot before we ran out of time and hiked back to the cars! lol The girls feet and shoes were destroyed! lol We went through a whole pack a baby wipes to get their shoes and feet back to normal! hahaha It's all in the experience right! They were still having a blast! Love it!

One of the other moms also shooting pics snapped these of the girls'! Absolutely love these bestie shots! Wish we could have gotten more! and some with the rest of the besties in the group! Dang it! Ran out of time! But we love the pics we got!! :)

They jumped into Ryan's 12 passenger van which was insanely iconic and rushed over to dinner! They were a tad late but it all worked out! Bj's for Dinner and it was yummy! I was obsessed with the 12 passenger van they were whipping around in! lol So fun to all be together all night! Love it! Next up was Escapology! They split into 2 groups and did an Escape room! Penny had so much fun! Theirs was Star Wars themed! They made it though with a lot of extra time to spare! Wahoo! 

They rushed back over to the Dance at Arbor! They had to go to the dance because most are all in Student Council! It is required to go to the dance portion for an 1.5hrs! Then in addition they have to stay help clean up! So here is the school dance fun! Lot's of dancing! Lot's of moshing! lol Penny had so much fun seeing more friends at the dance! She's got friends every where! Love that for her! Last stop was back to Eli's house for swimming, more eating and chilling! They made several tik toks and had a blast! She came home exhausted! lol Such an epic Hoco for her Junior Year! Thanks Brighton for being such an awesome date and spoiling my Penny! She had such an epic day! Now that's a wrap for HOCO # 2 for my Pretty Penny! 

 

Penny's Hoco Wk!

It was a jammed packed week to kick on October wk 1 for my Penny! It was Arbor's Homecoming week! The Happiest Homecoming ever! Their hoco  theme was Disney! So cute!!  So a Disney themed dress up wk is an absolute must!! She had so much fun dressing up with her friends! Taking pics! Filming videos! The fun never stopped! Even after school activities put on by the school that she had to be there for! Movie on the field is always so much fun but this year they got rained out! Literally something everyday at school and after school to kick off hoco!  She was slammed busy but loved it!

Assembly time! She didn'y even come home from school on this day until after the hoco football game! Holly long day! She's a trooper! She took 3 sets of clothes to change! Charged all her batteries and took 3 different camers to get all the content for her amazing social media posts! The hoco assembly was a amazing! a great turn our! So much school spirit and pride! :) Love it! 

Neon Night for Friday night lights!! It's Hoco game time!! THe crowd was packed and the neon colors were popping! Check out my girl!! Isn't she so much fun! Decked out in neon from head to toe! lol That turquoise bob looks good on you! lol Her wig was a hit! The friends loved it and so did her stuco teachers!! Proud to be this ones mama! Penny is the best! SO much fun always!

I was even decked out in my neon colors! lol Such an awesome night! Love love that wig on Penny! So iconic! hahaha

At all these events you literally can't catch Penny without 1-3 cameras on her! She is the best of the best when it comes to her role as the Student Body Historian! Wahoo! So proud! I love catching her taking the action shots or getting the crowd ready for a film making! Love watching her in action!! That's my girl! My pretty Penny! Cash had a blast too! He makes friends every where he goes and had a whole new friend group by the end of the night! hahaha! That's my boy!

We made it to the half time show! The band played, the cheerleaders tumbled and cheered! The palm girls danced! The Hoco quart royalty went by and it was finally time for the stuco floats! Yayyy! The Junior class float was Star Wars themed! Can you spot my turquoise hair Penny on the float? lol front and center! She loved the stormtroopers so much she kept one for herself! lol Meet Fred the stormtrooper! lol We all had a blast! Loved watching both Penny and Cash have the best time running around with friends! Next up.....  the Hoco Dance.... #2 for my Penny girl!

 

October Wk 1 Fun!

It's fall ya'll! Except in Vegas it's still a bit hot so it doesn't quite feel like fall weather just yet! ! lol But how are we already to October!! I love this time of year! Here is the weekly recap for October wk 1 fun! Off to school and work we go! Here's our daily selfies! hahaha love these faces! 

Cashy!! Hang outs! and Volleyball! and more hang outs! lol He has he best friend group! Caught him for a quick pic in the hallway at school too! Love the doing the hair pic! Showing his cousin how the magic happens! hahaha! He truly is so much fun! Always the life of the party! 

Piper! We had half day at school and her besties picked her up from school and took her to Chuck E Cheese! How lucky is she! She was in heaven! Had such a fun day! Piper is spotted all over her school! She walked me around the school showing me several places where she was on the wall! Then had me take pics of her pointing at herself on the wall!  Love it! Aren't you the popular one! lol She is honored all over the school for being such an amazing leader! Wahoo Piper! You're amazing! 

On Cashy's half day he didn't get to have fun at Chuck e Cheese...he had a dentist apt! lol We got to see Dr Auntie Joanna! My kids beg to go to the Dentist so this was fun for him! He ended up getting 5 baby teeth pulled! He just does not loose his baby teeth on his own very quickly at all! So Dr felt it was best to get them out to get these permanent teeth to grow in! These baby teeth had huge roots! Dr Auntie is truly the best! Cash was so brave and in the best hands! They both got through it! lol So proud of my boy! He was pretty sore after with huge holes from the giant roots but is doing much better now! He is so happy to have those baby teeth out! You are one tough boy! 

More of  Cashy! He had Volleyball Tournament this weekend! His team played good and they are getting better working together ! Very proud of Cashy too! He has had so much growth already and absolutely loves it! He recently got moved into the libero position! Way to go Cashy! Way to go 14U Vegas United! 

The weather is getting cooler and Cash is back out on his wheels! Hitting jumps and popping wheelies! He loves to build jumps and fly through the air! Scares mama but I love the actions shots! lol You're amazing Cashy! 

There's more for this weekly recap coming up next! If you're wondering why there wasn't a lot with Penny well it's because she needed her own weekly recap for this wk! Having her school's Hoco wk kept her extremely busy with lots of pics!  lol :)

 

Happy Hoco #1 For Penny!

Tis the season for Homecomings! :) Penny was off to her 1st HOCO for her Junior year with Ryan! Ryan and Penny were going just as friends! Look how cute his poster he made to ask her!!! He played on her name "Penny" and added pennies to the poster too! So creative and so  cute! She loved it! The day of hoco arrived! 1st up the hike! They met at Ethan's house got donuts then headed up to Mt Charleston to hike! Sadly Penny's date tore his mcl at the football game the night before! He is the jv and varsity kicker for the Arbor! Ouch! Poor thing! So he was not able to make it to the hike and Penny wasn't sure if he was going to make it at all the whole day for hoco!! 

Of course the girls had a photoshoot! Such gorgeous girls! They all had a blast hiking! Lots of chatter, laughter and beautiful scenery! Perfect way to start the hoco day! 

Next up! Making bouquets and getting ready! They all met up  at Dylan's house! Penny and Brooke made the cutest hoco banner! Love these beautiful girls! So much fun making their bouquets! and had a blast getting ready together! Hair and makeup was on! They did several transition tik toks too! lol That is a must! Penny has such a fun day so far and it was only gonna get better!

Pretty Penny all dressed up! Decked  out from head to toe! Absolutely stunning! Next up was pictures at the Smith's Center! Such a great location for pics for sure! 

Pretty in Pink! My Little Bow Peep! Absolutely loved this Pink dress! The style! The fit! and the perfect gorgeous girl in it! :) She is so fun to take pics of!! Like such a natural! Her poses are the best too! The camera loves you baby! 

Ryan made it! Crutches and all! Such a trooper to be there for Penny! Look how amazing they looked together! The pics started a bit late for my camera's liking! lol cause it was getting dark fast and the flash is never that good! Natural lighting is always the best but it's ok! We made it work and as you scroll you will see we took many pics and they turned our beautiful! Making the best out of every opportunity is what Mama Em is best at! lol

Loving all of this!

Wow they all look so incredible! These teens sure know how to get all fancied up! :) lol

Just a few more pics of these cuties! Oh Penny you just shine! :)

My beautiful girls! Just as gorgeous as you can be! 

Such a fun group of kids too! Penny had the best time!

The silly fun pics! Got to capture all the poses! lol

Penny with Ethan and his cousin Cash! Had to snap a couple pics of them together too! Then the moms needed a pic too! lol Behind the scenes moms! lol

After pics they headed over to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory at the outlet mall! Ryan made it to dinner too! Yayyy! Love all the selfie pics from dinner and  walking around! After dinner was the after party at our house and Decker's back yard! Hot tub at our house! Polar plunge, pickleball, pink pong, and trampoline at Decker's! So grateful for amazing neighbors! They saved the night for letting them use their backyard! We also had snacks, bundtinis and drinks too! They had a blast way into the night! Penny had such an amazing day! Thanks Ryan for taking her out to her 1st Hoco of her Junior year! So happy he was able to come with his poor hurting knee! It was a Hoco success!

Hang on tight... more hoco's to come for my Lucky Penny!! :)

 

September Wk 4 Fun!

Another week down which means another month has come to an end! Here is the weekly recap for September wk 4!! Wow that month flew by! It was another jammed pack week! Honz had a big convention all week! He loved the social and networking al week! Evening hang outs! Dinners! and even Bible study! He had a successful exhausting week! lol My brother and I had fun catching up with our cousin Brooke! It's been 18 years since we have seen each other! Such a wonderful time!  We picked up as if no time was ever lost! Hopefully we can see her soon! 

Off to school/ work we go! Another week of car selfies before we go into the school! lol Also Penny dropping off Cash's chrome book that he left at home! It's so nice she drives and her seminary building is right by our school so it was a quick littl side quest for her before she went to seminary! haha! Thank u Penny! U saved the day! Piper and I also decorated her teachers door! yayyy! Love my little helper! 

Penny!! Busy with stuco this wk! It's almost hoco week! So lots of planning meetings! Also lots of hanging with friends too! She fits it all in! lol

Piper! Cheer and tumbling 4 nights a wk! She's my busiest little one! She even snuck in a few play dates with her besties! Yayyy! I love checking on them playing and they are back there dancing and singing! So much fun!

Cashy! On the go! Riding! Jumping! Volleyball! Pickleball! Hang outs! Making friends at all his stops! lol He's living his best life this wk!

Piper had her Apex fun run!! She ran her little heart out! She even did a few laps doing front and back walk overs! hahha She's always doing her tricks! Love it! It sure kept the Apex fun run fun to watch! haha So proud of my girl!! You did it!

We stopped by Honz shop! Cashy busted out 700 hats! He prepped them and got them ready for embroidery! Wow! Great job Cashy! Our kids love any chance to go to the shop and love to work! Always making daddy proud! We test drove a new Tesla which was so fun and amazing! and my new addiction the Swig pumpkin cookies! Yummm!

We have made it to the end of the wk! Sunday Fun-day! Gramps came into town! He brought us fresh veggies from his garden! So yummy! Cashy taught the lesson in his Decans class! He did so  good! So proud of him preparing and being ready to teach! Piper and Daddy bore their testimonies in sacrament! That was so awesome! It was Piper's first time to go up and speak in front of everyone! So proud of her! It was her idea too and begged daddy to go up with  her! They both did so good! Super proud sitting in the congregation just a smiling! Love my family! After church was our "linger longer" activity! I help with the ward activities and it was another great success! Yayyy! 

Good byes are so hard! We gave one last squeeze and said our goodbye's to our favorite Miss Roses! We sent her off with a stack of the famous Chad's $2 dollar bills! If you know you know! Sadie is headed to the New Mexico  mission! She will do amazing things! We know it!!! So proud of her! Such an incredible daughter of God! She truly is an amazing example to my Penny and all  my kids! We love her and already miss our little ray of sunshine! This next year and a half will go by so fast..rt!?!?!?! :)

Now that's a weekly recap!! Loving and living our best life! 

 

Friday Night Lights!

Friday Night Lights! There's nothing better then being with the best friends watching a high school football game! lol But this night was even more spectacular!!! There was the Statue of Liberty there! lol Oh that's Penny! It was Arbor's Home Varsity Football Game! It was USA theme! Yes Penny arrived as the Statue of Liberty! Omg I love her!! She's the best and so much fun!! My bestie and I were both decked out in our flag pants! You know I love a good dress up theme! lol 

This Friday Night Lights was even more exciting! The Little Aggie's performed! Piper performed during the half time show of the Arbor View Varsity Football game!! Yayyyy! So much fun to see her shine! She comes alive and crushed it! She absolutely loves to tumble and cheer! Goooo Piper! Gooo Little Aggies!

Had to post the action shots! She was one of the few littles to start their halftime show off with a tumbling pass! She nailed her round off double back hamstring! Way to go Piper! Then it was time for the cheer! All smiles and did amazing! Then the dance! She nailed that too! So proud of my baby! She lights up when she's out performing! Oh how we love our little Piper! 

When your the student body historian you must take all the pics all night and jump in some of them too! lol  Penny is dedicated to her stuco position and does amazing at it! Love seeing her with the camera around her neck! The USA outfits were incredible!! The night was a blast! 

Look at the cute Americana frame prop for the pictures! Penny made it!! Love her creativity and addition to her picture taking! She passed it into the student section and had kids pose as she took their pics!! Love it!! Love watching her in action too! 

Oh how I love my little Statue of Liberty! These pics were way to fun not to post! The whole night was amazing! Loved watching my Piper out on the field performing doing what she loves- cheer and tumbling! Loved watching my Penny do what she loves -pictures and friends! We were loving our Friday Night Lights! Wahoo!