Penny's Sophomore HOCO!

Happy HOCO!!! Arbor HOCO has finally arrived! All the asking, replying, planning and arranging has finally come!! Penny has been so excited!! First off how fun are my giant HOCO letters! I borrowed from my neighbor and they were an absolute hit! They were the added Pinterest touch I needed to kicked off their special HOCO day! 1st stop my house for Breakfast!!! Honz was in his element! Cooking and feeding these teens! He made a delicious French toast feast with hash browns, eggs, and bacon! I added the special touches of fruit in HOCO letters for the center piece! Muffins, mini cinnamon rolls, pumpkin spice cake balls, sunny d, capri suns and water! They ate like royalty! lol Stuff them full then they were off to their next event!! We absolutely loved having Penny's friends over to kick off their HOCO day! Love these teens so much! Such a fun group!! 

Pop Stroke mini golf was next on the sched! :)  Penny had never been here and loved it! She said it was such a vibe! lol Lots of fun hang out spots before and after the mini golf! She had a blast! Then Swig on the way home!

Time to get ready!!! Just look at my pretty Penny! Perfection! She couldn't wait to reveal to daddy! He did not know what her dress was gonna be like! They were both smiling ear to ear with pure joy! He was just as excited to see his baby girl as she was to show her daddy! Such a sweet little moment!! Cash and Piper loved seeing her all dressed up too! Cash was like "Penny you're such  a baddie!" hahaha Yes she is! lol

All dressed up with plenty to do for the rest of the evening! Picture time!!! We met the group at Floyd Lamb this year! Love this Lucky Penny of mine! Pure joy!  She makes my heart so happy! We picked up her beautiful dress on the Dillard's clearance for $30! lol Such a steal! Black with white polka dots! Absolutely timeless! She wore pearls for all her jewelry! We even found the most perfect heels on Amazon! Pearl trim with a satin bow! They were a perfect match to her perfect dress to make my girl the perfect pretty Penny! :)

The girls! Her besties! Lot's a fun pics with her girls! See that HOCO sign in the back! Yes of course I brought the giant HOCO for picture props! lol They were a hit! Hannah surprised the girls with their very own flower bouquet! How cute is that!!! Penny was so surprised and so excited!!

Bestie group pics! Just look at all  these gorgeous girls! They are beautiful inside and out! Absolutely loved their dresses and shoes! It's just so fun to get all dolled up! They were definitely camera ready and hoco ready! lol Perfection!

Penny with each of her girlies! The camera loves you! :) Love all their personalities coming out in the pics! Such fun friends!

Just one more collage of my Pretty Penny! She is so fun to take pics of! Such a natural! Not camera shy or awkward at all! Love her extra fun personality!! My happy gorgeous girl!

HOCO never looked so good!! Here's the whole group! Finally added the boys to the pics! lol Such fun boys with Great personalities! 

Ohhhh! There's those giant HOCO letters again! We used them in a couple of their group pics! I can't say it enough! Such an amazing fun group of friends! 

Penny with the boys!!! James!!! Her ride or die! He literally has been such an amazing friend to Penny! From the highs to the lows of teenage life James is always there for her! He literally is part of the fam! Such a great human! These 2 have such a fun friendship and special bond! Love all the pics of them! 

This trio! lol Trey is Penny's other awesome friend! The 3 of them run the stuco together! lol They have the best times teasing each other! Nothing but laughter and great times together for these 3! Love these pics! Definitely shows their fun humor and friendship together! 

Had to sneak in a couple more of badie daddy with his girl!! He was so proud of his beautiful little big girl! :) The other 2 boys in this collage are cousin Jackson and Ryan! Also fun friends! Great pics with these boys too!

Next up!! Dinner at Grape Street! Thanks to her bestie Hannah they got the VIP treatment! They had a blast at dinner! Lots of picture taking here! lol Loving thier life!

The night continues.... lol finished up with dinner and headed to Arbor for the dance! They are all pretty much part of stuco so they all had to work the dance and then clean up! lol Got to love the stuco life! lol Even working the dance they had so much fun!!! Love it for them! To end the night they had their after party at Lexi's house! Movie and chill! Literally the best day ever for Penny! From sunrise to sunset Sophomore year HOCO will  go down as such a fun memorable night with amazing friends! Penny is loving her high school life and I'm here on the sidelines loving it for her!! 

 Happy Arbor HOCO 2025! Soaring into Rio! Success!

 

Penny's HOCO Wk!

If you didn't notice Penny was not in my weekly recap for October wk 1! That's because she had such a fun week  with so much going on that she needed her own weekly recap post! lol It's Homecoming week! and man was Penny busy with all the stuco things!!! Dress up wk! Extra activities at the school all wk! Finalizing their float! So here is Penny's HOCO weekly recap!

Monday: PJ day at school! Then at night stuco put on a Movie on the football field for the students! Rio was their Hoco Theme! So they watched Rio on the field! She had an absolute blast!  

Tuesday: Twin Day! She twinned with her favorite Ethan! Twinning is always winning! They are too cute! Then Arbor Volleyball Game then BJ's for Pazookies!! Oh and she had Golf too!! Doing it the most! lol

Wed: Bright color day! Penny wore her brightest neon green hoodie ! lol She even made it on the Arbor View Instagram 3 different times this wk! lol Finished the final touches of their float! Thursday: cheetah day! Friday: Tropical day! It was the hoco  assembly day too! So all day set up and then take down! The assembly was a hit! 

Then it was Game time!! Friday night lights is the absolute best and even better when it is the Homecoming game! The student section was hyped! Penny loves hyping the crowd up!

Lots of fun pics from the game! Oh how she has a blast with her friends! 

That's right I went to the game too! Piper and I had a blast with Bestie Shayla! We loved watching cute Ainsley cheer! She is an amazing cheerleader! I was proud in the stands watching my girl! Bestie and I of course showed up in our matching sequin game day tops! lol I love us!! We always have the best times together and we love watching the game together!

Half time was the best!!! Penny got to be on her Sophomore Class float this year! She loved it! Their float turned out so cute! Soaring into Rio!! Such a fun Hoco Theme! Piper had so much fun getting all the candy from the parade! Such beautiful weather too! Arbor took the big Win! Yayyy! After the game Penny's Hoco/ friend group kicked off Hoco with a baking party and chill! They decorated cupcakes and had a blast hanging! They were ready for their packed full big Hoco day!! That post is up next!! Now that's a weekly wrap up just for Penny! lol She is so busy living her busy life! I love it! 

 

October Wk 1 Fun!

Fall is in the air!! Love this time of year!! It's October and here is the weekly recap  for October wk 1 fun!! Piper been busy with cheer and tumbling classes all wk! Daddy also too her  out to get sushi! Her absolute favorite! Daddy daughter night! Piper was so excited and so happy! 

Cashy boy is on the move!! Riding! He truly is living her best life! I love his little biker gang of friends!! He has the best time being with his friends!

My week! Work fun! Did my first decorated door all by myself! lol It turned out so cute! Yankees won this wk and headed to the next round of play offs and my 49ers won!! So it was an amazing week for my teams! lol 

Piper with her little besties!! Always on a facetime or in person playing! This little Piper sure loves her besties! Roblox! Barbies! Dancing! Tumbling! 

Like I said above my Cashy is on the move! Here's some action shots of Cash jumping and riding! I also love getting selfies sent to me from my kids! Cash is always such a hoot! He is never serious! lol My little tease! Love his weekly selfies this wk! lol

My Honz had a great week too! Busy as always but we squoze in a lunch date super fast and a dinner date! Love my times with my guy! He's the best! 

 

Benson Boone!!!

"Sorry I'm here for.... Benson Boone!" lol "Slow it down...Benny!" Had to play off his lyrics! lol Holy Moly we had the time of our life!!! So here's the play by play! I bought our ickets back in May to surprise Penny for her Birthday in July!! The time had finally come!! It's Benson Boone Concert time!!! Yayyyy! I check my phone  in the morning in my AXS app for my tickets and no tickets!!! Ummmm what!!! So I immediately jumped on the phone with Stub Hub and was talking to a robot  for most the day! Ugh! Finally Stub Hub says your ticket provider has until 5pm to get the tickets to you! Well 5pm hit and no tickets! We are all ready to go at this point and now sitting at dinner! I get back on the phone with stub hub and finally get through the robot to an actual agent! Still can't just call and  talk to any one! It's all through the app and chat section! Ugh! So after about 45min to an hr then finally offer me new seats! If you didn't know stub hub has a fan protection plan where if you don't get your tickets then they will find you new tickets of what's available or refund you. Well at this point we are driving to the stadium-T-Mobile! I was finally offered...... get ready...... FLOOR SEATS! So all the hassle was well worth it! Omg! We were so freakn pumped to be so close to the stage and Benson Boone!!!!

We arrived early enough for a little photo shoot sesh! The girls love to take the pics on their vintage digital cameras! :) I'm totally here for it! You all know I love the pics! 

Doors opened and we be lined for our  New Floor Seats! We were so pumped up! The pic in this collage of the stage was taken from my original seats that we basically got scammed on! I highlighted where we were standing on the floor! What an upgrade!!! Be sides the fact that we stood all night the adrenalin was pumping and we didn't even realize how sore we really were! lol 

We were so freakn hyped! After 2 songs in Penny and Kami ended up right against the barrier fencing from Benson Boone and the stage! It was incredible! Holy Moly! We were living it up!! I have never been this close to a performer! 

My concert going dreams came true!!! lol To be standing so close to the stage and with such a good clean crowd! It was litty!!!! lol I didn't even have to zoom my camera in!!! We literally could see every feature and sweat on Benny! lol We non- stopped screamed and sang to the top of our lungs!!! 

Oh Benny you were stilling our hearts! Kami screamed out "I love You" and he heard her and looked over to us and said the words back "I love you too!" The girls were freaking out! Then Penny waved and screamed out and he smiled and waved directly back to her!! It was so awesome!!! I've got videos to prove it! lol We were so hyped!! Next level hyped! lol

Then at the end Benson Boone jumped off his stage into the crowd and ran around the entire stage! Well guess where we were.... Oh that's right so freakn close to the stage with only a fence between the small aisle way and the stage and here came Benny running and grabbing fan's hands! Penny and Kami had their arms stretched out as far as they  could go and grabbed his arms!! The crowd was wild and the girls were so freakn excited! They got to touch Benson Boone and I got it on video and still shot pics! Wahoo! It was the girls shining moment and I got it! Yayyyyy! He performed for a solid 2 hrs and still came out for an encore! It was hands down one of the best concerts I have been too! He sang flawlessly and effortlessly! His voice was incredible! Oh what a fabulous, incredible, amazing concert night! Loved being with my lucky Penny too! Love our memories together! Best birthday gift ever...Tickets to Benson Boone! I would 100% see him again!! We love you Benson Boone! You are incredible! 

 

September Wk 4 Amazingness!

You know it's non s top fun over here and this wk was just that! Here is the weekly recap for September Wk 4! We had a busy fun week at school/work! It was Spirit Wk and Apex Fun Run Wk! Monday we kicked off Disney Day!!! 

Tuesday - Teacher/Student Swap!! This was so fun! I dressed as Piper and Piper was Me!! There were also several Mrs. Emylee's that showed up at school! So freaking funny! I absolutely loved it! Loved seeing all my mini's! The best one was the blonde Wig! Yes one of my students came with a blonde wig on! lol Best day!

Wed: Camo day! You know we love the camo!!! This was an easy day! lol Even Cash joined in o n this one! lol

Thurs: Career Day! Dress as your future self!! Piper went as an American Stitch Employee or maybe she'll be owner by then! lol Daddy was so proud! Love it! I also had a student come as me! She said she wants to be me when she grows up! Stop! That is too cute! She made my day!  Piper also had cheer and gymnastics all wk! This one has something every night of the wk!!

Friday: Apex Fun Run! Yes we had all the things all wk long! The highlight of the wk for the students is Apex! This was my first year with only 1 child running! Cash has moved  on to middles school and there's no fun run for the big kids! lol So it was all Piper and man did she give it her all! She loved when Ms. Anderson ran with her for a few laps! She said that made her running so much more fun with Ms.  Anderson! Love it! She also loved getting wet! lol She was dumping cups of water on herself any chance she could! lol She completes her race with 46 laps! Wahoo! Way to go Piper! So proud of her!

It's always a busy wk for Penny! Between Stuco, Seminary and her Social life! This was is moving and shaking! Our weekly car line selfies are always my favorite! Busy with stuco leading up to Hoco! The count down is on! Stuco is just a wk away! Working on their float and making all the banners! She even had a surprise egg drop off from her friends chickens! She loves fresh eggs and is always asking me for our own chickens! haha No chickens for us but we will sure take any fresh eggs dropped off to us! lol

We had a 1/2 d ay Wed! Piper got to go spend the rest of her day with her new bestie Ruby! She had a bunch a cute friends over too! Piper had a blast! Just look at the fun they had! Love it!!! Swimming Dancing and Eating! Best day ever for Piper!

Remember last wk when Penny was asked by her 5 friends to their group hoco! Well the girls' got together and made posters for their reply back "Yes"! I drove them all around to each of the boys house and we had so much fun! Laughing and surprising each boy! It was awesome! Each boy were so surprised and loved it!! Girls you did great!!! Hoco response success! I love being the driver! I'm so gonna miss this when Penny turns 16 and starts driving! lol

Penny's social life is next level fun! lol She is always on the go with the bestest friends ever! Oh and here's a hoco sneak peek of one of her dresses! We had to take it in to get it altered! Tiny little thing! lol It turned out amazing! Fits her perfectly!! Hoco is coming!!!! Yippee!

Cashy boy is never home! So there's never that many pics of him! lol He truly is living his best suron life! Here's the few pics I caught of him this wk! Basketball! Roblox! Riding! Sleep over with best bro Carter! Carter brings his suron over and they just ride, play, chill and hang all  weekend! He truly is living her best life! 

Cashy and the bro video each other jumping! Here are so awesome jumps I clipped out of his videos! He's riding so good and jumping even better! Wow! I'm impressed! Get it Cashy!!!! Love my on the go boy so much! Cath me if you can is his motto! lol

We also had visitors this wk!! Our Washington Besites!! Yayyyy! The girls came into town for the Benson Boone Concert! That's a separate post to come next! Get ready for that! lol But just look at the fun these girlies had  mid wk to weekend! Love their bond and friendship! Watched Sadie's Soccer game! Went to the Palo Football game! Dinners and Lunches! Shopping at DTS! Littles played Roblox and Barbies! Hide and go Seek in the dark at friends house! Benson  Boone Concert! and a Bestie Fall Photo shoot! We crammed in all the non stop fun in 3 days! lol! We sure have a blast and love when they come into town to play!

I had to post all most of the pics from Penny's bestie fall photo shoot! and you know they take these pics with vintage digital cameras! lol Enjoy this beauty! I love how much fun these girls have together!

The sun was setting fast and then the wind picked up! lol 

Despite the storm that showed up so fast I think these pics still  turned out so adorable! I love my pretty Penny!

Love their cute outfits and poses! They have the best times together! Always making the best memories! Love these beautiful ladies so much! Penny is so lucky to have each of them in her life! Perfect bestie fall photo shoot minus the crazy wind storm that came through! lol They still had a great time!

Sunday Fun-day! It was testimony meeting this wk since general conference is next weekend! My Honz gave a beautiful testimony! He is a true disciple of Christ! Such an amazing example to me and our kids! Wow! I've got a good one! How did I get so lucky for this amazing man to be in my life! I also put his golf pic in this collage! Yay for my honz he got to golf this week! lol He loves to golf and I love when he can get away from the office and enjoy the time golfing with his bros! He had a wonderful time! Now that's a weekly wrap up! So much going on this wk to finish out September wk 4! Bring on the fall season! Let's gooooo!