More HOCO shenanigans

Bill and Ted were brought out of the costume box to attend BHS during movie character day for HOCO Spirit Week. They said, “excellent!” “Party on, dudes!”, “yes way!” All day long. They’re adorable. Quincy’s wyld stallion tee turned out awesome. 

I am outsourcing hair and makeup to Naomi. She’s a pro and the girls flipped out when I told them she’ll be coming over to enhance their beauty. Good thing Na said yes because the bag below holds all the makeup

I own 🤣🤣.  The girls are now in the thick of planning dinner and photos and transportation and after parties. It’s exhausting and I’m doubling as driver of the party bus AND hostess to 16-17 year olds after party at my house. It will all come together. 

HOCO Mums

I love Quincy! She has such a fun and creative spirit. She’s going to homecoming with a girl squad (plus two boys, because evidently to 14 year olds, “no-dates girl squad” is a term that is up for loose interpretation) and two of Quincy’s friends just moved here from Texas. Well in Texas, HOCO = mums!  

A mum is basically a kentucky derby ribbon that a scrapbook and a letterman jacket threw up on. They are massive, amazingly tacky, and an essential part of the homecoming experience. 

Soooo of course Quincy’s gal pals made mums to wear to school on Friday!  I love her as big as a Texan HOCO Mum! 

I love that Quincy was not deterred by the lack of a Q in her alphabet sticker pack and she used a G instead. Freshy Guincy will be her rapper name. Is Arkansas ready for the mum? Definitely not. But Quincy’s personality is also larger than life so I expect nothing less than a grand presence from her at Homecoming! 

Here are some sample mums thanks to the internet. Go big or go home. 

The whatabutger mum wins for sure!  

I had fun texting with Aaron’s Texan cousins abd they sent us pics of their high school mums. Notice the tiny cabbage patch bride doll on the far left. Select. 👌🏻

So Quincy will be proudly donning a little bit of Texas at BHS Friday to cheer up her Texan friends.  Yehaw! Go tigers! 

Silhouette

Sloane’s shadow on her bedroom wall at bedtime tonight was too cute to not document. Look at that curl on her forehead! 

Amy visits Arkansas!

I got to see my sister, Amy, for the first time in 3 years! She drove my parents back from Utah and stayed to play a few days before flying home. It was good to catch up and laugh. Mostly we just ate and compared who has more grey hair.  Thanks for coming to see me, sister!! 

Flu Shots

Drive thru flu shots for 9, please! I used to only do flu shots rarely, but lately, we are finding that people are so sick of staying home from covid regulations, that they’re out and about under all circumstances except a positive test. I think it’s going to be a terrible year for the flu because of it. We were also asked by the prophet to vaccinate, so we all got the flu vaccine, this year. Thank goodness for masks and vaccines, my teens have already had several exposures to covid via peers who didn’t stay home when their family members have covid, and thankfully, we have managed to stay well. 3 cheers for modern medicine.  

General Conference October 2021

What a beautiful weekend for General Conference!  It rained just enough to get soccer games canceled and darken the sky enough for soup to be a perfect lunch.  

I’m preparation, I studied President Nelson’s talk (among others, but this one in particular got a good deep dive of study), fasted and prayed and made efforts to follow the prophet’s counsel/formula for increasing faith, and I a 10 day social media fast. 


The kids colored a poster, did a puzzle of the Savior that I ordered, and took notes in their journals. 

We loved seeing Quincy’s friend Analisa showcased on Random Acts between sessions and we also really liked the artist show on BYU TV. 

Conference was so good for my soul. The messages were full of truth and encouragement. 




Forever the favorite conference game: “I found Jimmie!” 

Summer Learning

1) 15 Continued Education hours to renew our foster care license

2) Beekeeping everything for this new beekeeper! 


3) BYU independent study Economics for Quincy and Algebra II for Reese  

4) Learning never stops for homeschoolers 




5) I’m still learning how to be the best advocate mother I can be for my dialectic child(ren). 


 6) more online training. This one is the Protecting Children and Youth for my church calling as a young women specialist for the 11-13 year old girls. 

7) summer reading: 

We’ve got the library hard, this summer. Corbin is working his way through the Wings of Fire Series and Soren is reading the Last Firehawk.  I’m reading The Penderwicks out loud to the kids.