October-ness

BIG Presidential election day this October!

Lots of people sweating bullets, for each side.

Crossing my fingers big time on this one!

Sadie asked Lane to HOCO.

Once again, a "last".

I think he was just fine with his date (wink).

Word on the street was that these 2 were a little bit more than just friends

at the beginning of the school year.

This was new territory for us.

We will see where it goes!

Spirit week at school.

And once again stealing the pictures off of instagram!

Homecoming parade for the high school!

I somehow ended up here by myself.

The girls had dance and Lane was at a golf match.

So I rooted and hollered as the baseball float went by.

You can see his embarrassed smile as I screamed for my Rusty Boy!

His first homecoming as a "Freshy".

 

And screamed some more for Lanes friends as they went by!

Libby, Kyle and Emery representing tennis.

Sadie, Sally, Mia for girls volleyball.

Cuties all ready for the dance!

Big fam problems.

In my dream home each bedroom will have a
stackable washer and dryer in the closet!

The time of year where they want to scooter to the Halloween house 

after dinner each night!

I was in a slump and wanted a change in my house.

I didn't want to spend too much money, as we wont live in 

this house much longer.

My sis in laws have used these gals who decorate with what you 

already have, or buy things at a cheaper price.

I thought I would try them out to see how I liked it.

Rusty was my handy man, assembling all of the new furniture 

pieces before they came for the big install.

The Just Tweak It girls giving my house a face lift!

I was in charge of Della's class party.

I was sweating my tush off!

Why is it so hot in October still?

Mental note to not have an outside game rotation.

I must have snuck over to Lindi's class.

Never go to the SPIRIT store the week of Halloween...

Trunk or Treat at the church

Getting all dolled up for Trick Or Treating!

Not sure why ended up as a banana. 

But this was the reason I got stuck in a mile long line

at the store.

A pretty chill night passing out candy.

The girls ditched us for the cool girls.

Rude.

Rusty too cool for us as well.

Not even sure I saw Lane once that night.

But somehow I got this picture to show he did dress up.

Not sure what he is supposed to be.

Note to self.

Go to the haunted house right at the beginning of the night!!

Holy moly.

I waited in line for about half an hour before Della

officially tapped out. 

I thought for sure this would be the year she went in.

I walked her home while the rest waited another hour!!

Marcie threw another epic party!

Not sure how many years she's been doing this.

This year it was the weekend after Halloween due to schedules.

It was still fun and hopefully it can continue!

18th hole- Golf Wrap Up for Lane

We rushed to Lanes City match after Della's baptism to catch the

last half of the course.

Luckily he was paired up with Jackson.

His sister is a photographer, so we scored some professional pictures!

This was also the start of all the "lasts", as Lane is a Senior.

My heart was sort of aching.

Golf has become something special for him.

He has come a long way with his game.

The nice thing is he will get to play well into being an old man!

Uncle Jake and his cousins, always there to support.

These 4 were a tight senior group.

Together from the very beginning as Freshman. 

Lane, Jonathon, Jackson, and Sawyer.

Forever grateful for their friendships.

Good friends are EVERTYTHING!!

Coach Shoemaker.

What a coach!

It takes a village to raise boys.

He was instrumental. 

So patient, kind, and encouraging.

He has been the golf coach for about 12 years.

This was going to be his last.

His Parkinson's wasn't allowing him to do much more.

These boys were lucky to have him all the way through to the end.

I personally believe he pushed himself one last year to see them off.

It brings tears to my eyes to know how much he cared for them. 

 

I'm going to miss watching them lug their

ginormous golf bags around.

Why are these these types of endings so hard on moms?!

 

We celebrated big for their end of their year banquet!

My parents were so kind to let us use their backyard.

Mesa Golf holds a special place in their hearts as well.

With the help of my brother, who also played golf with coach

Schomaker years prior, we secretly invited as many past 

players as we could to attend the banquet as a surprise to coach!

It was a lovely evening honoring him, along with the 24-25 team!

The boys requested smash burgers.

Alumni sharing a few remarks. 

What a history Mesa High golf has!

Such incredible boys and men!

We were missing a handful as some are currently serving missions. 

The current team.

Some boys had snuck off already. 

The seniors.

Sock tan lines like this mean it was a good season!

I am going to miss finding these tees in my dryer.