Thanksgiving - Vegas Style!

The "Other Butlers" and Judds visited for Thanksgiving Weekend! We enjoyed a yummy dinner, baked, talked, shopped, swam, did our charity outreach, saw a cirque show on the strip, watched the BYU/UTAH game (we were robbed!), went to a movie, played DS (a lot!), ran, went to the LV Temple and of course...

...we saw the big guy in red!

Santa & Cousins: We'll see you in a couple of weeks!

Mr. President!

Election Day 2009!

"Nervous" George next to one of his best friends, Carson who also ran for Bartlett Student Body President!
George giving his Presidential Speech to
third, fourth and fifth graders!
I am still in awe of his confidence and cool demeanor!

Here is George giving his speech today!
Oh, and by the way....He won!

We Officially Have A Missionary Among Us!

Connor James Judd, the oldest cousin in our family, has been asked to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Bacolod, Philippines Mission! He will leave for the MTC on January 27th, 2010! We are soo excited for him! We wish we could have been there to see him open his mission call letter....but this picture is the next best thing!
I LOVE the look on Connor's face!
Congrats Connor!
Can't wait to see you all in a couple of weeks for Thanksgiving!

Steve, Romney, Dee, Allie, Connor and Tracy... no Hunter? Did he have a "hot date"?

Vote GEORGE For President!

I've always said George would end up in politics one day... and he is officially campaigning this week for

Bartlett Student Body President!

We worked very hard this past weekend on his posters (thank you, thank you Mrs. Thompson for your awesome connections and effort - his posters are Swwweeet!), and on his stickers (thank you, Mrs. Boyce for your creative, computer genius and endearing patience!) and on his speech...

Thank you George for knowing
exactly what you stand for!
You Bet Your Bottom Dollar - George Is The One For President!

Good Luck Georgie ol' Boy - We love you!

The Never-Ending Week of Halloween!

Will this week ever end?

Tuesday =
Second Grade Spider & Bat Fair

I needed to include Jackson Bateman's habitat so you could understand the idea...Lulu's Bat Habitat was awesome! She used a flashlight to illuminate her bat-cave! Jackson's wasn't too shabby either!
Wednesday = Trunk or Treat!Butler Girls with Pops and Thompson Girls with Dad!
Ruby refused to wear her costume and decided on a dirty, old recital dress
Thursday =
School Halloween Parties & ParadeLu and her darling friends Jackie, Grace and Kate!
Have you ever seen such boo-tiful girls!
George and his buddies Nolan, Skylar, Connor and Gio!
Aren't they spook-tacular?!
Lulu's very, first Halloween Parade!
Thank you Bartlett
for making a new tradition this year!
Ruby refuses to wear her costume to her pre-school Halloween Party and carries a "Chef" costume in her bag to school!
Friday =
Ballet Costume Party & Pumpkin Carving
Ruby refused to wear her costume to Ballet...
at this point, I've given up on any possibility of her in a costume!
Saturday =
Thompson Halloween Party & Trick or Treating!
The girls had a blast at Abbie and Daisy's Halloween Party on Saturday morning! Ruby still refuses to wear any costume and at the party wins the
"Costume Most Like Yourself" award!
*thanks for the pics Lindsay!
Rubes decides to surprise us all and dresses up in a
"last minute, six dollar, Wal-Mart Pop's purchase"!
We figured she just wanted to be like her sis!
She even wore face paint!
For Halloween evening, The Dawahare's, The Thompson's and The Rich's joined us for chili & breadsticks and then,
Trick or Treating in the neighborhood!

A fun and exhausting week!