Nine.Eight Years

 9.8 Years

• Fall Fun: We are in full swing for the fall. You school put on the jog-a-thon. Normally I am there (dressed up as a Wildcat), but this time it was just you and JoJo. There was a dress up week leading up to it, so everyone was excited for it. We also went to a pumpkin patch with the cousins. It was the Blunk's farm. You liked the corn maze, the big trikes, and picking out a big pumpkin to carve. 
• Funny moment: you have been working hard on a slide presentation all on twerking. It was random and bizarre, but I loved how it showed your sense of humor. 
•  The high school put on a cheer camp as a fundraiser. You learned a dance to Shake, Shake, Shake Sonora along with some favorite cheers (like Boom Dynamite). You enjoyed it, but definitely felt older and said you didn't want to do it again next year.
• Halloween was so fun. You were able to host a friend's party beforehand. There were about 6 of you. Everyone came dressed up. I had you plan the whole thing. You ate donuts off the strong, roasted s'mores, made dirty creepy sodas, played night games, and then everyone changed into their pjs for a movie. It was crazy. At one point, the disco lights were going and you were all dancing to music outside. You had a lot of fun. We did a Ward chili dinner and trunk-o-treat. On actually Halloween, cousins came down for dinner and trick-o-treating. You and Sonora really wanted to go out on your own, so I gave you my phone and Janecce and I stayed with the little girls. I was surprised that by 7:30, you were done and wanted to come back to organize candy and watch a movie.
• We went to Disneyland!!! It was the perfect time to go. Halloween rush was done and Christmas hadn't started yet. We spent one day at Disneyland, had a rest day at the hotel swimming, eating, watching a movie, and shopping at Downtown Disney. Then we spent a day at California Adventure. It was so magical. The lines were so short that we were able to go on each ride 2-3 times. At first, Maggie was getting in your head about the big rides being scary. We told you all that anyone who went on Guardians of the Galaxy and Incredicoaster would get $5 ach ride (those were the two rides that I wasn't going to push to go on). You went on both of them and loved the roller coaster. You even went on it again at night with Dad and that was a highlight for you.