Random cute pics

Lily still loves to pretend and dress up. Much of the time she is in her own imaginary world where she gets to make up all the rules! The dress is curteousy of Mom's handywork at the sewing machine and the shoes are from Grandma. Fancy Lily!

Lily is making a lot of friends at school. This one is of her "best" friend's birthday party at Pizza Hut. She was pretty sad the day we went to visit Grandma's house because she missed a birthday party for her friend that is a boy, but that she can't date til she's 16. She did get him a present that she gave him the next week.

We happen to have two monkey costumes - 1 that I got and 1 that my sister gave to me in some handmedowns. Gavin and Lily were being twinsies. They certianly are my little monkeys some days.

This is the epitome of the Marcano home at 6:00am every morning as we all get ready for school.

One day I found Gavin in the dryer. He was playing hide and seek and thought it was a good spot to hide. And yes - we did have a conversation about safety and not hiding in the dryer!

Happy Halloween!

Yesterday, we celebrated another Halloween out at the Ferguson Farm. We brought along our jumping castle and the kids had a blast playing carnival games, eating Hot Dogs and chips, velvet cupcakes and trick or treating around the campfire until all the candy is gone. Lily was inspired by the BYU tailgate party a few weeks ago and decided to be a BYU cheerleader. Gavin made the cutest little pirate and Jessica went with her fav disney character Alex, from Wizards of Waverly Place. They had a great time and were zonked on the way home. They couldn't even manage to wake up long enough to eat any of their candy. This morning we made a deal that they had to wait until after church. I was having visions of them bouncing around during the Primary program in front of everyone. Fortunately they were very good. Needless to say they've been enjoying candy all afternoon. Here's the before and after pictures from last night.

A quick visit to see the Carreños

The Carreños are a family that we have known since living in Venezuela. Alejandro and Beatriz were in the primary when I was in the Stake Primary Presidency and their dad was in the high council. They traveled with us 3 Sundays a month and so I got to know the stake leaders' children pretty well. Now the kids are all grown up. The Carreños are now living in Irving. It's hard to believe these kids have only been in the states for 5 years listening to their English. We had a great time visiting with them this past month! Gavin especially loved their little dog, Casey.

Visit from Great Grandma Wickham!

It was such a pleasant surprise to have Great Grandma Wickham come down for a surprise visit. We were summoned to my mom's home to enjoy her company. Lily was especially excited to see another Grandma. She loves her grandma's. We had to take the opportunity before church to catch everyone in a four generation shot!

Making cookies with Mom

This is our favorite Sunday afternoon activity. Making cookies with Mom. Gavin especially loves to help me out. Lily just doesn't want to give up the spotlight of attention or maybe she just wants first dibs at the batter. Jessica is typically the most help - but then she has the most experience.

Golden Girls Mini Camp and Texas Football

Jessica and Lily got to go to the Mini Drill Team camp this summer. As part of the camp they were invited to go on the field with the Golden Girls and do the camp dance, walk around the track and stand on the field as the football players ran through the Tiger. They also got to sit with the Golden Girls during the first quarter. Gavin loved the Tiger mascot the most. This was our family's first football game. We've been to a RRHS game since then and a BYU tailgate party this month. I thought - wow - this is a lot of Football for the Marcano family in one year. So for those who know us at all - you can be proud that we've made it through two half times this season!

First Day of School

All the kids are in school this year. Gavin especially was excited about a backpack like Dora has and Lily is excited to go to school with her Daddy. Jessica is on a different schedule in the district where I work so her first day was the day after Lily's. We're all getting used to getting up at 5:30am-6:00am to get to school on time.