The Summit Lights Up

Every year one of our local malls "Lights Up" and they have fireworks, Santa, Mrs. Clause, music, and lots of friends. This year the day before it was scheduled, there was a major fire in Reno destroying over 30 homes. It was fueled by terrible winds that destroyed the tree that was supposed to "Light Up". Soooooooo it was postponed for two weeks and, off we went.



Warming up by the fire pit.


Jared is having too much fun with his hat. :-)




Santa and Mrs. Clause was brought in by fire truck and escorted by The Police and the Sheriff Dept. They made their was down the long barricade, shaking hands and posing for pictures as they came. They were led by a group of children and their families from "The Children's Miracle Network". It was VERY cool.


Santa helping his lovely wife up.


Throwing out his magic dust to get the fireworks started.


I didn't get any good pictures of the fireworks. We were standing behind a light pole, you'll just have to trust me that they were cool. :-)





Stopping to take a picture.


Just one more great thing I love about his season!

The Reno Tree Lighting

For the second year in a row Michael had the opportunity to sing at the Reno tree lighting. His "Concert Choir" was the only group to sing at the lighting. SO much fun. It's really neat! It's in Downtown Reno (which we go to for events only. LOL) So anyone is able to attend. They choir sings for about an hour and then the Mayor or Vice Mayor comes, speaks and lights the tree.




We met the school bus down there.




Looking at the skating rink


Goofballs...






More goofballs...


We haven't seen her in awhile... We miss her. (She was in our old ward)


LOL Long story...


Kicking back, manning the jackets and backpacks.




Reno's Vice mayor


And it's lit!



Santa Christens the rink for the first time of the season.


And yes... Michael is HOLDING his jacket instead of wearing it.



And they get their hot cup of cocoa...

Game 2--- This time with Jared

This was the second game, but the first set of tickets I had won from work. YAY!!!! So much fun! I worked for a couple of hours and then left to get to the game with Jared. This time UNR was playing Louisiana Tech. Again, I don't get to spend a whole lot of one on one time with the kids, so this was a nice opportunity.


Some of the band before the game began.


A little pre-game photo-op



Go Pack!


The game is about to get started.



Goof-Ball!


Half-Time



Oh yeah.. and there were players on the field too. :-)



We had a lot of fun and for the most part it was a good game... until the 4th quarter. The score was 20-3 until the 4th quarter and then.... Dun Dun Dunnnnn.... The final score was 20-24. :-( BOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Go Pack!

I had the pleasure of winning two sets of game tickets for the UNR football game. I gave the boys the choice of which ones they wanted to attend and Michael chose the UNR vs Hawaii game which was at night. After work I ran home grabbed my backpack full of gloves, hats, scarves, etc. and off we went. (It was COLD!! But we were prepared!)

I don't get to spend one on one time with the kids often enough so I was VERY excited!



Friends of ours, Joey and Amy were across the field but stopped by to say hello! They laughed as Michael happily munched on his.... Chocolate covered bacon! EWE!!!!!! He said it was "Yummy!" I'll just take his word for it.




A quick smile before kick-off





Out comes the team!








Gimme a "Boom!"



It was the day after Veteran's Day so they of course had a wonderful tribute and a swearing in of the newest military members.



We had a lot of fun and I really enjoy the time I get to spend with them individually!

GO PACK!

Oh! And by the way... We won! 42-28!