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Homecoming week

2010-10-03T11:20:00.004-05:00

This week was the first homecoming week ever for Sunnyvale! It was quite the experience. All of us kids had spirit weeks at school and ended with the big game and Dad's birthday!

Spirit Week!

The boy scouts (Tanner) went out on the field to salute the flag
Tanner's soccer team won!

For Dad's birthday we snuck in through his bathroom window when he was asleep and heart-attacked his bathroom! Happy Birthday!

ASBEN GROVE

2010-07-30T20:01:00.016-05:00

We went to Aspen Grove this summer.It was so much fun!
The dads did a little paint ball war. AHHHHH!

The last night there is a big family dance! Head Lock!!

Smile Maddie!

We won the family follies! 1st Time!!!!!

NO WEAKSAUCE was are Motto! Go Aspen Grove!

water fun

2010-07-08T18:20:00.003-05:00

we went to the lake . we did some awesome things . we 3 skied. we also did a pyramid

4th of July!!!

2010-07-08T17:48:00.006-05:00

We went to the cabin for the 4th of july. It was so much fun the fire works were awesome . Are cousins came with us to.They live up in Arizona .
Ellie was so cute
Maddie? or a wizard?
just move along little doggie

Ketchup...

2010-03-26T17:30:00.006-05:00

After that long break of... stuff we want to get out an update on our wonderful lives...

Tanner got glasses!

skating/climbing/running/scootering in our to-be redone pool!
Our gorgeous Anna braided her horse's hair with some friend's help
I went to my dance again!
My Birthday-----14----
Mom's Birthday.... 29....

We cannot wait for more!!!

2010-02-14T20:40:00.001-06:00

Record-Breaking Snow!!!!

2010-02-12T08:53:00.005-06:00

SNOW!!! And a lot of it! In these past two days Dallas and Sunnyvale have become a winter wonderland for the first time ever! And people used to think Utah and Washington, D.C had a lot of snow. We ended the 5 inch record with a total of 8.9 inches in a 24 hour period and over a foot total! It snowed the entire day! From when we woke up until about 11:30 P.M!

A little snowman making action.

Our desert palm tree...

The finished project that morning before school

After school we went to the Phillips' sub division and went sledding and surfing down the colossal hill in front of their house. Take note of the pink flowered umbrella.
Some winter surfing when the Davidson's showed up.
Two of the cutest little people alive!

The supply of sleds was short so I realized that you don't need a sled to go sledding! Well, at least that's what I thought...

Zoo!

2010-01-26T21:36:00.005-06:00

For MLK day we were all out of school so we decided to take a little trip to the Dallas zoo with the Phillips. We had a ton of fun and Anna and I took some great pics with our new cameras!

We decided to ignore the warnings of don't get in fountain and do a little posing. I think Rachel's pose is best...
My mom has this picture of me and Anna riding this same turtle when we were super little!Cute pic of everyone there! Except rachel.. oh and richie... so not everyone.. and rebecca...darn
There's this cool thing in the zoo where you buy mealworms or seeds on a stick and these birds will come and land on you. They landed on me, Anna, and Lydia but unfortunately we didn't think of taking pics until the end when the birds knew we didn't have any real food. So we only got this one pic of me with a bird. We got to hold this huge dove and one landed on my head!

After a long day with the awesome leaf-eating gorilla in the background.

Cart-wheel contest anyone?

2010-01-22T17:03:00.005-06:00

Anna decided that it would be a wise maneuver to challenge Brett to a cart-wheel competition. Knowing this couldn't go too well I got out the camera to record the hilariousness. It's a good thing I did. There were three rounds... a right hand cart-wheel, a left hand cart-wheel and a random routine that had to include some sort of wheel. Linnae and I were privileged to be the judges for this marvelous event.

right hand... Anna winner

left hand... Brett winner

Dad decided that his skills were needed to make this competition note-worthy...

Round one, two, and three... Anna winner, but it was definitely a close call when it came to the free style round! In the end Anna was the winner but everyone did great!

Frozen Fish

2010-01-15T15:39:00.004-06:00

A couple weeks ago, when the cold was sweeping Texas, my dad and I went realized at about 10:30 we hadn't fed the horses, darn. I looked around the room panicked, trying to find a way out, to no avail. So we walked over to the horses in the 15 degree weather to find their water trough frozen solid, requiring dad to jump on the ice to break it. We decided to bring back one of the 2 inch thick pieces. The next morning when Anna went to go check on the water trough she and a friend were forced to use a some unknown horse tool to break the ice... this time containing one of our fish that eat the algae, which was later found by dad and Tanner. That poor orange fish had been seen only hours ago by myself the previous night. Poor fish...

New Decade! Happy New Year!

2010-01-08T22:53:00.003-06:00

2009 was GREAT! Many new and exciting things happened and some things ended. Gordy turned 40, we have no more babies in the house, we went to South Padre, my dad and I went on our amazing hike, Jenn visited Kosrae, and musical talent continues to abide. We cannot wait for more of 2010! Our New Years, as always, was spent in Oklahoma with our friends the Davidsons and the Ludlows. It couldn't be any better!

Merry Christmas

2010-01-08T22:16:00.005-06:00

Christmas this year was amazing! We started out our break going to the great wolf lodge for a couple of days and had a blast in the water park and playing the games. That following week we went up to the cabin with Jared, Em and Rich, Sarah and James, Brett and Linnae, and all the kids. We acted out the nativity and exchanged presents with the cousins... such fun! Christmas Eve night we drove home and woke up the next morning to a white Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-30T20:31:00.004-06:00

We started off our Thanksgiving with the annual Turkey Trot. Everyone was at our house for the feast and we ended the night playing very intense games of twister. Such Fun!

Happy Halloween

2009-11-03T17:14:00.005-06:00

Halloween has come again! This year it has brought us 1 spooky witch, one lone ranger, one plundering pirate, and one costume wearer. A great thanks to Jenn for getting this all put together! We had a great time! If course now we are all sick to our stomachs and will be for the next 10 years, but it was a blast and we cannot wait for next year! We filled our buckets in the company of the Phllips' and the Davidson's. What fun!

Halloween here we come!

Bah, teenagers...
Hands up where I can see them!

Did I scare you?

Beware of my fearsome hook you scurvy dogs!

No more toddlers!

2009-10-24T13:10:00.004-05:00

It has finally happened... we are free of toddlers! It is a sad and happy day! Ellie turned four and had her birthday party at ASI. She loved it! We invited all of her friends from school and had a great turnout. We are still struggling to find room for all of those new toys!

Two very happy and smiley girls...
Happy birthday four year old!

Beware of the barbie diva!

Swing on that rope... they swing on this rope into a foam block pit! FUN!

For her birthday ASI gave her her very own mummy costume! handmade from athletic wrap!

We love our Ellie Lula!

Ellie has gone to preschool!

2009-10-10T11:25:00.005-05:00

Ellie's preschool has the cutest new student ever! She looks so old and is turning four! I can't believe it!

Birthday Mania!

2009-10-10T11:05:00.003-05:00

Now that fall has come Birthdays are everywhere! Gordy turned 40, Anna turned 11, and Ellie is turning 4 on Monday! For Gordon's birthday we had a full blown party of 30 people, complete with brisket and IBC. For Anna's we went to lazer tag and had a blast!

Ana and all her friends... so cute!

She got two birthday cakes?! One at lazer tag and one at home!

The one at home was a little overdone. Who knew timers could be so quiet? But the cookie cake was still delish!

Gord had the most elaborate cake I have ever seen at our house before. Vanilla with raspberry filling. YUM!

Don't you just love blue frosting?

Fish Lake Trail

2009-08-27T16:54:00.003-05:00

Gord and Maddie and Gord's friends and their daughters recently went on a hike in Utah by SLC. They got back the day before school started and had tons of fun! After the hike they went and saw Linsey get married and toured Temple Square.

South Padre '09

2009-08-12T23:22:00.002-05:00

The Bravest of them all...

2009-08-09T21:05:00.003-05:00

Anna got her ears pierced this July and was the bravest child in our family to get their ears pierced. The whole thing was over in less than 30 seconds. She wanted blue earrings and after two years of uncertainty it happened. She loves them and looks great!

South Padre Island, Tx

2009-08-09T19:25:00.008-05:00

We got back from South Padre today after an amazing week long trip. We went with our friends the Fennegans to their most awesome beach house. We had a blast and can't wait to go again. We went surfing, fishing, Schlitterbahning (water park), photographing, swimming, bbqing, and having tons of fun at the beach!!

We woke up really early one morning and went to go take pictures on the beach for our Christmas card. Everyone looked super cute, thanks to the humidity.
We went to a different beach and had a barbeque on the beach (hotdogs and s'mores) and played in the amazing wonders of the sand dunes! left to right (Reaves, Cade, Anna, Tanner)
Drizzle towers were everyone's favorite and here are all of the kids except for Reaves. We are at the beach closest to the beach house. It is only a 20 sec walk to the beach!
Nothing to see here . . . move along . . .

South Padre sunrise the same morning we took the first picture. The sunsets and sunrises are amazing!

Claws said to be so sharp you can cut yourself just by looking! ahhhh! Feisty little creatures that show no mercy...

TOAD!

2009-07-16T14:55:00.003-05:00

A warning to all... do not be scared by the ferocity in this toad.

Now that summer's here the toads have decided to set themselves loose. When we were cleaning up the backyard we found this monster underneath the tent bag! The toad is certainly not going hungry. There has been some speculation as to whether it's expecting or not! Anna tried to hold it, but it started climbing up Maddie's arms. There was a moment of freak out and the toad hopped away.

A region finals

2009-07-14T20:40:00.004-05:00

Anna made it to A region finals. We are so proud! She is as fast as a lightning bolt in the water (and out). We love her SO much! She didn't make it to state but she did amazing!

Three beautiful girls.

A little showing off after the meet. The other girls are (left to right) Morgan and Ashlyn
Anna was giving us a pose before it was her turn.
Go Anna GO!
On your mark, get set, fly!

Girls Camp!

2009-06-16T12:06:00.003-05:00

Ahhh... the wonderful wonders of girls camp... In these future pictures please do not judge by appearance, with four hours of sleep and no mirrors not everyone can look as good as we do. Jenn was not having her picture taken this week, no matter what the circumstances. Girls camp is in Broken Bow, OK. Which happens to be ten minutes away from the cabin!

This is a pic of Maddie and Mackenzie on skit night doing their wonderful "popcorn popping" skit. Neither thought it was a brilliant idea, but they couldn't stop laughing as they sang popcorn popping on the apricot tree at the top of their lungs. Joy...
We do a flag ceremony every morning and night where they raise and lower the U.S. flag. We all stand in big circle and sing a song and have a prayer for whatever meal is coming up. This is of Maddie, Mackenzie, and Leeannah (she's on the far right).
"Sexy Lady come along..." We are practicing our cheers at role call.

Ellie Preschool Show

2009-06-03T16:01:00.003-05:00

Ellie had her preschool show a while back and we just got the pics! She loves to sing along and really strut her stuff.

A little half-time secret

Such a pretty little princess

Show them what you got!

Sunshine is Over!

2009-05-28T20:56:00.003-05:00

Ellie and Tanner had their last sunshine generation performance of the year (and their last one with their teacher forever). They had a ton of fun and had a great year. They had one at an art convention so there were other performers. Maddie, her friend, and Anna went up on the stage to dance with a different group of people when they invited people up. Ellie and Tanner cannot wait for next year, even if it is without Mrs. Ella.

They even danced when they was not they're turn to perform

Ellie, as always, took over the show with her rap version of "You are my Sunshine" and her wiggle dance.

Tanner was a little shy at first... but then he couldn't stop the dancing!

Jenn's Amazing Trip to Micronesia

2009-03-11T15:34:00.003-05:00

We've heard some requests to post some more photos of Jenn and Mom and Dad (Gordon's parents) in Micronesia on the island of Kosrae. Jenn took Grandma Evans to visit the new Foote missionaries. Here are a bunch of pics. Enjoy!

Jenn and Elder Foote went and looked at some ancient ruins.

Here is Jenn and Dad (Elder Foote) at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the ruins
Jenn and Mom (Sister Foote) are standing infront of the Island of the Sleeping Lady. You cannot see it very well in this picture, but the island resembles a lady on her back.
Dad is holding a coconut tree growing out of another coconut husk, he found that sitting on the ground!
This is a member family on Pohnpei (pronounced: pon a pay)
Mom and Dad seem to be doing great. While we were on Pohnpei, the Facilities Manager told me how great they were doing and that Dad had already remembered everyone's names and that mom was trying to learn the language. None of the other senior couples have tried to learn the language. But what really struck me was Dad learning every one's names. Remember when Dad used to call everyone "Sunshine" because he couldn't remember their names? While I was in the zone conference on Kosrae Mom loaned me her notebook. It happened to be the notebook that LeeAnn had written the notes from their setting apart blessings. While reading that, I had forgotten that Dad had been blessed to remember names and love the people. Loving the people was easy, but the remembering of names was a blessing to be sure. The people there love Mom and Dad and Mom and Dad love the people. Mom learned to introduce Grandma and I in Kosrian. She would say, "This is my mother" and "This is my daughter". Everyone would look at me, then look at her. Then the conversation of she's really my daughter-in-law would commence. I'm a little too tall! Everyone would always say, "She's so smart!" talking about Mom, because none of the other senior missionaries had tried to learn the language.

Their home is really nice and roomy for Kosrian standards. They have two bedrooms, one used as an office, a large living room and a good sized kitchen. Compared to here it's not spacious but on an island where an entire family lives in one or two rooms and cooks outside it's pretty nice.

Mom is teaching anyone who wants to learn how to play the piano and they've taught the young women how to lead so they can do it instead of the missionaries. Mom helped the youth put together some hymns which they sang at District Conference as well as in the youth fireside. The islanders sing beautifully and as loud as they can. When I was at church on Sunday here the difference was sad. 60 people from Kosrae could put our entire congregation to shame without even trying. I really loved singing with the Kosrians.

I could go on and on, but I'll end here. Mom and Dad look and are doing great. I didn't get to spend tons of time with them, but what time I did get was so wonderful!

Miss you all!

Love, Jenn

2009-03-10T20:56:00.002-05:00

Anna wanted to tell the world about her amazing guitar recital this past month. She performed several songs with her group and we all enjoyed it. We are so proud of our Anna doing so well and practicing so hard!! We Love You Anna!

2009-03-07T21:11:00.009-06:00

Hello blogging world, the Footes are back in the system once again! We know its been a while since we've blogged so here's the run down. In this extremely short (but seemingly long) month our family has done a bunch of things. Maddie went to her first dance at Sunnyvale with a bunch of her friends, Jenn and Maddie had their b-days, Jenn went to Kosrae with Grandma Evans, Ellie and Tanner had their Sunshine Generation music program, and we all had fun!

This is Maddie and her friends before the dance......

Maddie and her friend Sarah
Gord and Maddie before the dance.

Jenn had a great time and was super excited! She said it was a

very humbling experience and it taught her a lot.

This was one if the many kitchens, yes, they all had outdoor kitchens.

Jenn and the people she was with climbed some ancient ruins.

They hiked to a majestic waterfall and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.

She also found out that pineapple grows on stalks like this one and produces 3 pineapples in its lifetime. It puts out one pineapple each year.

Ellie decided at the last moment that she would belt it out and take over the show.

Time for a stretch.... or is that a dance move?

Couldn't be cute cuter!

2009-01-31T23:55:00.003-06:00

OK, so Maddie tried out for all region choir this morning at Richardson Junior High. We had to leave our house at 6:45 which means Maddie and her friend Mackenzie had to wake up at an amazing 6:00 AM after a late night watching their movie! Later this evening Maddie got a call from her choir teacher saying that she made it into the all region choir! So Exciting! We can't wait for their performance.

2009-01-20T17:54:00.005-06:00

Sorry we haven't updated in a while. We hope ya'll had a great new years! Ours was fantastic! We took a couple of families up to the cabin (Oklahoma) and shot off fireworks. We took the Davidsons (from church) and the Ledlows.

We took a hike and had soo much fun! We actually made it through without falling into the freezing cold river! With a small exception.

Maddie and her friends, Mackenzie and Meridith, had a little too much fun with the sparklers. We called them the three m's.

We had an Amazing THANKSGIVING

2008-12-01T09:08:00.006-06:00

Mom was working on her computer and lounging in her chair.

Tanner was showing off his cool by being able to walk with no hands
Anna's favorite thing was the tightrope. Now she plans to get one.
Maddie thought it was soo fun being out there with everyone
Gordy took advantage of the situation and got another haircut

Thanksgiving was soo much fun! We had a great time at Grandma's House and had an amazing time! Maddie went to go see Twilight with all of the girls (for the 3rd time) after the legendary Thanksgiving feast. All of the kids loved the tightrope that Dallin and Doug set up (especially Anna ). All in all we had an amazing time.

2008-11-25T15:49:00.001-06:00

Anna went to Fossil Rim with some friends and had a blast. She loved how all the animals were not afraid of them.

Our Awesome New House

2008-11-25T12:37:00.003-06:00

We moved into our new house about 2 weeks ago. Here's all the pics from the construction. We love it!!

Every Dad Needs His Battle Scars

2008-11-23T17:38:00.007-06:00

Gordy had some surgery a little bit ago. He kept on showing everybody his awesome stitches. He was such a good sport about the whole thing.

When he came home the actual stitches were blue. He looked like Frankenstein but with a sense of humor.

WORK IT GIRL!!!

2008-11-22T13:53:00.001-06:00

We were taking pictures of our new house and Ellie wanted to be in the spotlight. She had soo much fun trying out her new pose that Maddie taught her. She is the cutest 3 year old alive!!

FUN FUN FUN

2008-11-22T13:49:00.000-06:00

MADDIE AND HER FRIEND HAD A PAINT WAR

2008-11-22T12:52:00.004-06:00

Maddie and her new friend Mackenzie had a paint war in our field with all the leftover paint from Maddie's room. They painted Madde's room by themselves (almost). Afterwards they jumped in the pool with all of their clothes on and swam for an hour. So Fun!!