It's Desi's World: So far behind:-(

The title says it all. SO much has happened and I have had such good intentions, but the blog has had to take a back seat to all the activities in the Malone house. I will try to catch up without writing a book:-) First of all, October 5th, Devan was named 1st runner-up at OBU Homecoming!!!! We were all shocked because there were over 30 girls in the running:-) Here's a couple of pictures:

Devan and one of her best friends, Hannah Pilcher who was named Queen!!!

The family:-) Next was our annual church trip to Family Farm. This was Desi's first "real" trip there. She has visited a couple of times with Devan and Jenna but this time she got to participate in all the activities.

Sisters:-)

Mom and dad with the littles.

Desi's first fish:-)

Making mom nervous!!! Time for Halloween. Desi got to help carve her first pumpkin. At first she was very apprehensive and didn't want to touch it but with a little encouragement from Jenna, she was soon digging away!! We went trick-or-treating at Spook City in our home town and Desi loved getting all the candy.

Hey, this isn't so bad after all:-)

Cutest ladybug on the block!!

Very convincing Cleopatra. Steve and I took a much needed weekend trip to Branson. We did a lot of Christmas shopping and went to Silver Dollar City.....alone.... We were looking so forward to this part of the trip but in all honesty, it just wasn't the same without the kids:-( All those quaint little shops we wanted to go into,,,,,well, they weren't that great. It is much more fun with our kiddos:-) Next, Jenna was chose to participate in "The Showcase". This is where all the schools in the county come together to showcase their cheerleaders and gymnastics. Jenna attends Angela's Cheer and Tumble and Ms. Angela wanted her to be a part of the performance. She did really well and we were very proud of her. On November 9th, Devan celebrated her 22nd birthday. Last year on November 9th, we finally received Desi's travel approval after a 40 day wait:-( Desi, Jenna and I went to Arkadelphia to deliver Red Velvet Cake Balls and Devan's birthday gifts:-)

November 21st, Jenna turned 9 years old. We wanted to surprise her with an early gift so we took her to our hair salon to get her ears pierced. She has BEGGED to have this done but when we told her what was happening she literally began crying because she was scared. It took probably 30 minutes, but we finally got her ears pierced. Granted, there was a TON of crying and screaming!!!

Please note the tears!!! She is having a sleep-over tonight for her birthday. I'll add some photos later of this event:-) Finally, this was Desi's first Thanksgiving. Unfortunately we hosted dinner at our house and I completely forgot to get a picture:-( I did however get photos of Desi's first tree trimming. We decorated the house the day before Thanksgiving and she LOVED decorating the tree:-) Here are a few photos: