Hsiao House Happenings 蕭家事: October 2025

We were right in the middle of Homecoming week when October started. It was busy and fun! The SBOs and Class Officers put on such a fun Homecoming assembly! They were organized and had engaging activities.

Brian is the SBO Dance Officer, so his big thing was taking care of the Homecoming Dance. His decoration ideas were awesome! The theme they chose was Beneath the Waves. It really was an awesome theme and excellent decorations. Brian was so good at giving instructions and supervising the set up.

We set up the decorations after school on Friday with the dance being held on Saturday. On Friday night we had the big Homecoming football game.

We had an incredible turnout for the game and my fireworks guys were all ready to go for their show at the end. Then, at half time in the middle of announcing the Homecoming royalty, a huge lightening storm came rolling in. We had to evacuate the stadium and the fireworks had to be cancelled. The rain poured and the lightning flashed super close. Eventually the football team finished their game about midnight. A few students, including Brian, went back to watch the end.

It was a real bummer about the fireworks and royalty announcing. But, the Homecoming Dance the next day was a HUGE success!! I am so proud of Brian and how he pulled it all together. We had the best turnout in years and Brian's work with the DJ beforehand made for the best DJ experience yet. The kids loved it all from the decorations and photo booth to the music played. It was the best dance in years!

Timmy took the cousin of one of his best friends.

Brian took Marley, one of his long time best friends. They had never been to a dance together and it was time to make it happen as seniors.

When Homecoming week was over, attention needed to be given to academics.

Mark went out to lunch with Alice.

The Student Government had been given free tickets to the Laufey concert. We decided Brian deserved them the most for his incredible work with the dance. He took his friend, Aida, the SBO Secretary. She also deserved it for her hard work with organizing the assembly.

Homecoming ended and we had to jump right into planning for Monster Mash. Timmy was asked to Monster Mash by his friend Sawyer.

Brian was asked by his friend, Savannah.

Fall Break arrived! We went to Buffalo Wild Wings. I can't believe how many wings these guys can eat!

Then we packed up and headed up to Flaming Gorge to the Cooke's cabin! They were unable to have us over Labor Day so they invited us over Fall Break instead. We took our traditional stop at the Chinese place in Mountain View.

Luckily the weather was fantastic for our trip! It could have gone either way in October.

We watched the BYU vs Utah football game up there. Our two families are rivals, so it gets a little intense. I think this is a great picture of Mark and Kevin. Kevin found that sweater of his dad's up at the cabin.

We got some really good airsoft in at the cabin this year. It was so fun!

We also played some fun games and ate some great food!

We took a nice outing to see Red Canyon.

The three seniors, Brian, Marley and Aida enjoyed being together. It was kind of sad thinking this might be the last time Brian goes to the cabin.

We hiked around the top of the canyon for a bit and found some crevices to explore.

Then we went over to the dam. Being as it was the middle of October, we were not expecting the temperature to be so warm. It was warm enough that Brian decided to do a little cliff jumping and flips.

Marley and Hendrix joined him and then it was back to the cabin for more airsoft.

The Cookes were so sweet to bring a cake for me to celebrate my birthday that night.

After the Fall Break trip to the cabin, it was back to real life. Somehow Timmy got me to take him to one of his favorite places, Pizzeria Limone.

I went up to the ranch one morning before I needed to be at school to take pictures of our property and have my dad sign a lease to show the county we are using the property for agriculture.

Another early morning temple trip for me on Saturday morning.

It was time to start finding all the ski gear needed for the season. This picture was scoping out helmets and goggles at Costco. We also went to the Park City Ski Swap and found skis, boots, and poles for myself, Brian and Timmy. The three of us got passes to Brighton this year and we all needed new gear.