Happy Halloween!!!

Don't Fear the Reaper!

The Little Mermaid and Iron Man

Spooky Dead Guys. Grandpa came over and did Christians make-up. Doesn't he look great! Landon just went with a good old mask.

Halloween fun in dance class. Lauren is right in the front in her little mermaid costume. She had to pull up the flipper in order to dance.


Franken Scout


Baseball Frankie

Okay, I had to put these on here because it is Halloween. This was Christian at the end of the school year back in May. He was in a play where he was Frankenstein (or as they called him 'Frankie'). The funny part was that he had the play, then he had a baseball game and then Boy Scouts. Mr. Mendenhall (the director/teacher) dared Christian to go to the game and to Scouts in the make-up. Dare or not, we didn't have a choice but to wear the make-up because we were in such a hurry to make it to all of these activities. It was pretty funny when the Baseball coach saw Christian. We got there about in the middle of the game and the coach just made an announcement about Christian having just been in a play, but wanted to come and play some baseball too. Christian even stayed in character out in the field. I could hear him doing the grunt and moan of Frankie. I just love it!

Remmy

4th file, 4th picture, tag 4 - Tag

Now I guess I will have to blog about Remmy - the family pet. I sure am relieved that the picture in the tag shows Lauren with her hair done and a clean shirt on!

So Chris and I talked about getting the kids some lind of little pet. I said a hamster or gerbil, he comes home with a RAT. It was not just one rat, but two - and they were a boy rat and a girl rat. Do you know how quickly rats multiply? Very.

Well, sadly life was not meant to be long for the girl rat called Sparkle. This was very sad especially for Christian, but it was not meant to be.

We have had Remmy for over a year now and I have to say he has grown on me. He really is a sweet pet and never bites (which was why Chris got him in the 1st place as opposed to the gerbil or hamster). Yes, we did have to celebrate his birthday - the kids insisted.

Can you tell how much these kids love their rat???

The boys love to take Remmy outside and they go everywhere with him on their shoulder. They even go on scooter and bike rides with him tucked into their jacket or on a shoulder.

Twice Remmy has escaped and gotten outside. Guess who was the one to find him? Me. I found him in a little hole under the driveway. He had been missing for about three days when I walked past the whole and thought to look there. Remmy must have heard me comming by because his little head was poking out of the hole. We actually had to dig the hole out to get him and it was quite a process. We covered the hole over completely and got him a new cage so he couldn't escape.

Not too long after that someone left Remmy out of the cage and he got away again. We didn't think he was outside, but had looked everywhere for him with no luck. I began to think he was gone for good. After a few days I decided to check where the hole once was. As soon as I walked by I noticed the hole was there again. I called for Remmy and after a while he poked out his head - he had dug out the hole again. This time I got him to come out with water and food pretty easily. It was a great suprise for the boys when they came home from school. I can't believe how lucky we were to find him twice, outside. Hope we don't lose him again.

All of my blogging friends have been tagged on this one except for Sabrina. She is going to kill me. So sorry that I have such a limited number of people to tag. Do it if you want;)

Little Dancer

All ready to go to dance class. It is Lauren's favorite time of the week. Dance is the only thing I have to bribe her with, she is really good too. This is about the only time she will do exactly what the teaches tells her too. She totally pays attention and tries so hard to do all of the steps - I think she is the youngest and littlest in the class. Really, this class is just too cute!! I love going on parent day and being able to watch everything she has learned. The teachers are sooo great with the girls too.

Lauren in action! It was really hard to get a picture of her at the dance studio. Se just kept dancing and turning away every time I took the picture. This was before class started. Nice snag in the tights.

Lauren's doing her "dance pose". You have to point your toe!

6 Quirks

This tag is to share six of my quirks with everyone:

1. Sadly, I am crazy for Lime flavor Diet Coke.
2. I know way too much about names of actors and actresses in shows and movies as well as other trivia. This quirk is passed on to me by my Dad. Thanks Dad!
3. I don't like tomatoes or peaches. I think it is the texture that freaks me out. I do like things made with tomatoes, like salsa and sauces. Peach jam is good, however peach cobbler is yuck.
4. I like to wear shoes or slippers in the house. Whenever I go barefoot or in socks it seem like someone has just spilled liquid or food on the floor for me to step in - very gross in socks and unpleasant in bare feet as well. Maybe this one will change once the kids get older.
5. Often I stay up way too late at night reading, making jewelry, watching T.V, cleaning... whatever. It is the only time for quiet and I can actually do something without cute little interruptions.
6. Yes, I can be a chatterbox. Lot's of unnecessary details, working on it.


I Tag: Kim, Melissa and ...... that's all

Seven Years Old

Gavin is off to school with his Birthday treats - Ghostly treat bags!

Fun at Jumpin Jacks.

Walk the plank ya scurvy dog!

Here are the party goers with yet another creepy treat bag. We did a fun Halloween theme for Gavin. He went with me to pick out these treats. Gavin really wanted to have a 'friend' party. I told him he could invite two friends (that is all of the seat belts I had to drive to Jumpin Jacks). Gavin invited Brandon and Owen. They all had such a fun time!

Chris told Gavin he would make anything Gavin wanted for dinner. Gavin chose Ramen Noodles, silly kid.

Happy Birthday Gavin!

8 Things

8 TV shows I love to watch:

1. Buffy
2. Smallville
3. Gray's Anatomy
4. Heroes
5. Desperate Housewives
6. 24
7. Ghost Whisperer
8. American Idol

Can you tell that I like shows with superheros/superpowers in them?


8 Things that happened yesterday:

1. Kim chastised me (nicely) for not doing this tag yet
2. Ran 3 miles on the treadmill
3. Made a bracelet for a customer and did other business stuff
4. Listened to lots of exuberant screaming while the boy's and their friends played Wii
5. Took Gavin to get a few party favors for his Birthday Party
6. Cleaned my sofa, love seat and living room carpet
7. Snuggled with my baby girl (she's not really a baby anymore though)
8. Read Brisinger


8 Favorite places to eat:

1. Cheesecake Factory
2. Bajio
3. Olive Garden
4. P.F. Changs
5. Chris' Homemade Lasagne
6. Wanna Iguana
7. Anything with Mexican Food
8. Gino's East

8 Things I'm looking forward to:

1. Gary, Sabrina and the girl's coming in December
2. Christmas
3. Lauren's dance recital
4. Twilight and Harry Potter movies
5. Thanksgiving at Donna's
6. Beads in Tucson (if we go)
7. Getting organized (this should really be on my wish list)
8. Being done with Bead Chic shows for the year


8 Things on my wish list:

1. A healthy family
2. Less screaming
3. Less whining
4. A clean house
5. A successful business
6. A really nice digital SLR camera
7. Some new furniture
8. See family more (some of you just need to move here!)



8 People I tag:

1. Sabrina and Gary
Anyone else who reads this and has not been Tagged

Happy Birthday Chris!

Today was Chris' 40th birthday! Wow, time sure does fly. Of course I had to do the whole black balloons and 'over the hill' theme. It actually turned out quite nicely that it is near Halloween - it helped having decorations available. I got a toombstone and made chocolate brownies for the cake with an 'over the hill' toomstone candle. It was fun! Hope Chris had a nice Birthday.

A Quick Visit

Last night we had a chance to see Greg and Kevin here in Utah. They were in Salt Lake to attend the Priesthood session of General Conference. Their Young Men's group drove all of the way from California. We met at the Joseph Smith Building and saw the Joseph Smith movie with them. The movie was really good and it was so fun to see our family.

The boy's were especially excited to see their cousin, Kevin. Landon really wanted to go with Chris and Christian to the broadcast at the Stake Center so he could see if Kevin was there on TV. How cute. He gave Kevin a big hug too. Landon and Christian really think a lot of Kevin and wish they could see him more.

Hope Greg and Kevin had a great time while they were here - too bad they didn't have a little more time to spend with us.

Football Fun

Flag football is almost finished! Landon has really had a lot of fun playing this year. This is the first time we have signed him up for football. I think he has found a new favorite sport. This game was the first game they won - Go Browns! Landon has learned a lot by playing this year.

Soccer Boys

Christian played on a 7th - 9th grade team. His team really worked hard and had lots of practices. I think it has been great for Christian to meet team members that go to the Jr. High with him - he made several new friends. He discovered that his locker is right below one of his team mates. The team (called the Freeze) had a fun party at the Pizza Factory the week after the last game, what a nice coach to buy pizza for the whole team!

Gavin had such a cute little team (the Pumas). There were lots of boys from school on his team. His coach was so great with them too - they even got little trophies and candy bags on the last game.

Yea! Soccer season is finally over. I am sure the boys don't feel that way, they had a great time. My feelings come from all of the running around that goes having three kids in sports along with practices. I am really glad that we made the sacrifice to let them play, but relieved that we are done.