Halloween 2009

Halloween was an unusually crazy day at our house this year. Brynlee still had tumbling and Trevin had an early afternoon football game. It didn't really feel like Halloween either. We had family over for soup and breadsticks before we took the kids out trick-or-treating. Brynlee was invited to go to a Halloween party followed by trick-or-treating by her new BFF Sydnee. She was so excited and I didn't feel like it was worth breaking her little heart by telling her she couldn't go. I am glad I let her. She had a blast. They played games, ate dinner and they even had a little haunted house set up in their basement. Amy and Annie brought their kids over to our house and we all trick-or-treated in our neighborhood. Another Halloween down now on to Pewee football playoffs.

Halloween Parade

The kids celebrated Halloween at school today. I was supposed to go and help with the party in Trevin's class but thanks to a very severe case of strep throat I had to sit it out this year. I sent Brett to the parade to take some pictures but since Brynlee goes to Kindergarten in the afternoon their parade was really small and we didn't get any pictures of her.

The First Snow

We woke up to enough snow this morning that it covered the grass and it continued to snow all day. I was happy because it was an excuse to stay in my jammies and stay in the house with the fireplace going. The girls were happy because they are kids and kids don't care whether it's rain, snow or sun. Welcome winter-we have been expecting you.

Early Halloween Sneak Peek-Brynlee

We had a serious costume problem on Sunday. I don't know why I never thought of having Brynlee actually try her costume on. We have never had a problem before. I buy the costume and it fits. I pulled it out of her closet because she got to dress up for dance on Monday. When I looked at the size it said size Small 4-6 and then underneath it said Ages 3-4. Holy crap-there was no way that costume was going to fit her. It kind of fit-only the sleeves were too short and there was no way I was going to get any layers underneath it. I spent the rest of the afternoon on the hunt for a new costume. Brynlee went from being a sparkly witch to being Hannah Montana in a snap. This costume is so her and her sassy self. Her are some pics of her before I took her to dance.

Pumpkin Carving

Tonight we had our annual pumpkin carving night. Between us and Denice we had 9 pumpkins that needed to be carved. It took us most of the evening but they turned out great and the kids even had fun this year. They are finally to the age where they can do it by themselves. Here's to another fun Halloween.

Real Salt Lake-RSL GAME

McKade got a voucher from soccer this year for two free tickets to an RSL game. Brett went to redeem it and they gave him front row seats. These tickets cost $60 a piece. McKade was so excited and even though it was cold they had a great time.

Jazz Game

Thanks to the Bee's canceling their game on the 24th of July we got to go to a Jazz Game. We got vouchers good for one ticket for each ticket we had the night of the Bee's Game. We had 6th row in the upper bowl which wasn't bad for free tickets. We opted not to take the girls because I knew they would be bored stiff. McKade was a little fidgety in his seat but Trevin sat with his eyes glued to the game the entire time. We had two extra tickets so we invited Jed and Kerstin as well. The Jazz won and I think everyone had a good time. Oh yeah and the first picture is what not to do when driving down the freeway to the Jazz game. I think that might even be worse than texting while driving.

Thriller 2009

For the last I don't know how many years I have wanted to go and see "Thriller" put on by Odyssey Dance Theater. Every year comes and goes and something comes up-usually the lack of money-and I miss it. This year after a little searching I found a great deal on tickets-the only catch was you had to go on opening night which falls in the middle of the week. Thanks to Denice I was able to get a babysitter and Brett skipped out on football practice. Let me just say that the show was AWESOME! I can't believe we have never gone before. The dancing was amazing and the show was fun. Before the show starts they have zombies out roaming the audience and the funnest part of that is the reaction from the people. Thanks Brett for taking one for the team and going with me. I can't wait to take Brynlee and McKade to see it next year.

Pumpkin Patch

Last year we grew 5 very large pumpkins in our backyard so our tradition of going to the pumpkin patch got pushed aside. This year after several attempts and several pumpkin plants we ended up having to go to the pumpkin patch. We had 4 pumpkins but they all died back in September. Today was a cool but sunny day so we decided it would be a perfect day. I had seen a little pumpkin patch on Redwood Road the other night when I was taking Bryn to Riverton High School and there was nobody there. I am glad we decided to go back there. When we drove past our old pumpkin patch right next to the kids school there were at least 40 people waiting in line to pay and another 40 or so walking around picking out pumpkins. When we got to the pumpkin patch there were 3 cars in the parking lot. The best part about this one was that they didn't charge by the pound just by small medium or large. We got 7 pretty good sized pumpkins for a whopping $15. What a deal! Hopefully it sticks around because we are planning on going back next year.

Soccer

Thank goodness for Pa and his awesome camera. This morning we had 9 am Tumbling, 9 am Soccer and 9 am Football and there are only 2 adults. Terra was going to take and pick up from tumbling this morning but in the middle of the night Bryn got a fever so I decided not to send her to tumbling. That created a whole new dilemma in itself. Now I had a sick little girl who I could not take out into the morning cold. I decided that we would park as close as possible so I could try and watch the game and at least keep an eye on McKade. Luckily Pa showed up to take pictures so McKade didn't have to play alone with no support on the sideline. He is so patient with us-he has to be!!!

Riverton High Silverline Drill Team Camp

Brynlee and Erin had the opportunity to attend a Drill Team Camp put on by the Riverton High School Silverline Drill Team. One of the girls from their dance studio is on the Drill Team and they were doing this as a fundraiser. They went on Wednesday and Thursday night for two hours each night and learned this dance. They got to perform it at halftime at the Football game against Taylorsville tonight. Bryn and Erin were awesome. I love the passion that they both have for dancing. Hanging out at the Football game tonight brought back a lot of memories from high school. Brett reminded me that in not too many years we would be doing it every Friday night. I can't wait.

A Day of Cooking

I know, I know. I am not a baker. I do cook but I don't love to bake. McKade had a family project for school and one of the things we chose to do was to find an Autumn recipe and cook it with your family and then share the recipe with the class. I had a recipe for Pumpkin Bars that I have been wanting to try out forever. Since I was going to already be making those I decided to make caramel apples, caramel popcorn and make a soup that I have been wanting to try out as well. I was a cooking day at our house. I made Chicken Taco Soup for dinner-the kids hated it but Brett and I loved it. The caramel popcorn was awesome. We haven't tried the pumpkin bars or the caramel apples yet-those are for tomorrow. It was a fun day and everyone said that I should do it more often.