Turkey Day

Thanksgiving morning is such a busy time....trying to get the turkey going, throwing all the appitizers together, picking up the house, and of course....looking at the the ads for black friday! So to keep the kids busy for a while we have always had the kids do their gingerbread houses. This year my brother came early so Brandon could decorate his first gingerbread house! Mind you he is 16!!!!LOL Zach, Lexie and Brandon did a great job on their houses....(sorry the pics are sideways)


After the houses were decorated we had hoola-hoop contests, did cartwheels outside, played the wii, and just enjoyed hanging out with family.
It always amazes me that it takes all day and so much labor into preparing this holiday meal and then its over in 10 minutes and there is soooo much leftovers! Dinner was so yummy! After dinner we all sat down for a family poker tournament....which Grandma Grace won! We had a great Thanksgiving this year.

Halloween Night!!!!

Yup these young "creepers" belong to me!!!! Zach in the middle and his 2 friends Kenny and Brandon decided that they were going out to terrorize the neighborhood....and they did! And yes thats a real chainsaw ( no chain though)....they had so much fun chasing kids down the street and jumping out from bushes and cars! I loved hearing the chainsaw and listening to the kids scream!!!! of course, they didnt do this to the small kids!!! I am so glad that Zach still wants to participate in the holiday....his style!!! LOLThis was so funny....all the kids were back at our house and Zach quietly opened the door and this is what I saw!!!!! Little Ariahs face was priceless at first and then she totally figured it out..."Zach I know thats you!" he kept doing it and she was getting a kick out of it!

WE had a great Halloween night this year. The weather was perfect! The Neumeyers, the Spindens, and the Strebels went from door to door for 3 blocks and filled the kids bags to the top! Look at how cute these kids were.....
The kids ran from door to door! I truly enjoyed hanging back with Alaina, Lexie, Kiptyn, and Ariah! 3 yr olds say and do the cutest things!!! I got such a kick watching Ariah walk in her "Ariel" costume and all the funnny things she would just blurt out had us laughing all night long... needless to say the kids hauled in a pretty heavy loot of candy and treats!
Hope everyone had a "spooktacular time"!!!!

School Halloween Party

I am so fortunate to be able to be a room parent for Lexie this year! The kids enjoyed some "witches brew" ( apple juice with dry ice), donuts, they decorated an orea as a witch
did some spooky dances, and played " when the wild wind blows",

and "Fear Factor" ( eating some really disgusting things )such as gummy worms with applesauce, cold spaghetti noodles with choco syrup and other gross stuff! The kids all had a super fun time!!!!

Dance Party

Lexie started a dance and singing class....and she is loving it! I love watching herself confidence grow! I also love listening to her sing in her room and watching her practice the dance routines! She was super excited that they were going to have a Halloween costume party. This is a pic of some of the kids from various groups!
Lexie had a great time dressing up as a "Monster High Fairy"....a costume she put together herself, doing some fun dances and getting candy!

A Great Weekend

This past friday our little family headed out to Black Island Farms for the night. We played on the slides forever, feed the baby animals, played in the corn kernels, played on the swing set and goofed off a whole lot!!!! Lexie and Jeff went on the tractor ride and got 2 huge pumpkins! Zach and I did the haunted house/cornmaze....totally SCARY!!!! We then had some hot chocolate and warmed up by the fire pit!!!! We ended the night by buying both kids each a sword and headed to the 2 huge cornmazes! We got so lost....Zach and Lex played "ninja" while running through the corn! It was so fun watching the 2 of them goofing off and having fun!
On Sunday Lex and I decided to decorate some of our pumpkins! We used foam stickers, colored cotton balls and paint! I think they turned out cute and Lexie had a great time using her imagination!

CANCUN 2011

Just another day on the beach at Cancun....
View from our room!!!
Will post pics of the trip sometime in Nov. when I get copies of pics from the rest of our group!

Haunted Houses

So while Zach was dancing the night away Lexie, Taya, and myself decided to have a girls night and do some halloween activities. We drove up to N. Ogden and went through the cornmaze. It was actually pretty fun! We then came home and made some orange rice krispies treats....yummy!!!!!!!

I grabbed 2 of these darling "haunted houses" from Target earlier on in the day and thought the girls would have fun doing them! They both had fun decorating them with all the cute little bones, bats, pumpkins, candy corn, and purple jaw-breakers!




I always have fun hanging out with my 2 favorite girls! The night was full of Halloween fun and lots of giggles!!!