A Time Out Needed

Once again mom comes through. Last weekend mom treated us girls to a much needed time out. She wanted to have a girls weekend (I know we just got back from one). She bought us girls tickets to Time Out for Women put on by Deseret Book. What a great time. The first night I fell in love with Jenny Oaks Baker (hope I got that right) who played for about an hour and a half on her violin and we got to listen to sister Ardeth Kapp. We then stayed at the Hilton and had a great time just being girls. The next day was filled with more wonderful speakers and great music. And to top it all off we got an awesome bag (which we filled with goodies from the Deseret store that was set up there). Thanks mom for a great weekend and being a great mom.

Just for "Cuteness"

So I bought these way cute shoes (at least I think so) while we were in Kansas City a couple of weeks ago. I was very excited to wear them for the first time at Time Out for Women. In fact they are the only shoes I brought for the two days we were there and I made sure both of my outfits matched them. Let me tell you, before the night was up I was wishing I was in tennis shoes. They hurt my feet so bad that I was walking like a duck by the end of the night, and we sat for most of the time. Anyway, I love the shoes but by the second day I am glad I put my slipper socks in my purse because that is what I walked out in. Maybe if I just break them in a little bit?

Fun with Papa

Saturday night Papa wanted to set up the fire pit and roast some s'mores and of course our kids were all for it. They could never say no to s'mores (me too)!

Pumpkin patch

While I was out of town Greg took the kids to the pumpkin patch with his work. Here are some fun pictures of the kids from it. Sam is pretending he is a bat.

What a sweet pose Sierra!!

I guess Gabe didn't appreciate getting his picture taken.

Gabe riding the go cart.

Can you tell she likes being in front of the camera??

Yellow Belt

As most of you know a while ago Sam started taking karate and has been a part of the little dragons program at the karate studio. This summer he broke his collar bone so we had to take him out for a bit. Right after the kids went back to school he started up again and he was able to test from his white to yellow belt on Wednesday. The one above is him doing some of his form.

At the end they do an obstacle course and it is pretty funny because most of them skip over a lot of the stuff to get done faster. Lots of fun to watch.

Yeah Sammy, he got his yellow belt.

Awesome!!

I just got back from 3 1/2 days at a scrap booking convention. I got to go with all my sisters Tricia (flew in from Alabama)which was so AWESOME, Ginger and Tori and Anne, Angela and Tonia came up from Springfield (Yeah!!). I can't tell you how much fun we had. We volunteered at the convention so we worked but it was sooooooo worth it. There are some pretty serious scrap bookers out there and some are pretty crazy. We got to meet some interesting people. I don't have any pictures of it because I left the camera home for my husband to take pictures of the kids at the pumpkin patch his work hosted. I am hoping to get some from those that did take pictures. We had a great hotel room, great company and best of all great memories. Some of those pictures will not be making it to the blog though. We were at the convention very late and were feeling pretty crazy by the end of the night. Thanks to Ginger for coordinating everything and giving us the chance to experience that. I loved it all and definitely will be looking forward to that next year. I am grateful we all made it to and from safely and wanted to say GREAT TIMES!!

Parent Night

Last night was parent watch week at dance. It was so much fun to watch Sierra dance. She seems to enjoy it when she is not talking to the person next to her. She is doing some turns in the picture above. I think all the girls spent most of the time looking at themselves in the mirror and waving at mom and dad. It was cute.

A little tapping!!

Happ B-day Grandma

We were able to celebrate mom's birthday today. It was actually on the first but they went to Chicago to see the show Wicked and went to IKEA. There is mom with some of the grandkids. We wish the others were here too. I have to say our mom is the best. I know I am one of her kids but she truly has a heart of gold, especially when it comes to her kids. She is always there for us and truly loves each one of us (and with us that truly is a feat, we can be pains). I know she feels our pain when we are hurt and would like to take it away and also shares our joy in each of our triumphs. Her grandkids are tops and there isn't anything she wouldn't do for them. She is truly one in a million. We love you mom, thanks for being you!!

I don't really remember why dad was laughing so hard.

Paul may not live with mom and dad anymore but he still has a hard time letting go.
Happy Birthday Mom!!

Finally!!

The time has come finally for Sierra. Aunt Ginger gave her an apple yesterday and while we were driving in the car she said, "mom, my tooth is loose." She has said this many times in the hopes that it was true so I said, "yeah, yeah." I reached over and felt the tooth and sure enough it was loose. She was so excited but I told her it would be a few days before it fell out. Wrong! We got home and by the time it was bedtime she came to dad and said I think it is ready. Greg tugged on it and out it came. There was a lot of jumping up and down and absolutely no crying. This morning she woke up to $2 under her pillow. Now she gets to put a tooth on the calendar at school. Yeah for Sierra!!

Being 10 Stinks

When my family came over to celebrate Gabe's birthday on Sunday the kids were upstairs playing. Uncle Paul went up there to stir things up a bit and he sure did. It wasn't his fault but he happened to see what happened. Gabe was holding Maddy and Chris had Gabe's rain stick ( a huge pvc pipe thing he made at scouts). Zach tried to get it from Chris so it wouldn't hit Maddy and Gabe was standing in the wrong spot. The rain stick smashed right into Gabe's tooth and broke it. I don't know if you can tell in the picture but it was bad. Luckily we found the tooth and called Dr. Bennet and she met Greg and Gabe over at the doctor's office right away. Luckily we found the piece that broke off and she was able to glue it back together. Who know how long it will last but hopefully for a while. Gabe was a trooper! It is hard being 10 was his comment to me.