Church Fall Festival 10/2008

We had our church Fall Festival tonight at a GREAT old barn. We had trick or treat, fun games, a chili and pie cook off and a LIVE band! It was a fun a festive time!

Andy and Chris Hickson put a great hayride together for the kids. It was the hit of the night!!

Blake in his costume... Girls were lining up as you can see! His buddies standing by hoping to get any of his rejects! :)

The Band "7 Car Pile Up " came and played for us. They were SUPER and it was so much fun to have live music. It added so much to the atmosphere. Stacy Boyer was a super STAR!

Cute kids...Grant and his buddies Nathan and Josh. Camille was an 80's girls for the night.

The Pie Judges. This was the coveted job of the night!

The Chili Judges. They were very serious about their job...Did someone say pass the ROLAIDS??

I SPY..................GRANT!

Grant decided to be a Army man for Halloween this year. We had our Ward Fall Festival tonight so we were able to have a trial run. I am sure you will have trouble spotting him in the tree as he is in his camo gear. :)

BYU vs TCU Oct. 16, 2008

The anticipation for this game was at it's highest. Our undefeated BYU was going to plow over the cocky TCU....or so we had hoped. Blake and his buddies Jackson and Dylan decided to unveil their "manly" chests to show their support! It was quit a sight...Jackson has more hair on his chest than 5 men put together. Blake on the other hand was just a stick figure. Dylan was in his element. I told Carly that Blake planned on painting a Y on his chest for the game. She said, "Mom, I am not sure a Y will fit on Blake's chest!" HA HA They had a lot of fun but BYU got killed! It was a painful loss! I can't even recall the score.
I on the other hand I had an offer to go see Niel Diamond in concert that evening so I jumped at the chance. He looked fabulous and it was such a blast. I think I made the right decision!!

The Sky Is Falling!!

Picture this............ I decided to stay up a little late to watch some TV after everyone had gone to bed. As I was sitting there I saw a long piece of lint (or so I thought) drop out of one of the cam lights above my head. Of course my thought was... boy I have got to dust those lights. I went to pick up the lint and saw that it was really skin. Something that you might see a snake loose!!!! Yes, I did freak out. I considered screaming and even putting the house up for sell because I knew that at any second a huge snake was going to fall right out of the light as well. There was a smaller piece of skin still hanging from the light. I stood there for several minutes and weighed out my options. Should I get a broom and sweep the last little bit down or is the snake still there? How on earth did a snake get in the attic? I thought... should I wake Steve or Blake up?? Just as I decided to get the broom the rest of the skin scurried back up the light....OK the skin is STILL attached to whatever is up there... After I finally decided I better just go to bed, I did worry all night about stepping on it in the morning. When we got up the next morning I showed everyone my finding from the night before. No one was very impressed or even thought it should be checked out! Hello!!!! Steve said it is just a lizard. OK. A lizard is better than a snake but still ............... Of course that afternoon Missy (our dog) went crazy chasing something. Yes, it was a lizard and with the help of Steve and Camille we got it out of the house... I am praying that it did not have babies in the attic. All I know is that I never sit under that light anymore!!

Boys Day Out. 10-11-2008

Steve took Blake and Grant to the Air Show on Saturday. They said it was a lot of fun too see all of the cool airplanes but that is was really crowded and the lines were really long. Of course the highlight was the BLUE ANGLES.

Who Loves Ya Baby??

Where did these crazy kids come from? Camille and Grant had such a blast trying on all different kinds of nasty teeth and taking pictures. Grant thought this was so much fun he tried to get everyone to participate! Not real sanitary but FUN!

Camille's New Room 10/2008

Camille has been working hard to get her room put together. She got new bedroom furniture and had fun picking out a new bed ensemble and FUN PILLOWS!! She was such a great sister for letting Tyler and Kaylee have her room for the whole summer! ;) It is still a work in progress but she has BIG plans!! This is her great idea to use this window frame as picture frames for her ever changing pictures of family and Friends. It really helps personalize her space.