Britt's Blog

Neighborhood Party

Dinner, games for the kids, pumpkin carving, pinatas, costume contests (we won best group costume), and lots of people that we love.  Great party.

          

Happy Halloween!

 

May the force be with you.  

  

               Princess Leia                                   Darth Vadar 

  

                 Jedi Shaylin                                         Yoda 

  

            Princess Amidala           Luke Skywalker - X-wing Fighter Pilot

Carving Pumpkins

The kids grew their own pumpkins this year.  They all chose pumpkins from the garden that fit them.

    

I had to include a picture of Jason cleaning out Skyler's pumpkin WITH A SHOVEL.

       

Adult Trip

Last weekend was our annual adult Lake Powell trip.  My sweet in-laws came down to watch our kids, and we went to party with my family.  

We layed out, skied, read lots of books, watched movies, laughed and ate yummy food.  We did NOT watch kid shows, lock the houseboat gates, worry about life jackets, or build a single sand castle. It was nice.

       

Three

Macey is three years old.  Wow.  When did that happen?

  

We planned a little family Mickey Mouse party for her.  But she had a really hard time waiting to open her presents, so we gave in and celebrated the night before.  Can you tell who's in charge around here?

  

She was excited to get a purse full of make-up, a puppy costume, some nesting dolls and a purple dog that talks (and says her NAME).  Very exciting.

We all adore this little girl.  She keeps us on our toes.

Cabbage

This is what happens when everyone is taking naps on a quiet Sunday afternoon, and Skyler is left alone with the computer.  WHAT THE HECK!?!  He really is a fairly intelligent boy.  

It's just hard to tell sometimes.

Soccer

Sawyer had his last soccer game this week.  I made some videos.  

The first one is of him tripping, and it's hilarious.

The second video is of how Sawyer usually plays.  He's in control of the whole game, he outruns all the other kids, he takes the ball where ever he wants it, and he's completely bored.

School Reporter

Shaylin ran for school reporter this week, and she won.  She's so excited.  She worked hard on her campaign - posters, flyers, stickers and speeches.  She was adorable.

She came home the second day of campaigning, and said that her opponent was sad because Shaylin had better posters than she did.  So Shaylin made her some.  She's the sweetest thing.  I'm proud of her - not for winning, but for being such a good person.

Here are some of her cute posters and her speech.  The kids on the stage have already heard her speech three times, so that's why they seem a little bored.  

  
    

Girl's Weekend

This week was our Annual Girl's Weekend.  My 4 sisters (my SIL is sooo like a sister), my mom and I go party somewhere for 3 days.  This year we went to Boise, Idaho.  Guess what?  Boise is rockin'.  Who knew?

Jason bought me a plane ticket to Boise for my birthday, so I got to fly all alone for the first time since my mission.  It was lovely.  I couldn't believe how quiet the plane was, how big my seat felt and how long my layovers seemed.  I read a book, ate chocolate and tried to miss my kids.  :)

When my sisters and mom came to pick me up in front of the airport, they pulled up honking the horn, whistling and yelling "Hey Hot Momma!"  It only went downhill from there. 

We had so much fun!  We went to fabulous restaurants, spent hours eating free samples at the Farmer's Market, got pedicures (all 6 of us at once), went to the movie Fame, watched Women's Conference, played games, and talked and laughed for three days straight.  Heaven.  Truly Heaven.

  

I love these women so much.  Only 358 days until next year!

Family Reunion

We went to a big family reunion in Utah last weekend.  We stayed in a huge ranch house up in the mountains.  We had a great time.  We talked, laughed, and played together.

  

We cooked and ate enormous amounts of food.

  

We visited a little museum in Fairview.

 

The kids all played, canoed and fished together.  The moms made hair bows, the dads shot rifles and the grandmas brought activities for the kids.

  

It was so fun to be surrounded by wonderful people who love us.