Halloween

This year Weston was Bumblebee the transformer, Fiora was Hanna Montana, and Savanna was a vampire. We had a fabulous Halloween party at Jesse and Kelsy's house with my side of the famiy. They provided food games and party favors, and they had the coolest pumpkin sculpture I've ever seen in their front yard. (Savanna nearly won MAFIA). We had so much fun we didn't want to leave, but trick-or-treating was a priority. The kids went out with Jared for about an hour and then came back home, deposited Weston and their candy on the floor and went out again for another hour. It was the first year my kids have gone farther than the ward boundaries for their candy hunt. There sure is a lot of sugar floating around this house. Savanna and Fiora felt so bad for me not having any candy because I'm off sugar, they wrapped up their biggest and best candy in Christmas wrapping paper and put it in my closet for when I can eat sugar again (Dec 15th). I thought that was really sweet of them. So I survived Halloween and even though its not my favorite holiday, I managed to have some fun. The kids had a GREAT time of it.

By the way, Karli did an awesome fashion show with the kids one day and you can see those pictures on her blog http://karliplussue.blogspot.com/ they're totally awesome

Picnic Time

Bryce Canyon

Jared took me to Bryce Canyon for our 10th anniversary this last weekend. It was a great break from school/work for us and we had a fantastic time. The weather was perfect! The first day we explored on the 4 wheelers but the green machine got a flat tire so we rode together for a while until that one got a flat also. So we had to go to the hotel and relax. We had a all-you-can-eat buffet that included ribs. I managed to stear clear of the dessert bar, but we both got really full. We watched an episode of "Man vs Food" and it made us ill because we were so full. The next day we saw an "award winning" film on Bryce in the visitors center then we hiked our legs off. 12 miles in all, up and down 2400 foot drops. Gorgeous! The fall colors were perfect. My legs hurt after that. We came back late and were exhausted. We attempted a hot tub visit, but there were about 5 kids in there, one of which was a two year old in a huge floatation, so we left pretty quickly. The next morning I could barely walk, but wanted to do one more hike, so I thought I'd just hike off the stiffness. Not so, it was agony going down that drop again, I could tell my body was mad at me when it hurt so bad nothing looked pretty any more. I toughed it out and have all sorts of great analogies about life from that hike. I made it the almost 4 miles and we just left after that. When we got to Gunnison to visit Jared's parents I was paralyzed. But they fed us steaks and corn so I was happy. Good memories.

Post by Fiora

Hi. I'm Fiora. When Grandma Sandy and Grandpa came over to visit I was glad to see them. We all put on our Halloween costumes to show them. My costume was Hanna Montana. And Savanna's costume was Mr. Brain. Weston's costume well... he's gonna be superman and spider man. That's what he said. Now, what we are going to talk about is that Grandma Sandy is my favorite, Grandpa always gives me smoochies and he is also my favorite.
My parents went to um Bryce Canyon so I went to Wendy's house and slept over. But then something sad happened, and I got a piece of gum! Guess what? it was hot gum. Do you know I like hot gum. Oh yes, we took a bath because we had a fashion show and had to wash off all the makeup. I washed it off so hard my eyes burned to pieces! Karli babysat us and slept over with Kynsie and Krystal. Guess what? we tried to wake them up because they are sleepy heads. Now, lets see, Krystal is funny because she always draws. Oh and guess what one time when they were um dropping us off at school, Karli was tired because guess what she woke up really early. Here are some pretty pictures of me on Sunday...one two three four lets move it!

Blog by Savanna

Savanna is writing this post today.
We got a new 4 wheeler just for kids and I love to watch Weston on it. Weston is so cute on it. Dad brought it home for us. mom thinks I concentrate too hard. But I have fun on it. It is a little miniature 4 wheeler and Fifi doesn't want to ride it, ever. She is scared of it. I don't like 4 wheeling but I like it when I have my own to drive.
The fire! Today there was a fire at school. Well, almost. Lots of teachers and children thought it was real. When the fire alarm went off, we all ran outside, we played duck duck goose and down by the banks but the fire was scary. It was kind of fun outside, but it was scary I thought the whole school was going to go down! So, when we came back in, we found out that it was just the furnace, it exploded. So that's the fire story. But guess what? I got to go to choir after school and just to let you know, choir is fun. Maybe I should tell you everything about it. OK my first grade teacher is the choir person thingy whatever. Chorus is fun. And guess what? I get to sing "Chocolate in my stocking for Christmas" just like last year. And also, "Christmas Children" and and and also, "Christmas in Kilarny with all of the folks at home."
Fiora erased something I wrote in her journal that was very nice of me. Next time I'll do it in pen. It said "I love you Fiora, you are the best sister ever. I love you so much. From Savanna" and I drew a beautiful picture of her.
Now I'm going to tell you about Weston. Weston is funny, he asks really funny questions, like "Why do you have a hair clip in your hair?" Weston doesn't like to be called cute or have kisses on his head. But we all hold hands on the way home. And all of us didn't eat our potatoes for dinner because we don't like them. The end.

A post by Weston

Hi. This is Weston speaking. This picture is me and my cousin Lucy, we had the same shirt. I jumped on the beanbag with Karli. I went to gymnastics. I went to school, my teacher is still not there, she had surgery. I had a ham sandwich for lunch and chicken for dinner. Yesterday I had my last soccer game for the fall. Dad came and took pictures. I didn't get any goals. Here are some pictures:



Savanna had soccer today. She had my dad's jacket and hat because she was cold. She is on the "flash" team, they always win. But Savanna didn't get any goals either. But Savanna likes soccer I think.





Fiora practices gymnastics. I practice the piano. We get a prize if we practice every day, Karli reminds us in the morning. Fiora got to go camping with my dad, but me and Savanna couldn't go because of soccer. Fiora and Dad fished and slept in a tent. I think Fiora slept in a trailer with uncle Todd. The dog Penny sniffed her feet and woke her up in the morning. Fiora had a fun time.





Thats all, except next time I want to go camping.

Haircuts and other stuff

This is long overdue. I took the girls out on Labor Day and we all got hair cuts. We got some pizza while we were waiting. It was a fun outing. My girls' hair grows pretty fast but it is very fine and neither straight or curly so it looks mangy when its long. They have been begging me to cut it anyway, so here they are. I got a hair cut too, shorter. Savanna and I took a picture of ourselves.
Weston and Savanna are both in soccer and its three times a week for both of them right now. Kind of driving me nuts, but Jared has helped take them to games. Weston is twice as good as he was last year, but Savanna is a new comer and struggling to keep up with the "Flash" girls on her team. She's getting better though! It's fun to watch a game with actual rules and positions.
Jared took me overnight on a school night to Park City. It was a take it or leave it opportunity, and since we have Karli, we took it. We went to a graduate dinner before and enjoyed some gormet BYU catering and a speech from the Dean of Graduate Studies. It was a fun event.

My mom and Grandma were kind enough to come to Grandparents day at Bonneville Elementary and visit all the kids' classrooms and eat lunch with them. I planned ahead and bought them lunches and mapped the school, but I was in school all that day and just left it up to them. The kids said it was really fun, so I guess it turned out well. Thanks Mom.
As school pace is picking up for me, Jared has stepped in to help with the meals. Even Sunday he made dinner. An invention he came up with called Pizza Style Pasta, including penne pasta, sausage and pepperoni, cream cheese, and marinara sauce. It was fabulous!