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!

Post by Karli

Here is what I read on Karli Sue's post today. Karli is our nanny, she is doing a wonderful job, and the kids just love her.
"I've been spending a lot of time with a special boy. My buddy Weston. Every morning, it's me and him, and so we have fun together. He is a really funny boy and always makes me laugh. Like today when I was walking him to school, we saw a helicopter, and he said, "Wow! it's so high up!"
I responded, "Yeah. Would you like to fly in a one someday?"
He promptly answered, "No. I just want to be Link."
hahaha! oh, he is great. We had some great fun in my room this morning, with the cows. Here's some pictures."

Travis Carpenter

My sister Heidi had her thrid baby on Sunday August 30th, 8 pounds even. He is a cutie! I was very impressed with Heidi, she had Travis VBAC after two c sections, good job Heidi! Mom and baby are both doing very well.

Weston's first day of school

Weston is at his first day of school as I write. That is why I am writing. Because all the kids in school is a dream come true! Also it's kind of sad. But Weston was very patient all the long week while the girls had school and he did not, and all morning waiting for 12:15 to come so he could go to afternoon school. He chose his clothes carefully, picking only school appropriate clothes. He paitently waited for dad to get home and walk him to school too. When we got there I was surprised to see all the kids in our neighborhood have the afternoon block too! Jared took a picture.




It was kind of funny that Jared and Karli and I all walked Weston to school, taking Weston to school is going to be Karli's job more than mine this year so I wanted her to come. And Jared is just awesome to want to see his son off to his first day. He wouldn't miss this milestone.