Christmas Tree

The Christmas decorations are all up, and Bop got to put the angel on top.
Who helped him? Santa of course.

St George Traditions

We go to St George to visit a few times a year, and a few traditions have started.

The kids favorite is Judd's candy store.
It is an old fashion ma n' pa type shop and the kids love it.

While we were there another customer ordered strawberry shakes. The kids watched in aw as they were prepared. It was cute to see them all lined up in a row.

Another tradition is just for the Moms. We do a girls night out. This time it was just Heather and I. While we ate our meal, Heather continually looked at the wasabi, asking why anyone would eat it. After our meal was over, I told her if she would eat the whole chunk, I would pay for her meal. She did it, of course.

Immediately after that, we had to run to Applebee's and get her a shake to calm her stomach.

Christmas Stocking

While we were in St George, we had to run into Micheal's Craft store for a minute. When we saw cute foam paper stockings, inspiration struck and we had to have them.

We grabbed the stockings and some Christmas stickers and let the kids create their own.

They all turned out cute, and the kids were excited to hang them over the fire place.

Red Rocks

Bop loves the red rocks down in St George.
Every time we go down for a visit, he asks if we can go there for a picnic.
They do more playing then eating while we are there.

Burner decided to live dangerously (and scare Mom) by climbing steep tall rocks.

We went with the Osness Family, and all the kids had a great time. They kept getting in a pose then asking us to take their pictures. They are all models in training.

Building a Snowman

This weekend we discovered that Lowes has building activities for kids on Saturdays.
So we headed over and built a snowman.

They give you the precut pieces and the kids get to nail them together and decorate them.

Here is Bop and Burner with their finished masterpieces

We went with our friends, the Osness family.
Here is some pictures of all the kids showing off their snowman.

They also got a free Lowes apron that you can see the kids showing off in the above pictures.

First Snow of the Season

Last week we had our first snow fall of the season.

The boys looked outside and got really excited. They ran around the house telling everyone. Then Bop looked out and saw that Dad's car was covered in snow. He said, " Mom we should go clean it off for him". We got dressed in our coats and boots and ran outside. The boys and I worked fast and had the car warm and clean before Dad had to leave.

I was ready to go inside and sip on some hot chocolate, but...

the boys wanted to keep working. They headed out on the deck and started shoveling.

I am glad that I have raised such hard workers.

Halloween

With Halloween being on a Sunday, it was more of a Halloween weekend, instead of a Halloween day.

Friday, we got dressed up and went to Uncle W's work to go trick or treating.

Bop has been asking for weeks if he could go Trick or Treating with his cousins,
so Friday night we headed over to their house.

(Harry Potter) D, (Bumblebee) Orange, (Dora) Apple,
(Batman) Bop, (Cow) Burner, (Cleopatra) Mom


On Sunday we had family over for a dinner, Bop and I made the cake.

Scarecrow

Bop's class made scarecrows the other day. I got to go in and help them out.

Here is Bop with his scarecrow

After Bop and his friend made their scarecrows,
they put them side by side so they could hold hands.

Proud to be Drug Free

Bops school had a balloon launch today for red ribbon week (AKA drug free week). Bop doesn't go to school until the afternoon, and the balloon launch was in the morning, but I knew the boys would think it was neat, so we ran over and participated.

After the hot air balloon went up, all the kids got to release a red balloon of their own.

Fall Carnival

I remember only two things from elementary school. First is the fall carnival each year. Second is the dance festival at the end of each year. I am sure there were somethings in between the two activities, like math, english, science and so on, but I don't remember those.

Anyways, when Bop came home with a flier for the carnival, I got super excited.

The snow-cones!
Note to self for next year, don't start with snow cones, it makes for blue faces in all the fallowing pictures.

The dunk booth!
If you can't tell, that is Bampa in the dunk booth, and Bop dunking him!

The cake walk is awesome!
I mean who wouldn't want to get a cupcake just for walking in a circle? Seriously, it is a genius game.
Colored hair spray!
I do miss the days when I could have streaks of color in my hair and it was cool instead of,
"hehehe look at that old lady with colored hair, she is way to old to do that"


The train!
Okay, so this is a little lot boring to me, but it is worth it to see the kids smile.


Misc games!
You remember the games that only cost one ticket and you win some cheap plastic toy that is worth about 1 penny. Yeah, those games are awesome!

Balloon animals!
Burner is so stinkin' cute with his frog. Yes it is a frog, at least that is what the lady said it was.

The cotton candy!

I am pretty sure the best part of any carnival or fair has to be the cotton candy. And yes, I totally stole some of theirs.

A lot of fun in store.

We got a cool new year pass called The Pass of all Passes. You get it through City Deals and
For one year we got:

Seven Peaks Waterpark
-- Unlimited admission on days of normal operation
-- A 3% discount on food in the park

Trafalga Fun Center, Orem
-- Unlimited Mini Golf
-- Unlimited Slick Track
-- Unlimited XD Theater
-- Unlimited Batting Cages
-- Does not include arcade tokens

Trafalga Fun Center, Lehi (formerly Liberty Land)
-- Unlimited Mini Golf
-- Unlimited Laser Tag
-- Unlimited Slick Track
-- Unlimited Bumper Boats
-- Unlimited Rush Coaster
-- Unlimited Rock Climbing
-- Unlimited Carousel
-- Unlimited Frog Hopper
-- Unlimited Kiddie Area
-- Unlimited Pirate Ship
-- Unlimited Train & Airplane
-- Unlimited Mini Track
-- Unlimited Drop Tower
(Does not include arcade tokens)

Orem Owlz Games (at Brent Brown Ballpark)
-- Unlimited General Admission Tickets
(one ticket per home game per pass)

Utah Flash Games (at McKay Events Center)
-- Unlimited General Admission Tickets
(one ticket per home game per pass)

We got 4 of these passes for a total of $139.95 ( so about $35 a person)

It took me a little convincing for Dad to let me buy them, but I am sure we will use them a lot and make it worth it.

Here are some pics from our first trip to Trafalga.

Airplane ride

Carousel


Bumper Cars

and Rock Climbing

Indoor Fun

With the weather being chilly in the mornings, we have been practicing some indoor fun.

We move the table out of the dinning room, and have a nice open area for scooters.
The table and some blankets is all you need for a fun fort.


I think the kids favorite thing to do is blow up the air mattress. They use it as a trampoline sometimes, and other times as a slide.

Labor Day

Labor Day... yes I am that far behind in my posts. Anyways, for Labor Day, Dad's family came down, and we all went to the farm at Thanksgiving Point.

The kids loved ridding the horses.
I loved locking the kids up in jail.


We also took a horse drawn wagon ride.

REMEMBER TO PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD

Everyone knows how much I love to make Play Dough Cookies with my kids. What kid doesn't like to play with their food every now and then. Here are some more ideas for having fun with your food

Color an Banana, and throw some stickers on it. Then add some wheels to it.

Now you can race it pinewood derby style.

Cook some spaghetti, and throw it against the wall.
Throw some mentos candy into a can of diet coke and watch it explode.


Cut a potato in half, then cut shapes into it. Grab some paint, and a piece of paper, and stamp away.


No finger paint needed for this one, just use some pudding!

Last but not least, use crackers as blocks.

My Big Kindergartner

Bop has made it! He is now officially in Kindergarten. Today was his first day, and all though he was nervous he was also really excited.

I think Burner had a hard time letting Bop go.

I snuck into the back of his class and took a quick picture. I think he will do just fine. He said he was nervous, but he didn't show it.

When he came out, at the end of the day, he told me he loves School. He told me all about it, and said he is excited to go back.