Other Fun Stuff

Maybe I've got more time than I thought ... since you'll notice this is my SECOND blog post in one week. We went with Melanie and the boys to the zoo during our fall break. We haven't been to the zoo for a REALLY long time. Most people are familiar with my unconditional dislike of animals, but the kids love it, so what do you do? If you're me, you go to the zoo, you brave the crowds, you smell all the fun and exciting zoo smells, and you have a great day watching your kids get excited about all the animals. They seriously love it.

The best part of the whole excursion was (I forgot to get a picture of this) neither Melanie and I brought any kind of STROLLER or BAG into the zoo. WHAT?!! Basically, there were no fruit snacks or goldfish, drinks, binkies, bottles, burp rags, diapers, wipes, tissues, blankets, jackets, extra clothes, blah, blah, blah, and you know what .... IT WAS AWESOME!!! My phone and debit card were in my pocket, we stopped at drinking fountains for water, and when we arrived at the point of starvation we enjoyed a nice nutritious lunch of nachos and Root Beer. I'm not kidding you people ... it was seriously liberating.







Back in October, we participated in the 5K Cake Walk fundraiser for President Hughes. The above people were the brave runners/walkers. I helped with registration for the runners, and then moved to my station at the cupcake table. This was the boys and London's first 5K. Good job guys!

Back in October, we went down to Ephraim to visit our friends the Bolli's who moved down there earlier this year. We stopped by FAT JACKS for dinner before heading up Ephraim Canyon. Does everyone know how happy FAT JACKS makes me??? I went to Snow College in Ephraim and survived on Fat Sticks (the best cheesy breadsticks EVER) and Diet Coke for two years. I know ... it's a miracle.
This picture scares me a little.
That's better.
It was beautiful up Ephraim Canyon where the cabin was.
The guys just HAD to catch the score on the BYU-is-getting-killed-by-UTAH-STATE game and then a few plays on said game. Ugh. That screen is like 3 inches wide. Seriously??? Then they went out and played capture the flag in the forrest in the dark, and no one was killed or even seriously maimed. I know ... they're crazy. We didn't even bother trying to stop them. They were just having way too much fun.
We stayed up till 4:00 in the morning playing games and having a GREAT time. Unfortunately, Dave and I could only sleep for three hours before getting up to race back to Eagle Mountain for a football game ... but it was WORTH it. I can sleep when I'm dead ... right?
Halloween is serious business around this house. It's my VERY least favorite holiday (and yes people, that includes Columbus Day), but it's fun to watch the kids get into it and have fun. Dave is INSANE about Halloween. He loves it ALL. Gee, I wonder who the kids get it from ...
London in the school Halloween parade. My control-freak self resisted the urge to run out there and fix her hair, but she told me later she was glad I didn't because pirates have messy hair. She also told me she hadn't brushed her teeth all day because pirates have dirty teeth. NASTY.
T.J. rocked the parade as BUZZ LIGHTYEAR. Seriously, I have no idea how many times one of my kids has been Buzz for Halloween, but it's a lot. He LOVED being in his first parade ... just look at that smile.
Good thing for the boys' football uniforms ... what a PERFECT costume! Heaven knows I paid ENOUGH money for those uniforms ... I was REALLY glad to get some extra use out of them. Don't ask about Jackson's wig. I didn't.