Saturday, November 27, 2010

Where are you tonight?

This is where I am
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Friday Night

Ryan's family is full of golfers. But Ryan and I do not fit the bill. Mini-golf is more my style. And a course close to our house full of jungle animals and black lights? And two year old sized clubs? It was great. I stupidly thought I could keep my score, but after the 5th time of my shot banking off of Adam's foot and Rachel politely picking it up and saying, "Here you go, Mama!" I thought this time should probably be "just for fun"



And it was!

You Would Think...

You would think that when our friends told us they were building a house we would have offered to help them out of the kindness of our hearts. But we didn't. We went because we got to help BUILD A HOUSE. And that's just cool. And it was. Plus 2 days without the kids? Time spent with friends that we love? Totally worth the freezing weather and lack of hot chocolate on the job site :)





See all those walls? We put them up. We asked if we could carve our initials into one of the beams, but apparently that would have been frowned upon.
And we saw this wreck on our way home...I got frowned at by another bystander for taking a picture, but we made sure the driver was okay and the ambulance was on its way first--

O Christmas Tree

After seeing the kids get so excited every time we went to Costco to see the Christmas trees, I consented to put ours up already (Ryan has never loved me more)...I love the Thanksgiving traditions, but you have to admit--these pictures are a lot more magical than those of two year olds covered in gravy...






Pour Gpa Clyde

You really might want to put this on mute.
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Just for fun

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Super Adam


I swear this was done w no help from me...but I also swear he probably didn't know this was a word :)
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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Election Night

 Floyd, Ryan, and 2 future candidates at the Independent American Party election night party. They were both happy with their percentage of votes, and Ryan is especially pleased that he beat "none of the above." Maybe next year he can get 5%












Halloween Part IV: All Hallows Night







Don't you love how this ghost decided to come get in our picture?


Since this was our first Halloween at this house, it was hard to know how much candy we should get. Based on the number of adolescent boys who play basketball outside on a daily basis-we got a lot. It was too much. But we had a really good time anyway as you can see. And we actually like our neighbors. We actually know their names and talk to them. So it was a good night. And I have to add that even though WE know our kids are cute and special--it's really nice to hear it from someone else. And I have to admit that I am not at all humble about the fact that it's fun to get EXTRA candy because I have cute twins.

Halloween Part III: Ward Trunk or Treat

Lions, and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!







It was a normal ward activity. We had chili and hot dogs and we passed out candy from our trunk.  But it was fun to come up with how to make Ryan into a lion within 2 hours (we don't procrastinate around here or anything) and it was fun to hear Adam exclaim "I did it!" after every car. He was so proud to put candy in his basket. And it was fun how Rachel asked for more candy before she even finished what was in her mouth. And it was fun for me to be able to get away with such a minimal costume!

Halloween Part II: Pumpkins at Trader Joe's

Gma and Gpa found the perfect way to carve pumpkins: Go to Trader Joes and pick out a free, pre-scooped out pumpkin. Then draw on it to your heart's content and let some poor high school volunteer cut out every detail of your pumpkin face. 


 To make it even better-ask the firemen to give you a personal tour of their fire truck.










Thanks, Gma and Gpa! We had a great time!

Sidenote: We live really close to the fire station and now every time we pass it Adam says hi to the "fire house"