Straw Maze with the little tikes!

I got to be the mom helper and go to the straw maze with the preschoolers for their Halloween Party. They were all dressed up and had a blast! Valerie is mature beyond her years. She is kind of a boss and a take charge type. She made sure she watched over everyone that drove with us in our car.

Lately Valerie can be a little sassy and seem to get a way with it because she does it in such a cute way. I can be texting on the phone and hear her say, "Mom what is more important? Texting your friend or feeding your children?" Hence below:

Halloween Fun

The boys in the family didn't dress up this year.

Ty LOVES candy! I don't think he has had real food for a while. He keeps holding out for the sugar. He can find candy anywhere even when I think it is hidden. I know because I find the wrappers and sucker sticks all over the floor! He has become masterful at taking off his gloves. I now have to tape them on with duct tape. The only duct tape we have is pink zebra stripes!

My adorable little Dragon and his Easter basket???
He doesn't care - it didn't take him long to figure out people will give him candy.

Ward dinner and trunk or treat! We need this every year but on Halloween night. Our neighborhood is CRAZY! I mean CRAZY as in no cars allowed inside and a cop patrolling the entrance. We were out of candy by 7:05 pm and I spent 50 dollars worth. We had 2 more hours of hiding downstairs avoiding the knocks even with our house dark.

I am a BYU fan

Valerie went from sweet princess fairy for her preschool party to a Devil on Halloween.
She cracks me up. She said, "Mom I think the Devil is an animal so he is probably pretty hairy so you could paint hair on my face."

Poor Chandra looks a little embarrassed! She is just one of the girls.

Wow! Halloween week is over! I think we dressed up 4 nights between school parties, carnivals, ward trunk or treats, and the actual Halloween night.

Devilicious

We planned a spooky night out with our husbands for a Halloween surprise. We spooked them with a candygram and took them to the Haunted Mansions.


We then dressed up again the next night to attend the Zumba party as the 3 Devils! It got a little hot working out with eye lashes on but ohhh so fun!

Soccer State Champs

We went and saw my cousin Jessica Berg play in the 5a State Championship Soccer match. What a great game to go to. It was tied in over time at 0 to 0 and then Jesse scored the winning goal. Way to go Rocky Mountain. Valerie and Quincy nearly lost their voices as they were cheering so very loudly for Jesse the entire game.

Farewell Again

Off my parents go to serve as missionaries for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Buenos Aires, Argentina Mission. This is their second spanish speaking mission. We are grateful for their sacrifice and example. We will miss you but know you will touch the lives of many!

Good times with the FAMILY!

Just the Two of Us!

Dave for the second year in a row surprised me with a trip to Las Vegas. I did know before hand when and where we we going but he made all the arrangements from hotel to flights to babysitting! It was an amazing trip and oh so fun to just be together! We went to shows (the "O" and the variety show). We ate crab and frequented our favorite sandwich shop called Earls.

Our hotel at Planet Hollywood towers. Loved it!

Wax Museum

Dave & Chuck Ladell.
A few years ago when we were in Vegas Dave went to see him fight UFC.

Sugar Factory!
Yes it was a favorite of mine!

We showed these pictures of the wax museum
to the kids and they
thought we really met the ROCK!

Thanks Dave for the fun Birthday trip (I turned 39!) and Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Shirley for taking on 4 extra kids. Ashley and Cade stayed home and were watched over by friends and neighbors.