2009 Football Season

2009 Football Season Album

Ketchup... ;)

Okay...I have really been a blog slacker lately so this is my attempt to catch up! WARNING...It's not short!

Birthday Boy...

We celebrate Ry's 11th birthday in September and this is the only picture the little stinker would let me take of him...Brat ;) That's okay, I'll get him back by posting it! You might not be able to tell but, after chasing him, I had to pin him down on the hood of my car... and of course he is laughing at me. His pain and suffering came to an end when he finally got Madden 10....and other stuff.

Field Trips....

So far, I have been on one field trip with each one of my kids this year.

With Ry I went to the Enviromental Center and I got the best work-out of my life! They had us hiking all over the mountain. Next time either one of them go to the Enviromental Center their DAD will be going with them :)

We started with frisbee golf.....

Which really means... hike all over the mountain to find lost frisbees!

Then we moved on to Geocaching....

(Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played with GPS devices.The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches)

Which really means....hike down and then back up the mountain, yes...again, to find 5 different hidden containers.

and of course we found them all....unfortunately ;)


Our group then moved inside to the rock wall and Ping Pong, yeah!!
(I finally got to sit my lazy butt down!)

After all of that hiking, I think Ry's favorite part was the
tin foil lunches, he had two!

The groups last activity was archery and then it was time to leave. The kids had a great time and they went home exhausted...so did us parents!

With Ky, I went to Kent's Market to learn about......well, I'm not really sure actually, but it was crazy and total chaos! We walked around, with about 125 students & 30 parents, filling out a worksheet and annoying customers - good times!

After Kent's, and lunch at Arctic Circle, we went bowling at Sparetime Family Fun Center.
NOW that was fun!!



The kids could bowl as much as they wanted for 2 hours. After about an hour though the kids started getting bored and the parents started to show their skills....or lack thereof :)

Halloween...

Because Ry was sick with the swine flu the weekend before Halloween, my Mom held her Annual Halloween Party on Halloween day this year. Ry, with some pressure from a Grandparent, dressed up as a Pirate. Ky, who had her costume for over a month, dressed up as Tinkerbell.
They were both very cute!

(Yes, she was very concerned about having the flower
in her hair show in the picture, silly girl)

After pizza and swamp juice, frozen slushy lemonade with gummy worms, the fun began!


The kids bobbed for apples....


carved pumpkins...

and played various games! They had a ball.

After all the Halloween activities were over.....


We, finally, celebrated MY BIRTHDAY!
Yes, just like my kids...I am a brat!

Later that evening we took a group of our friends to our ward's trunk-or-treat and then went back to Joe and Heather's house for dinner, Burger Bar! The older kids continued going door to door trick or treating and the rest of us stayed, in the warm house, to visit and enjoy Heather's homemade chocolate eclairs - YUMMY!

Overall the day was VERY LONG but a lot of fun!!

THE END!!

Make it stop!

Ry & Ky 2003

Lately I have really been struggling with my kids growing up too fast! I want it to STOP, or at least slow way down... I was trying really hard, for a very short time, to not be over protective but have decided that they are just going to have to get use to it, lol. I always have been over protective and I always will be over protective. I am going to drive them and their father crazy... if I'm not already!

I found this picture, which is one of my favorites of them together, and it made my heart smile :)

So, when life gets crazy and we are running this one to football, that one to dance, trying to finish up errands, and finally setting down for dinner and homework around 8pm - I am going to try to remember the lyrics to a great song...

You're gonna miss this

You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast

These Are Some Good Times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

...even if I am at my wits end and yelling at them to go to bed for the 20th time that night :)

Finally...

A while ago I started to make slide shows of each of my kids... I got Ry's done right away and now, months and months later, I finally have Ky's done! Check it out on the side bar :)

My Card

My Birthday Card from Joel!

Faculty Pumpkin Carving Contest

~ GO ROYALS ~

My pumpkin turned out GREAT!
Now it's up to the kid's at Midland Elementary... :|
VOTE for #16!

Fall Pictures