Let's Talk Talent!

I have the most talented son in the world!
If you are about to try to dispute me, let me
stop you right there! Ty has proof!
Let me turn the blog over to him.

1. I am only 4 years old
2. This trick I am about to do is called
'dropping in'. Yep, I'm only 4 and I've
been doing this for years!

3. Notice my 'no fear' face. It's because
I have NO FEAR! I freak my mom out
all day long. I love watching her squirm!

4. Do I even need to mention that I
scored 4 goals in my soccer game
yesterday? No? I didn't think so!!!

5. Now, that skill is called a 'kick flip'.
It's new to my repertoire and I plan
on perfecting it before I hit the big 5.

6. Look at her hands all over me for balance!
Is my sister (who is 5 1/2 years older than me,
by the way) a wimp or what? I'm offering lessons
at only $350 an hour. Call me to set up an
appointment. My calendar fills up
pretty quick, though! :0)
OK, it's Jen again. Sorry, he is a little
cocky, but rightfully so. What a little stud!
I told you he is a pretty cool kid.
Like father, like son!!!

Summer's First Jr. High Dance

Sydney and her friend Clay are singing
a duet in church on Sunday. We arranged for
him to come over after Syd's soccer practice
to practice. Luckily, he brought an
entourage to help us get Summer
ready for her first dance!

Heather did an amazing job with Summer's
makeup. She was such a good sport...she even
let Sydney put crazy makeup on her!
Thanks, Heather!!!
I even made them taste Summer's fake
blood: Karo Syrup, Red Food Coloring,
& Chocolate Syrup. It was tasty!!!

The theme was Vampires & Zombies.
When we arrived at the dance, we were
greeted by 2 of Summer's team mates.
Collette looked amazing. That is her real
hair! Katie looked really good, too!

My friend Connie was there dropping of her
son Alexander. He walked right past me and
I didn't even recognize him. Can you tell that
Connie is an artist? Put me to shame!!!

Savanah looked adorable! She had the coolest
mummy dress! Summer looks like she is about
to attack her with the fake nails she's hating
me for. I hope they come off easily! If not,
I will never hear the end of it!!!

The best part of my busy day was
coming home and finding this:

Ty had done all the dishes and loaded the
dishwasher. He looked so cute standing on the
chair and scrubbing away! I love my kids!!!

Cute and Easy Cupcake Toppers!

Tonight was our Spaghetti Dinner at our
school. Summer is the Jr. High Secretary
so she had to bring some baked goods for the
Bake Sale. I found these and had to make them!

I made my typical yellow cupcakes and
added these adorable white chocolate
toppers atop chocolate frosting.

I found the idea here. They even have
a downloadable template for the spiderwebs.
Just put a sheet of parchment paper over the template
and pipe away (freezer bags work great). E.A.S.Y!

Now, they aren't perfect, but it was fun.
They disappeared instantly at the Bake Sale!

Just add a spider ring and these will be a
sure hit at any Halloween party!

When you're bored...

What do you do on a lazy afternoon?
We lay down in Ty's room and snap
some pictures. Cute kids!!!

Ty was sick all week with a bad cold and
double eye infections. I have some nasty
pictures of that, but I will save those for the
Halloween post. :0) He's all better now.
We've never had those before...yuck!!!

Our kids are great. Here's this
weeks soccer updates:
Ty scored 2 goals and tied 2-2
Sydney was awesome! Won 2-1
Summer's team dominated! Won 10-0!
Keep it up kids!!!

Pumpkin Juggling

Becky and Brad had heard of a nursery
that sold pumpkins in an unusual way.
$16.99 for as many pumpkins as you
could carry (w/o touching the ground).

Brad was the one who did it,
but the kids gave it a try the
next night with Randy, Cheryl,
Brittani, and my parents cheering
them on. Ty maxed out at 2!

Syd was able to get 3!
Her hair looks great, if I do
say so myself! :0)

Summer pulled off 5!

Becky managed 7....with
them crashing down after
I took the picture.

But Brad was the champion!
9 full sized pumpkins! 2 in-between
his legs and 1 in his teeth.

I wonder, will the nursery offer
this again next year? Way to
go Brad. He gave us 3 of his
prized pumpkins. THANKS!!!
We love pumpkin juggling!

The Pumpkin Patch

We had a 3 day weekend for Columbus Day
(thanks, Columbus) and headed down to Southern
California. My parents just bought a new house
(2 people living in a house bigger than mine
that houses 5). We helped them paint and
fun things like that. I'll post about that later.

While Jason and I slaved away, Becky and Brad
gladly took some time off of slave work and
took our kids to the Pumpkin Farm.

Apparently, Summer didn't get the
memo on this one. Nice face, Ty!

Becky and Brad will be the best parents when their
turn comes. My kids adore them! I think
my kids would gladly swap lives and live
in their awesome house year round!

Summer was the first to enter the pen
with the food and they attacked. It
makes for one cute picture!!!

Brad and Summer tried to walk off
with a few. I guess they didn't succeed
since I made it home to Arizona goat free.

Um, Syd....you aren't supposed to nurse the goats!
THANKS, BEC & BRAD!
They had a great time!

The Silver Lining!

My sister-in-law, Christina, had to have knee
surgery today. I know this sounds horrible,
but it was awesome! OK, maybe not so great for
her, but we got to help her out in the best way
possible: We got Tanner for the whole day! Yay!!!

If Christina only knew what goes on here,
she probably wouldn't have allowed it. :0)
*Dart Guns
*Falling off the trampoline twice (shhhh)
*Lots of pumpkin bread
*No discipline (not that he needed any) :0)

These boys were in heaven!
Oops, hopefully Christina didn't notice the
chocolate chip cookie he's eating in that picture.
:0P

You name a wild activity....these boys did it!
We had a great time at the store, the park,
and ALL OVER our house. It was really
fun. Ty went straight to bed after he left!

Tanner helped me bake some Pumpkin
Bread and it was tasty! Glad he was such
a help around here. I can't wait 'till the
next time. Thanks for allowing me the
opportunity, Will and Christina. Now that you
know all that went on, am I still on your
babysitter list? I hope so! Get well soon!!!