Jerseys

For Red Ribbon Week the kids had a "sports jersey" day at school. So Bryan got out his old football jerseys and let the kids wear them. They had a blast!! They loved wearing Bryan's jerseys.

Courtney had a Pizazz Halloween party that night so we put black under her eyes and she used that as her costume.

Isn't she scary?!?!

Neighborhood Party

We had our neighborhood Halloween Party on the Monday before Halloween.  The party isn't the same as it used to be. It was really windy so they moved it to the Stake Center. Ethan wasn't thrilled with the party so he dressed up as Indiana Jones and only stayed a little while. But Courtney had a lot of fun playing games and getting her face painting. She wore an old Canbage Patch Kid costume of mine that my mom made when I was in 4th grade. I thought she was very cute!!

I don't have any pictures of Ethan because he wasn't there long. 

Honors Recital

Courtney was invited to play in an honors piano recital in Salt Lake City. She did well enough on her evaluation that she was one of the 66 students invited. 

Courtney and I drove up together while the boys stayed home. We had a "girls day." We got to Salt Lake City early enough to get lunch and explore Temple Square. 

When it was time to go to the recital, we loaded in the van and drove to the hotel where it was to be held. Courtney was first and they started right on time. She did a great job!!

David, Jenny and Andrew drove up to watch her play. Then we drive Andrew back to Provo.

We got dinner and drove home. Courtney's kids meal had a Shrek mask in it and she had a blast playing with that in the van.

Braces

Ethan had his wires changed. He had black and orange elastics put on, in honor of Halloween.  They were pretty sore the next day.

Southwest Symphony

The elementary schools in Washington County were invited to Dixie State to a Southwest Symphony concert. Courtney wanted me to go along to help. It was a good concert but was a bit dry for the kids. In years past, the orchestra would play fun songs the kids would recognize. But this year it was more focused on teaching parts of music. The kids got pretty restless but it was fun to attend.

Cakes

I had some cake orders. Here are the photos.  I do really simple cakes.

The Dentist

The kids love going to the dentist!! It takes forever but there are games to play and movies to watch so the kids don't care. 

Both of the kids had great check ups!! The hygienist congratulated them on the best brushing she had seen all day. Neither one had cavities and so they both got balloons, a book and coupons for a free Pizza Hut pizza.

Ethan had a tooth that needed to come out. It was just hanging on but was getting in the way of his braces. Ethan pulls his own teeth so he wouldn't let the dentist pull it for him. As a challenge, the dentist told Ethan the he would give him an extra prize if Ethan pulled it out before leaving the office. The hygienist gave Ethan a cup, tooth treasure box, gauze and told him "good luck." 

It didn't take too long before Ethan was saying "got it!" They have him an extra balloon and an extra coupon. He was in heaven!!!

Trick or Tri

Courtney wanted to participate in the Trick or Tri. It had been a crazy week and we forgot to sign her up. But she didn't forget about it so we went and did a late sign up. She was so excited!!

Her tri didn't start until afternoon. Bryan took her down and got things set up but they realized that she had forgotten her ankle timer. Bryan called me and Rthan and I ran back home for it. Courtney was in line but nervous that we wouldn't get back to her in time so he jumped out of line and went to the back. So... It took FOREVER for her to start her swim.

I have pictures I need to download so I will have to post those later, but she did a great job!!' She finished in a little over 17 minutes.

Here is her cool finishers medal.

Shaved Ice

We have some neighbors who have a shaved ice machine. They put a sign out on their front lawn that said "free shaved ice" and then called everyone in the neighborhood to invite them over.

Courtney was gone so I took Ethan over to their house and we had some great shaved ice. It was so great to sit, eat ice and chat with neighbors.