Happy 30th Birthday...

Lucas and his best friend, Andrew, both turned 30 in November. Andrew's wife, Mary, and I thought it would be fun to have a combined surprise party. We had it at Chuck E. Cheese... Lucas thought the party was for Andrew and Andrew thought the party was for Lucas, it was so fun, and they were both very surprised:) YEA!! Most of our families were able to come too, which made it even better.

--Nice smiles boys!:) They were both really happy and surprised!

--I bought Andrew's cake, and Mary bought Lucas' cake, YUMMY!:)


--Lucas got some nice gifts for his birthday, but his favorite gift was from his silly little sister, Erikka. He's always joked about the Snuggie, so she got him one:) I love his embarrassed silly smile:)


--Brave little Jayda was the only one who would get near Chuck E. Cheese, Rhenley and Jodee didn't want anything to do with him:)

Happy Birthday Honey, we hope you had a Great Day! We LOve YoU!:)

I would love a crimper:)

One Saturday night I thought it would be fun to braid the girls hair so it would be cute and crimpy for church the next morning:)
Jodee and Jayda actually sat and let me braid their hair, it was a little hard, especially with Jodee's hair, her hair is pretty thin:) I would love to invest in a crimper for the girls, their hair would be so cute crimped:)


Jodee, Rhenley and Jayda, all ready for church, with crimped hair:)

Crazy Hair Day...

Rhen's elementary school has Spirit Days, once a month I believe, maybe twice a month. Anyway, they had Crazy Hair Day in October or November, and Rhen was all about it.


This was the best hair-do I could come up with... she thought it was great!:) Next time, I'm going to go more Crazy... you should have seen her teacher... several colors, all spiked up, cute little bows in it too, it was a lot of fun to see all the hairstyles when I picked Rhenley up:)

Rockin' the Shades...

--Jayda & Jodee "Their future's so bright, they've got to wear shades":)
These high quality, 80's sunglasses were given to me at a Relief Society meeting about having an Attitude of Gratitude, (I can't think of the cute saying that went with the glasses... something about "seeing" with a thankful heart, it's been too long:) (Several women gave me their sunglasses, knowing I had little girls that would love them:) Anyway, the next morning, the girls were so excited about their sunglasses, they wore them most of the morning around the house... I had to put my foot down though when they wanted to wear them to the store:)

Happy Haunting...

Halloween was spent at home... we took the girls around The Uptown (a series of little stores, probably 50 stores, that goes around in a nice circle, that does Trick or Treating for the kids from 3-5pm) They got quite a bit of candy from there, but they were ready for more... We then went to the church for a little Harvest Festival, and Trunk or Treating.


Rhenley wanted to be a vampire this year... not a scary one, a pretty, nice one:) (Cousin Kendall was a scary vampire:)


Jodee & Jayda were the cutest little ladybugs ever (their cousin Peyton was a darn cute ladybug too:)



As a kid we always sorted our candy at the end of the night. This is a tradition that we'll carry on... the girls loved sorting their candy, seeing how much they had, and then putting it in their very own ziploc bags:)


Here's a cute picture of my adorable nephews, Alvin (Jakob), Simon (Mikah), and Theodore (Zakry) Great Job on the costumes Megan.:)

Slacking...

Sorry to my faithful followers... life has gotten in the way of my blogging... I've had time, just no desire:( I will do better! I have lots of pictures to post about Halloween, Luke's 30th birthday, my silly girls... I'll post something new soon, I promise!

QUELF...

A few weeks ago my little brother Keith and his friend Marissa introduced us to a new party game. QUELF! With a random name, random game pieces, and even more random things that you are asked to do throughout the game, QUELF was a big hit! We had a blast playing with Keith and Marissa. The following weekend we played with our friends Kristen & Aaron Moses (man I wish I would have taken pictures that night... it was hysterical)

Here are a few pictures from the first time we played.:)

--Luke had to make a snorkel mask out of kitchen utensils, and wear it the rest of the game... I had to balance a set of keys on my head for a round, Marissa had to put her thumbs in her mouth when she talked, thumbs on shoulders when she didn't, and if you made eye contact with anyone throughout the game you both had to say, "Trippy":)

The game pieces are even funny: Queen Spatula (who rules the land of Quelf... I was Queen Spatula both times we played, and I won both times, she is the best:), The Platypus, Ms. Pickle Feather, Super Ninja Monkey, The Biscuit Farmer, Mr. Lugnut, and this Crazy Bat (can't remember his name:)


Game Description, courtesy of the Amazon.com:)--Quelf is insanity in a box! With this hilariously silly party game, you will have outrageous fun with your family and friends. Quelf will inspire you to use your creativity, wit and sense of humor in ways you've never imagined. As you move around the game board, as one of eight quirky characters, crazy things start to happen. Your friends start talking strangely. Your mom's face is wrapped in toilet paper. Your dad is acting like Dracula. And you are reciting a poem about your armpits. Each game of Quelf is a new journey into wackiness. When the dust settles and someone crawls away the winner, you realize...you've never had this much fun playing a board game in your life!

Ok, I'm not giving away anymore details about the game... you MUST check it out, it is so fun... you will laugh so hard you'll cry. And if you don't have fun playing this game... something is seriously wrong with you:)

Camping @ Emigrant Springs

It's becoming a yearly tradition to go camping at Emigrant Springs with Lucas' family. We love camping, especially Emigrant Springs kind of camping... cute little cabins that sleep 5 people, they have electricity and heat:)


The girls loved sleeping on the bunk bed in the cabin:)



We had lots of fun around the campfire, singing songs, playing instruments, and Kazooing. The kazoos were a real hoot... basic black combs, with wax paper over them, it makes a great kazoo sound... it was so fun for everyone. (I wish I would have taken a picture of the kazoos, I got too involved:)


Roasting Mallows is always a favorite camping activity... we love the strawberry mallows!:)




The weather was so beautiful, we did some hiking around the trails, the girls were troopers, we walked pretty far. Jodee got tired, so I carried her on my back for a little bit, she thought that was pretty great:) There are some nice trails, they have a covered wagon, wood oxen, and some historical site markings. (I believe from the Oregon Trail:)



(Sweet little Jodee loved wearing her cousin's hat:)

We always have so much fun when we get together, we look forward to next year:) Almost everyone came this year, Mom, Dad, Erikka, Megan and her 3 boys (Megan's hubby, Robbie had to work, he was missed:(, Kory, Abby and their 3 kiddos.
We hope Tessa, Darren & Kloee can come next year.

Jayda, Uncle Darren, and "The Chairs":)

While at Boulder Cave, Jayda are her Uncle Darren got into a little fight over "the chairs". We brought 3 plastic chairs for the girls to sit on. Jayda was very possessive of them, and didn't want anyone touching them. She was saving them for her and her sisters. Darren started teasing her about it...

I got some classic pictures of the chair fight...:)


-- Jayda thought if she arranged the chairs like this, that Uncle Darren couldn't get them or sit in them...

-- She then unstacked them to sit on them...
--Darren took advantage of the unstacking, and ran to sit on them... Jayda's response was priceless... I'm so glad I got it on camera:)

The fight ended with a hug, and the chairs were saved for the little girls.:)

Labor Day @ Boulder Cave

We spent Labor Day with Luke's family at Boulder Cave. We had a lot of fun hiking around the mountains, the waterfull, and down into the cave. The girls did pretty well, considering the hike we had to make... Jayda did scream all the way down the mountain, but a good time was had by all:)

--Grandpa & Grandma with the grandkids:)


--Jayda with her cousin Zakry, so cute:)

The girls loved climbing on the fallen trees, rocks, and behind the waterfall. They were little troopers:)