Halloween

We started out our Halloween celebration this year by carving pumpkins. I just took pictures, carried Noah around and picked up pumpkin seeds off the floor. Chad and the girls really dug in though. Ok, Myra really dug in. Lexi really took some coaxing to get her to touch the pumpkin guts. Noah was just upset that he didn't get to play more of a part. I'm sure he would have loved to get his little hands dirty!

Our last day of preschool before Halloween, Lexi and Maddie dressed up in their costumes and posed for some cute pictures. On the Friday before Halloween, Myra's school had their halloween celebration which included a spook alley (Myra said it was pretty scary) and the traditional costume parade. I went over with Noah and Lexi. As soon as the "scary" halloween music started, Lexi completely freaked out. She was absolutely terrified of the music, which included such menacing numbers as the Monster Mash and Ghostbusters. I had to hold her the entire time and she was bawling and shaking the entire time as well. We got to see Myra walk past like 3 times. She was so cute in her over-sized Cowboy boots! She was lovin' it!

On Saturday, we did our traditional trick-or-treating and Stew in a Pumpkin Dinner with the Days, our 4th year! We started out with pictures of the kids.
The boys were not cooperating!
Our cute kindergartners. They've grown-up so much these past few years!
They both had a huge chunks of candy in there mouths. Can you tell?They are all looking! Yay!
They all looked so cute in their costumes! The weather was a little ominous as we started out trick-or-treating and as the time passed, it kept getting colder and then it started to rain. We hurried back at that point. We definitely didn't make it to as many houses as normal, but the kids still ended up with a good stash. Dinner was a blast, chatting with The Days and the Jensen's and Chad's mom was in town, so she came with us as well. We had a really nice time and the kids, of course, had a great time playing with each other. It was a fun holiday. On Sunday, the actual day of Halloween, we did nothing but go to church (our last time at the Willow Valley ward) and then we packed. But that's another story...

American Heritage Center

I have some serious catching up to do with the blog! I think I'll start out with our trip to the American West Heritage Center. If you remember, we took a couple of trips there last year. The first trip was not much fun, the second was much better! Now, whenever we drive by there, Myra always has to point out that that is where dad threw her off the hay jump and she broke her arm. Poor Chad! Anyway, we decided to go there again and see if this year would be a bit more fun. We had a great time riding the ponies and the train. The kids also enjoyed feeding the goats and looking at the horses.Noah really liked the Chickens!
The weather was a little questionable, so we kind of hurried over to the hay jump and the maze. Myra had vehemently declared that she wouldn't be doing the hay jump this year, but guess what she had the most fun on? That's right, the hay jump. They had changed it quite a bit this year, including an added pad to land on. She climbed up and jumped over and over again. Lexi even went with Dad's help. Noah just liked playing around in the hay. There was also a slide that the kids had fun going down. We then headed over into the maze. By this time, the weather started getting pretty cold and a few icy droplets were coming down. We got about half way through when we decided we really needed to hurry. We had fun, rushing through the maze and made it out and back to the car just in time to get only a little rained on. Overall, it was a fun experience! Much better than last year!

Good-Bye Ellis, Hello Lincoln

I have SOOOOO many things to blog about. Halloween/Fall activities, the move, etc. We are loving the house a lot, but have barely made a dent in getting things organized. It's crazy! I'll have to post some more pictures once we get a few more rooms cleaned up. Anyway, today was Myra's last day at Ellis Elementary. When we decided to move, we were really hoping to find a house to move to that was close enough that I could continue driving Myra to school every day. Unfortunately, we didn't have a lot to choose from and Hyrum is just too far away to drive her to every day. So, we made the decision to switch her to the school out here. I think I'm having a harder time with that move than she is, for sure. If you ask her how she feels about it, she says she's sad, but the next second is back up and running. But today, I was completely emotional about it. I feel pretty bad about it, but I'm sure she'll do just fine. She's such a friendly kid, I know she'll make a lot of friends quickly. I think she'll end up missing her teacher, Mrs. Simmons, the most. Today, I went in to her class and took some pictures of her and her classmates. They were so cute. She's had such a great experience at Ellis, I hope her next experience at Lincoln Elementary will be just as good!
To go along with this, I had a pretty funny conversation with Myra today. This is how it went:
Myra: Corey the Boy asked me to marry him today.
Me: What did you tell him?
Myra: I told him that maybe if I got a revorce from Cody, I'd think about it.
I noticed when I went to her class today that Corey the Boy (she's called him this since the first day of school), hung around her quite a bit. I had no idea that he liked her that much though. =)