Halloween Party

So I let each of my kids invite a few friends over for a halloween party Friday night. I planned all kinds of fun games and activities to do, but they had ideas of their own. All together we had 18 guests, my 4 kids and Kristins 3 kids, we had a house full. Bryce is gone with the military so I asked my wonderful sister if she could come help and she willingly agreed. Thanks Kristin for coming all the way out here just to help, it was fun. We ended up making homemade slime. That was the hit of the party! And them we played the mummy wrap game. While playing the mummy game I opened my big mouth and said it would be fun to take the used toilet paper and go toilet papering, of course all the kids wanted to do it after that. Kristin reminded me it was illegal because of vandalism and with my husband being a police officer it probably wasn't a good idea. I decided to let them go anyway, but they had to do MY house!! They had a lot of fun, but now I have a mess outside to clean up. That will teach me to open my mouth!! I had one of the parents call me before the party for a reminder of when it started, after telling him and giving him some other details he asked me if I was stupid, I laughed and said "Oh it"ll be fun!". When he came back to pick his daughter up, seeing the mess in the yard, when I opened the door his first comment was "you are stupid!". I may be crazy, but we had fun!!

Bryce Farewell Party

Bryce is leaving soon for his deployment, so I decided to have a farewell openhouse for him. I wanted him to be able to visit with his friends and family he doesn't get a chance to see very often before he left. We had a really good turn out and a great time. Thanks to all of those that were able to make it, we really appreciate your visit and your support.
We lit a fire in the fire pit and while people were gathered around we decided to retire our flag that had become torn and tattered because of the wind. Anyway, I think it is very neat to watch the American Flag burn and to have a moment of silence to honor the many men and women who have lost their lives for our freedoms. As hard as it is to have Bryce leave, I am very proud of him and his willingness to serve our country. I Love you Bryce and I'm really going to miss you. THANK YOU!!
More pictures will come later. I was too busy keeping up with the food and guest to take a lot of pictures. Kristin was the photographer for the night, when I get the pictures from her I will post more. Thanks Kristin Love ya.

October snow

As most of you know Roy received a lot of snow last weekend, I think we got about 11". My kids spent most of the day outside. I've never seen them so excited to shovel the driveway. Anyway, these are some pictures of the fun they had in the snow.

Tag

5 things i was doing 10 years ago
1. managing Brookhollow Apt. complex
2. babysitting Paige and Braden
3. working at Petersen Motors
4. buying a new Honda civic
5. living like a single mother while Bryce was working full time and going to school full time.
5 things on my to do list
1. help Bryce get ready for his deployment
2. prepare living will and power of attorney
3. paint entire house
4. buy new car
5. make new baptism stitchery I got from Crista and Coley
5 snack I enjoy
1. chocolate
2. chips and salsa
3. Brenda's no bake s'mores
4. girl scout cookies
5. Frosted Rock Ice Cream waffle bowls
5 things I would do if I were a millionaire
1. build a bigger, nicer house
2. hire someone to keep the bigger house clean
3. go on a cruise with Bryce
4. get a personal trainer (thanks for the idea Coley)
5. pay off ALL of my bills!!
5 places I have lived
1. Colorado
2. North Ogden
3. South Ogden
4. Roy
5. sorry that's it. I like to stay put
5 jobs I've had
1. Newspaper carrier
2. Chick-fil-A
3. Petersen Motors (receptionist)
4. Menlove Dodge Toyota (wholesale secretary)
5. Valley View Elementary (playground/resource aide)

I tag anyone who would like to do it.

Bee Sting!

Rylee got stung by a bee on Monday night while jumping on the trampoline. She is allergic to bee's so she usually swells pretty bad. I thought this time might be different because she was fine all night Monday night and all through the day on Tuesday. Boy was I wrong, this is how she looked when I woke her up for school this morning!

She has a pretty funny sense of humor, she woke Bryce up to show him and she told him she was half chinese. I gave her a pirate eye patch left over from Brenans birthday party and she wore that to school to be funny.(I didn't get a picture of that, the batteries in my camera went dead and I couldn't find any new ones in time sorry. It was pretty funny though).

Sorry the pics not very good I'll play with it and try to lighten it!

PRAYERS NEEDED!

Some of you may have seen the article in the paper about the bad car accident on 12th Street last Thursday. Well the driver of the Toyota was my aunt. She has multiple broken bones on the left side of her body. She had to be placed on oxygen the other day and was recently put into ICU because she has a collapsed lung. Please keep her in your prayers. She is going to have a long road to recovery.