Price is Right, Funny Friday Morning Antics and a Hike

In church I work with the 8-11 yr old girls- it's called Activity Days. This past week we did a lesson on budgeting and played a few Price is Right games. It was fun.

Friday morning was typical (?) around here.....
Will was wearing his french toast crust on his head.....

Tyler was complaining loudly that he had nothing to wear.....

And Amy was dancing around looking for Christmas attire. She was able to wear size 8 pajama bottoms and Tyler's (size 6) tshirt. She is one small girl! (It was 'Dress as Your Favorite Holiday" day at school. 

I got to go hiking Saturday with my group. (Talana's mom was in town and came along as well.) This time we went to The Stone Door. It was a steep hike and it wore us out, but it was beautiful!

It's called the Stone Door because this tree looks like a door handle on the stone wall.

When we finished that part, we drove nearby to Greeter Falls. I've never gone down a spiral staircase in the woods before. I kept thinking, "How did they get this thing out here??"

Greeter Falls:

People were jumping off that middle rock section into the pool. While that was somewhat stupid (the water seemed deep enough), the real idiots were the ones at the top of the falls, just walking and sitting at the edge. We kept watching to see if they were safe and/or were about to fall in. By the time we left it seemed as if all was well. But whew!

On the way there while driving past this old church someone said, "What a neat old church!" Right then I read the sign and said, "Hey! That's OUR church!" On the way home we stopped and walked around. It's not in use anymore as it's just a chapel. But it's pretty neat.

And that's about it for this week!

A Small Update on Lots of Stuff

With the kids in school, I don't take as many pictures as I used to. Which is sad, I know! But from time to time I'll see them doing something and run to grab my camera to capture it.

Tyler likes to show us how many things he can climb. Currently it's this small tree in the backyard. It isn't really a big deal except that the tree isn't the healthiest and some of the limbs could easily break. Oh well, if they do, he won't fall very far. Eventually this tree will be cut down and we'll put a movie screen on the house in this area.

The boys school had a family math night at school. We went only because Will was obsessed with the fact that we could buy pizza there. Each kid played a game or two and then we got a large pizza and headed home to eat it. (Aren't we social??) When we signed in, there were estimation jars and if you guessed the right number you won the jar. The next day Tyler got in the car and was so excited because he'd won the M&M's! (Which also happen to be his favorite candy.)  

Lee was clipping on Tyler's tie before church and something about it had Tyler laughing so hard. He couldn't stop laughing.

A favorite meal around here is kabobs. Everyone, especially the kids, just loves them. I can't keep the kids away! 

My preferred method of serving everything post grilling is like this. As opposed to mom who likes to toss everything into a bowl. :)

I went on a hike a few weeks ago with my hiking group. Or part of them. We went to Machine Falls- a waterfall I've been to before. But it was still just as pretty.

While tubing a few weeks ago, the kids found all sorts of shells and a few fresh water clams. This wasn't open yet so Amy decided to take it home to see if there was a pearl inside. She was a little grossed out when she finally got it open. And then she felt really bad. I don't think she really knew/understood that it was actually a live animal inside that shell. :) No pearl though. :(

The kids started back with piano lessons and that combined with Wednesday night activities leaves about an hour and a half gap to fill. The first night, we didn't really know what to do with ourselves. Lee met us and took Tyler home. Amy and Will played int he church parking lot while I vaccummed out the van. I'm not sure what we'll do the next time!

(And this is the point where I finally got a new phone. So cell phone shots should be a little better from now on!)

Last weekend the kids got invited to a fun party. It was a Ninja Warrior type place. They swung, climbed, ran... basically wore themselves OUT. And had a blast doing it. This was right up Amy and Tyler's alley. Will participated but not as much. He was more interested in the pizza they had for dinner :)

I've gotten to go to the temple 2 weeks in a row. I've never been able to do that! It's been great.

A random day after school. This boy was worn out!

I got some fun facemasks in a package so Amy and I had to try them out. They bubbled up after a few minutes. They were really cool.

I finally hit the farmers market last Saturday. (Only a month before it closes up for the winter! Nothing like waiting until the end!) These were really neat. The lady selling called them Fly Beans, but they are actually called Winged Beans. (She's Asian, so maybe it was lost in translation??) They taste good, almost like a raw green bean. She said you eat them raw or put them in a salad.

 And Lee bought me these beautiful flowers! Thank you Lee! (He wasn't with me, but when I got home I informed him that he bought these for me:) Aren't they pretty?? I love the green balloon looking things in front. I'll have to research to see what those are.

And last but not least- I made my first kitchen drawer slide! I'm pretty excited about it. I have about 10 more to make, but hey, if I did it once, I can do it again, right?? 

Alright, that's enough of a random update for now. Until next time!

Dad's Birthday- back in August

Oops! I forgot about a very important event! Dad turned 69 back in August! Mom and Dad stopped by our house for a night on their way to New York (for Nicole/Kevin's wedding.) It was also Dad's birthday so we celebrated with an ice cream cake and a new wooden bowtie!

(He was leading us in his birthday song!)