Since I can't seem to post on a weekly basis, I am doing good if I remember to post anymore. So I will try to highlight on some of the things that we have been doing.
We celebrated Alyssa and Alanah's 13th birthday. We enjoyed a nice dinner, cupcakes and ice cream. After opening presents we watched Mr. Popper's Penguins. It was a good day.
David's kids spent fall break with their mom while we added Darcee's kids to our family for a few days while she and Jay went to Puerto Rico. We spent some time at grandmas house and then had a pajama party on Friday night. We shipped Darcee's kids off to Justyn's on Saturday morning and then just had a nice relaxing weekend at home. Oh, David did find a really good deal on a little go kart at a garage sale. Brand new cart for $100. It has been a fun little project for him and Austin to get it working.
Let's see, we also had Grandma Chris' Halloween party. We moved the party to Paula's house due to my mom's surgery. It was still lots of fun. We decorated a haunted house, played who ate Frank and then did a mini trick or treating. Since my kids were going with their dad this Halloween, my kids dug in their dress up clothes and came up with some costumes. Aspen dressed as Rapunzel from Tangled. She had a long hair piece and we got her a pan so she was happy. Colt was The Hulk. He has a suit, mask and hands (which he calls Hulk Smashers).
The last weekend in October David's parents visited. They came to Colt's soccer game and cheered him on. Then later that afternoon they took David, me and the older kids to see "Meet the Mormons". My kids went with Grandma Chris over to her friend Dianne's swimming pool. Then after the movie we went bowling. Colt legitimately beat me, Celise, Alyssa, Alanah, Baylee and Aspen. In my defense, I didn't have bumpers like the rest of them and haven't bowled in 2 years. We had lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa Hight. We look forward to see them soon.
Aspen and Colt were anxious for Halloween. Their dad got them minon costumes. He did a good job with the costumes and even painted their faces. I was able to go watch the parade the school put on. The kids got a lot of candy up in Cedar with their dad and had a good time. David and I had a nice evening to ourselves, well almost. We went to dinner and then headed out to Hurricane to crash Hollee and Jonah's date night and saw Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It was a cute movie. After the movie, I went to hang out with Hollee while David went to check on one of his kids. We ended up playing cops and robbers that night, in the midst of it David got pulled over. Lucky for him, he had a warrant for his kid and got out of it :) It was fun seeing him "in action" so to speak. He did get his kid and sent him off to detention.
The kids are still enjoying school, but not homework. At least they don't put up too much of a fight. I got Aspen reading Harry Potter because she forgot to exchange her take home library book. She is starting to like it, that was my plan. Both kids have watched Harry Potter 1 and 2 in the last week. They like the magic part and having wands.
Yesterday was Colt's last soccer game. He played Bloomington Hills and his old coach. He did really good. Todd (his former coach) said that Colt is such a good player. I told him that Colt has turned more to the defensive side of the game. He doesn't actually score a lot anymore but does stop a lot of goals from going in the net. In fact, Jake (who was a high scorer last year) didn't have any goals when he was playing Colt. Colt would get upset when he wasn't on the field because that is when the goals were scored.
Aspen has one more game next week but yesterday she got her first ever goal!!!! It was exciting to watch. Lucky that no one kicked the ball away before it went into the net. She was super excited and actually was going after the ball a little more. She also had an assist in the game too. One thing is for sure, she loves playing. She just has a smile on her face the whole time. She may not have the natural athletic skills like her brother but she makes up for it in her smile :)
Also yesterday we went down to Las Vegas for Aviation Nation and watch the Thunderbirds. There were a lot of people there so it took about an hour to actually get in. We made it in time to see the Thunderbird demonstration but not much else. We did get to see the F-22 demonstration while we waited in line to get on the bus. It is incredible the things that these aircrafts can do. Simply amazing.
Well that is just a recap of a few things that have been going on. We are headed into the holiday season so hopefully I do better at remembering to blog and post pictures.
Let's see, we also had Grandma Chris' Halloween party. We moved the party to Paula's house due to my mom's surgery. It was still lots of fun. We decorated a haunted house, played who ate Frank and then did a mini trick or treating. Since my kids were going with their dad this Halloween, my kids dug in their dress up clothes and came up with some costumes. Aspen dressed as Rapunzel from Tangled. She had a long hair piece and we got her a pan so she was happy. Colt was The Hulk. He has a suit, mask and hands (which he calls Hulk Smashers).
The last weekend in October David's parents visited. They came to Colt's soccer game and cheered him on. Then later that afternoon they took David, me and the older kids to see "Meet the Mormons". My kids went with Grandma Chris over to her friend Dianne's swimming pool. Then after the movie we went bowling. Colt legitimately beat me, Celise, Alyssa, Alanah, Baylee and Aspen. In my defense, I didn't have bumpers like the rest of them and haven't bowled in 2 years. We had lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa Hight. We look forward to see them soon.Aspen and Colt were anxious for Halloween. Their dad got them minon costumes. He did a good job with the costumes and even painted their faces. I was able to go watch the parade the school put on. The kids got a lot of candy up in Cedar with their dad and had a good time. David and I had a nice evening to ourselves, well almost. We went to dinner and then headed out to Hurricane to crash Hollee and Jonah's date night and saw Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It was a cute movie. After the movie, I went to hang out with Hollee while David went to check on one of his kids. We ended up playing cops and robbers that night, in the midst of it David got pulled over. Lucky for him, he had a warrant for his kid and got out of it :) It was fun seeing him "in action" so to speak. He did get his kid and sent him off to detention.
The kids are still enjoying school, but not homework. At least they don't put up too much of a fight. I got Aspen reading Harry Potter because she forgot to exchange her take home library book. She is starting to like it, that was my plan. Both kids have watched Harry Potter 1 and 2 in the last week. They like the magic part and having wands.Yesterday was Colt's last soccer game. He played Bloomington Hills and his old coach. He did really good. Todd (his former coach) said that Colt is such a good player. I told him that Colt has turned more to the defensive side of the game. He doesn't actually score a lot anymore but does stop a lot of goals from going in the net. In fact, Jake (who was a high scorer last year) didn't have any goals when he was playing Colt. Colt would get upset when he wasn't on the field because that is when the goals were scored.
Aspen has one more game next week but yesterday she got her first ever goal!!!! It was exciting to watch. Lucky that no one kicked the ball away before it went into the net. She was super excited and actually was going after the ball a little more. She also had an assist in the game too. One thing is for sure, she loves playing. She just has a smile on her face the whole time. She may not have the natural athletic skills like her brother but she makes up for it in her smile :)
Well that is just a recap of a few things that have been going on. We are headed into the holiday season so hopefully I do better at remembering to blog and post pictures.
