HALLOWEEN FUN!

I love this picture of my little tootsie!

They wore themselves out and it's only 3:30!

There is only about 1 1/2 hours left of HALLOWEEN and I have to admit I'm a little grateful. Halloween has never been one of my favorite holidays but since having my kids it's starting to be something a little more fun. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Garrett's excitement while counting down to the big day, wearing his costume to various activities, and just plain thrilled to get treats just by knocking on doors. Of course Rylee is just as excited since she follows everything that big brother does! I loved watching my trick-or-treaters tonight and couldn't get enough of their sweet little smiles...even though they were lined with layers of sugar!

My sweet Mommy took my kids and my sisters kids to Cornbelly's this week. They had a fabulous time running from one activity to the next and we nearly had to pry them out of the place to get them in the car. Definitely a worthwhile activity - and thanks mom for giving our kids a memorable, fun-filled afternoon instead of a bag of sugary sweets!

Last night we decided it was about time to carve our pumpkins. Garrett and Rylee thought it was "so coo" and each took turns cleaning out the pumpkins - fine by me I don't care to touch the slimy stuff! Garrett is so funny lately - whatever it is we're eating, doing, saying, watching-it is currently his "favorite" thing. So watching his daddy carve the pumpkin he says, "Daddy, this jack-o-lantern is my favorite pumpkin". I have a feeling they all are! When the finished products were displayed they squealed and jumped up and down. They sat on the porch and admired their work as long as possible. This is what make Halloween fun!

Garrett goes to speech class and loves it - although in the year we've been going he has yet to participate in singing time. Nevertheless, he enjoys going, practicing his homework and his teachers are wonderful. Tuesday they were able to wear costumes and everything was centered around Halloween...big shocker there! But they had lots of fun and got to trick-or-treat to the teachers which made Garrett's day.

Surgery Update

Jon had his cornea transplant today and everything went very well-hooray! The surgery lasted a little more than an hour and the doctor said it was "a beautiful transplant". He's been doing really good today, however, the heavy duty drugs haven't quite left yet so we're hoping it's a good night and the pain can be managed by the prescribed drugs. We'll go back to his doctor at 8:00am tomorrow to have a looksy. Thanks everyone for your calls, concern and prayers - we appreciate it!!!

Highlights
10/19/2008-10/26/2008

~ Scourred Nana's box of costumes and let the kids try on anything they wanted. Rylee fell in love with the lion (I hope she won't be disappointed when I force her to wear the darling witch costume we already have)! Garrett turned from a ghost, to a dragon, Mickey Mouse, then decided on the dragon...again!
~Garrett did really well at Talking Time. He is working on the "H" sound.
~Discovered Rylee's new profession as a bank robber.
~Enjoyed Farm Country with Amanda and her cuties and then had a yummy, if chaotic, lunch.
~Had our family pictures taken which I hope turn out fabulous-but I'm realistic...Rylee refused to smile.
~Alisa invited us to Jungle Jim's and we had a ball. Again, no smiles from Rylee for the 2 plus hours we were there until the 2nd to last ride where we kept bumping Garrett in the bumper cars and that made her squeal with glee.
~We were able to join Jordan, Jon's younger brother, at the temple. He's getting ready to leave on his mission to Washington. It was a special and wonderful day! Thanks for letting us be there with you!!!
~And my favorite Garrett wisdom this week:

Garrett-"Whatcho doin' Daddy?"

Daddy-"I'm just doing some laundry."

Garrett-"This room is not for daddies it's for mommies. It's for Jamies"

I've been tagged!

Alli tagged me for this...(sorry Alli I've stolen some of your answers)
10 years ago I was: (I actually went back to my journal to the very few entries I had and this is what was in there)
1. Getting my first cell phone from Mom and Dad on my 20th birthday!
2. Moving with Amanda and Amber into Lynwood Apts. with Alli, Chanel & Janice
3. Flying to San Francisco with Ansen and Chris to visit the Bethers Brothers-what a trip!
4. Dating the biggest loser of my single life (luckily it didn't last too long)
5. On Oct. 25 wrote about a personal revelation that truly changed my life but not something I want to share with all of you!

5 things on today’s to do list:
1. Clean my house...not gonna happen!
2. Farm Country with Amanda and her kiddies
3. Make dinner
4. Have our family pictures taken
5. Call my brother

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Chips and Salsa
2. Red Vines
3. Ice Cream
4. Nachos
5. Anything Chocolate

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Pay off both of our houses
2. Make huge deposits into my kids college funds
3. Travel the world
4. Donate to a great cause
5. Invest for our future

5 places I have lived:
1. AF
2. Logan
3. AF
4. AF
5. AF

5 jobs I have had:
1. Florist
2. Wendy's cashier
3. Program Coordinator at USU
4. Office Manager
5. Mom

I tag EVERYONE of you who reads this! HA!