Daddy/Daughter Act. & SNOW!!

On Sept. 22 we had our annual Daddy/Daughter Activity for Activity Days. They were told to bring a car made of cardboard...and that's pretty much it. We had dinner and an obstacle course set up for them, then prizes for their cars. It was such a fun night. I love our ward so much, the dad's made it so much fun for the girls. It was a wild, hysterical night. Andrew with his little 'perfectionist' side worked really hard on their car, but the girls loved every minute of it. 

 On the 'tire change' stop they had to eat 4 little chocolate donuts. Andrew had to run the course twice and never wants to eat another of those again :)

 Their next stop was the 'oil change' where they had to dump a cup of chocolate milk in a funnel for their dad.

 Nessa's turn...! The other 2 stops were a 'windshield wash' where they put sunglasses on their dad and sprayed and wiped both lenses, and a 'sobriety test' where they had to spin around 10 times and walk across a board. Fun time!

 G & T sporting their mohawks in the bath.

 Grant is such a little stinker lately. Every chance he gets he's on the kitchen table or moving a chair to get to the counter. Here I caught him just about to unload my wallet....aaaah gotta' love the fact that he's smart I guess :)

 The kids were out of school last Thurs. & Fri. and it snowed A LOT! They were so excited! It was tempting to put on a little Christmas music :) I loved watching them work together to make this tunnel/slide.

 G loved watching them also.

 Warming up with Ramen and hot chocolate...yum. Too bad it all melted by Sunday :( It was fun while it lasted.

Hallie's Birthday Weekend

 Hallie had a super busy, non-stop, birthday weekend! I can't believe she's 11 :) It started out with Fri. begging and pleading for her best friend & little sister to spend the night because Andrew & Ty were on a scout camp out. We don't do sleepovers normally but I said only because it's your birthday and they'll be here tomorrow for the party anyway...well another friend overheard at school...then another called after school to play...so it ended up being her 3 best (school) friends and the little sister for Janessa. Why I gave in I'll never know. They were up way too late and were super tired the whole weekend....never again :)
Anyway...Sat. morning they all got to go to gymnastics with Hallie & Janessa (thanks to their awesome teacher/aunt Steph), then her birthday party was at noon. We went to Bowl-ero and had pizza and lemonade (not pop because they're all on the D.A.R.E. challenge where they promise not to drink anything carbonated), then came back to our house for brownies and mint chocolate chip ice cream, her favorite!

 That morning Andrew had found a car in Utah that he wanted to go look at (which we bought but now have up for sale...long story ) after the party. The kids did not want to go so we told them we'd get a hotel with a pool and stay the night, which was tons of fun. We all crashed hard that night :)

 We left Sun. morning so we could listen to conference on the way home and get back in time for her party at grandma & grandpa's. We are going to Park City soon so she just wanted money for clothes. My friend's bank will take money and put it on a pre-paid card so she thought that was pretty cool.

Happy Birthday sweetie, we love you!

Beach, Open House, Fair, 4-Wheeler.....

Another big post....
These are some pictures Marcie took at Rockaway Beach in OR since our camera batteries died. Thank you Marcie!

 These are a few pictures from Steven & Micaela's open house at my parent's the weekend after their wedding. Steph did all the decorations. It was so pretty and so fun to see old neighbors from when we were younger.

 I spent most the night keeping Grant away from the food! He loves grapes and watermelon a little too much.

 We were able to meet Micaela's family a few weeks before the wedding and Tyson latched onto her little brother Preston. Thankfully Preston was super cute with him and they had a lot of fun together in Portland and here.

 These are all the innocent by-standers in front of the hairspray/flour/orea/whip cream decorated car :)

 Aug. 29th was the kids' first day of school. Hallie- 5th, Janessa- 3rd, and Tyson- afternoon Kindergarten. They all have great teachers and are loving school.

 My friend's mom made Grant & Chloe Pebbles & Bam Bam costumes for Halloween. They got to go model them for her ward talent show. So cute.

 This was a frame we used at the open house so I took some pics of the kids in it. This one is priceless to me :)

 And a couple more while we were at it...Hallie doing a back flip...

 ...and Ty doing a trick. The only 2 that like their picture taken :)

 We went to the fair on Labor Day with some friends. We went early before the crowds, which we will do every year now! It was tons of fun.

 Since we have horses in our backyard now, the kids were way braver around the animals and really really wanted to take this one home.

One Saturday a few weeks ago we borrowed a couple 4-wheelers and went on a ride with some friends. Hallie did awesome on her dirt bike going up and down moutains. It was a great time. Janessa and I were laughing so hard our cheeks were hurting because I was such a horrible driver.

Afterwards we went fishing. Tyson has been with Andrew on scout camp outs but this was the girls' first time (and mine). They each caught a fish but this is the only pic of Janessa because she wouldn't go near it (my kind of girl)!

Well that leaves us caught up at least for a little while!