Catch Up.......

I have been having some technical difficulties with my computer, so I haven't posted anything for a while. I am playng catch up a little bit. We just got back from Disneyland! We had a wonderful trip! I will post about out trip in a couple of days. I wanted to catch up with our Halloween celebrations. No trick or treating or costumes for us this year! We got together with 4 families and went to Kolob (on church owned property we reserved) for Halloween. The kids were out of school that day so we left early and just spent the entire day in the mountains, riding 4 wheelers, doing the zip line, the shooting range, obstacle courses, telling ghost stories around the camp fire, and roasting smores. It was the best Halloween ever. None of my children were sad about missing trick or treating, and no candy (no hyper activity or cavities), no costumes (they didn't dress up at school either) Just plain old fashioned family fun! I want to make it a tradition! We had a great time.

Stetson and Kennedi had a blast riding around camp on this little 3 wheeler! The Covey's brought it up. I was so much fun.

Some of the girls on the four wheeler! They had a great time cruising around on all of the little trails.

Justin entertained the kids with ghost stories, although it ended up being more humorous than scary. The kids loved it.

Go Stetson! He loved the zip Line. It was super fun for the kids. Thanks Dave for bringing up all the gear!


Kennedi on the zip line.


Even Tyra got in on the action. She loved the zip line! Thanks Jeff for taking her on it.



The tire swing was Mavericks favorite part of the day. He loved swinging, and swung on them until his hands couldn't grip the rope anymore!.

Prisoner of the Bar Stool......

Tyra got her head stuck in the bar stool today. She was sitting on it and somehow got her whole body through the back of the stool until she got to her head. She was starting to panic and so was I after several failed attempts to get her shoulders back through. I called Justin at work in a panic. He rushed home, but just as he got there I had to do this to get her out.........

I had to unscrew the back of the chair, and completely take it apart.

Oh, Boy!! It is pretty funny looking back at it now!

Staheli Farm and Corn Maze.....

We go out to Staheli Farm every year. http://www.stahelifamilyfarm.com/ It's in St. George, and the kids love it. This year they added this swing they made on the horse walker. They made these "horses" out of a tire, and Justin would pull the rope and spin the walker around. We couldn't get Maverick off! This is Stetson flying on the "Hick Trampoline" It is three mattresses stacked up on top of each other with straw bales surrounding it.

The slide was fun too. You land in a deep pile of silage. It really shoots you out of the slide.

Even Justin got in on the action, riding the cow train with Maverick. He couldn't fit all the way in, and after we realized he had picked the smallest barrel. It looked pretty funny!

The" plan of attack" for the corn maze. The kids took turns leading the way until it was starting to get dark and we were completely lost, so Justin took over.

In the corn Maze.

Riding out to the pumpkin patch on a wagon pulled by Clydesdale's!

A family came all dressed up like the Star Wars characters. We had to get a quick picture, Maverick is obsessed but was a little scared of Chewy at first.

Froggy Princess Party!

For Tyra's little birthday party with her friends, we had a Froggy Princess Party! It was so much fun to see all of the girls in their beautiful princess gowns. We had these cute little froggy cupcakes.

The girls decorated princess crowns and wands!

Here are all of the beautiful princesses. L to R Tyra, Emma, Kennedi, Esee, Riley, Grace.

Then we played pin the kiss on the frog.

Here is the Birthday girl!

Happy Birthday Tyra!

Tyra turned 4 going on 16 today! She is such a sweet little thing. I love being able to be home with her and hear her cute little voice all day long! She keeps me laughing that is for sure. Kennedi and Stetson were so cute. They wanted to start her day out with panCAKES (we even put candles in them) and all of her presents wrapped and waiting for her when she woke up! Tyra thought she was pretty special she got to wear the "birthday hat" today. We only get it out on birthdays!

Notice the Mickey Mouse pancakes. She had to have two baby ones. Am I a pancake artist or what? The kids tease me because i am not as good as Justin, (he really is an accomplished pancake artist, I will have to do a post with some of his art work).

After breakfast we opened up presents! Tyra got a new baby that breathes. It is really cute. She loves it! She also got all of the baby furniture (stroller, high chair, swing etc.) to go with it. They played house all morning. It is fun to see all the kids in imagination play mode!

Later we went bowling and to the arcade. It was fun, and long. It would take FOREVER for the kids balls to make it down the alley. At any rate we all had a great time, especially Maverick.....

The first few turns he wouldn't let me help him get his ball to the line to roll it. He would push it and scoot along on his knees the whole way. Finally he got frustrated that it was taking so long (and believe, me so was I) that he picked the up the ball and waddled all the way there and chucked it down the lane. He was so funny! He would sit there FOREVER and watch his ball creep it's way down the lane, and then laugh and cheer when the pins would fall!

After bowling we went to the dollar movie to see "Wally". It was just ok, It didn't keep Mavericks attention, but the other kids seemed to like it well enough. The best part was hearing Mav say Waaaly.......and Eeeeeva, all night long.

After the movie we came home and had cake and ice cream. Tyra wanted a princess cake.... so I made this one that turned out pretty cute! Tyra wouldn't let us cut it, so we ate the left over pieces I had saved.

What a fun day!

WE LOVE YOU TYRA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Fire Safety at Preschool......

Our wonderful firefighters came to Tyra's preschool to teach all about fire safety. The kids were loving it! The firefighters were really cute with the kids. It is good for them to see the fighters in full gear, especially with their masks on so they aren't afraid of them. Some of the kids were still petrified. That is all you would need is a kid to run and hide from a fire fighter if they were in a fire! The Fire Fighters did a great job, and the kids loved it!

They let them go out and walk through the Fire Truck.

Maverick got to go too! He didn't want to get out of the fire truck.

The secret to Tyra's table....

After many questions about how I refinished Tyra's table (see previous post) here is the big secret....Mod Podge! If you have this stuff and scrapbook paper your possibilities are endless! I just decoupaged the paper on to the table. Then to protect from spills I used Envirotex Lite. This product is my new favorite! It is the same finisher I use for the tile boards. I just poured this over the top and let harden. Super Easy to use, and the results are fabulous! You can get both of these products at Roberts Crafts.

Tea Party Anyone?

I decided to finally get Tyra's (bought it 8 years ago for Kennedi) tea party table refinished. It has been out on our patio staring me down for months. It was one of those projects that has been in the back of my mind and that I have wanted to get done forever. So I finally got to it this week. It feels so good to get to some of these unfinished projects finished!

Here is before....... After.....
Tyra absolutely loves it and wants to have several tea parties a day now. Her birthday is coming up, I think we will have a princess tea party for her birthday party!