Yard Sale

As part of Chloe's Christmas we are redoing some stuff in her room-I had cleaned out lots of stuff from there and so I decided why not just do a quick de-clutter of the house and have a yard-sale. We told a few of our neighbors and they got on board. Our little yard-sale ended up being pretty big.

Our neighbors were kind of making fun of us at first (with all of our little items) we had out for sale-but then they started to see the little items add up as we quickly took the lead in profits. We all sold lots of stuff and Landon only had to take 1 small pick up load of stuff to the DI afterwards. Overall I think we brought in about $350 in just 4 hours-the best part is that $200 of it was ours-it sure feels good to make a little extra cash as well as get rid of some clutter.

Fall Fun

I love Fall. I love the cooler weather, The Holiday Season, Making Pies, Black Friday, Fun Family Activities, Fall Leaves, and so much more.

Here are a few fun pictures of our Fall so far...

My cute nephew Braxton-posing as an Indian-

 Bryce showing off one of the many turkeys we have made during our learning sessions-

 (he is a little turkey)!

Preslie and Bryce playing in the leaves at Great-Grandmas house-

Basketball Tryouts

Last week Tanner had basketball tryouts for the freshmen team. There are a lot of athletic kids his age and a lot of talent so we knew it would be hard going into it. Tanner made the first cut, but didn't make the final cut. He handled it pretty well. He will play city league and church ball this year and he says he wants to try out again next year so we will see if that changes or not between now and then. He really is a good ball player and has come so far in his basketball skills over the last few years he is way more aggressive and confident in his ball handling. Plus he has grown a lot both in height and body mass-his arms and legs are pure muscle. We are glad he still wants to play city league so that he has something to keep him busy until baseball season. We are just proud of him for trying and with how well he handled it when he was cut.

Veterans Day Parade

Last week Chloe's class marched in the Veterans Day Parade, which was held over in Washington. Bryce and I went over to watch. Bryce especially like the horses. Chloe had fun walking in the parade but was even happier that afterwards the fifth graders weren't required to go back to school so she was able to come home with Bryce and I for the rest of the day.

Last Game of the Season=WIN=UNDEFEATED ALL SEASON

Last Saturday was Chloe's last soccer game of the fall-season. Her team had an awesome win! I can't even remember the score but I know it was a lot to nothing. Her team has just been awesome to watch  this season and her coaches are great-we are so glad to be a part of this group.

#soccergirl #teamunited #undefeated #numbersix

Sock Monster

You hear the joke all the time-Is the washer eating your socks? Do you have a monster in there---so it seems in our case that there really was one.

Here is the story: Bryce never had any socks. I would do laundry all of the time and come up with a few pairs, but I was constantly every day trying to find him a pair of socks. I purchased new ones quite often, and several times resorted to having him just wear two mismatched socks. I was frustrated and could not figure out what was going on. Then one day I saw a sock sticking out of the seal on our washing machine as I pushed it back to pull it out I realized there was another. I began to pull one right after the other out. Until I had a pile of like 15 socks. They were slimy...they were gross...who knows how long they had been living in there. So they all went right to the garbage. Needless to say we found our sock monster-the washer really was eating the socks--and now we check the seal after every batch!

Landon's Handy Work

My sister Sandi recently bought a rental property. It needed a few upgrades to be ready for renters, so they hired Landon. He has pretty much had two jobs the past few weeks, and though we are glad for the extra income we are also glad he is finally finished with this project. He spent over 40 hours tiling-that is a lot of tile. He did the entryway, kitchen, two bathrooms, and a laundry room. He really did a great job and though these pictures don't do it justice-hopefully you can see how nice it looks. I'm lucky to be married to such a talented guy.

Visiting Hanxton

Last week my Grandma and I took a quick day trip up to visit Hanxton. It was the first time either of us had been able to hold the little guy (after 5 long months). He is such a little cutie and I'm so glad we got to go.

Thankfully Tanner was willing to stay home from school and tend Bryce for the day ;) Now I just have to wait until Thanksgiving to see him again.

Halloween

I guess our Halloween could be broken down into several events. I maybe should have done a couple of separate posts but I didn't, so bear with me if this one is a little long.

First up the ward trunk-or treat...my sister and I made this cool photo booth-backdrop to have set up by our car. The trick or treaters really like it. 

 The kiddos in their star wars garb-it was hard to get Bryce to look at the camera he was worried about his light saber.

 At the trunk-or-treat they always serve dinner and have a few activities for the kids before the trick or treating.

 We had a fun night and Bryce learned what trick or treating was all about.

Second on the list...Halloween Day...the kids schools. We went to Chloe's school for her parade and then we went to Tanner's school to trick or treat. Dixie Middle School always puts on a tot trick or treat so we went over to that with my sister and their little ones. Bryce had so much fun and from the night before had learned just what he needed to do to get his piece of candy.

Third on the list...Halloween Day...trick or treating. Of course on Halloween we always do a little trick or treating starting out at Great-Grandma's. We met up with the other cousins there and went to Grandma's and a couple of houses in her neighborhood as a group. 

Grandma always makes the kids a special Halloween treat. This year was no different. She made these awesome and yummy homemade pretzels dipped in white chocolate. In the shape of owls!!!

Lastly on the list...Halloween Night...ending the festivities with a bang! We had a little Halloween Party. We played a few games-of course the old standbys donuts on a string and bobbing for apples and then Halloween Minute to Win It and Witches Scattergories. Then everyone went to bed except for Chloe and her BFF, Brydee, who stayed up to watch Twitches.

 Our cute veggie tray...the dip was in a hallowed out mini pumpkin. Landon also made home-made root beer. (note to self-do not attempt to buy root beer extract on Halloween Day!!!)

We love Halloween!!!

Car Cart

Usually I try not to go to the store when I have both babies...but sometimes it is unavoidable. At times like that I am ever so grateful when I find a 'Car-Cart' with two working seat-belts. It makes the shopping almost enjoyable.

Hanxton Comes Home

After 5 long months in the Hospital last week my little nephew Hanxton was finally able to go home. His family was thrilled beyond words. I am so excited to be able to go and visit him and finally be able to hold him. We are going to Fillmore for Thanksgiving, but I'm sure I won't be able to last that long before I make a trip up.

Pumpkins

After church on Sunday we carved our pumpkins. The kids always look forward to this. I had Bryce paint his pumpkin for several reasons. First off, I knew that there was no way he would touch the seeds and slime inside his pumpkin(he hates slimy stuff. Second, the way we painted it he was actually able to help and he had a great time-if we would have cut it he wouldn't have been involved much. The older kids both found or made up their own patterns and did a majority of the cutting on their own with just a little bit of help.

 Tanner made Captain America's Shield...

 Chloe had hers say Boo with Frankenstein Underneath...

Bryce's painted masterpiece...

In St. George once you cut your pumpkins they usually go bad in a few days cause it is so hot, this year especially. We didn't know if they would make it clear until Halloween (Friday). I read online where is said to soak the pumpkins in a solution of bleach and water after they are cut and then also rub all of the cut parts with Vaseline. I really think it worked cause amazingly all of the pumpkins lasted until Halloween night.