Girls Day Out!

With the boys at the BYU game, the girls gat to PARTY!!  OK not really but we did get to entertain all of the girls who got left behind.  We decided to go swimming.  Kaci was raring to go!!

Here are Kaylee, Layla, Jane and Kaci.  They all had a blast. Even the little ones loved being in the water.
Marian and Kaylee enjoyed the slides and swimming the the pool.  Everyone loved the hot tub.
While we were home, a lot of Dr. Mario was played.  Mark and Val tried REALLY hard to beat me.  Val finally did but I was on level 20 and Val was on level 5.  I guess that counts as a win right!  (Sidenote -- I am not competitive at all.)
We are glad that everyone came and we hope that they will come back.  We loved having a full house!!

BYU vs AFA

What a fun game to watch.  Another beautiful day in Colorado, although a little chilly.  I think everyone was a little worried after the first half but BYU looked great during the second half and pulled out the win.  Now we just hope they show up next week.  GO COUGS!!

Grandpa Gardner, Uncle Mark and Uncle Ryan all came for the game!  Uncle Mark must have been in charge of the concessions because my boys are drinking Mountain Dew.  YUCK!
Here are the cougs getting ready to do there thing!  What a fun time everyone had!!

FINALLY!!!!

Sorry -- kind of blurry but you get to see that it is FINALLY under $2!!  YEAH!! 

In my next life I am going to be a...

PLUMBER!!!!!

Jason is usually pretty good about fixing stuff around the house.  What he can't do by himself, he will usually call his dad or ask a neighbor.  He thought that our leaky toilet would just need a flapper replaced but as he started on the project he realized that it was a little more complex.  We had a cracked tube.  Our neighbor came over and looked at it and basically said  "You better call a plumber!"  So, Joe the plumber (and yes his name was Joe and he introduced himself by saying that his name is really Joe and he didn't need to hear any Joe the plumber jokes) and his worker bee came over to fix the toilet.  I had them check our other toilets to see if they had the same problem (before they told me the cost).  2 of the toilets had the same cracked tube and the 3rd one was weak but not cracked yet so, of course, they wanted to fix all 3 for (sit down for this one) $300 bucks a toilet. What!  $300 bucks, you have got to be kidding me. He nicely said that because we were having more than one toilet done that the 2nd and 3rd toilet he would do for $275 each. Oh how kind you are Joe. Knowing Jason, I knew that there was no way he was going to have the 3rd toilet fixed because technically the tube hadn't cracked yet so I gave them permission to go ahead on the 2. So Joe sits down at the table to do his paper work while his worker dude fixes the toilets. You and your friend come to fix the toilet and he does all the work and my guess is Joe makes more money than him.  I want that job.  So, 1 hour and 30 minutes later and $600 bucks poorer the work is done. The toilets work. No more running water. Just think if Joe would have worked on the 2nd toilet while his buddy worked on the 1st toilet they could have done it in 45 minutes. $600 for 45 minutes of work.  I want that job!!

CHASE IS 7!!

Chase has been so excited for his birthday.  He has been counting down the days and it finally arrived.  He chose to go to Red Robin for his birthday dinner.  We went on Tuesday because it was our schools fundraiser night and I made him choose because we were not about to eat at Red Robin Tuesday and Friday.  The bird came and sang and brought ice cream.  Tonight he chose breakfast burritos and chocolate cake for dinner.  He was bummed to have to go to school on his birthday.  I told him that next year he could stay home on his birthday.  This worked wonders until Kaylee informed him that his birthday will be on a Saturday next year.  I did go and eat lunch with him and brought a requested Happy Meal with me for his lunch.  

 

I still can't believe that he is seven.  What a sweet boy he is.  He is our funny boy who has quite the sense of humor.  It is fun to watch him grow up and see what a good athlete he is becoming. He had a fun day but is looking forward to tomorrow when we take 11 of his friends to see Madagascar 2.  That should be fun ...  

CUPCAKES!!

I waited until Chase got home from school to make the cupcakes for his party tomorrow. Of course, that meant I had a couple of little helpers who loved liking the batter.

I had already made the cake for tonight but notice the finger pokes as Kaci decided to taste it early.  
Here are the cupcakes that we made.  We'll have them frosted and ready for the birthday party tomorrow!!

Jackson's Choir Concert

Jackson decided to do choir for one of his electives this year.  Last night was the first of three concerts.  This is just a snippet of a song.  We were in the back and I just had my little camera. He is the boy on the second row.  

Uh-Oh -- it could be a LONG night!!

Between daylight savings times and early release Wednesday, Kaci didn't get a nap.  I shrugged it off and thought that I would just put her to bed early.  She was watching Tinkerbell and I wasn't paying attention and found her asleep on the couch.  (She actually fell asleep sitting up which is when I should have snapped the picture but I felt sorry for her and laid her down.)  

Must be quite the dream that she is having!!

Luckily, she still went to bed okay but I heard her singing in her crib around 9:45!  

BYU vs. CSU

It was a beautiful fall day here in Colorado and Jason, Chase and Jackson were lucky enough to spend it watching the Cougars take on the Rams.  BYU forgot to show up again but at least they pulled out a win -- barely!!  

You can tell that Jason took the picture because he didn't wait for the random kid in the background to leave before he snapped the shot.  Oh well,  Chase was still excited to have a picture taken with the cougar!!

Conversation with Kaci

Saturday  Nov. 1st

Kaci -- Mom, I ready.

Mom -- Ready for what?

Kaci -- I ready to go trick-or-treat.  

This conversation has happened many a times over the last two days.  Something about free candy has clicked and she is all over that!!

Halloween Costumes

You knew this post was coming.  The kids all had fun trick-or-treating.  Lots of candy at our house!!  

I couldn't get a good picture of our Cinderella but she had a fun night.  She keeps asking if we can go trick-or-treating tonight!

Here's Fred Weasley!!
Our High School Musical Cheerleader
Jackson could only go trick-or-treating if he put on a costume so he grabbed his Jeter jersey. He ended up with 2 HUGE bags of candy!!!!