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!!!!