Does this seem weird or is it just me?

Kaci wanted a Cinderella cake and I was being lazy so I ordered one from Albertsons. Now they are really barbie cakes that the lady said that she would make her look like cinderella. She actually did a petty good job but Jason and I chuckled as we pulled the cake out of the box.  She had used frosting to "dress" the barbie instead of clothes.  That's fine except she must of ran out because the barbie was completely bare in the back.  Then, of course, the joke became that no one could lick the frosting off of the doll.  Several of the kids REALLY wanted to lick the frosting off the doll it just seemed too weird!!

Kaylee's Choir Concert

Kaylee had her choir concert a few days ago and as usual she did a great job.  She is in the back middle if you can't find her.  I love her choir teacher.  She picks fun songs and the kids love singing.  The first three songs are all part of the same song  - Jingle Bell Nutcracker --  the song takes Jingle Bells and has the kids sing them to different tunes of the Nutcracker. 

The other song I put on here is the Hot Chocolate song.  Kaylee really liked this one!  Good job Kaylee!  Your concert was a lot of fun to watch!!

The deal of all deals

We received a call from Jason's boss.  When he saw the caller id he wasn't very excited about answering it especially since it was Saturday.  She called to let us know about this Croc Warehouse sale.  Now most of you know that my family is a lover of Crocs.  Several people have Crocs on their Christmas list, so Jason and I decided to head down (about 30 minutes away) to have a look.  I was pretty skeptical and I HATE to dig but as we pulled into the crowded lot and saw people coming out with GARBAGE BAGS full of Crocs that the deals must be pretty good. HOLY COW!  Crocs were $5 or $10 depending on the style.  Sunglasses were $10 and some guy told Jason that they retail for $100.  Jibbitz were 4 for a $1 and they had tons of princesses and HS musical kind.  They even had some BYU jibbitz.  Jason got a pair of Ohio State Flip FLops. Jason dug threw a box for 15 minutes and come up with a pair of Yankees Crocs for Jackson.  I hate digging but I was digging in every box for my kids.  We found TONZ for Kaylee as she is a Womens 7 and they had boxes and boxes of stuff for her.  We even put 3 pair back that we had grabbed for her because we found so many.  I only found one pair of flip flops but the drive was totally worth it.  We got 10 pairs of Crocs, 2 sunglasses and 20 Jibbitz for $100.  The sale was crazy and it was SO crowded but in the end we totally scored.  

P.S.  Ryan -- I even bought you a pair of Avalanche Jibbitz.  Is that worth a Diet Coke while you are here?

For Joy

The kids received a letter from their Aunt Tami telling them that in honor of Joy she would like each of the kids to buy a toy that a 3 year old would love and donate it to someone who needs it.  For our enrichment, we were gathering items for a safe house for women and children from abusive situations.  The kids and I picked our presents and donated it to them.  Kaci had the hardest time because these are all toys that she LOVED!!  "I love it mommy.  I want it.  It is mine because I love it."  We were able to persuade her to let me take them to enrichment but not without a few tears.  The kids enjoyed the project and hopefully some little girl will see the gifts and have something to smile about.  Thanks, Aunt Tami for the great project!!

Kaylee's TaVaci Concert

 Kaylee has been doing this little singing and dancing group called Tavaci for a couple of months now and she loves it!  Her first concert was Saturday and she did great.  She has had so much fun but is looking forward to next semester when they are learning songs from Annie, Hairspray and High School Musical.

Here are Kaylee and her friends Rachel, Savannah and Rachel.
There are three videos I put on here for the grandparents.  If you are only going to watch one, watch the third one as it is Kaylee's solo!  Great job Kaylee.  Can't wait until the next concert.

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Tough Choices

We got a call last night from a Competitive Basketball team coach.  The coach had seen Jackson at Rec League tryouts and called to invite him to be on his Gold Crown team.  Jackson has really wanted to play Gold Crown ball but never tried out or really looked into it because most of the games are on Sunday.  I told the coach that Jackson would be so excited that he was asked but that we would have to say no.  As I told Jackson about the phone call, he was excited that the coach had asked him but said the games are on Sunday so I can't.  I told him that I knew what his answer would have been and I already told the coach that.  I was proud that Jackson had already made the choice not to play on Sunday.  It is one of the things that makes living outside of Utah hard.  He has been having to make that choice since third grade.  Most baseball tournaments end on Sunday and he has had to miss many games because of his choice. Thankfully, we have had understanding coaches who are okay with that.  He has always played rec basketball because the games are always on Saturday.  While he was a little bummed, I reminded him that he is playing rec ball, playing for the junior high basketball team, starting life guard classes and that baseball practices were starting up this week.  Plus, he is going to school and doing piano.  (He's not busy at all!)  The good thing is that because the coach asked, he knows that he is good enough to be wanted at the competitive level.  Hopefully that boost of confidence will translate into a good basketball season!!

THE TURKEY BOWL

We headed down to Cedar City for Thanksgiving after some time up in Draper. What Thanksgiving would be complete without a Turkey Bowl. Jason went and purchased some flags so that there would be NO fights at this competitive game.  The teams were divided up -- COLORADO vs UTAH (except Grandpa got put on Colorados team because they had an extra man!)  The game played out pretty evenly until the end.  

Can you tell that this family is very competitive?  Just look at the intensity on their faces.
It was pouring rain but that didn't stop them.  They kept going and going and going . . .
Here they are at halftime.  
Now, grandpa claimed he was neutral but he did throw an interception that turned into a touchdown for Utah so his neutrality comes into question but fun was had by all!