BYU Basketball Game

We went to the BYU Women's basketball game last night. It started earlier, so we were only able to see the last half of the game. They lost :( We decided to stay for the men's game afterwards and it was a really good game. We stayed for more than half of the game. BYU was winning by about 20 points when we left. Byron, Alex's friend and our neighbor, was starting to get tired. Caleb was too, so we didn't stay for the whole game. They all had fun cheering "Rah, Rah, Rah-Rah-Rah, Goooooo Cougars!" That is Leah's favorite part of the game! She also had fun eating popcorn from the family behind us and playing on the empty chairs. What a goof! There was even a point in time where she was doing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" as loud as she could. Everyone else around us was being loud, so she fit right in.

Kindergarten Ready

Caleb has been working on a Kindergarten Math book since June. I bought Caleb a kindergarten one and Alex two 1st grade books to work on over the summer. We've given them different incentives to work on them. We went to Seven Peaks when they finished 100 pages. Caleb just finished his book yesterday. I'm so proud of him. He is so ready for kindergarten already. I can't believe he still has until next August to go to school. He reads most of the books Alex brings home from school. Today I had him read the poems that Alex read when he was in Kindergarten. There were only a few words I had to help Caleb with. He is well on his way.

How Alex Got Hurt

We went to Alex's school for parent/teacher conference today. While we were there Alex wanted to show us how he got hurt on the playground at school. This is the place where he fell and hit his head on the metal right behind his feet.

By the way, Alex is doing really well in school. The woman who does the Spanish testing talked to us for a few minutes and said that Alex has moved up a level in his Spanish comprehension and is right where he should be. He's progressing really well. His teacher, Mrs. "S", said he does great in school. Math is one of his favorite things. He also reads really well.

Making Cookies

Caleb and Leah are always playing in Leah's "kitchen" pretending to make dinner, cakes, cookies, etc. So, I had them put their aprons on and help me in the real kitchen to make real cookies. They love doing this. They alternate putting in ingredients. Caleb's favorite ingredient to add is the eggs. Leah loves to unwrap the butter. Caleb is getting really good at scooping the dough onto the cookie sheet. Leah just likes to eat the dough! They learned that from their mom. I love eating dough and batter of just about anything. The cookies turned out really yummy. Good job Leah and Caleb!

A New Van!

I am so excited about our new van! It's a 2000 Ford Windstar. I know that doesn't sound like a "new" van, but to us it's great. We've been driving a 1987 Bronco II and a 1989 Chevy Astro Van. So, this van is 11 years newer than anything else we've ever owned! Before our Bronco and Astro van we have had a 1989 Chevy Corsica, 1988 Ford Aerostar, and a 1979 Dodge Colt. We feel like we are living in luxury with all of the features this van has.

There is tons of room behind the back seat and the seat moves forward and back to adjust the space as needed.

This is the driver's side. There are sliding doors on both sides! I'm so happy about that. Plus, the sliding door on the passenger side is automatic and can open and shut with a push of a button. How great! No matter how hard my kids have tried with our other vans they can never get the door shut by themselves. Now I can do it with a button!

Also, there are 2 captain chairs for the middle row. This is so nice because our kids will all have their own seat. Hopefully this will eliminate some of the fighting, touching, hitting, and "he's/she's looking at me"! Well, it probably won't solve that last one, but I can always hope.
We've already sold our Bronco II and now we've got our old van listed and hope to sell it soon.

P.S. I will hopefully take Alex in to the doctor tomorrow to get his staples removed. Tomorrow will be the 8th day, and I don't want to wait until Monday. He had to get retake pictures taken today, so I gave him a much needed hair cut yesterday. I couldn't cut around the staples, so he has a long patch of hair in the back of his head that I'm dying to get rid of!

What Happened?!?

Alex's school called Jon around 1pm yesterday and this is the sight that we saw when we picked him up.Alex had fallen off the top of the playground at school after lunch and split the back of his head open. They had him all bandaged up with ice on it and we didn't get a good look at his head until they unwrapped it at the doctor's office. We took him to InstaCare and after 3 hours he had 3 staples in his head and we were finally out of there.

He was so brave at the doctor's office. The only part that hurt was when they were numbing the area so they could clean it and staple it. He didn't even feel the actual staples. I took him to Shopko afterwards so he could pick out a toy for being so brave. He chose a Mars Mission Lego set.

I'm kicking myself for not giving my boys a hair cut this past weekend when I was thinking about it. As you can see from the picture Alex's hair is getting a bit shaggy, and now I have to wait 7-10 days until his staples get removed before I can cut his hair! I'm just glad he's ok. We watched for signs of a concusion through the night and he seems to be doing just fine (besides having a headache and a sore in the back of his head).

Happy Halloween

Here is a picture of Princess Nanny (Sarah), Dorothy (Katie), Bedtime Bear (Leah), Bat (Alex), Spider (Caleb), and Optimus Prime (Braydon).

Alex had a Halloween parade at school today. I took my video camera and got it all on film. After the parade they had a class party. Jon, Caleb, Leah, and I all went to his party. We got to watch him interact with all of his friends. Leah and Caleb had fun playing a game with his class too. We were lucky that Jon's boss let him have a little time away from work to come see the fun Halloween celebration at Alex's school.

After a pizza and breadstick dinner Jon took the kids out trick-or-treating while I stayed at home to hand out candy. We only got 4 doorbell's of kids at our house (and one of those doorbells was my own kids!). They all had so much fun trick-or-treating and got lots of candy!