WAVA friends annual Halloween party!

We have so much fun playing with all our other ward WAVA friends! So much fun in fact that I didn't get hardly any pictures. So, here are a couple that I took in between all the fun we were having at our halloween party a few weeks ago. This is such a fun group - all the kids are friends, all the moms are friends and nobody is psycho (technically :) ) We can't wait for the Christmas party!

Here everyone is working on their candy bar mad-libs


Bailey and Emily presenting their finished product



We made ghost suckers, haunted houses, monster hands and goody boxes.




Kaden had fun too!

Preschool goes to the fire station

Fun thing about home school is that everyone gets to tag along on all the pre school field trips! This time we went to the local fire station.

Cat bowling anyone?

Yes, these are my children and they are ALL enthralled with the art of Halloween Cat Bowling! If you haven't been emailed the link in one of the bazillion forwards that come around, you should search for it. It's oddly addicting.

Fun day at the zoo.

Andrea and I took the kids to the zoo on a field trip. We learned that the best time to go to the zoo is in the fall, in the morning, in the middle of the week. It was great! We had loads of fun and saw animals that have, so far, never been awake when we've gone before.

My crazy Beehives!

Best calling EVER! YW is the greatest place to be. Just a couple of pictures of "my girls" (well, half of them) at our party a couple weeks ago. I actually just got released and put back in as YW Secretary so -- PHEW!

"My One True Life's Wish!"

Bailey has been obcessed with horses ever since starting the American Girls club. She wants nothing more than to build a shed in our back yard and turn a horse loose in it! We've tried all kinds of things to get her into riding lessons but until we are independantly wealthy that is not going to happen. So we were very excited to learn that a local stable was going to have a fall celebration which included free pony rides. Bailey's reaction? "Really??!! It's my one true life's wish and it's coming true!!" Needless to say, it was a great day.

Cutest Preschool!

So, Emily's preschool teacher is one of the craftiest people in the world but even that didn't prepare me to see the entire class coming out one day with their very own scarecrows! They made them! Anyway, thought it was cute.

AND.... Kaden with a bowl on his head --because I think it's funny.

Happy 5th Birthday Emily!!

Biggest Loser Home Edition

It seems everyone had a hard 2nd month, here's what we have: Remember, it's what you did during OCTOBER that counts for this month, not overall. We look at it month by month and then the winner is the overall weight loss.

Name-Starting-Sept.-Current-Oct. Loss-%-Total Loss-% Total

Rachel---------------------------------------2.4%---------6.75%

Ned------209.6---199.4--196.2----(-3.2)---1.60%--13.4--6.39%

Daniel----224.0----212.6--210.4----(-2.2)--1.03%---11.4--6.07%

Steve----197.0---189.0---190.0---(+1.0)--(+.01%)---7.0--3.55%

Jessica---------------------------------------0%-----------1.98%

Current Pot: $40

Steve $10
Jessica $10
Ned $10
Rachel $5
Daniel $5

Clearly I decided to punt this month (with the anniversary and Emily's birthday and all) in order to come back with a monster Nov. Load up on that turkey and mashed potatoes people, because Steve's about to go anorexic on you all. (and for those of you that really are Anorexic *cough*Lori*cough* clearly I'm just joking, so calm down!)