October Re-Cap

We started the month of with a trip to Cedar City to celebrate my sister's birthday & to watch my nephew Riley play some football. He killed it! It was fun having everyone together (minus my man Riley who had to work). It was great talking & laughing about old times. Kobe also lost a tooth on this trip. Yay!

A little later in the month we went on another little trip to St. George to watch my other nephew Sammy play some football. He did great, but they came up a little short. I was so proud of him, he hurt his little hip & he still played hard! It was nice to have a little warmer weather if only for a weekend. Kobe just loves seeing & playing with his cousins. With him being an only child & all of his cousins living so far away, he just eats up the little time he does get to spend with them. He just wishes they all lived closer. Leaving all of them is so heart breaking for him. Poor guy!

Kobe also ended his soccor for the year. He was on the "Green Lanterns". He got to be on one of his best friends teams, so that was a lot of fun. He just loved his coach Vinicio.

We went with some of our friends to a pumpkin patch in Kaysville. We went on a hayride & picked out our own pumpkins. It took quite a while. We all wanted just the right one. We then went to the very yummy Mandarin for some Chinese food & back to there house to hang & let Kobe play some Nintendo wii. When we got home, we set up our pumpkins outside. The next morning we noticed that two of them were gone. Someone stole our perfect pumpkins!! The chumps. We couldn't believe it. I was just glad they weren't smashed all over the road! We all had a great time carving them & making them just the way we wanted them. Kobe loved designing his. **These pumpkins were stolen off our porch that very night. The bums. We had to go to Walmart & buy more.**

I was in charge of Kobe's class Halloween party. First there was a school Halloween parade. The kids were having so fun. They were all practically running. Riley & I laughed the whole time at the creativity of the students. There was this boy who was dressed exactly like (the old) Michael Jackson. He had curly hair, red leather jacked, flood pants, & a white glove. Very cool. We had rented The Karate Kid & Kobe loved it. So Kobe wanted to be a ninja. He is loving the Kung Fu stuff right now. For the party we had root beer in dry ice, frosted & decorated sugar cookies, bingo, made our own spider webs, bean bag toss, & decorated blow pops like vampires. I bought a Halloween cd & the kids loved dancing the all the music. Monster Mash was a hit! The kids had a great time. I was so relieved! I dressed up as a big pumpkin. Kobe thought I was so funny!

We went to Gardner Village to see the witches with my parents. It was so so fun. Everything was just so festive, it just made you happy to be there. This was the first year that Kobe really liked looking at the witches.

On Halloween (really the day before Halloween), I got really really sick. A very bad cold. I just ached & ached & could not breathe at all. I tried really hard to still make it fun for Kobe though. We had my parents come over for our annual chili & cornbread. I was so thankful to Riley for doing all the work so I could just rest. What a man!! After some good grub, Kobe & Riley went over to Kobe's best friend Isaac's house to go trick or treating. I stayed home cause I was so sick. It made me so sad not to go!! At first it was raining really hard, but luckily it eased up a little bit. They were able to go for about two hours. He got so much candy. Too much!!

I'd be. . .

If I were a month, I'd be July.
If I were a day of the week, I'd be a Friday.
If I were a time of day, I'd be 9:00 am.
If I were a sea animal, I'd be a seal.
If I were a direction, I'd be east.
If I were a piece of furniture, I'd be a bed.
If I were a historical figure, I'd be Mother Teresa.
If I were a liquid, I'd be diet Pepsi.
If I were a gem stone, I'd be a diamond.
If I were a tree, I'd be a palm tree.
If I were a tool, I'd be a stud finder. (Ha Ha!)
If I were a flower, I'd be a daisy.
If I were a type of weather, I'd be sunny.
If I were a musical instrument, I'd be a guitar.
If I were a color, I'd be red.
If I were an emotion, I'd be elated.
If I were a fruit, I'd be a pineapple.
If I were a sound, I'd be a laugh.
If I were an element, I'd be water.
If I were a car, I'd be a camaro.
If I were a food, I'd be a pizza.
If I were a place, I'd be Hawaii.
If I were a taste, I'd be salty.
If I were a scent, I'd be citrus.
If I were an object, I'd be a hand bag.
If I were a body part, I'd be eyes.
If I were a facial expression, I'd be a smile.
If I were a song, I'd be Our Song.
If I were a pair of shoes, I'd be ballet flats.

Question #36

Tell of a memorable birthday cake.

I was in 1st grade. I was turning seven. I was so excited. We went to the store to pick it up. I had picked it out at the bakery weeks before. My birthday party was that day with my friends & I was so so excited to show them this beautiful cake that I just loved so much. It was in the shape of a rainbow with clouds at the bottom. All the colors of the rainbow had been painted on just perfect. The clouds looked soft & flowy. I think they were marshmallow cream. When my Mom & I got home, I jumped right out of the car. I told my Mom that I wanted to carry my cake inside. I remember her looking at me asking me if I was sure I wanted to do that. I got the cake out of the car. It was in one of those big white cake boxes. I walked across the driveway. Right before you get to the sidewalk that leads up to the front door, there are two steps you have to go up. Well. . . I forgot about those steps. I went flying one way & the cake the other way. The cake landed upside down. Just perfect. I was devastated!! My beautiful cake was ruined. But luckily I have a wonderful patient Mom. She walked up to me, put her arms around me & told me everything would be alright. And it was. She picked up the cake, took it inside, & fixed it up as best as she could. I just remember being in awe & loving her so much. She fixed up the cake & it looked great. Luckily no one even noticed.

It's About Time

Yes. We are alive. Summer just kept us so so busy. It seemed like we were gone almost the whole summer. It was a ton of fun. We went to South Dakota at the beginning of the summer. Very cool. We loved Mount Rushmore, Reptile Gardens, & everything else. There is soooo much to do there. We could have spent so much more time there. At the beginning of August we went to Seattle, Portland, & the Oregon coast. We golfed, went on a ferry, went to a Mariners game, Oregon zoo, the coast. It was such a blast! We went with my parents & has such a great time with them. This summer was just so fun & exciting.

*What a little model. We are at Devils Tower*

*With Riley's Bestapapa (Grandpa) in Portland*

*At the Mariners game*

School has started again. Kobe is now in the 2nd grade. So far so good. He is really loving going & doing really well. I have news too. . .I got a job. The principle of Kobe's school called me up & offered me a job to be a reading tutor. I am so totally pumped. The hours are so perfect. I work from 8:45-11:20 every day. I love being able to be so close to Kobe. I volunteer soooo much, so it will be awesome to get paid for what I would be doing anyways. The kids are so fun to work with. And I loved the fact that I still have time to get cleaning & other stuff done while Kobe's at school. It really seemed to be such a blessing. I really felt like I needed this in my life. I needed a little pick me up. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity.

*Riley did a field trip for Kobe's class last year. Sorry no pics from 2nd grade yet on the computer*

Kobe played on a baseball team this summer. He had a lot of fun. He was on the Oriels. We had fun cheering for him, but poor kid, his team was not so good. Hopefully it will be better next year. He just started playing fall soccer. He is loving it. He is on his best friends team. He can't seem to get enough of it. We have fun watching him. He is so aggressive out there! I don't know that much about soccer, so it has been interesting learning the rules. We were out watching Kobe at his practice yesterday & the funniest thing happened. A bird pooped right on Riley's head. I could not stop laughing. It really was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I'm just glad it wasn't me!!! He just got his 1st set of golf clubs, so we'll have to put him in some lessons. He seems really excited to learn how to play. He is always going outside practicing his swing. It will be fun watching him learn & progress. Now I just need to get me some lessons too!!

*Proud Dad & his boy*

*Silly face. Too funny not to post!*

Question #35

What was your worst, really embarrassing moment?

Seriously. I have just had so many. When I was around 12 or 13 I went to rough out camp with the young women's. We were setting up camp & I was walking through some really tall grass. I was just minding my own business, not bothering anyone, & BAM!! I totally got hit in the face. Just like you see in cartoons. I stepped on a rake & about flattened my face. It totally knocked me on my back. I just remember everyone crowding around me & helping me to the tent to lie down. But the one thing that stands out the most is my sister crying. She must have thought I was dead or something. I just remember hearing her cry. From what I remember, I didn't cry at all. I was in shock or something. It caused quite the swollen black eyes though!! I have also had many many bike riding experiences. I wasn't even trying anything fancy, just a simple stroll in the park. Bike riding & me simply don't mix. I have flipped over my handle bars to flying into a rock to running into a parked truck on the street. The worst part about that was the getting out of the truck. I was so so so humiliated. We sure laughed though!! Especially now!