One Sunday

What a fun Sunday we just had! It was the primary program today, and I need to say I think the Presidency did and amazing job with it this year. One of the most enjoyable ones I have ever seen. The kids, of course, did a great job with their parts--so proud of them. The highlight of the meeting was watching the kids sing. I couldn't see Abbi too well, but we sure could hear her. Karli was cute as ever with her mature attitude and singing as loud and beautiful as ever. Tyler was, well lets just say he was quite entertaining. He apparently was in a mood and over dramatized every word he sang with hand gestures (much like an opera singer), facial expressions, and a deep singing voice which obviously didn't match his age. We really tried to keep our composure but it was it quite difficult. We all lost it, my mom and dad, Blaine and I and the rest of my family. The kid loves attention--we may be in trouble in the future!

A "Thriller" Night

If I had it my way I would pick a theme for our family for Halloween and we would all dress together and be "Oh, so cute!" As you can imagine not many people called the girls cute this year :) I just need to realize that we have now moved into the next phase of Halloweening. At least I let them choose what they want to be, that's good, right? The girls did have a blast being zombies from Thriller. It was especially fun walking next to the cemetery on Halloween night. . .

I Need Some Chapstick. . .

My lips hurt real bad-GOSH!


As you can see, Ty couldn't keep a straight face :)

Let me tell you about Ty and Halloween. Ty originally wanted to go the Micheal Jackson route and be (as he calls it) "Fat" from Weird Al's version of "Bad". He told everyone and he was very excited about the idea, even though I warned him that not many people would understand who he was. He didn't care. Then about a week or so before Halloween he decided out of the blue to be Napoleon Dynamite. I informed him that he would be much more recognizable as that character. He practiced all week talking like him, walking like him and most importantly dancing like him. He would even practice at the store--ya, I know, this kid has no fear. We sure received lots of chuckles :) We went up to the Utah game on Halloween night and he was treated like a celebrity. I love this kid!

We had a really fun idea and I can't believe I didn't get any pictures (GOSH!) but I had Blaine dress up as Uncle Rico. He totally played the part of the yucky door-to-door salesman with our Halloween treats that we delivered to our family. He was so believable with his Tupperware that it took a few minutes for my family to catch on that it was Blaine. I think when Uncle Rico yelled out to Napoleon to stay in the car it gave it away. It was one of the highlights of our time as a family...good laughs.