Breaking Dawn

A bunch of us in the neighborhood got together to go see Breaking Dawn. Merisa had a before party, I stuffed my face with all the good food everyone brought.

The movie was at 12:21 at night. By the time we got home, we were, breaking dawn...3:00 a.m. Not to shabby for a bunch of old ladies.

I wasn't sure I wanted Jade to see this, let alone Brooke, but Merisa had to sell a few more tickets so I took a chance that it wouldn't be to graphic and let them come. They loved it.

I was really disappointed when it ended. I thought it seemed really short. Can't wait for the final installment. :) It was by far the best one. Not as funny as 3 but way more realistic, and yes I did tear up several times and had my head in my hands freaking out a few times.

Peanut Butter and Ricky

I saw this recipe and thought it would be a quick yummy treat for Rick. Peanut Butter Cheese Ball

1 pkg. 8 oz. cream cheese

1 cup powdered Sugar

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

3/4 cup milk chocolate chips

3/4 cup peanut butter chips

Mix first 3 ingredients. put mixture on a square piece of plastic wrap. Bring corners in and twist into a ball. Refrigerate for 1 1/2 hrs. Unwrap roll in chips. Put ball on serving dish and refrigerate for 2 more hours. Serve with cookie crackers or apple slices.

7-UP Cake

So I was thinking that it would be smart to add some of the recipes I use to my blog so that when I print it for my kids they will not only have memories but recipes from when they were growing up. This is more of a non-recipe...Brooke had to take a healthy snack to achievement days. This is not necessarily healthy but it is a healthier alternative. You can do it with any cake mix. Instead of adding eggs and oil, (fat and cholesterol), Just add one can of diet soda. It bakes up just fine and tastes yummy.

What's Your Flavor?

I loved my cinnamon so much that I wanted to try a few new flavors. I tried 4 but only two worked. Wintergreen which is smooth and sweet and Peppermint which is cool and tingly. The ones that didn't work were Watermelon and Cherry. Must have something to do with the coloring in it because it didn't want to mix in with the Vaseline. These are so yummy. I love them.

Shoplifting VS Trick-or-Treating

On our way home from shopping yesterday, Teek kept saying, "I love my gummies." I realized I was smelling something fruity and turned around to look. Teek had taken a roll of bubble tape from the store and I hadn't noticed. I said, "Teeky, that is so naughty, you can't take stuff from the store unless mommy says it's OK and if mommy pays for it." He said, "Mom, I said trick-or treat at the store." I kinda think he deserves this roll of gum...pretty genius if you ask me.

Halloween 2011

Matt and Alicia called and wanted to have a big Halloween party with the kids. So we went to Lynn and Russell's. I made potato cheese soup and we brought dry ice and root beer,  Matt and Alicia brought all the fixing for caramel apples. They were fun to make. I tried to re-create Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory's Key Lime Pie...I dunked it in caramel then rolled it in lime Jell-O and then in crushed graham crackers. I thought it turned out pretty dang good. We carved pumpkins, told scary stories, watched Hocus Pocus and played hide the glow sticks! It was a fun night.

Rick telling the kids a scary story about a hunchback.

They say people look like their dogs...I think people look like their pumpkins.
I had no desire to carve my pumpkin, so I cheated and asked Russell for spray paint. It is suppose to be a devil. Not sure if I pulled it off. Zoe kept telling me it needed a pitch fork. Oh-well.

Addie had Kelsey carve the pumpkin in the front and back. :)

Russell's turned out really cool. He Googled a picture before he started.

Scott and Teeky, (Peter Pan and Jail-bird), Halloween night.We always let the kids trick-or-treat in Lynn and Russell's neighborhood after we eat, (usually a potato bar). I'm still waiting for the day we get vandalized for never being around on Halloween, but it hasn't happened yet.

Aspen and Brooke, (mermaid and devil).

Teeky as a zombie prisoner! I don't think Teeky remembered trick-or treating last year so I was so excited for him this year. He caught on quick and loved it.

He is still talking about it two weeks later. Ryker went as a demon.

Jadey went as a mummy.

Russell went out with his friends and got a ton of candy. He went as Freddy Krueger.

Ryker's 8th Birthday

 So I was feeling pretty lazy about throwing Ryker a party, So I decided just to rent Zookeeper and have the kids watch a movie. The morning of his party, reality slapped me in the face and said, "there is no way a house full of boys is going to watch a movie." So I moved the movie outside and decided to do some zoo foods to go along with party; cotton candy, hot dogs, soda etc.

I was glad I moved the party outside when Chase smashed a whole cupcake into his face and then the rest of the boys follow suit. Yes, I ended up cleaning frosting out of noses.

Ryker got, Money, Bionicals, a basketball, few other things and his friend took him to a haunted house that night as his gift.

Brooke and Brianna making the cotton candy.

The boys roasting their hot dogs. The boys loved the fire. I use the term, fire loosely because most of the time it was actually just smoke. Russell and Rick weren't home to light me a fire. I figured, "how hard can it be?" The answer to that is, REALLY HARD! Surprisingly enough paper and wood don't really like to STAY on fire, they just smoulder and smoke and slowly turn to ash. How anyone can get a whole house to burn down is beyond me.

If I am ever accused of arson, please refer to this post as my first line of defense.

Family Pictures 2011

This is pretty much Jadey in a nutshell. My sweet Teeky One of Teeky's favorite things to do. He makes us do this to him on the way into the gym every Friday and Saturday.Dad and his girls.

Mom and her boys.

Sisters

Ryker

Russell

Brothers

UsThe Boys

The Girls

Brooke

The Gardner's

Currant Creek

Well we have had the trailer for a year and a half and we finally took it out. We took the kids to Currant Creek. It is up near Heber so of course we ate at Dairy Keen on the way up. We took the four-wheeler and went on some fun drives with it. We had fun fishing and playing games but the most exciting occurrence was while we slept. Russell woke us up saying, "Dad, I'm freaking out, I can hear a bear right outside my window, I'm serious, Dad get up." Rick got up and loaded his 45 and my 38 Special. We sat there silently waiting Rick with his gun Russell with mine, (truth be told, my son with a gun...way more scary to me than a bear). We were trying desperately not to wake Brooke up because we had been teasing her about bears the whole trip and she was genuinely freaked out! But the bear pushed on the front of the trailer and moved it significantly. She said she felt it and heard us but was too scared to say anything. That was the last we heard or felt of the bear before he moved on.

Ryker with his fish. His was the biggest.

I really liked this picture. I was trying to get the dragonfly, but I liked Jadey standing on the rock. Jadey caught a fish. She was the first one, she thought she was so cool.

Russell with his fish. After Jade and Ryker had both caught one he was determined...determination pays off.

Poor Brookey, she was so mad that everyone else had caught one and she hadn't and then all of the sudden she got a tug. She pulled up and this itty bity baby fish showed itself just before coming free of her hook and swimming to safety. She was so smad, (that's sad and mad, for those of you who don't know).

Are You Game?

Look at all those $500's Rick and Brooke are flaunting!
If only those were real, I would find him so much more attractive.

It was Rick and Brooke to the death!

Fire Fun

I really don't know what Jade is doing? Russell cooked and ate the fish he caught.
Rick prides himself on making the perfect roasted marshmallow.

Ryker thought his hollowed out marshmallow was pretty cool.

The moment when you realize your are not going to have a perfectly light brown marshmallow because you caught yours on fire.

That marshmallow looks HUGE next to my little Teeky.

What an angel!

I still don't know what Jade is doing???

Is that disappointment on is face? It might be a, What-up face.

Russell patiently cooking his fish on a hot brick.

Me and Brookey