Fa La La La La...

I have a confession to make. I know it's not even Thanksgiving, but I have started to listen to Christmas music. I LOVE Christmas music. I don' t know why, but I just do. There's this radio station (KOST 103.5 for you Christmas junkies) that started playing Christmas music a few days ago and will continue to play Christmas tunes all day long until December 25th. There's nothing like driving around in nice sunny 85 degree weather while listening to Christmas music. It seems to relax me. I'm a little nicer driver, just like at Christmas time. You know, like letting a car come into my lane, or not being impatient at pedestrians walking slowly in crosswalks. I just seem to have the Christmas spirit a little bit earlier, that way it lasts longer! My kids hate the constant Christmas music, but they know the rule--no changing the station or complaining or I will just sing the Christmas songs louder!

Ah...to be young again!

Kelsie's going with a friend to the midnight showing of Twilight! Yes, on a school night ( I know, it's totally against everything I believe in as a mother--but not as a Twilight fan!) So, here's the plan. They leave at 7pm to wait in line--they already have tickets but you have to stand in line for five hours to get a good seat and hang out with all the other people with Twilight obsessions. The movie will run from midnight to about 2:15 am, so she'll sleep from about 2:45-4:45 in the morning when she gets up for seminary. Two hours of sleep then a full day of school including seminary, a math test, and a two hour basketball practice. I wish I could do it...but when I think about it I just want to curl up in my bed.

Eagle Project

Trevor completed his eagle project last week!
Woo hoo! Hurray! Way to go!
His project consisted of working with a guy at the city named Richard, who didn't like to return his calls.

Trevor taught his "crew" how to put placards next to the city's storm drain.
First, the area had to be cleaned--scraped and brushed.

And some sort of epoxy was put on the back of the placard--the city even provided the plastic gloves.

Next, it had to be firmly placed against the curb--the black epoxy seeping through is good. It means it has a good seal against the curb.

Trevor learned some great leadership skills. He said it was stressful, but he did a great job!

Primary Sacrament Meeting

One of my very favorite Sacrament meetings of the year is when the primary children present their Sacrament Meeting Program. I love to see the little sunbeams waving to their parents, picking their nose, and singing the few words they know at the top of their lungs and then standing there waiting for the chorus so they can sing again. I also love it because it always ends early and since our Sacrament Meeting is last...we get to go home early..(yes, I get excited to get out even 5 minutes early)!

Sunday was Branden's last Primary Sacrament Program, since he will be turning 12 in March. It's never really sad for me when I know it's their last program because the 11 year olds are usually so ready to be out of primary and my kids tend to look kind of dorky up there because they're so much taller than all of the other kids. Branden's so tall he looked like he was held back a year. So, although I will no longer have any of my own children to watch during the Primary Program, it's OK, it will stlll be one of my favorite Sundays.

Silly Trevor

The phone rang this morning at 7:00 and it was Trevor calling me after seminary. He says "Tell Branden not to panic, I have his shoe." After prodding and prying I learn that Trevor was so tired this morning that he put on one of Branden's shoes and went to seminary. Now, I am not judging, becuase I have been known to be at the gym (on more than one occasion) and look down and realize that I am wearing two different tennis shoes, but at least my shoes are the same size. Trevor's shoes are three sizes bigger than Branden's! He put on a shoe that he couldn't even really squeeze his foot into, and he didn't even realize it was the wrong shoe until he got out of the car and started walking into seminary. Silly Trevor.

Halloween 2008

Halloween was a little different this year. We started out at our wonderful neighbor Cindy's house. Every year she fixes stew for all of the neighbors. MMM. After the stew, Kelsie and Trevor left to go to a Halloween party and Branden left to go trick or treating with some neighborhood friends. Chris and I were home alone. It was the first time in 16 years that we were both home for Halloween. Neither of us were going out trick or treating with the kids. Weird. After about five minutes Branden came home. He said he had a stomach ache and was not going trick or treating. Now, I know this is hard to believe, but Branden likes sugar even more than I do, so for him to not be out trick or treating meant he was really not feeling well. I was actually surprised he was not crawling on his hands and knees trick or treating if he had a stomachache--that's how bad his sugar addiction is. So now there were three of us at home. After about half an hour, Branden said his stomach felt better and we was ready to go trick or treating. Thank goodness--because if he didn't go I wouldn't have anyone's candy to steal. Chris said he'd take him out, but after about ten minutes they ran into the original friends Branden was going to go with. Once again, it was Chris and I home alone. Chris passed out candy while I painted the closet. What Fun!

Kelsie wanted to dress up as an 80's workout girl. What was funny was when SHE kept trying to explain to ME what people wore in the 80's!

Trevor dressed up as Barnacle Boy (from SpongeBob) with his friend Matthew who dressed up as Mermaid Man.

Branden used an old IPod costume I had made for Trevor a couple of years ago. Gotta love recycled costumes!