Halloween Festivities

Halloween time and the boys wanted to be..... you guessed it Mario (Koen) and Luigi (Kael).  No surprise there! 

Right before we head out the door to go trick-or-treating.

Family Halloween Party.  Some of the kids.  Aidan, Kael, Jace, Hannah, Koen, Brody and Klayton.

We went on the Heber Creeper up the canyon and they let off everyone to pick out a pumpkin out of a pumpkin patch and decorate it.

With our freshly decorated pumpkins we headed back down the canyon with hot chocolate and cookies!

I ran the Provo Halloween Half-Marathon with my sister Kim and Sister-in-law Kyrsten.  I picked the Where's Waldo costume because I thought it would be appropriate in picking me out of the thousands of people running that morning.  It just so happened that it was my first half marathon and although I did survive, I learned some very valuable lessons..... 

1-     DON'T run 13.3 miles in old shoes you bought back in high school

        from Payless.   

2-     DO some sort of training before signing up for such a feet of endurance. 

3-     DO get a decent breakfast with carbs.... Monster doesn't count!

Needless to say, I finished.  I ran the first 8 miles and started to crash and pretty much walked the rest of the way.  I placed right in the middle with everyone else that ran and I couldn't walk for the next 2 days because I was so sore.  I did get some good girl time in.  It was an absolute blast hanging out with the girls and chit chatting.  This pics was taken after the race.

Odds and ends from my phone

Here's all the little moments that found on my old phone.  So I'll add just a few explanations and you can enjoy the rest.  Sorry the quality isn't so good.  I assure you the new phone is much better!

Kael at the library for story time.  The kids got to hold onto a parachute and toss stuffed snakes and frogs around **it had to do with the story they read**

Koen would wait for the stuffed amphibious creatures to bounce off then he would go after then and throw them back on... what a team!

Fun day at work.  Got to sit down for a bit and chat with Harland Williams (Rocket Man, Half Baked, Dumb and Dumber, The Whole Nine Yards, etc...)  Really laid back and nice guy! 

Fourth of July Freedom Festival (Provo).  The twins and I inside a spiny-barrel-ride.

Freedom Festival.  Kael harnessed up and jumping as high as he can go.  Koen decided jumping just wasn't his thing that day.

 A few fireworks at home (July 4th) before bedtime.

Kids playing at Jump on it.

Kael's karate kick at Jump on It!

Kael shooting hoops at the park.

  

 Munch's Birthday party July 2011

Family Pics

This day was quite an accomplishment for all!  Not only was I able to coordinate ALL of my siblings and their little people but managed to take care of Christmas gifts in the long run!  On a toasty October afternoon *that's right, I said "toasty" and "October" in the same sentence* we all met at this amazing park to take family pics which I later blew up and framed to give to Dad and the sibs.

Now, I'm not going to post every one's family pics because this post would seem never ending, but here's a few that turned out with most of the kids looking and smiling.  There were much more taken but Blogger keeps flipping my pics sideways and instead of me cursing at the computer, I decided to take the high road and post a link at the bottom.  I'm so proud of me!

After a long day of smiling and posing and promising children treats beyond their wildest dreams, we made it home all in one piece and all still friends with no one having to serve a time-out sentence.... SUCCESS!!  So, not to push any more buttons, I snapped a few more with some lowly stragglers out in our backyard.  :)

To peek at some other pics taken, just go to our PhotoBucket!