Halloween 2011

 The day started with a good ol' parade. The Elementary school had the kids dancing to Thriller as they weaved in and out of lots of parents. There were some great costumes.

 Tanner played computer games with his friends which is normal but then went and watched scary movies. I suggested The Village. They watched it but said it wasn't scary enough. I loved the twist at the end, guess that's just me.

 Maddie was a "Smarty Pants" She also had some friends come over to the house to eat pizza, trick or treat, play games and watch "Psych"

Max was a Court Jester with a scull mask that was super un- comfort- able so he ended up not wearing it. That's better anyway.


Seth was a rotting skeleton, not just a skeleton. He took his mask off for the picture.

For dinner and the party I got  Jack-o-lantern pizzas. We also made home made root beer with dry ice and a new drink that's yummy, apple juice with dry ice. It made a slushy. Dry ice just makes it a fun party!

Just in case the girls didn't get enough sugar today, we made "mummy" cupcakes with m&ms and gum tape. Interesting combination, but it turned out cute.

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!

Yellowstone 2011

Jon's mom reserved a cabin in Yellowstone this year and EVERYONE came this time. She actually had to add a smaller cabin next door so we would all fit. The very first day we drove straight to Old Faithful. It was weird because there were quite a bit of people but they were very quiet, then there was our group...  Maybe it's an age thing. The kids really enjoyed watching the power of the water shooting out of the ground and then falling back down to the earth. It's a pretty amazing site!

 We went on a 2 mile hike that was very beautiful. We could see a prismatic stream in the way distance.

I'm glad we got to go again on this trip and be together as a family. We had a great time!

Max's Brown/Black Belt (Getting Closer)

Last week Max tested for his Brown/Black belt. He's getting so good! In a few months he will test for his Oreo (Black/White/Black) Belt and then he has to travel to Texas for his Black Belt.

His great friend David who has been in karate with him since the beginning.

I tried to do a video but for some reason my blog hates videos.

An Evening of Flag Football

 Max and Seth love flag football. The only bad thing about it is it's the same season as soccer. I thought when they signed up it overlapped by a couple of weeks. Nope. Both sports end the same week and then we have absolutely nothing, besides karate. The good thing is soccer games are all on Saturday and Flag Football games are twice a week on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. The other good thing is they have the same coach, so their games are right after each other at the same field. Flag football only lasts 4 weeks. It's just a really busy 4 weeks. Jon said next year they need to choose one or the other. They first decided soccer but now that they're doing football they might choose that. I really want them to be able to do both, but that is pretty
 crazy.

They both usually score a touchdown. Seth is really quite fast even though he's little. I think he's learned that from being the youngest of four. It's a lot of fun to watch and the weather has been beautiful so far.
We did stop karate for the month since karate has no seasons, it's never ending. It's been kind of nice to have a break from karate carpool. I even said to Seth if he wanted to quit karate now would be a good time. He thought about it for a few hours and then said he's going for his black belt. Okay.