Halloween Party

The party started at 6:30. First, we had some hot dogs. Then it was up to the top of the parking lot where we had a bonfire in a 50 gallon drum. We had a hay ride, cake walk, donut on a string and trunk-or-treating. I think that everyone had fun. It ended at 8:30. It was pretty cold and since my children and I all have colds, I was a little worried but the night air seemed to help Sage breath. Cole had a ball just running around and doing everything. He didn't win a cake though (because after 2 tries, he just wanted to sit on aunt Kim's lap and watch.) He had a ball on the hay ride where I let Payton take him. She sites by us at church so she can sit by my kids. I think she is 9 or something. It is nice because she is old enough that I trust her to watch my kids and she loves it and they love her. There were quite a few people who dressed up, more than usual and especially more adults. I must say though, I do love my calling but I will be excited when I get to actually enjoy an activity instead of run it. I do have help and that is great but it will be nice to go on the hay ride with my kids and walk the trunk or treat with them etc. It really did turn out well and we had quite a few inactives there too.

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What was I doing 10 years ago?-- that would be. . . 1998
I was a sophmore in high school.
Dragging Main
Biology and P.E. were my favorite classes
Working at Top City Cafe
What are 5 things on my to do list today?
Get everything ready for the church Halloween Party
Get Cole's and my costumes ready for the party
Carve some more pumpkins
Buy some laundry detergent
buy some stamps
What are my 5 favorite snacks? (in no particular order)
popcorn
nachos
chicken flavored crackers
red vines
sour gummies
What 5 things would I do if I were a millionaire?
get completely out of debt
make a savings
buy a house or two to rent
give some to people who need it
go on a vacation
5 places I have lived:
Delta UT
Ephraim UT
Cedar City UT
Signal Mtn. TN
Chickamauga GA
5 jobs I have had:
waitressing
retail
telemarketing
seed collecting
group homes
apt. manager
5 people I tag:
Chelsea
Lindsay
Krystal
Cassie
Becky

Will and I decided to carve some pumpkins this year. I have never done anything but the traditional jack-o-lantern so I decided to get some stencils and do a masterpiece. Well, I didn't realize it would take so much time. I had to stop in the middle of it to put the kids to bed. The detail work was more than I had anticipated too. Will did the witch and I did the spider web. Will's was definately more intense than mine but it is a good thing. He is kind of a perfectionist but me, I don't really care. Pumpkin carving is fun but I don't feel like my work has to impress anyone but the kids. As long as it glows, it will impress the kids. We will put the candles in them tonight and let Cole get the whole effect. Tomarrow my friends are going to bring their kids and we will carve a few more. I know what it entails now so I will be ready. I may choose a super easy stencil...we will see.

Wednesday Outings

Every Wednesday my friends and I have an outing. It is fun to let the kids play together and it is great to hang out with friends. On Wed. we went to the duck pond and it was fun! The duck that was out of the water was the main attraction. All of the kids would follow it where ever it went. Of course we brought some bread for food. When that loaf was gone, they started to feed the ducks the pretzels I brought for snacks. Everyone except for Cole, who refused to throw his precious pretzles. Then they all decided it was time to swing from that pole. They of course egg eachother on and try to do what the other will do. If you didn't notice, the ages aren't exactly even but it is okay. You always need some older kids to toughen up the younger kids.
This Wed. we are going hiking. Maury is due in about 3 weeks and we are trying to induce her. Good luck to us! She has never started on her own so we are going to work her tail end off. We have all had at least 2 kids so I figure if it comes on our hike, the 4 of us should be able to figure things out...maybe I should bring a pocket knife just incase.