Sierra and Ashton's Party

Yesterday my kids threw a party.

They planned the whole thing, from start to finish.

With Sierra as the Director, she is such a party planner.

First, the Evite was chosen by both and typed up by Sierra.

Next, the games were planned out precisely, including clues for the scavenger hunt.

Lastly, purchases were made, by mom of course.

The party was executed perfectly and I LOVED it because I just had to be there to supervise and visit with the mom's that stayed, eat the yummy food, and hold the babies.:)

Last night was our Ward Halloween Party and it was great! The kids LOVED the Spook Alley! I thought the hightlight was when the Grady's performed "Thriller" on stage, they.were.AWESOME!
This morning me and mom ran 12 miles, definately feeling it, my body hurts but I'm so thrilled that I'm ready for my race in 2 weeks.

Bold

Today was Sierra's Explorer Presentation. She is a bold girl, she researched and presented her project on Brigham Young. She had to make artifacts that represented his motivation, obstacles and impact. She dressed up as a missionary and memorized all of her information. She even showed pictures as she presented. She started off..."Hi my name is Sierra and I'm a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints..."

Presenting to her brother.

She did such a great job! She spoke loud and clear and had everything memorized! I just adore my bold, courageous, little missionary. :)

Best Day EVER!

My darling girl has been wanting an I-pod Touch for a year. Her daddy and I have not been okay with her having one, for various reasons, but after careful deliberation and a lot of rules set, we agreed. She has been saving and saving and has had enough money for a while now. So...yesterday was the day.

She is now the VERY proud owner of an I-touch. :)

Arggg!

Happy Halloween!

Ashton

Last night Ashton lost a tooth (with daddy's help, yay for daddy's) and then while he was brushing his teeth he lost it again. We couldn't find it anywhere. I told him he better write a letter to the tooth fairy to explain. So he sat at his desk and wrote a letter to put under his pillow instead of his tooth.

"Dear tooth fairy I Lost my tooth Please send back PS Ashton"

We hoped "Gertrude" would understand and know that he was telling the truth. She did and she left him 1 dollar! HURRAY!
and this morning I was making lunches in the kitchen and Ashton said "mom, I know a really really bad word. Do I have to tell you?"
mom: yep
A: ookaaay, it's SAXY (sexy)
mom: ohhhh

morning excitement

so this morning I was in my bathroom and Ashton ran in and yelled kitty has a lizard. i spied kitty coming down the hallway and yes, there was something in her mouth but no, it was not a lizard it was a...BIRD! oh oh no! I quickly ran toward kitty and was going to shoo her outside but si was so helpful and yelled NO KITTY! well, that was it, she let go of the bird and that dang bird flew all over the house pooping a few times on the kitchen floor and the kitchen counter where it landed for a sec. i told sierra to grab it cause she's not afraid like her mom. she got a paper towel like she was going to get a bug. it flew up again and as we were all ducking it finally flew out the wide open sliding door. whew.

Aftermath

Yesterday me and mom ran 10 miles. We are training for the 1/2 marathon in Santa Barbara. I felt so great running, loved it! But, afterwards, I was icing my knee, shin and foot. I ended up falling asleep so I iced for a long time, great! Hopefully feeling great tomorrow when we run 6.