True Blue Jazz Fans!

I can't believe the Jazz season has all ready begun. Most of you probably know that my husband is the ULTIMATE Jazz fan, but for those of you who don't he is a TRUE BLUE FAN!!  To put this into perspective let me tell you about our conversation back in the first of October... Forgotten Carol tickets were going on sale and I asked Gavin what day he wanted to go. He went straight to the computer got on the internet and looked up the Jazz schedule and said "I want to go on Thursday because the Jazz play on Wednesday night." I hadn't even thought about the Jazz in months, but not Gav he was all ready planning his life around them! Now I know right where my husband will be (in our living room, sometimes yelling at our TV) for 82 games until the middle of April. Trust me he won't miss hardly a game and he watches ALL 4 quarters, through thick and thin he loves those Jazz!  

Last night when the Jazz came on all the boys (Landon, Preston and Jake) in our house ran to their rooms grabbed their jersey's and started playing some hoop. Most normal families have hutches, or nice pictures hanging on their walls. Not us, we have a mini basketball hoop in our living room/kitchen, and when the Jazz are playing we have a few ballers of our own having a grudge match. Someday I'll have a nice hutch where that hoop is, but for now I kind of like watching our own little basketball team. 

When the Stars are Lined Up...

Yesterday will be a day that goes down in history for the our family. It started out with Landon's  flag football game which he WON 28-2. Next came Preston's soccer game he scored 7 goals and they WON the game. Then we headed to New Harmony for a big party/roping to celebrate the completion of the Diamond H Ranch indoor facility. They had tons of activities for the kids and lots of great food and games to play. Their were kids booths where Landon and Preston WON lots of prized and a cake walk where Preston WON a cute bunt cake and Bingo where I WON a bath gift set. Landon WON the goat tail and got a t-shirt and placed second in the boot race and got a giant candy bar. They had a bounce house which Landon and Preston jumped in forever. I must say that Diamond H Ranch knows how to throw a party, we came home with all our prizes, yummy carmel apples, a family picture (that is posted above) and were sick to our stomachs because we had eaten Hamburgers, salads, fudge, cookies, pumpkin rolls, funnel cakes, sno cones and cotton candy... Then after the party they had a $10 cowboy draw pot team roping. Gavin hadn't roped since the 24th of July. So you could say he was a little rusty! He entered a few times and ended up with High Call and WON the roping! He won $350 and a nice Diamond H coat. 

Can you see a pattern here... On the way home we were talking about everything everyone had WON that day and Gavin said now if the Jazz win tonight it will be just like Christmas! Well guess what the Jazz WON, BYU WON, & USC WON! So it was almost better than Christmas in Gavin's eyes! 

So like my Dad always says... When the stars are lined up, be entered!! We were and it was a great day. Good Times!! 

Here are a few pictures from the party... 

How about that flower hat?!? 

Addie loves riding the horse, she is like her older brother Landon (when he was a baby) always wanting to hold the reins. 

Gettin' a skull painted. 

Now here is a classic Preston picture a Sno Cone in one hand and Hot Chocolate in the other. He would drink some Hot Chocolate and then have a little Sno Cone. Quite the mixture! :) 

The arena had the best dirt for building sand castles. In the background you can see Preston made himself a fort out of dirt. 

Thank you Diamond H Arena you really do have "One Sweet Ride" like your logo says!

2 Football Players and a Flower

How much candy can 2 little football players and a flower collect in one halloween? A LOT!! Halloween this year was a lot of fun and we had some dang cute trick or treaters, if I do say so myself! :) 

Halloween actually started on Thursday for Preston, as you can see his preschool class had their annual party. All the kids looked so cute. Preston was excited to wear his costume. He felt pretty cool because he got to put his uniform  on a day before his brother! Sibling rivalry, gotta love it! 
Friday morning we got up early and Landon got ready to wear his costume to school. They had a parade with all the students and teachers. It was really cute. I hadn't ever been to a school parade before, I thought it was great to see all the different costumes and kids. Landon was happy to see us, but I guess in kindergarten it isn't cool to wave to your parents so he just grinned from ear to ear!  This is a picture with his teacher... one of the 3 little pigs! She is a great teacher, and Landon just loves her. 

In the afternoon we went trick or treating at the high school with Tara and Stephanie. The kids made a haul, I swear their bags were almost full by the time we left. 

In the evening the ward had a party. This is a picture of Stephanie and I at the party with our little flower and cheerleader!  All the houses in one of the circles had different treats, homemade root beer, popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs, chili, spook ally... the list goes on and on. Everyone else in the ward brought bowls of candy and the kids "trunk or treated" up and down the street. It was good except my kids had never done a trunk or treat before so they didn't dare just walk up to people and ask for candy. They wanted to go knock on doors, so later we took them to a few houses and let them do the traditional trick or treating. They wore out quick, thank goodness! Halloween was great and everyone got lots of loot and had a blast! 

Now for my story about the "Aliens" that showed up at our door on halloween night...

It was a little after 9:00 p.m. and we were just coming home from visiting my Grandpa and Grandma Bowler. As we pulled in the driveway we could see these two people walking out of our house. We didn't know who it was, so Gavin rolled down the car window. These two people dressed up like white trash Grandparents came walking up to our door. I must say their outfits were sweet, the Grandma had a noise ring, a hat that said I love Bingo, and a sweet bright purple jogging outfit. The Grandpa had on some army pants, and a hoodie. I could not figure out who they were, Gavin and I were just laughing and laughing. The boys in the backseat didn't think it was so funny. They didn't say anything the whole time while these two people were shaking their butts and looking at us, without saying a word. 

Well after a minute or two they just left and ran down the street. As Gavin pulled into the garage and got Preston out of the car, he said "Dad those were FREAKING ALIENS!" Then he ran in the house and locked the door behind him. He was not going to let those "aliens" come in our house ever again! After doing a little thinking Gavin and I thought we knew who it was, so we jumped in the car and drove around for a little while to see if we could catch them. We never did find them, but were were right about who it was. If you want to see who these crazy old grandparents were then click here and you can see a picture of these funny halloween people!(You might have to scroll down a little bit to see them dressed up in their costumes.) Anyway thanks white trash grandparents, you made our halloween memorable! It was great!! 

 

Halloween Fun!

This week has been jam packed with fun Halloween activities. We had our annual pumpkin carve and we even frosted a few pumpkin cookies. Here are a some pictures... 

This was the first year Landon carved his pumpkin almost all by himself. He chose his picture (spooky alien), dug out all the seed and even cut most of it out. I was really proud of how careful he tried to be and patient he is becoming. 

Preston dug out a few seeds, and then talked Grandpa Randy into cutting out his ghost for him. His short little attention span couldn't last through all the cutting , so he would check on Grandpa once in awhile. Mostly he played ball with Kason. Thanks Grandpa for helping him.

 

Landon wasn't to sure about all that slim on his hands!

For FHE this week we iced pumpkin shaped sugar cookies. I don't know if anyone could taste their cookie from all the candies on it, but they did have a masterpiece of candy corns and M&M's! Yummy!! ;0)

Stay tuned for two Football Players a Flower... and a visit from some "freakin' aliens!"

I was Tagged!

If I go to the fourth picture in my fourth folder this is what I find (sort of.)  I went to the forth folder and there was only one picture and here it is! It is of Preston when he was 3 at "Drrrama Bowler's" house. He put on my dad's reading glasses and looked pretty funny. What else can I say, we all know Preston is quite a kid! 

So here is how it works: Go to your pictures and open the fourth folder and get the fourth picture (if possible) and post it on your blog. Tell us a little about the photo and then tag 7 others to do the same.  I am tagging... Jan'L, Jen, Stephanie, Tara, Lyndsey, Sophie and Aubrey. I am looking forward to seeing your pictures girls, Have fun! :)  

Our Trip to the Bahamas!

Last Wednesday Gavin and I went to the Bahamas. Gavin was the Torchbearer for Sysco Las Vegas again this year and they sent us on cruise to the Bahamas. I was really nervous about going. I didn't know if I could leave the kids for 5 days, but I did and we had a really great time. Thank you Mom, Dad and everyone who helped tend the kids. Gavin and I both needed a little break from the trials of everyday life. 

So here is my travel log of our vacation...

Day 1 Left home at 4:00 am to catch a flight in Vegas at 7:30. 

All our flights were on time and traveling went smooth. We got to Fort Lauderdale at 5:30 that afternoon. Once we got to our hotel we went with some friends from Sysco to dinner at a place called H2O. It was really really good. As we were sitting at dinner watching the waves roll in, Gavin and I decided that it had been a long time since he and I went to dinner alone together! When we go to dinner we usually take all the kids along or at least Addie, so it was really nice to eat slow and enjoy our dinner together. 

Day 2 Boarded the Ship. 

We got on the ship about 1:30 in the afternoon. It was fun they had music, food and drinks for everyone to enjoy while we waited to set sail. The ship had a problem with its back up generator so we didn't actually set sail until about 9:00 that night. After dinner Gavin and I had a massage. It was really relaxing. 

Day 3 Nassau. Gavin and I  signed up to take our own personal sub about 15 feet below the water and look at the fish and coral. If you look in the background of the picture that is our subs. This was fun the only scary part was my sub ran out of oxygen! It was crazy, I went in the water first and when Gavin came down he looked at my gauge and it had about 1/2 the oxygen that he had. He pointed it out to me but I didn't know what to do, so we just started our tour. We saw fish and coral (that wasn't that pretty! ha ha) They were showing us this airplane that was under the water and I looked down at my gauge and it was on ZERO! I got a little panicked but the guy that was scuba diving by me saw the gauge and actually took his oxygen mouthpiece and put it up in the bubble where my head was so I could breath. Needless to say they took me right to the back of the boat and got me out of the water first. Gavin was a little nervous cause they took me away so fast and he knew I didn't have any air. He said they put a flag thing on my rope so the people at the top knew I was out of air and then I was gone. He tried to catch up to us but his sub was to slow. Anyway, they took good care of me and riding on those things under the water was pretty fun! 

 Then we went back to the port and walked around and shopped for a little while. Gavin and I were done shopping within 30 minutes because we felt like we were going to be mugged at any moment! We got back on the boat and lounged around. 

Just a note about Nassau... the drivers there are crazy! We were in a little bus and the roads are pretty narrow. They drive on the opposite side of the road and basically yield when there is a stop sign. It is kind of like playing chicken in the road with other cars!  Gavin said that he thought we were going to get hit a bunch of times. Needless to say we decided to opt out of taking a scooter around for a tour!! :) 

Day 4 Half Moon Cay. This was by far our favorite day of the trip. It was the most beautiful island I have ever seen. It is a private island owned by the cruise line. The only people there was the people on our ship. (800) We went horseback riding and then chilled on the beach for the rest of the day. Don't you love our helmets! Both of us could not stop laughing when they made us put these on. It was so funny. 

Here is my noble steed! His name was Sport, Gavin's horse was "The General!" 

Swimming a horse in the ocean was quite a trip! 

Here I am laying on my raft in the water. This picture almost looks photoshopped to me. I promise Gavin took this picture. Isn't that the most beautiful water. It was paradise!! 
This was the last night at dinner they had a ice sculpture that said Sysco. The dinners were really nice. This night we ate steak and lobster, Yummy!!  

Day 5 Arrived at the airport in Fort Lauderdale at 9:00 am and didn't get home to until 11:00 pm. It was a long long day and I was sooo glad to be home. 

I am so happy we went on this little trip it was a lot of fun. It was probably something that Gavin and I would have never done if it had not have been planned for us. Thank you Sysco! Good Times!! 

Snaily

Preston found another friend! Last week he brought home a worm from preschool but today he came home with a SNAIL!  He named his new friend Snaily. Grandpa Randy was here and helped him find a rock and some water to put in the cool whip container. Lets hope this friend lives for a few days, the worm wasn't so lucky! Does anyone know what snails eat?! Let us know.