This is what you get

when your sister puts you on a wall to play with the neighbors dog,

and you fall and slide down the wall.

Today she told me that when she gets big, she wants to have my toothbrush???????

Then she can be the mom.

Ghost Track

is up!

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It is up

despite my hubby having an agonizing pain in his neck and right shoulder for the past 3 weeks, and it kills him to raise his arms over his head.

In case you haven't figured it out: one bicycle wheel has a motor attached to it and spins. When it works correctly, the string spins with the wheel and the ghosts fly around our yard. On H. night, we put out black lights in an attempt to make them glow.
My neighbors even offer advice and products to help us get it working every year.


My pumpkin stack got moved to the corner,

and my lawn mower will be encircled by the flying ghosts.

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Last night was our ward's: Chili cookoff/dinner, YM/YW Carnival,
AND Trunk-or-treat.

It started at 6 pm. And my husband had to be there early to help since he is in YM. This is our hurry up and throw on any costume
that doesn't take make-up, so we might make it there in time for something.
(Remember, Tues. are our busy days. We have piano lessons till 6:30 and gymnastics till 7:15)
That uncooperative teen-ager is probably the scariest costume I've ever come up with...

two ninety nine

Costco on Sat. 10/25/08

Does this mean that gas is 1.99 for Jana?

And, we found the uncooked tortillas. Someone told me they had stopped getting them.

Found It Somewhere Inside the Machine (mem. card)

Here's the Millenium Falcon cake, the podracer cupcakes, and the invitation. Okay, okay, so I've not seen that show. (We really missed Jaydan and Joshua at the party.)

Since Kort's birthday landed on a Tues, (3 piano lessons, 3 gymnastics lessons, 2 boys and 1 husband go to YM) we had the party on a Thur.

so, I made him an orange cake w/orange frosting per his request for his actual b-day.

Here's the gas prices on Tues. 10/22/08. Today, I saw them for $3.25.

Grate! Just Grate!

There are 4 holes in the side of my printer and my memory card accidentally slipped into the wrong memory card slot of my fax/printer machine, and I can't get it out. (It's a big hole.) I have to wait till someone stronger gets home from work to shake it out. So, no birthday pictures of my 6-yr-old monkey.

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So, here's another funny sleeping position this kid comes up with. I swear she's related to her father and all his brothers and their father. Those people can fall asleep in any position and even before they close their eyes. Her father can be in the middle of telling me a story and fall asleep.

This is seriously a crazy, busy time of year for me, and Kort insisted on having a Millenial Falcon birthday cake. I'm not even sure that's what it's called. But it was Star Wars. The kids all had a good time, despite the fact that none of them knew each other except Tina's and Bruce's kids. We even had Nate & Andrea's girls here, and their own cousins didn't even know them. (You know my kids are 2nd cousins once and 1st cousins once-removed with them?) Also at the party, one boy from the ward, and one boy from Kort's school.

I surely missed my two oldest boys being here for the party! They usually prepare the games, and run the show. This time Kash got to help out by making the game "Pin the Light on the Saber." We played Blue Clues, but this time it was called "Space Chase." Koby hid all the clues then went to gymnastics. So when we couldn't find some of the clues, we had to look a long time for them.

End result, a happy boy, and a relieved that it's all over mother.

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Good news about mom. She called the Mayor and he happened to know that pecan trees don't heal, so the city will buy her a new nut tree. How do you replace a 20-yr-old tree? I told her to find the biggest one she could. We don't even know if any are available.

Yeah, the power line idiots are supposed to talk to the homeowner before they take any action against a tree. Dumb idiots. I wish they would lose their job or have to pay for the tree or both. And pay for a 10 year supply of nuts for mom. AND, someone is supposed to come out and bury that power line. Now they come up with that good idea? DUH?!

I'm glad one of mom's neighbors had the idea to call the Mayor. He's a very good Mayor. Anyhow, mom was much happier tonight than she was on Tues.

Even Monkeys Have Birthdays

What do you think he's getting into?

Getting his own plate?

Getting his own cup?

Getting his own snack?

Snooping?

Exploring?

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Climbing???!!!

STINKER!!!

Were you right?

and would you even consider it as a possibility if you were just turning 6?

Happy Birthday, Kortie!

He is so proud to turn 6.

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(This is actually what I saw reflected in my bedroom mirror while I was watching t.v. Freaked me out! After searching my kitchen for possibilities, I had to have him show me how he did it.)

4th Folder- 4th from the Last Picture

because the 4th one was a lame one.

Tag Completed- see Jana's blog.

Koby's Assist of an Assist

I found this video hiding in my archives.

Koby does a flip throw in to a kid who heads it , then another kid SCORES!

5th Grade Field Trip

to Zion NP

Now I've been on all 4 listed on this sign this summer.

More Halloween Decor

Day 11 of decorating.

We had to mow our new lawn first, but I finally got my cemetery put up.

My neighbor across the street wanted to make sure we had our decorations up before her company came from Oregon. Most of it is up. We're still debating on the flying ghost track.

Hubby likes the "hot rod" on top of the house. Last year it was Frankenstein.

This year, Frankie will be in the doorway.

Gas prices in LaVerkin. That's .25 less than my town.

Dudes on a Ranch

Wonder no more why it's called "Sunset Ridge."

The man's with the plans.

My boy and his toy.

Uncle Scott made a cool course at the ranch for the kids to ride their bikes and ATV's. His son, Kaden, is giving Kauri a ride.

Kyson and Kortlen getting some air.

Kinzie took this turn too fast and ended up over the embankment with the ATV on top of her. She had to take the helmet off in order to slide out from under the ATV. She complains about all the bruises she got.

It hailed soft snow pellets off and on all day. Kauri is trying to decide if her hot dog is still edible with all the ice on her plate.

This is right after one of the snow/hail storms.

Kort's ready for some dessert.
We hung around the fire most of the afternoon, but we had a good time.

Something that was forwarded to me:

Absolutely amazing! Beauty of Math!

1 x 8 + 1 = 9

12 x 8 + 2 = 98

123 x 8 + 3 = 987

1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876

12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765

123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654

1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543

12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432

123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

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1 x 9 + 2 = 11

12 x 9 + 3 = 111

123 x 9 + 4 = 1111

1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111

12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111

123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111

1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111

12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111

123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

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9 x 9 + 7 = 88

98 x 9 + 6 = 888

987 x 9 + 5 = 8888

9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888

98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888

987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888

9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888

98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

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Brilliant, isn't it? And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1

11 x 11 = 121

111 x 111 = 12321

1111 x 1111 = 1234321

11111 x 11111 = 123454321

111111 x 111111 = 12345654321

1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321

11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321

111111111 x 111111111=123456789 87654321

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Now, take a look at this... 101%

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%?

What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to give OVER 100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?

What equals 100% in life?

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Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:

If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

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H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K 8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98%

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And: K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E 11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%

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But: A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E 1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%

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THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

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L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D 12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%

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Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close,

and Attitude will get you there,

It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

Have a nice day & God bless!!!

College Homecoming Parade.

What's the best thing you've ever been thrown at a parade?

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Candy? got it! (at least 4 lbs.)

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t-shirts? got it! got 2!

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pens (good ones)? got it!

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Hello Kitty band-aids? Got it!

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Pizza?????

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GOT IT!!!

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Yes, Domino's dropped a whole pepperoni pizza in front of my family.

And I did a "victory dance."

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I've been to a lot of parades in my day living in this town, but this one topped them all! There were 70 entries and it lasted an HOUR. (in contrast, the big, rodeo parade had 105 entries~a lot of them were commercials.)

This is the medical students' entry. This guy was swinging that plastic tube over his head like a lasso. Correct me if I'm wrong, Cheryl, but is that a

catheter? - cause I know that yellow thing is a urine bag!

More medical students. This was very funny from the front, but I was laughing so hard at the whole catheter/lasso thing, that I didn't get a good picture.

I thought this was very creative of the LDSSA. They are riding on a crane.

Had a girl sitting on a basket/swing thing.

There were short people.

LOUD people. We're like: "They're not gonna shoot that thiBBOOOMMM!ng, are they?"

and COLD people.

Lots and lots of COLD people.

I think I need to move to a warmer climate.

This cold front full of Canadian air is for the BIRDS!

the black and white, wobble on the ground kind!

Missing More?!!

What is up with him losing his teeth so FAST?

You can see the one he just lost on the bottom is already grown a lot.

His mouth is way too small for adult teeth.

Calling all tooth fairies! We need you at our house.

Fiber (AHHHHHHhhhhhhhh!!!) One

I sent these Fiber One bars with my boys to gym Monday, thinking

it'll be a good healthy snack for them on their "break".

They came home cussing me out.

Apparently, they ate them with a little over an hour to go at gym,

but two of them didn't make it till the end of gym

without spending a few minutes in the "john".

Kashton swore he'd never eat another one,

cause they worked so fast.

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The next day K1 called from school not feeling well.

I estimated the symptoms to be dehydration since he never

drinks water and works out a lot. I told him to drink a lot of water,

and call me in a half hour if it didn't work.

He didn't call. It must've worked.

Apparently, his fiber one bar didn't work quite as quickly

as it did for the other two boys.

After a few minutes with "john", he felt better also.

Tonight, one of my boys "A" came downstairs laughing,

because the fiber bar that "B" took to the gym today

had worked really well.

"B" had left the evidence in the toilet, and "A"

had never seen anything like it (or as long as it) before.

I laugh everytime I think about it.

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(Probably because I've eaten a few of those bars myself.......)

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Along Came A Spider...

Day 5.

Tangled in a web of......
Hubby thought he'd sneek a photo of my rear.
We had to take turns standing guard for a herd of hornets.

They kept buzzing around to see what we were up to.

There's two less of them now. This is the first time we've hung the spider in this spot.

I like it above the garage, but he likes it under a tree. (Can't see it very well.)

So, we compromised.