And the Hot Chocolate was really something this time. Maybe the best I’ve ever had.
And we only found time to carve 2 of them so far this year. Packer loves his little smiley pumpkin and Benji was sold on carving The Pumpkin King.
My brother Josh and his wife and child came over last night! They are visiting from CA. We had dinner and watched football while playing ‘Ticket to Ride’,’ Nertz’, and ‘Hand and Foot’. The boys ran around with their cousin Payton and ended the night with a wrestling match. Cali went to bed early (smiley face) ( I don’t like the smileys that my blog does or else I would put one here). Ben joined us after Scouts. I love hanging out with family!
Yesterday was also Day O’ Boggle. It was Erica’s b-day and we are both on a Boggle kick so that is what we did. I did not win but I have improved my game in the last 2 weeks (another smiley face).
Packer is a crazy Orange eater. He wakes up begging for an orange. Most of the time I don’t have an orange to give him but when I do he is in orange heaven and eats it all plus a little peel. He is definitely in his terrible two’s. He whines instead of talks and is grumpy 50% of the day – we all hope this phase ends soon.
Benji is enjoying school, he loves the learning part and it seems to be helping socially. On Teddy Bear Day he didn’t have a teddy so I told him to choose a different animal to take. He ended up choosing the monkey because it looked most like a bear. He said that everyone laughed cause he didn’t bring a bear but that it was ok.Yesterdays story was that one of the girls told the other girl that she couldn’t play ‘ring around the rosy’ with them and so she was sad. hmmm.
And Cali is in the super cute stage. She is always smiling and laughing and climbing up and down the stairs and following the fun. She loves food but still nurses a little and I can finally just put her in her bed for naps and bedtime and with not too much fussing she falls asleep. She is fascinated with the balloon today and is getting steadier on her feet. She gets plenty of love around here.
Our softball season is over. It was fun. We got free t-shirts, 2nd place I think. And then we got killed in the tournament. I finally got a few balls in center field the last few games so that was fun. I can’t seem to get my bat going but that has never been my strong point in softball. Ben on the other hand is dominating the batting. He has become a solid base hit almost every time.
I love playing ball, any ball. I have a very hard time getting out and running or going to a gym but I can chase a ball for a long time. The last few months has been sports heaven for me. Monday nights I play basketball for an hour or 2 with a lot of used to be college ballers. Wednesday I play another hour or 2 of basketball with a bunch of has beens like myself. Friday nights was our softball team with the family. I’ve also been on and off in a womens indoor soccer league on Friday nights. And Saturdays we just finished our coed soccer. I don’t think it could get any better than that! Saturday Soccer is done for now and softball but I still have basketball.
We had another fun and busy weekend. Ben had a Scout Camp out on Friday Night and Saturday morning so he was gone. We played our last tournament game for Softball on Friday night and then Saturday morning was Benji’s last soccer game. We hung out with Ben’s college buddies on Saturday and the Hancocks had us over for dinner last night. Today my house is thrashed, ( I could say that most days) so hopefully we can change that and we really need to mow the lawn.
Halloween was over because Packer broke Bob the Bird and was very sad and told me that Halloween was over now. Very sweet. Since that day we have had a broken “something”, ie candy bowl, scary hand… each day. We might not make it through this holiday with any of our decor left.
I haven’t been a great blogger because:
a) we had family in town over the weekend.
b) I have been reading a book.
c) I have discovered BOGGLE on the computer.
d) I now own a HOT TUB!
WE HAD AN AWESOME CONFERENCE WEEKEND! My dad came to visit. And then Ryan, Joel and Shannon all came! And conference weekend is already the best so it was great. Dad was here to get my hot tub working! It was a 100$ tub that my dad got, brought out here from California and now with a few more dollars and a little work I was able to come home from basketball last night and soak in my tub – awwwee – so nice. I think I slept better too. The kids LOVE it too. We have gone “swimming” everyday and Cali even gets giddy when I get her swim diaper on her!
the hot tub is making us all a little tired
We played a few games over the weekend and I loved it. I love to game. Even when I don’t win. We played Aquaretto, Hand and Foot, Nertz, Hearts, and Settlers. Now everyone has gone home and I still want to play games… if any of my neighbors ever need to play a game I am always here – open invitation. In the mean time I have resorted to BOGGLE on the computer. Its fun and only 3 minutes a game if you have the will power to stop!
Here are pics of the yard. In July we extended our slab of cement in the back into a patio and we also cemented the side of the house/RV pad – no plans for an RV but we felt like it was wasted space and we are loving the cement there. Then we turned the sandbox into a hot tub pad and now we are set. I love the changes. Now I am working on getting Ben ready for another project or 2.
old sandbox
hot tub pad!
The tub! Full of cousins! I don't know who will like it more - me or the kids??
and when the Packers play against Brett Favre in MOnday NIght Football then it feels like MOnday is part of your weekend too. It was a rough loss BUT we enjoyed the game. I am still addicted to football this season but I am making an extra effort not to watch too many games in one weekend.
and Cali wore shoes for the first time ever! what a cutie. And I seem to have an excess of Halloween clothes in her size so she has been in a lot of orange and black already! lucky kid
This is her “pick me up, why aren’t you holding me already” look. Fake Cryer at 10 months old.