1 Rule

When we got Fletcher I had 1 rule that was not to be broken. I just found out that I am alone in this idea of no dog on the furniture. He secretly sleeps on my bed when I am not in the room, and apparently, is encouraged by the one other person I thought would be all for this rule.

Obligatory Twilight Post

With it being the day of the much anticipated movie finally opening, I have not yet decided if I am going to go see it. Sadly, the trailers have not made it look super-appealing to me and I am worried that it will be a big disappointment. I found this very entertaining recap of the movie. http://movies.msn.com/movies/galleryfeature/lost-twilight-script/?photoidx=1 (be sure to click through all 10 scenes) It actually had me LOL. However it may have ruined the movie even more.

Monthly Recap

For fall break, we made the trek to Utah, to spend a week up at Snowbird, so I could attend a yoga class I need for my certification. While there:

We visisted the quarry where rocks were taken from to build the Salt Lake Temple,

The kids had a lot of fun climbing on all the big rocks.

Thanksgiving Point Gardens,

Mindy is going to fight for a spot on the Ark.
Choose your grave size.
Hungry fish.
A worn out family, wishing they could jump into the water behind them.

Kyle went down with Grandpa to finish up his horsemanship merit badge.


Cecret Lake (ok, I didn't do this one, but the kids had a great time)

Again, climbing on rocks was a theme

We participated in two craft activities. The girls all colored t-shirts, and we did string art. This was so much fun that we did more at home.

On the last day of our trip, we had a shower for Christopher and Cassie. I failed to get any pictures of them, so this is stolen from Christine's blog. Thanks Christine, and I know the difficulty you had with that one person blocking you. Where are the pics from the wedding?

And finally Halloween. We had the worst weather we have ever had here, this year. It was cold and rainy. Within a few minutes of fixing the girls hair, it was flat again. Mindy wanted just a very pretty dress, and decided she was a prom girl, Sandra wanted to be Arwen from Lord of the Rings, and Cammie was Tinkerbell. Kyle wore pieces from his costume last year, because he couldn't find anything he really wanted to be, and Travis wore his graduation gown, and went out with a friend, just to get gobs of candy.