Halloween and Snowbird Scrap Pages

Thanks to Just So Scrappy I love all the papers and kits she has!! I have nearly every kit. They are my FAVORITE.

BOO! And I mean it!

What I really mean is BOO-WHOO! as in crying, because I have been a prisoner to my bed for an entire week!!! It started with a headache and then a sore throat. This went on for a couple days. Then WHAM! I felt horrible. My ears were hurting and my nose was on fire along with some coughing. The aches and fever were too much to take. So I went to the Doctor (without any insurance. ouch) And was told that I had the swine flu. Crap! I should have gotten the vaccination. And since I hadn't done anything about it within the first 24 hours I couldn't take the medication that could kick it sooner. So I have been taking lots of Benedryl, Tylenol, and Zicam. I am finally able to get up and do a bit with out getting too dizzy or tired. But my ear's are still clogged. I feel like I am talking through a tube. It is so weird. Anyway, because I was sick I had to miss out on all the trick-or-treating fun this year. Ted took the kids to the ward party and also took them around to family and friends on Halloween night. The kids had a great time with their Dad. Daesha really wanted to be a Cheeta, So I had Keegan be a Lion. He HATED his costume. He would scream, I don't want it!!! So I told him it was a dinosaur and showed him the claws on the hands and feet. Poor kid. His own mother tricking him on Halloween. Once I drew the nose and whiskers on him he thought it was funny and started to growl at everyone. I was going for the whole African Safari feel. Ted and I were going to dress in our camo and be Safari Hunters. I didn't get in costume at all. I didn't even answer the door for trick-or-treaters.

We had scheduled a night to go up to our families timeshare at Snowbird Ski Resort over the weekend. I should have stayed home but I was really wanting to get out. So we went Friday night after the ward Halloween party. We got there late so we just went to bed. The next morning we got up had breakfast and Daesha and Ted got on their swimsuits. As they were heading out to the pool Ted decided to look out our balcony down to the pool. Usually by this time we are able to hear people playing in the pool but it was silent. Sadly the pool was closed!

So we got on our warm snow clothes and decided to take the ski lift tram to the summit. While we waited for the next tram we went for a walk around the resort slopes. It was a beautiful morning in the mountains. Very few clouds in the sky and the sun was shining making the snow sparkle! Once we got to the summit we walked around enjoying the view for 20 minutes and headed back down. It was a bit more chilly up there with the wind blowing. It's a good thing there is a warming hut on top. Daesha and I were in there pretty quick.

After the Tram we like to go to lunch at the Forklift restaurant. We sat at the same table we sat at last year. It's a good spot to sit and watch the tram go up and down the mountain. We had some delicious potato and bacon soup to warm us up. And then headed back home. That was the worst part! My ears could not take the pressure change and I was in alot of pain on the drive back down the mountain. But I survived and went straight to bed once we got home.

So here are the pictures I took over the weekend. I gave Ted the camera for the ward party as well as Halloween night to take pictures. He took 3. And here they are....

Ya. He is soooo fired. He tried to tell me that he was having so much fun that he didn't think about getting out the camera. That made me laugh even if he is so full of it!

I decided that I am just going to scrap the rest of the pictures... It's just easier to download the pages instead of every picture. So I will try and put those up later...

Build and Grow at LOWE'S

Another reason to visit Lowe's even more than we already do!!!! Today Ted and I took the kids to a FREE craft class at Lowe's. I thought it was really cute. They get to keep the apron (which Keegan refused to wear) and safety goggles. And they even get the cutest badge to add to their aprons. Today was a cute Frankenstein head. It was a magic trick box that had a red string and a green string. When the red string is out you pull on the opposite side magically making the red string turn green as it goes through Frankensteins head. Keegan didn't like all the hammering at first. Ted had Keegans nearly done before he decided he wanted to help. We had to help Daesha figure out the right way to hammer. Like keeping the wood on the table to hammer is alot easier than holding it. And holding the hammer at the end will give you a better swing... After a few instructions Daesha was a pro. She hammered those little nails in really fast. The kids had such a great time I quickly scheduled them for the next 2 classes next month. If you are interested in this fun FREE activity check out lowes.com

Too Smart to Start!

This week was red ribbon week at Daesha's elementary school. Each day Daesha would bring something home from drug awareness day. Things like pencils, book marks, toothbrushes, and lotion that had "Drug Free" written all over them. Those things didn't matter much to Daesha. Infact she has no clue what drugs are. I decided to ask her at the end of the week what drugs are just to see what her little brain retained. She had no clue. So either the teacher's don't stress too much about the little Kindergarteners or Daesha didn't listen to a word the police officer said.

The fun part about the week was each day the kids got to dress up.

Monday was "Dream of your Tomorrow" The coloring contest was judged that day. Daesha was very excited as soon as she came in the door. She had a bag of candy and drug free stuff she had won. Apparently she and another girl had both won!

Tuesday was "Believe in your Dreams" wear RED day.




Wednesday was "Achieve your Dreams-Achieve Great Heights" Crazy hair day.

Thursday was "Succeed in your Dreams-Dress for Success"

Dress in what you want to be when you grow up.

If you were to ask Daesha what she wants to be when she grows up she would say, and I quote..

"I want to be a Scientist! So that I can make a medicine that will make Tiffany walk."

Last year she came up with that all by herself. It's so cute I can't tell her that the people who are certified in the science and study of medicine is actually called a Pharmacologist not a Scientist.

Friday was "Dream Dance" wear your PJ's day.

Daesha Looses Her 1st Tooth!!

Two weeks ago Daesha told me that there was a bump behind her tooth that was hurting. It looked like a canker sore. The next day Ted saw that a permanent tooth had popped up behind the baby tooth. Ted told Daesha that it will soon loosen her other tooth and that was exciting for Daesha. The next few days Daesha could be found wiggling that baby tooth. And each day the other tooth would pop up more and more. After a week of getting it nice and loose she tried to eat an apple. But it didn't do the trick. Finally she lost patience and asked me to pull it out. I thought this would be kinda fun. So I grabbed the dental floss and tied it to her tooth.

At the moment I was about to pull I flashed back to the memory of myself in this exact perdicament. My Mom had tied a string to my tooth and was just about to pull when I lost my nerve and started to freek out. I exclaimed, "Stop Mom! I decided I don't want you to pull it out" She said, "OK, Let me untie it then" I relaxed, and opened wide. And POW! My mom pulled. I threw my hand up to my mouth but it was done. It happened so fast I couldn't even react with a scream.

So here I was in the role of my Mother. I started to laugh and Daesha had a look like, why are you laughing.

I began. Are you ready?

Yes. Will it hurt?

Nope.

I did a quick yank.

OW! THAT HURT!!!! (holding her hand to her mouth)

Sorry. It didn't come out. Let me try again.

With all the trust in the world she opened wide. This time I pulled hard and fast.

Daesha's tooth went flying and somehow the knot wasn't the best knot And I heard the tooth hit the wall. Daesha didn't yell or cry. I got on all fours and found the tooth as Daesha held a ball of toilet paper to her gum.

Keegan saw the blood and said, "Daesha hurt?" Daesha said not really and took out the toilet paper to show him the blood and he said, "EW gross"

I felt the toothfairy was going to have a hard time with this one. Because I heard we have a new toothfairy who hasn't had too much experience. But really how hard could it be?

Ted was out of town hunting, Daesha already knew she would be sleeping in our bed with me. And Daesha sleeps on her tummy with her arms UNDER the pillow.

So we discussed that the toothfairy would find her and the tooth which we put in a ziplock bag just fine.

The next morning the toothfairy left me a note saying that it was VERY difficult to get the

ziplock bag out of the tight clutched fist UNDER the pillow. At first she had to feel around under the pillow before lifting half the pillow up to see it was tightly rolled up in Daesha's hand. She pulled softly as not to wake Daesha. Then just yanked on the bag. Daesha's head popped up and the toothfairy dived to the floor. Once it was quiet again the toothfairy tried again. Luckily Daesha had rolled over and loosened her grib and the tooth was much easier to get out of her hand. Because Daesha was brave and let her Mom pull out the tooth the toothfairy left a dollar bill.