Christmas Program

Yesterday was Logan's Christmas program at school. All the kids wore little red scarfs and sang a bunch of songs that they had learned throughout the year. Then it ended with Christmas songs and a visit from Santa (who my kids were very suspicious of because he didn't look like the Santa from the mall). All the kids drew pictures of them selves and then put them in frames, they gave these to their parents along with an ornament they had made. They even decorated a bag to put the presents in.

A Christmas Story

Scott's Uncle Warren works for The Pioneer Theater up at the U. He was so kind to give me tickets to this years production of "A Christmas Story". So Thrusday night Logan and I want on a date. He picked where we ate so we dined at McDonald's before the show.

The show was wonderful and was very true to the movie. Logan had a really good time and enjoyed the play as much as I did. It was great to have mine with just me and him. At one point in the show it starts to snow on the stage. Logan leans over and says to me "Mom that is just soft stuff they use to look like snow, its not real. And if there is anything else you want me to expliane to you just let me know." He is so beyond his years.

Thank you Uncle Warren!!!

Leaves are falling

Every year our 3 big trees in front of the house all loose their leaves on the same day. So every year we get to play in them.

I couldn't get both kids to look at me at the same time so here is a photo of logan looking and one of Aubrey looking. I also added a small video clip of them playing in the leafs and again it is mostly for my mom but enjoy it if you like.




I think it was cute that they wanted to hold hands when they jumped in.

Help with a Contest

I am a contestant in a contest at a new store called "Persnippity" in the SouthTowne Mall. Who ever refers the most people into the store wins a $500.00 gift certificate to the store. So if you happen to be in the mall and wouldn't mind just walking in the store and telling them that I sent you, that would be great. It is located right out side of the downstairs entrance to JC Pennys.

Thanks and wish me luck!

Bronco Game

Last Monday, Scott was given a great opportunity to go to the Monday night Denver game against the Steelers. His tickets were on the 6th row!!! He went with my cousin Jake and they meet another cousin Sean (I have a TON of cousins). Unfortunately the Broncos blew there lead in the 4th quarter and ended up loosing, but who cares when you are on the 6th row (Jake did, he lives and breaths Denver football).

This is how close his seat was to the field. WoW!!!


This is him showing how big the stadium is. He is looking a little happy and I am sure the beer in his hand has nothing to do with it. ;)


I think that the cheerleaders were his favorite part. Why you ask, because there was 4 photos of the cheerleaders and not one of the players.

Trick-or-Treat

Here is a lost photo of the kids trick-or-treating. We went with the Feland family this year and it was so much fun. Gabriel is 6 months older than Logan (they are such good friends) and Shaylie is only 4 months older than Aubrey so they are our perfect match. The girls went home after a couple of streets (No trunk or treat around here. They work for their candy.) but the boys were die hards. I bet they went to 50 houses easy. Finally they started complaining that their bag were to heavy so we (Chrissy & I) made them head for home. I think it was a great Halloween.

Halloween Fun

October at our house is the busiest month of the year. We did so much and had such great times. Here is the highlights.


When we went for a brief visit to grandma's house of course she had Halloween PJs for the kids (She has new PJs for the kids every time they visit).



We made pumpkin cupcakes with carmel frosting, YUM!!! The kids took turns adding the ingredients and were pretty proud when they were done. The kids love it when they get to decorate them their selves.


I found this fun plate that had a darling poem on it about being a Halloween spirit and passing the spirit on to friends, so we filled the plate with treats and dressed in out best sneaky night cloths and delivered the plate to a family on our block. It was fun to sneak around and run and hide. Scott even thought that it was fun (He usually opts out of stuff like that).




We spent an afternoon at Gardner Village to hang out with the Witches. Grandma and Aunt Kori w/kids came with us and we had a blast. Aubrey slept through most of it.


We went and spent a weekend in Logan to go to the Pumpkin walk. We had so much fun hanging out with out friends and hope to make it a tradition.


Logan and Easton a sleep at the hotel in their matching PJs.


Here is Logan in his school costume parade. I think he was the cutest one there.



The kids great pumpkin creations.


Halloween morning I made a spooky breakfast.. pumpkin pancakes, bat shaped sausage and a melted ghost (marshmallow cream) for dipping.

October Rocks!!

Halloween Pictures

Here are more of the kids Halloween Pictures.

Halloween Pictures

I had my kids pictures taken in their halloween costumes. I haven't gotten them back yet but you can see some of them at http://shandaleigh.com/blog/. I think they turned out great. As soon as I get the rest I will post more;.

Fishing

Over Columbus day Scott took the family fishing. We went to Strawberry and had a pretty good time. Well, we started out having a good time and then the winds started. The kids each caught a fish and we had caught a trap full of crayfish. But when the wind started out little fishing boat was no match for the huge waves. We were of course on the oppisite side of the lake from the lodge and we could not get back. We ended up finding a little cove with another boat of fisherman, getting on shore and building a fire to keep the kids warm while we waited for the wind to calm down. It took about an hour, then we tried it again, we finally made it across but it was so bumpy and we were soaking wet and freezing by the time we got back to the dock. Logan was convinced that we were going to die.

That night we stayed at the lodge and the next morning the lake was as smooth as ice. So we went back out again, mostly to make sure we hadn't tramatized the kids. Logan and I both caught a fish and the kida again liked the boat and the water.

Black Island Farms

I am luckliy enough to have 2 great friends from college (Monica & Lisa) who love me enough to stay in touch and still get together when ever we can. The first weekend in October we had one of our get togethers and went to Black Island Farms in Syracus. Our kids loved it and we had a blast watching them. We still thing it is strange that we are all married with kids, how things have changed. But we love it.

The kids got their faces painted, slid down insane slides made of hay, pipes, and plastic sheeting, rode on a train made from old water jugs, watched pig races, went through a corn maze, and rode a hay wagon to a pumpkin patch and got to pick a pumpkin. WoW!!








Here we are on the way to the pumpkin patch.



Here is Monica with Colt, 2




This is Lisa with Karmen, 6 and Ava, 3




Aubrey throwing a fit in the middle of the pumpkin patch, She is the little yellow dot in the middle of the field. If a picture had sound you would hear her crying.



Logan with his final pumpkin selection. I swear every time he turned around he saw a bigger pumpkin and he wanted the biggest.

Logan's Cowboy Day at School

Logan had Cowboy day at school on Friday (September 25th). He got to dress up like a cowboy, they had a program where each class sang a song (Logan's class sang "Home on the Range") and then they did a combined class dance. It was super fun to watch. Then after the parents left they had a pretend fire and pretend to roast marshmallow, then for snack they had a "Chuck Wagon Breakfast" of pancakes with juice. This was Logan's favorite part of the entire day.

I have attached a video of his song and I hope it works because I have never done this before. But my mom will kill me if I don't try.

First day of fall

As most of you know Fall is my favorite time of year. So this year me and some friends (Barbra, Ivy & Angie) had a first day of Fall celebration. We started the day by taking the kids to a local orchard and did some apple picking. We ended up with apples, peaches, pears, and a baby watermelon that is as big as an apple (you pick it, you buy it and Logan picked it).

Then later that night we all got back together and had a bon-fire. We roasted marshmallows, and we all brought a fall treat. The kids ran around crazy and we let them throw leaves in the fire and they would say "Thank you for the fall". Cheezy but fun. And of course that night we were having so much fun I forgot to take pictures.

A great day at the fair!!

The fair is a great tradition in our family. Everyone loves it even Scott. We had a blast this year. We went with out good friends Josh and Joy and their darling baby boy Ethan. We were there for 9 hours!!! We did everything you could think of, TWICE!

Scott, Josh & Logan all rode this bull. Scott got on and was trying to be a PBR champ and with one hand in the air was thrown off in about 2 seconds. Josh used both hands and did a lot better but Logan won them all. Logan was scared to death but still wanted to do it, so the man controlling the bull went way slow and warned Logan every time it was about to buck or change directions. He was so proud when he got off.


Best veggie there is!!!


We went on this slide about 10 times. Aubrey was so annoyed that she wasn't tall enough to go by her self.


The kids always love to ride the ponies. Logan's was named Duke and Aubrey's was named Rocky. The guy let them go for a really long time and they were still annoyed when they had to get off.