Happy 36th Birthday Bryce!

On Nov. 17th Bryce turned the big 36! He had weeks worth of celebrations. The weekend before his birthday he went on a dirtbiking trip with Allen Bezzant and a gang of guys. Then he was working in New York on his actual birthday so the people out there took him to dinner in downtown New York. We then celebrated it a few days later with our kids when he came home. We had a candle light dinner at home with his favorite meal of roast, potatoes and carrots and finished off the night with some oatmeal cake and a movie. To continue the celebration Bryce and I went out the following night to dinner and a movie.

A few things about Bryce:

He loves to...

*Motorbike
*Motorbike
*Motorbike
*Watch movies
*Motorbike
*Play with the kids
*Motorbike
*Play with gadgets (currently android devices)
*Motorbike

A few things that Bryce DOESN'T like:

*Big social events
*Cream potoatoes & peas for dinner
*Yard work
*Loading the dishwasher
*Being hot and especially sweaty

A few things we love about Bryce:

*He is fun to be around
*Sensitive
*Works Hard

*Plays Hard
*Funny
*Sweet

*Honest
*A Fantastic Dad and Husband!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY! I can't imagine life without you. I love you SO much!!!

Halloween 2010

So right now it is a week before Christmas and I am finally getting around to blogging about Halloween! Better extremely late than never!

We had a fantastic Halloween this year! The kids all picked out easy costumes and no makeup involved! What more could a mom ask for???? As you can see from the pictures Mason was a spider, Landen was a skateboarding guy, Braxton was karate kid, Abbey was the cowgirl, Jessie from Toy Story and Bryce was a cowboy with a 100% geuine real handlebar mustache. He worked for quite some time carefully growing out his goate to make this special trim for Halloween. (Sorry his picture is turned sideways.) I was a bummer this year and didn't dress up.

This year we allowed the kids to do a lot more of the actual carving on their jack-o-lanterns. It is fun to see their styles, patience levels and creativity. They all did a great job and I loved seeing them on the steps all lit up. Bryce was busy helping the other three kids while I got to sit down and carve Mason's. It was a blast! I wish that I would have had hours to carve cause I would like to do something crazy but I will take the 20 minutes of personal arts and crafts time that I can get right now!

Trick-or-treating, class parties, school parades, pumpkin carving and a special Halloween dinner at Grandma Bezzant's house made this holiday one to remember. Especially the dinner! Joe made us ribs, Lisa did finger breadsticks that looked like real fingers... fingernail polish, knuckle wrinkles and the works! They were horrible... and delicious all at the same time! I made jello worms that truly looked like real earthworms, a little chocolate milk "snail slime" and carmeled apples. We made everyone try at least one worm. Let's just say that nobody went back for seconds even though they tasted fine. Even I couldn't get over the look of them. My mom made "ghost guts" mashed potatoes and something else that I can't remember. Oh- Bryce just sent me the picture of the worms... see below:
We had a "spooktacular" good time!

Kids do and say the funniest things...

I only have a minute and am WAY behind on my blogging but I wanted to jot down a few things that have been cracking me up... and this week I need a good laugh! (Bryce is out of town and of course the kids are sick! He times this so well.) :)

The other day we were out doing errands and I was asking the kids what their Christmas wish from Santa was. (They are only allowed to ask for one thing from Santa and Braxton has been having a HORRIBLE time trying to decide on that ONE thing.) Anyway, he told me that he wanted a Nintendo DS. I asked him what the difference was between his gameboy that he has now and a DS. (Partly cause I wanted to know if he even had a clue what a DS is AND I really have no idea the differences between them.) Braxton told me that a DS has two screens and comes with a pen. Landen instantly piped up from the back of the car and told Braxton that he doesn't need a DS cause he already has a gameboy and we already have lots and lots of pens at home! I couldn't stop laughing.

Today (around 10:30 am) Landen was asking me when Braxton was going to be home from school. I told him that he had another hour before he was home. We then started talking about how long each person has to go to school... Landen, Braxton & Abbey. Landen got all quiet for a minute and then said... "I can't go to too much school cause it would give me a headache." And he said it with the most adorable concerned voice and wrinkled up forehead. The things that this kid thinks about!

One last thing that I think is cute. When Mason is done eating in his high chair we have been saying,"All done!" and then we clap and smile. Now when I ever say, "All done!" Mason instantly claps for himself and grins from ear to ear while his whole body wiggles with excitement.

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This is a video of landen driving the motorcycle with bryce holding his jacket just in case he gets out of control with the throttle.

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