Little Wranglers Basketball Camp

Basketball camp was November 10th-15th for the elementary school, and Taylor was all for it.

There were so many basketball players in the gym, Mrs. Busch had a tremendous turn-out. Just over 80 students participated this year. That was a lot of basketballs bouncing in the gym.

They ran all sorts of drills and learned different defensive and offensive techniques.

Thanks to all the high school students who came out and gave Mrs. Busch a huge hand all week at the camp. They were really great with all the kids.

Each participant received a basketball and a t-shirt

Taylor really like the high school helper of his group

A meal fit for a King

Shelbi made us a fabulous dinner on November 9th.

The menu was Baked Fish with Homemade Fruit Salsa, pasta salad, and steamed asparagus.
Followed by a delicious Chocolate Toffee Crunch Fantasy cake

She spent all day chopping the fruits and veggies for the homemade salsa,

and preparing her cake with a whipped topping and toffee sprinkles.

Very yummy for our tummies!!

SANTA is at our house

Every year the 4th grade class puts on a grand play for Christmas, and there are some pretty great lead roles that the kids have to try out for. Well, out of four 4th grade classes, which there are about 10 boys in each, totaling about 40 boys, Taylor tried out for the leading role as SANTA, and GOT IT!!!! He was so surprised and happy at the same time. The day the results were posted he was out sick, so he did not know until that Friday, and did not even tell me or the family until that following Tuesday!! Goofy boy! The play this year is December 9th, so I will post more after his performance. He has a lot to memorize, but I know he will be a great SANTA!!

Mama Mia..........

Taylor's Dinner Night

Here is his set table, only he would go and stack the dressing bottles to make his table presentation look awesome.

He loves to cook, and last night he made great spaghetti.......Adding the pasta into the boiling water with his sauce already simmering.

What a great little culinary chef, apron and all smiles.... the only thing he was missing was his white chef's hat.

Mommy....I don't feel good though

SICK DAY for Taylor

This is what Taylor said to me when I asked why he was sluffing school, just giving him a rough time. Poor Taylor had to stay home from school today. He is so sick, and it started last night. He took some medicine and asked if he could go to bed at about 8:20 pm. I headed to bed around 9:40pm and stop to check on him and he was drenched, so I took all his clothing off. He woke up this morning, and said he did not want to go to school, which is really unusual for him. Toni stopped and got him some chicken noodle soup, hot chocolate, and orange juice. She is so awesome. Hopefully he will start feeling better soon. He is just taking it easy today, watching some television snuggled up with his football blankie.

Halloween 2008

Here is our trick or treating clan!!

Toni as the Lady Vampire, Codi as the Candy Corn Witch, Chantz as Scooby Doo, Shelbi as Spiderella, Taylor as Harry Potter, and me as the clown. :) We had a lot of fun, and the kids got a bunch of candy.

Spiderella- She branched off from the clan and joined her friends for the evening. They ended their night at the Haunted Forest, screaming their little heads off. The Seniors put on the Haunted Forest, and it was a pretty big hit.

Harry Potter- He ended up going through the Haunted Forest by himself and came out a little scared, but over all not to bad.
They were tired of me taking pictures at this point, they were ready to go get some CANDY!!

Candy Corn Witch and Scooby Doo- Chantz was such a trooper that night. He did not feel good at all and was really tired. Poor Codi got scared twice pretty good, but she was pretty brave about it.

All in all, we had a really fun evening, however we were all exhausted by the time we were done.

Hall-O-weeN fun & festivities

What a fun-filled day!! The annual costume parade started at 1pm and they paraded up and down the hallways, showing off all the great costumes to all the parents and teachers. The doorway to Mrs. Walker's classroom was fun and spooky, there were lots of treats at the goodie table, they devoured most of them. Mrs. Walker was a Human Gumball Machine. She let the kids blow up the balloons that made the gumballs, they had a lot of fun helping her with her costume. Taylor chose to be "Harry Potter" this year. WOW!!! is all I can say. It is kind of scary the resemblance that is there when put the glasses on.

Here is Toni, she dressed up as a Lady Vampire, she looked awesome. We worked the Book Fair that day too. Next is Harry along side the Candy Corn Witch, aka, Codi. They look so cute. Garrett and TJ are really good buddies and hung out most of the afternoon while playing Battleship. The other kids took part in the game Twister. They all had a really fun afternoon.

Organization at last............

Well at least for a little while, or until the kids come racing home, simply famished ransacking it, trying to avoid starvation by finding something to satisfy their little rumbling bellies. :)

Here is the before photo..........YIKERS!!!!

My pantry gets a little scary at times and it makes it hard to find the items I need to cook dinner or bake anything. So my morning project today was to organize it. I took a "before" photo so you could see just how spooky it was and some "after" photos so that we all really know that I completed the project and that it really was neat and tidy.....at least long enough for a photo shoot. : )

Also, by reorganizing, my recipe cookbooks are no longer above the cook stove. Just in case of a fire, I would still have all those great recipes, old and new.



My baking canisters are much easier access now too. I have decided that my cupboards are going to be my next task. They are in need of an extreme overhaul as well.

RED RIBBON WEEK

October 27th-31st

Motto:

"Ask me, see me, be me. I am drug free!

This week is Red Ribbon Week at the kids school, and there are lots of great things going on.

Monday: They were gave bracelets to wear all week.

Tuesday: Class posters will be judged, and one prize per grade will be handed out.

Wednesday: Students are going to sign the "I pledge to be Drug Free" certificates.

Thursday: Pencils for the students will be handed out.

Friday: Halloween Celebrations

For those of you that do not know the Red Ribbon Week, here is a little insight.

In 1985, agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena was kidnapped while working undercover in Mexico. After he and his pilot were found murdered, citizens in his home town of Calexico, CA donned red ribbons in his honor. The red ribbon became their symbol for prevention in order to reduce the demand of illegal drugs. Congressman Duncan Hunter abd teacher David Dhillon launched "Camarena Clubs" in CA high schools and in 1985, club members presented a proclamation to Nancy Reagan. The following year, parent/teacher organizations in CA, IL, and Virginia wore red ribbons during late October. In 1988, the first National Red Ribbon Week was proclaimed by the U.S. Congress and chaired by Nancy Reagan.

Our other puppy......Rowdy (actually, he is mine, shhh!!)

It dawned on me tonight as I was posting and looking at my blog, I neglected to post any pictures of my puppy, Rowdy. I feel terrible about this. So here he is.....Rowdy. I bought him in Idaho Falls on October 20th and he is a mama's boy and loves to be in the kitchen. He also loves to play with his new brother, Ruger. He is a great new addition to our family.

This is Rowdy

He is a very beautiful dog

He has Black and Tan coonhound and Walker in him, that's why he has a mask.

We have baby gates up to protect my carpet from the boys.

Here they are together trying to get up over the gate, which still seems to be an issue for Ruger, the youngest pup, but not for Rowdy. He has already figured it out.
Rowdy's 1st bath at his new home
He did so well, did not even try to jump out of the bathtub.