What List Are You On? :)

A little someone is on my bad list.This was the porcelain temple that decorated the top of our wedding cake. The only breakable thing in our house that I valued. It made it through, one day shy of, eight years without one crack or scratch... Through seven moves (two were across the country), through countless light saber battles, through several indoor family football games, through two little boys and now it met its match....McKenna. It was sitting three shelves up on a Korean doilie and she reached just high enough to pull on the doilie and down came the temple with it. I was hoping the cracking sound was a picture frame, but no...my temple!! :( But how could I stay mad at the sweet little girl babbling next to it. Urgg... We'll see how good I am at Super Gluing.

But a big someone is on my good list!!
Dave brought me these beautiful flowers for our anniversary last night. He chose everything. Eight flowers for eight years, the blue vase (which I love), and he asked for a "pretty" ribbon. What a cute husband! The card he chose was very clever, it said "I just wanted to show these flowers how beautiful you are". Cute. He took me out to the Olive Garden which is where we went on our first date. He is so sweet. We came home to a Dairy Queen ice cream cake that I bought for him. It was just a great day.

Family Tooth Count

McKenna: up to 6
Derek: down 1

Sunday was a big day for Derek. He "lost" his first tooth! It had been loose for over a week and he wouldn't let me pull it. It drove me crazy watching it flap when he talked. It brought back memories of my mom begging to pull our teeth. I understand her feelings now. :)

Well, on Sunday Dave gave Derek a choice to either let him clip his toenails or pull out his tooth. You should all know by now how much Derek hates his nails being clipped. Derek said "well, I get money for my tooth, so I pick the tooth". Dave used a napkin to grab it and he said that it came out without pressure.

The tooth fairy left him $.36 that night. What a random tooth fairy! :) She also forgot to take the tooth, but we just explained to Derek that she is new at coming to our house. Derek figured she left it so that he could take it to show and tell. Smart kid. Here's Derek and his new smile.
I almost cried when I took this picture. This is just another sign that Derek really is growing up. I am nervous to see how his permanent teeth will grow in. Derek doesn't have great "teeth genes". Sorry Derek...but nothing that braces can't fix! :)

How much does the tooth fairy leave at your house?

Eight Down...and an Eternity to Go!

(WARNING: This post contains words not suitable for those that object to mushy, lovey stuff. Read at your own risk.)

Happy anniversary, Dave! Eight years later and I am even more in love with you than the day we were married. Thank you for continually working on our marriage and striving to make it stronger. You are a wonderful husband and I still say that you are "perfect for me"! I love you infinity plus one! Here are some pictures of the past 8 years together:

2000 (Dating/Engaged)

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2001

2002
2003
2004
2005

2006

2007 2008

Her New Trick

Here's a cute video of McKenna. Look for her little snort at the end of the clip. Look out, she'll be walking soon!!

And Finally...Halloween Day

Maybe it's too late to be blogging about Halloween still, but I wanted to add it anyway. The day started at Derek's school where they had a cute little parade. The parents sit in the gym and all the classes walk by on stage. It's fun to see all the cute and clever costumes. Later in the day I was able to help out with Derek's class party. I made a cute Halloween Bingo game. The kids split up into four groups and man, that was hard keeping my enthusiasm up for a whole hour. "Mummy, anyone have the mummy...any winners yet?"

After school I took some pictures of the kids outside. Here are my favorites:

We ate a pumpkin-shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's for dinner and then waited for Daddy to come home from work. We are always a little late getting out the door. It tortures me and the kids! Dave happened to work late that night, so we started with our apartment complex neighbors to stall the kids. Just as I was about to leave Dave, he pulled up and went straight on to trick or treating. Poor Dave. No breaks. I really enjoyed it this year. We were out for about an hour and the kids walked the whole time. It's amazing how they suddenly have energy to walk on their own when candy is involved. Here's Taylor and his loot. They did what all kids do after getting their free candy...dump it out and check out the goods.

McKenna trying her best for some of the sugar.

It was a crazy day...like all Halloweens are. It's a non-stop day, but the kids look forward to it and it's fun to be a part of it. Now on to Christmas!! :)

Our Ward Halloween Party...

... minus the Trunk or Treat part. :( (For some reason they did away with it this year. Sad.) Last Wednesday the youth in our ward put together a party for the kids. They had a golf course, fishing, digging for treasure in saw dust, and a table for decorating cookies.

Dave made quick work of his donut. I almost missed him. And like every year since he was 2, Derek cheated. He always ends up holding the donut with his hand to get it.

Dave went as Rex from Rex Kwon Do. (From Napoleon Dynamite for those that are not familiar with Rex.) I thought that he should have carried a framed picture of Starla's body with my head on it. :) McKenna was our little butterfly fairy.

Derek was a great black ninja.

We had a red ninja costume for Taylor, but last minute he decided to be Raphael again.

It was a fun night, but we missed doing the Trunk or Treat. It's fun to hand out candy to all the little kids, since we are always gone on Halloween night. Besides, no one ever comes to our apartment except for a few of the neighborhood kids.