We Need More Speech Therapy

So this seriously happened while talking to Cayden one night.
Cayden: Mom, are you a "ho"?
Mom: What did you say? (in a very calm and collected voice)
Cayden: Are you a "ho"?
Mom: Well.....um, what do you think that is?
Cayden: You know a girl.
Mom: Oooohhhh! Am I a HER?
Cayden: Yes.
Mom: Yes Cayden I am a "ho".

Well that's a relief that he does not know what a ho is. Let's work on those r's!

Come to the Dark Side

On Wednesday October 28 our son decided to turn to the dark side. Only for the day though. It was spirit week because of Homecoming and every day was a dress up day. Cody usually never participates in the dressing up but he was thrilled to try out this new style. It was punk rock day and as you can see he fulfilled the requirements. He is wearing a black suede vest from DI that we bought for Caleb and his rocker costume a few years ago, biker gloves and a chain necklace dug out of the Halloween box, a spiked mohawk, black eyeliner and pegged pants. When he got to school he had a girl friend who brought black nail polish and red hair spray. The girl was painting all the guys nails and spraying their hair. Don't worry he has not chosen to continue this fashion statement but we think that he enjoyed the black nail polish just a bit too much.

EEWWWW

Caleb's science teacher has a pet ball python and this week was pet week. She brought it in today and let it slither around the classroom. Last week Caleb came home and said that because he had been so good all week he got to hold the snake all during class. I don't think this kid is related to me AT ALL.

Lexie Lou Lou

The last weekend in October my brother, his wife and my niecy Lexi came down for a visit. This is the cutest baby girl and even though she screamed and cried we loved having her with us. As you can see in the picture she loved loved LOVED Uncle Don and he could hold her and rock her and she would not fuss a bit and usually go back to sleep. We had lots of fun with the Gessel family. We watched lots of episodes of Numbers, drank lots of Diet Coke, ate way too much food and cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory, tried to shield out children's eyes from the smutty displays on the way to the strip, on the strip, in the stores etc. We went to FAO Scwartz, and then sang primary songs to Lexie all the way home from Vegas while her parents went to Phantom. We went to church and then watched football and then we watched more football after Don brought home PF Changs for dinner. They came on Friday and left on Tuesday. We had a great time and have had more company in the last month then we have had in the last two years. The upstairs bathroom has never felt so loved! Thanks for coming to see us!

Drop Your Sword

Cody went with his cousins the Zundels to the Renaissance Fair to "people watch" on October 10. There were some pretty weird people which I guess was the point.

Cody Has The Coolest Mom

Cody and the "weed". Jordan and the out of state plate.

Cody and the 4 sale sign.

One of Cody's good friends had a surprise birthday party that Cody helped put together. The best part of the party was the Digital Scavenger Hunt. I made up the game so Cody could participate and not get a head start on everybody else! They split into two groups and then had to find and take pictures of the items that I listed. Cody's group was very creative! I had over 40 things on the list and they found almost all of them in 45 minutes! Cody said they had a blast! Who knew Overton could provide such entertainment!

Abby and Owie Came To Visit

Did you know that Santa vacations at the Tahitian Village resort in Vegas in September?

Cayden peaking over the maze. Abby playing in the water.

Cody and Owen

Cayden and Abby at Claimjumper-this picture was hard to get obviously!

Cayden fell asleep on the way into Vegas Saturday morning because him, Don, Cody and Connor got up really early to go help at an eagle project.

The end of September Abby and Owie and their mom and dad came to visit. They stayed in Vegas and we went in to see them on Saturday and then they came out on Sunday and stayed the night. We met them at Claim Jumper and then played at the kids park in Town Center where there was a maze and water squirters and a big playhouse. Note to self-don't get the chicken fried steak at Claim Jumper or anywhere but Sugar's. After lunch we went to the condo where Ryan and Suey were staying and went to their great pool. It was seriously 90 degrees and the pool was fabulous! They had a lazy river and a sandy beach walk in that the kids loved. Su and I had a great time trying to get pictures of "Santa" who was hanging out in the pool. We played in the pools until the absolute last second and then we hung out for a while and got Cain's Chicken for dinner. We headed home around 7. Su and Ryan were going to come out for church but Owie was up all night with what we think was swimmer's ear. They took him to the Urgent Care and then made it out to our house for lunch. Our kids just love having Abby and Owie and their parents over to our house. Abby had a great time with her "kids" and Owie got lots of hugs and kisses from his auntie!