Week in Review November 14-20

Monday-Mom and Larry left.  Don and I took Kyle to Doctor Zilberman for his 2 month check up.  He got 4 shots and was not happy.  I don't think that he had ever cried that much or that loudly EVER-except maybe his circ but I was not in there.  I gave him Tylenol while we were waiting and that seemed to help.  He had his first dinner date with mom and dad because after the doctor we went to PF Changs.  He was really good but he had a really sad night after that when we got home.  We did not do any shopping after we ate because we were just tired and it is so hard to do anything in town with a new baby.  Kyle fussed and cried alot the rest of the night but seemed to settle after he had his Tylenol.  Cody went to the high school to "critique" the play that was being presented that week.

Tuesday morning I bottled 9 quarts of chicken that we had bought on Saturday on sale at Lin's. That afternoon we did family pictures outside in our neighbor's yard.  My friend Serena came from Mesquite to take them for us.  Connor was a little wound up while we were getting ready to do them and even at the beginning of the pictures he had a few choice words to say. Tuesday night I helped Cody start to get his mission papers filled out.  Very strange holding my 2 month old while assisting my soon to be 19 year old get ready for his mission. Cody took Cayden to the high school play.

Wednesday morning Don took Cody to the airport with a quick stop at Capriotti's.  Don also got his car worked on sort of at Pep Boys and then went to dinner with some guys that had come into town.  Caleb went to mutual and I videoed Cayden's book report that he did not want to get up and do in front of the class.  Connor went to work in Mesquite with grandma and grandpa and helped them do some their work in Overton.

Thursday-I took the video report up to the school to show Cayden's class.  Don, Connor and Grandpa cleaned some carpets in a house in our neighborhood.  Caleb helped at the Book Fair and student showcase night-an event where he just wanted to be dropped off at and not have his mother attend with him.  I caught Kyle smiling at himself in the mirror above his swing and tried repeatedly to get it on film to no avail. 

Friday-Cayden went to Grandma's after school to help her get some of her Christmas stuff up.

Saturday-Don and I felt stomach fluey most of the the weekend and did not do much.  I wanted to get the Christmas lights up on the house but we just did not feel like it.  We did not make it to church on Sunday because we were still feeling yucky.  Kyle may have had a stomacheache as well because he was pretty grumpy and fussy most of Saturday night and Sunday.

Kyle's Blessing

Kyle Brandt Adams was blessed by his dad on Sunday, November 13, 2011.  Grandma Penny, Granddaddy Larry, Calley and Cody came down on Friday afternoon as well as Uncle Chris, Aunt Anne, Lexi and Cameron.  Aunt Suzanna, Uncle Ryan, Abby and Owie came down Saturday afternoon.  We had taco salads Friday night when everyone got here.  Don was in Portland most of  the week but got home on Friday evening as well.  On Saturday we just hung around the house.  We made pancakes and bacon for breakfast and then watched football most of the day,  For dinner we picked up Rik's BBQ from Overton and went to the store for some last minute items.  Sunday morning we made muffins with the little kids-they wanted to help and then we had sausage and waffles. We made it to church on time with everyone ready believe it or not.  In the circle was Don, Cody, Grandpa Don, Granddaddy Larry, Uncle Chris Gessel, Uncle Chris Zundel, Uncle Ryan Pitts, cousin DJ Schwatrz-Ashley's husband and the Bishop.  After Sacrament meeting we hurried home to get lunch out for everyone.  Uncle Chris and Aunt Anne had to leave as did Aunt Suzanna and Uncle Ryan.  My amazing friend Serena came to the blessing and then over to the house for lunch and she just jumped right in to the kitchen and started cutting and chopping and then she did lots of dishes too.  She was my super angel that afternoon!  Of course we had help from Grandma's too.  We had Hawaiian Haystacks and spinach salad and our traditional white I am a Child of God cake.  Kyle wore a white sweater outfit and the white crocheted baby blanket from Mawmaw. I think the outfit was Cody's but I would have to look at the pictures to be sure. After everyone left and we got the kitchen cleaned up we watched football again.  Go figure. 

Week in Review November 7-13

Monday-Don went to Portland.
Tuesday-I took chicken casserole to our new neighbors the Young's.
Wednesday ?
Thursday-I went to Vegas to go shopping for Kyle's blessing and Kyle stayed at Grandma Dottie's the whole day.  The kids were out for Veteran's Day.  Connor went to Doctor Gorman for med refill.
Friday-Grandpa took the boys to the Veteran's Day Parade in Overton.  I made cakes and finished getting the house ready for company.  Don got home from Portland late Friday night.

Week In Review October 31-November 6

Halloween was Monday.
Tuesday Don went to Dallas until Thursday.
I finally watch X-Men First Class.
On Friday I went to a super fun Book Exchange and dinner at my friend Whitney's house.
Finally resumed Bountiful Baskets on Saturday.
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Halloween

For school Connor dressed up as a nerd again with nerd candies taped all over his shirt.  Caleb was a hula girl with a coconut bra and hula skirt.  Kyle was a monkey of course.  Cayden had a school party and  he finally decided that he wanted to be a pirate after thinking he was going to be a vampire or a magician.  I found his costume at Partyland in Utah after searching 3 other party stores and luckily they had one left and it was just his size.  It had the boots attached to the pants so we did not have to buy separate boots. The school always has a costume parade around the playground and then class parties.  They had a pinata, a pumpkin pick up game like musical chairs and freeze dance.   Of course there were snacks as well.  I did not sign up to bring in anything to his party because I knew we were just getting back into town on Sunday and I just did not know how it would go with Kyle during the day so I might not have had time to make anything.  I stopped at Wally's on the way to the school and spent $15 on two bags of chips and a ranch dip.  Nice!  After school Connor and dad carved his pumpkin, we made chili and cornbread (a traditional Halloween meal)  and we waited until about 5pm to start the trick or treating.  Caleb went with a few friends to the Trunk or Treat at the Fairgrounds and Don and I took Cayden and Kyle around to our neighborhood and the next one over.  Caleb was "dressed up" as the 7 seas with 7 letter c's taped to his shirt.  Connor stayed at the house and had a set up on the porch so that he did not have to get up and answer the door all evening.  He was pretty determined as to what he wanted and how it would all work.  After we finished around the neighborhoods, we headed home to answer our door.  We had lots of visitors who wanted to see Kyle so it was fun to show him off.  Connor decided that by 8:15 we were done and so he had his front porch display all cleaned up and put away.   Caleb came home around 8 without his friend because come to find out they had left the parks and rec thing and went to a neighborhood close by to trick or treat but with out telling anyone.  His friend tripped while they were running and split his head open as well as his hand so he went to the ER.  We had to have a big discussion with Caleb about being where he was supposed to be and understanding that had he stayed where he was supposed to then his friend would not have gotten hurt.  We found out the next day that his friend did not go to the ER but his parents superglued his cuts together.  They did take him to the urgent care later on Tuesday though because he had actually broken his pinkie.  

The costume parade.

Partying at the school.

Eating the frosting off the cupcake-Cayden's favorite part.

Pinata candy.

Kyle with his Elmo pumpkin.

Connor's pumpkin.

Caleb, Dillon, Connor Waite, Cayden and Connor

Now the faces-Caleb's friend is from England and they don't celebrate Halloween like we do so it was fun to have him participate with us.

Linnea and KaiLi Waite with Cayden.

Monkey boy.

Connor's setup.

Tuckered out after Trick or Treating.

Kyle's First trip to Utah/Pre-Halloween Activities

We stayed at Chris and Anne's house this trip because there was no room at Hotel Humphreys with Cody living there, Calley back from Washington and Julia and her family there as well.  The kids had Thursday and Friday off from school for Nevada day.  Connor did not go because he wanted to stay and help grandpa do some carpets jobs.  Caleb had his play Wednesday afternoon so we left Thursday around 1pm.  It took all morning to get out the door.  We stopped in St. George to get gas and food at Wendy's and feed Kyle.  We were there about an hour and then we were able to get to almost Nephi before Kyle started fussing.  I got in the backseat with him and just kept his binkie in his mouth until we got to Grandma Penny's.  Everyone was up there having dinner and cake for Uncle Chris' birthday.  Grandma made enchiladas and a double layer jack-0-lantern cake for Chris like he has had every year for as long as I can remember.  We stayed up there for a little while visiting and letting everyone see the new cuzzies-Kyle and Cameron.  On Friday, Don had a lunch meeting and Chris and Anne had doctor appointments so me and the boys just hung out at Chris' house.  On Saturday Caleb and Cayden and I went to a few party stores looking for costumes and then Don took Caleb and Cody to get some sushi that they brought back to share at Chris' house. 

 

We dressed Cameron and Kyle up in their twinner pumpkin costumes and then  we went to the pumpkin patch which is really just a greenhouse at a nursery off Geneva Road.  We picked out pumpkins for all of us and then we went over to the Water Conservancy District where they had a pumpkin walk; lots of carved and decorated pumpkins lined up for everyone to walk by.  They also had a few kids games and donuts for those who wore costumes. After that we went up to Grandma Penny's to carve pumpkins and have a yummy dinner of potato cheese soup and cheese toast.  The pumpkin carving took most of the evening and Don's neck and shoulders were killing him by the time we got done.  Cayden wanted a Tigger pumpkin, Caleb did an Ironman pumpkin, Cody made a face thing and I plugged some Woody, Buzz and Elmo  pieces into 3 other pumpkins. Ryan  made a cool Batman symbol, Anne made Snow White, Su made a ghost in the woods, Chris made Cinderella and there was a few more that I can't remember now what they were.  Mawmaw held the babies as did Abby and Owie and Cayden.  Owie sang I am a Child of God to the babies too.  It was so cute.

 

Then we had fun dressing up the babies.  Chris and I went to Target on Saturday night and bought a BYU onesie for Kyle and and Cougar pillow pet for Kyle and a Utes Pillow Pet for Cameron.   We took pictures Sunday morning of the rivalry.  Kyle slept through most of the picture taking and Cameron cried.  After the photo shoot we loaded up the car and headed back to Logandale.  Kyle did pretty good on the way home too.  We made it to St. George again and stopped to feed him and change him and then proceeded home.

Caleb's Play

On Wednesday, October 26, Caleb played Igor in a school play for Drama Club.  He has been staying after every Wednesday to practice.  He was very funny and did a great job.