Journaling week of 10-20-13

PACK FARM- NOAH'S FIRST FIELD TRIP
Noah got to go on his first field trip Wednesday.  He was so proud of himself :).  I so wish I could have been there with him, but it was fun to hear about. Here's what he had to say:
"So... I went in a maze... I got a punkin... I took a picture on the truck... and someone read us a story.  And a really fun part was riding in a bus!!" 
Such a cute thing to me that half of the fun of the field trips, is the riding in the bus part :)  Doesn't even matter where you go :).  He was beaming when he came home.  I loved it :).

HEIDI'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
We wanted to something cool for Heidi's 30th birthday, so we invited her to go bowling.  She and John played along with our Girls vs. Boys teams.  I think the boys won.  But either way, we had a so much fun!!!  I LOVED how well everyone got along the whole time!  They were cheering for each other, even for opposing teammates, high fives, everyone took turns entertaining Jack Jack, it was just heavenly!  I think Heidi and John had a good time too :).  After bowling we came back to our place for the delicious Chocolate cake I had made Heidi.  It was SO GOOD!!!  If I do say so myself.  I went a little heavy on the frosting though, I could tell when I was cleaning up, every plate had a chunk of frosting leftover.  But SO GOOD!!  Then, as per Heidi's request, we turned the family room into a dance floor!!  Turned the music up loud, the lights down low, got out the glow sticks (even cut some of them open and sprinkled glowiness all over the room :)), it was a LOT of fun!!  I couldn't believe how into it EVERYONE got!  Even Nate and Jack were dancing a little :).  I was so happy that we got to spend that day with Heidi.  My kids loved it too :).  10-23-13

HELPING HEIDI MOVE
This was only journal worthy because it was so much fun :).  Nate and I left the kids with my Mom so that we could fit things in our car, and went down to Heidi's to help her move.  It was like a date night (or day... whatever)!  We had a lot of fun!  We loaded up her moving truck, stopped in Lehi to get her new couch that she doesn't really like, that we might buy from her, and then made a stop at Ikea to get me some shelves.  We decided we couldn't go to Ikea without having some yummy meatballs :).  I LOVED spending time with Heidi and John with just us and them.  Nothing against my kids, it was just really meaningful and productive for me :).  After lunch, we headed on up to her new place.  I got the tour.  I really like her new place.  It's going to be so nice for her to not have roommates... in my opinion.  We slowly unloaded the truck (clearly we are all getting old or something because it was hard!).  It was difficult to make the furniture fit down the stairs, too, that was challenging.  But all in good fun, because we were all laughing and smiling most of the time.  It was nice that Brent showed up at the end.  Mostly because we liked seeing him :).  there were like 3 things left when he got there :).  But anyway.  Good times!  I love it when it's someone else that is moving, not me :).  10-26-13

MAYNES FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY
Everyone always looks forward to this tracition. The Maynes party. This year, Becky was in charge of planning it and she went all out! There were little booths put on by the big kids, for all the little kids to go around and play games, photo booth, face painting, a donut decorating contest, the list goes on. We all had a great time with those. Then we ate a yummy chili dinner, and found out who won the donut decorating. Of course Nate won a pumpkin for his. Charity and Kelly loved being part of the planning and carrying out of this party. It was a really fun activity for all of us! 10-26-13