Halloween Parades......October 27, 2010

Paizlie and I went to see Hadlie, Daxton, and Tage's walk in their Halloween Parades. I love to watch the cute kids march proudly down the hall displaying their cute costumes. We had an enjoyable time. Paizlie got real excited about seeing all the kids dressed up.

First, we went to Lakeside Elementary to watch Hadlie and Daxton. Then, we went to Kiddie Kollege to watch Tage and his friend Lucy. The preschool children were almost more fun to watch than the elementary kids. They were very excited!

Abbey and Kiptyn Sharp with Paizlie. Everyone watching the Parade at Lakeside Elementary.

Daxton the Pirate, argh!

Hadlie the queen Bee!

Tage the Pirate too, Ahoy there!

Lucy the mouse, she is cute as one too!

Tage getting ready to sing a Halloween song with his preschool pals. Isn't he sweet?

Halloween Party.....October 23, 2010

We have a fun group of friends in our ward. Two of them, the Sharps and the Morley's, held the Halloween Party this year. The Morley's grandparents own a golf course so they had it there. We had yummy food and played fun games. It was a smashing good time....Thank you guys!

Abbey, Jolene, and I dressed up like "Jolene's Angels". We have this joke with our friend Chris Larsen, who we play cards with every Sunday. Chris tries to con people to his side, "team Chris", and play for him. Jolene, Abbey, and I are against him so we are... "Jolene's Angels." Basically, we decided to give him a hard time and we dressed our part. Jolene couldn't be there so Abbey created a life size Jolene in Lu of "Jolene's Angels."

Check out the cards in Jolene's hand....Yes, Chris's face, the JOKER!'

(Can't read my JoKeR Face, my JoKeR Face.....)

Jolene Kap vs. Chris Larsen, he's the ghost sitting there.

Kristy Larsen, the white trash lady.

Sexy Sam, the 80's ball player. Love the mullet, honey.

Me and Sam.

Justin Morley, the mullet biker himself.

Michael Sharp, the can of peanut butter. This is another inside joke I will not get into. However, our friend Ali would have loved to see this one.

Kory and Kristen Hill.

Justin and Andrea Morley.

West Point City Halloween Carnival......October 22, 2010

Every Halloween we go to our city's Halloween Carnival. This year was more fun than others years past. There wasn't as many people this year so the kids had a ball. They played all the games at least 3 times or more. They each won 2 little pumpkins at the pumpkin walk, they each made some cute crafts, and they each came home with lots of candy and toys. Fun, fun, fun!

Hadlie and Kelsey, THE BEE's!

(They look sweet, but watch out, they may sting you! :) )

Ahoy Mattie's! It's Daxton and Tage on deck!

Princess P the cute little kitty!

Dairy Farm/ Fieldtrip 2.....October 12, 2010

Today Tage's Preschool class went to the dairy farm. We had a really fun time. We toured all around the farm; we saw where the feed and milk the cows, we saw where they kept the baby calves, and we also got to feed the cows their favorite treat, carrots! It was a smelly good time! :)

Tage in front of where the feed the cows.

Our tour guide telling us about the cows grain.

She explained to the kids about the different ingredients in the grain and how they stored it.

Our tour guide feeding one of the baby calves.

Tage and Lucy enjoying a carrot as they looked at the calves.

Jeremy holding Paizlie.

Jeremy, Lucy's dad, carried Paizlie for me the whole time. SHE LOVED the calves. In fact, she kept signing "more" to Jeremy. She wanted to see all of them. She would get so excited and clap at every cow she saw. At one point, Jeremy had the calf right next to her for her to pet and she got scared. It was too close I guess. :) She sure was cute and it was so nice of Jeremy to take her for me. I think they had a good time together.

Paizlie, Me, and Tage on the farm.

Tage feeding the cows their favorite treat, CARROTS!

Cory, Jeremy, and Lucy.

Paizlie, Me, Tage, and Spot the Cow.

Say: "Vacas"!

Us, adults, got a kick out of this....Lucy said to her mom, "Mom, what are the cows doing?" Cory said, "They are playing with each other."

I think the kids learned more then what they bargained for down on the farm.

GRanDPa Jerry's Knee Replacement......October 9, 2010

Sam's dad, Jerry, got kicked by a horse and did some major damage to his leg about five years ago. That accident has affected his leg greatly and caused him to have a knee replacement. We went to see Grandpa this afternoon in Provo. He is doing well and hopes to go home tomorrow. It was good to visit with him and Grandma for the afternoon.

Grandpa, Tage, Daxton, and Paizlie.

Paizlie LOVES Grandma Bobbi. She was loving on her most of the time. They have a very strong bond.

Giving kisses....

We hope you continue to feel better Grandpa and you heal fast. We LOVE you so much and miss you lots. Good Luck!

Layton Half Marathon.....October 9, 2010

Well we DID IT again! 13.1 baby! My brother, Dave, his wife, Meagan, Tyson, Dave's friend, and I all ran another half marathon. None of us trained for it that well this year!

I actually was proud of myself and how well I felt during the race due to of my lack of training this season. I was supposed to be training on a three month schedule for this half and lets just say I ran 12 days TOTAL during the 3 month training period. I came in at 2hrs. 9 min's. and I felt pretty good the whole race. It wasn't my best time I've ever done but considering my training, well I did GREAT, if I do say so myself.

Me coming across the finish line.

Hadlie wants to start training with me next year for a race. I think I may let her, but start her with smaller races first. We'll see!

Dave coming across the line.

Meagan cheering as she crosses.

This is Meagan's first half. GOOD JOB Meagan.

We are proud of you. You did it!

Meagan and Dave.

Tyson, Dave's friend, Dave, and Meagan.

I'd have to say this race was fun but I was really disappointed that they DID NOT provide ANY supplements during and after the race except water and Gatorade. They did provide fruit after the race, but that is not great recovery food. That part sucked!

BiG NeWS!......October 8, 2010

I am so very excited about my news.... Me and my book partners just got our royalty statement in the mail this week. It revealed awesome news: We have almost sold 10,000 books already! Ta Da!

When we signed with Scholastic, to give them permission to sale our book: My Dad's A Hero, they gave us an upfront royalty check for the sale of 10,000 books. The deal was if Scholastic didn't sale more than 10,000 of our books, we would get to keep the money. If Scholastic hit the sale of 10,000 books, then we would start to recieve royalties. Our contract is for 7 years. We thought the 10,000 books would most likely sell over the next 7 years. We also figured we'd end up breaking even with money each of us invested into the book to get it up and going.

Well, Scholastic started selling our book in their book club last March, 7 months ago, and they have sold 7, 268 + copies of our book ALREADY! Can you believe that? We are VERY EXCITED! We had no idea it will sell so fast. We know we won't ever make the big bucks on the book, but to know it's has sold 7, 268 + copies with Scholastic already is beyond our wildest imaginations.

I feel so blest to have had a part in this. I am just very grateful for my partners, Jewel and Becca, and also Tom, the gentleman who does our self published printing. He is the one that sent it to Scholastic for us. Thank you Jewel, Becca, and Tom! This has been an amazing experience and I love to watch our book have success.