Smiles, Mesa and New Moon

Macey has an allotted amount of smiles she will bestow on us each day. On this night she was willing to share them with her big brothers.

I'm pretty sure once Macey's sense of humor comes in that she and Ryan will hit it off great. Ryan will have some one to show off for! I'm sure we'll be posting some great video of entertainer Ryan and laughing Macey soon.

Dan's Uncle Chuck and Aunt Jan came down Thursday from Alaska. I get a call at 2:00 asking if I can come get our frozen delights (check previous entry) because there was no room in the freezer there for them. Well, I wasn't excited about driving across the valley during rush hour, but I was glad to go see the Frassas. Grandpa and Macey were having a nice chat. She dished out some smiles for him!

Jan was quick to snatch up our pretty baby. Thank you, Jan, for letting me take a picture of you after your LONG flight and short nap at Grandma's.

New Moon was a great movie! Hooray! I can't wait to see it again!

OK, now, this was Macey's first movie. She was a great girl the whole time.

This is our Twilight crew: Lacie, Julie, Janeal, Kasie, Kristin, Linda and me. We had breakfast at Mimi's Cafe and then went to the 10 am show. Thanks ladies for the fun company.

Food

This has been a fun week for food. Dan's aunt and uncle came down from Alaska and brought our Christmas present: halibut, crab, and Alaskan treats. Ryan the Chef had a great time with Mr. Krabs limbs, although they were a little too pokey.

On Monday Ryan and I made a pumpkin pie. So what, you say, but we did not get our pumpkin from a can. We baked a small pumpkin and mashed it. When it was ready to eat I served Ryan and myself each a piece. When asked if he liked the pie he said, 'I don't like the mashed pumpkin in it.' Ah well, Alex loves pumpkin pie, so he had a yummy after school snack.

We didn't do this this week, but I made homemade french fries. Alex didn't think you could make french fries. He doesn't like potatoes and although he doesn't Love french fries like some kids, I guess it wasn't because he knew they were from potatoes. Now he knows so we'll see if will eat them ever again!

Macey by Stephanie

Tooth Fairy

In the night the Tooth Fairy came and brought my boy $2.00. He came in to tell me at 6:45am. He was so excited. This is why we have children; to share in their joy!

'I lost my tooth today!'

Alex went to the dentist today. Alex's new tooth is coming in behind his baby teeth so it wasn't loosening the tooth at the root. Dr Kelly went ahead and put some numbing gel on the tooth and twisted it right out. So, my baby has lost his first tooth. I'm happy and sad that my boy is growing. Last night at bedtime he had lots of questions about the Resurrection and heaven. He is a thoughtful boy and not only are we his earthly parents proud of him, but I know our Heavenly Father is too.
Hey, Tooth Fairy! Don't forget to stop at our house!

Start of November

We just returned from dropping Dan off at the airport. He is going to Virginia this week for work. It has been flooding there. How strange that he'll be somewhere cold AND wet! Alex has had a wiggly tooth for 10 days. He isn't working it too much, so maybe it will still be in when Dan comes home. However, Alex goes to the dentist tomorrow and maybe she'll make him wiggle it out there. I bought a carpet cleaner at Big Lots. It is a lightweight one, but effective. My carpet is so much cleaner where I've used it. I should have bought one years ago. Live and learn. I used it yesterday on the car floor mats. YUCK! There is something very satisfying about seeing how dirty something was and making it clean again. Have you taken your kids to Big Lots? My kids get way excited by all the stuff crammed into a little building. We haven't been up to much lately. We have one more basketball game, a week until we head off for our Thanksgiving break, and nearly 2 weeks until Black Friday. Should I have a Christmas list yet? The kids change what they like every 2 weeks and anything they think they want I know they won't play with for more than a couple of days. I do have ideas... maybe while Dan is gone I'll make a list. Macey and Julianne.

Ryan and Bruce at a basketball game.

Alex #2 making a shot.

Dad trying to get a smile out of Macey.

There's a smile! Ryan expects constant attention. Here he fell asleep waiting for Alex to play with him. Alex and I were watching a cool Discovery show on lightening.

Macey's Blessing Cont.

We had Macey's blessing yesterday. We had Dan's family come in from all directions. A full house and a full two pews. I made Macey's dress and hair bow; Bobbi C. made the bracelet; Grandma Frassa bought the little slippers. She was a beauty! And of course she spit up on her dress within 5 minutes of having it on. I plan to have Stephanie take some nice photos of her. I don't have any good photos of the boys in their blessing outfits. Why? Who knows, but I figure a girl would care more than the boys. As always we had a fun time together eating and playing. Thanks for coming and we'll see you again for Thanksgiving!
Oh, and the last picutre is of Ryan playing Wii sports. The boys beg to play video games every night before bed time. Ryan is improving!

Macey's Blessing

All Hallow's Eve

A Superhero Halloween: Black Cat (w/out the mask), Iron Man, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, and Thor.

Because of basketball and scouts, we have family night on Wednesdays. This last week we wrote a letter to missionaries from our ward and carved this pumpkin.

Well the boys helped clean, and Dan carved it. To save the time of cleaning another pumpkin, we just carved on both sides.

Alex picked this castle. And Ryan picked this alien. Showing off the face paint.

Brother heroes.

Friday was our Trunk-or-Treat. Here Thor is having chili and cornbread.

I had to put this picture in because I took the same one last year when they had a star wars theme. Alex W. said he wanted to be a vampire this year, but not like Edward. Ha!

This tiny Wonder Woman is protected by Thor. Dan is such a good sport. I'm lucky that he is willing to dress up with me!

Saturday the boys went to a free baseball game at the ballpark near us. Notice that Ryan is Iron Man by day too.

Two fabulous brothers.

Halloween night we went to Surprise for t-or-ting. It was a fun neighborhood and the boys of course got way more candy than we'll ever need. We had a good time this year. Another great holiday that is about what we want to do and not about who wants to be with us!