G-man is full of Pride

G-man participated in the school's annual fund raiser. We seem to like doing this one, as it is a physical activity for the kids. They run around the play ground, and each lap is 1/4 mile, and they have 20 minutes to finish. G-man made it around 10 times, which is about 2.5 miles. This year, he was running nearly the whole time, and was really tired looking afterwards.

Increasing the Family Income

Kiwi wanted to join the missing tooth club. After much crying and a few good (really, really good) tugs by Mom (I don't do such things), Kiwi has added to the family income. Even with this economic downturn, the Tooth Fairy still manages to pay up. Somehow, the commodity price of teeth has weathered the downturn, and she still is able to offer a nice shiny gold dollar.

Halloween, Limited Edition 2011

BRAAAINS!

A witch who likes candy (but, who doesn't?):

Spidey is not happy to be here:

Watch out, it's Batbaby! He'll take your lollipops:

9th for Gman

Gman turned 9. Nothing exciting this year, but the cake was cool:

But, no so happy to be sung to:

And we didn't even embarrass him this year.

Mid-life Crisis Managed

You know how in the Harry Potter books when the characters are done with using the marauders map, they say "mischief managed"? Well, after telling myself that I was going to buy a BMW someday, I finally found what I was looking for: (cue gratuitous car pictures...)

Ah, yes, nice car = large maintenance bills. But, I was paying $$ already for truck. Now to find a sucker for that...

Diamondback Game

We went to a Diamondbacks game a month ago with my family.  It was fun to see everyone and to teach the kids a little bit about baseball.  We had some pretty good seats, the first row right behind the left field.  We couldn't see the jumbo-tron, but other than that, it was fun to be so close to the field.  Plus, the diamondbacks won!  It's always nice to leave on a high note. Thank you Paul for getting us all there! 

Farewell To Summer

Now that October is here, I feel a need to reminisce on the things we did during those hot, hot months.  We were busy with traveling, swimming, summer HW projects, spring cleaning and such. Here's a look into what I found important enough to actually hunt the camera down and snap a 

photo of it...

We ran hard in G-ma's backyard in UT.  Wow that grass is green!

We found some stinky cows at the family farm

G-man walked on the moon at the planetarium in SLC

JW lost his shorts.

JW's hair proving he napped hard!

We took a jeep tour in Sedona.  Chad was the driver.  Kiwi doesn't have much faith in her daddy.

We played with fire with G and G up north.

We caught tadpoles and grew them into frogs.  Then they died. 

We did some hiking among the red rocks.  Some were happier about it than others. 

We are always watching out for the garbage man.  Mr S's love is being passed on to the younger one.

 As much as I love the freedom of summer, I think I love the cooler weather more.  Welcome back Fall!  We missed you.