Eight is Great!

Faye turns 8 today. I can't believe it. She is such a sweet, sweet girl and we really like her. I guess we'll keep her. She had a fab Diva Tea Party last saturday where we made microphones and diva hats adorned with sparkly roses. There is still glitter all over my house (and now probably yours if your daughter came to the party) and stuck to all of their scalps. You're welcome.

Kids Halloween Party

Since our ward is kinda lame and doesn't do anything for Halloween (yes, I do NOT count a chili cook-off as a Halloween related activity) my friend Katie put together a little Halloween party for all of our kids. You want to get use out of those costumes more than just Halloween night... in the dark.

Midway sisters and mom and some other girls (ok, ladies) getaway

Well, not ALL the Bray sisters. Kristi would never come in a million years. April had "better plans" I guess, and Amy started a new job. So it was the other 4 sisters, momma bear, and 2 of my friends Jessica (who does everyones hair, so I guess she's technically "everyone's" friend- so popular) and Marie who is my sister from another mother. It was too bad the other 3 couldn't be there because it was alotta fun! Susan's part owner in this great big condo in Midway so we went up for a gluttonous, shopping, Zack Efron, Glee-ified weekend. What more could a girl ask for?

From top left to bottom right: Sharon, Susan, Jessica, Nellie, Mom, Me, Marie
The moose on Park city Main street. We went to the pizza and pasta restaurant and had some fantastic foccacia pizza. It was pricey but it did not dissappoint. All the guys that worked there were nice to look at as well, so again, no dissappointment. I think it was also a cougar weekend. We were watching all sorts of young guy movies and checking out the 20 somethings! ha ha. Hey, I am not THAT much older, now some other sisters... well.

And the totally awesome large Marge couch! We watched WHat Lies Beneath the last night and I forgot how freaking scary that movie is... and it's mine! (though I think i only watched it once when we first got it, like 10 years ago.

Here's to another "sisters" weekend next year! Susan?

Boyfriends, bestfriends, bangs and shaving legs

Daphne came home monday wearing a cute butterfly bracelet and I asked her where she got it from. She didn't answer but Faye said "She got it from a boy at school!" Sure enough she told me that a little boy named Carter in her class loves her and made her a bracelet. He had his sister, who happens to be in Faye's class, deliver the bracelet to Daphne. Daphne gets all embarrased and says "but I don't even like him mom, I never play with him at recess, i just play with gills" (her version of girls since she doesn't say her "r"s very well, she sounds British). So I ask if she thinks he's cute and she says "No! but he's nice".
So I went and helped in her class yesterday and when it was her turn to come out and read with me -might I also add here that I am so proud of what an excellent reader she is. She is on book 34 while the other 4 kids who are actually even reading the books are on books 5 to 11! Though there is one little girl in the class that already reads "chapter books"... which Daphne is not fond of because she wants to be the smartest kids in the class - so back to the story, when she was going back in I asked her to show me who Carter was, she did and well, he's a handsome little kid! When it was his turn to read with me in the hall I said to him "Daphne told me about you the other day"
He responded with a big grin on his face "What did she tell you?"
me: "She showed me a bracelet you gave her".
him, again with the big grin: "I made it!"
Me: "that's what she said, it was really cute and she really liked it."
I decided to leave it at that. Awe, little kids are so adorable.

When I put Phoebe to bed everynight she's started this game of going through who her best friends are: "um, Madyson. Um, Kwoe (chloe), and um, um Genny (Gwenny). And Jeffrey, and, um, um Karson, and.... I'm gonna marry Ben". She always forgets Ethan (sorry Ranae) and Ben isn't even in her class and they moved like 5 months ago. I guess his handsome little face is memorable.

I cut bangs again. Just for Halloween.
Before bangs:

She bangs, she bangs! They aren't that short, so they should grow back fast... unless I decide I like them


I also cut half my leg off while taking a bath. Sean walked in right at the critical moment of the ankle and sh!ooot I cut meself. Bad! This picture doesn't even do it justice. Just look how big the chunk of skin is next to Phoebe's hand!

Black Island Farms Fieldtrip

It was Phoebe's first preschool fieldtrip complete with her poofy 80's crimped hair. This place is a lotta fun! Pig races, corn boxes, hay slides, a water jug train, cornmazes and a hay ride to get a punkin - What's not to like? I hear it's even better at night with the nightmare acres and the bigger slides being open, but when they do preschool fieldtrips I guess they think the little kids can't handle that stuff. They obviously don't know my kids. Phoebe ran straight for the huge black slide, which was closed. They were bummed and so was i. I wanted to go on it too! (this would be the skid mark slide on April's blog)