Kyra's Smile

All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth

Well, MaKyra only needs one front tooth, but I don't know a song about that. She lost her tooth the day we got back from our trip. We tried to get her to pull it in Kansas but she just couldn't bring herself to let anyone near it. She did let me pull it at home. The tooth fairy came and left $2. I never got that much for a tooth. I guess we took inflation into consideration. I would post a picture of her "new" smile but I lost my camera. I haven't really looked for it. Hopefully Parker didn't throw it away. He likes to do that.

Nauvoo Trip

I have been meaning to write about our trip but just haven't found the time. My whole family went to visit my sister in Kansas. It was so much fun. We were gone for nine days. We drove. It is a 16 hour drive. My kids did great. Two words: DVD player. It was a life saver. How people traveled before days of portable TVs is beyond me. While we were in Kansas we traveled to: Liberty Jail, Independence, Farwest, and Adam-ondi-aman (all in Missouri), Nauvoo and Carthage in Illinois, Jamesport - an Amish town in Missouri and Union Station in Kansas City. Matt went to the Oakland Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs game. He was on the fifth row and 50 yard line. We had such a great time.

Nauvoo Trip

Orson Scott Card

I went to a forum at BYU-Idaho today. Orson Scott Card was the speaker. He did such a great job. I really enjoy him as an author. He spoke on becoming heroes in our own lives. He talked about understanding the responsibility we have in our careers, homes, communities and religious endeavors to reach out and be a hero in our own way whether it be a grand jesture or something small. I loved the message he shared. After the forum he had a question and answer period. I didn't have any questions but loved hearing others. His answers were informative and witty. It really was a great 2 1/2 hours.

Do you love Edward Cullen?

I went to a Vampire party on Saturday for anyone who loves Edward. For those who don't know who Edward is - read the book Twilight. It was so much fun. Our host, Nanette, had us share our confessions of reading the book. Did we neglect our children? What lengths did we go to inorder to read the three books? It was really great to hear everyone's stories. Mine is simply reading all night only to be extremely grumpy to my family the next day. We played a quiz game and I did horribly. I must not be the fan I thought I was. I only got one question right. Oh well, my team one anyway. The best is my friend made us all a list of what our husbands should be saying to us. They were quotes from Edward through the three books. I won't post all of them but some of my favorites are:

"You will always be the most beautiful thing in my world."

"The outside world holds no interest for me without you."

"As if there were any way that I could exist without needing you!"

"Do you really have any idea how important you are to me? Any concept at all of how much I love you? Let me attempt to explain how I feel about you." (A husband should then list all of the wife's good qualities.)

Thank you Stephanie Meyer for creating such a great story - romance, action, and great writing.

Happy Halloween

I went to MaKyra's kindergarten Halloween party. They decorated sugar cookies and pumpkins. They played fruit basket (except with ghosts, witches, pumpkins, and spiders) and pin the nose on the pumpkin. It was so fun to see the kids in their costumes.
Halloween night our ward had a trunk or treat/carnival. We eat dinner and set up tables for our candy dispersment. MaKyra was a witch; Gabe, Thomas the Train; Parker, a frog. We did well. We have so much candy it is crazy.

Mystery Party

We went to a murder mystery party at Brent and Katie's house. It was a lot of fun. We were assigned a character and had to act and dress accordingly. Aren't we all lo0king so cute? I used three cans of black spray on my hair. It was not fun. Everytime I touched my hair I would get black all over my hands. Gross. It took a few days for it to all wash out. Next time I am buying a wig. It was a great party though. It is always fun when we all get together.

It's a Pirate Party!

"It's a Pirate Party!" (It is a Wiggles' song. I know all of them.) Well, MaKyra is having a Pirate Party at dance class. Everyone is going to be pirates. I wish I could go and see all the kids in their costumes, but I will be decorating for the Halloween Carnival at Kyra's school.