Twilight Movie Premiere

I don't remember anticipating a movie's debut like I have the Twilight movie. We bought our tickets online last week and planned a girls night out. The theater was packed - pretty sure it was sold out. Luckily, no one sat behind me and talked (it usually always happens to me), but there were plenty of squeals throughout the movie which didn't bother me at all.

Was the movie as great at the books? No. Did I have a good time? Yes!

Afterwards we went to Chili's and had way too much dessert and plenty of laughs.

Turkey Trot

We've lived here for nearly 10 years and this is the first Turkey Trot that the kids and I have run - Rex ran it for the first time two years ago. Unfortunately, Rex had a funeral to attend so we missed him at the race. Rex signed myself and the girls up for the "walkers" category, but the first mile Brooke ran quite a bit. I told her that she should maybe save some energy for the end, but she didn't want to listen. By the end periodically she would sit on the curb to take a rest. In order to get her to keep going I would pick her up and carry her for a few feet. Erin had too much energy and at times she was doing cartwheels down the street. I thought it would be great if we could break an hour (3.1 mile race) and we did, coming in just over 56 minutes. Michael and Jacob ran really well coming in 4th and 5th in their age group with a time just over 21 minutes.

During the awards they do some drawings for Turkeys and Dicks gift certificates. They seemed to be calling lots of numbers in the 400's, but when they called "507," Erin yelled, "that's Brooke's number!" Sure enough. Brooke won us a 16 pound turkey! She was so pleased because she really wanted a medal and I was pretty sure that she wouldn't receive one. The awards were taking forever, so we decided to leave early. On our way out we peeked at the standings for the "walkers" and much to our surprise all three of us placed in the top three of our age group - Bekki, 3rd in the 35-39 category, Brooke, 3rd in the under 9 category and Erin, 2nd in the under 9 category. What fun - we'll be sure to "run" again next year. If nothing else we'll hope that Brooke brings us home another turkey!

Basement - End of Week Six

I haven't posted pics for awhile, but so much has been going on in the basement - paint, shelves, tile, trim, countertop and the railing started yesterday. It's so exciting to see it all come together. They have the carpet scheduled for next Tuesday and then I think the only thing left will be the shower door and a piece of granite for the bench in the shower. Come visit - you have your own bedroom now! :)

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Wowza!

Does this seem like a very intense math program for KINDERGARTNERS? Brooke brought home a sheet from her math book that said the following:

"Dear Family, We are starting a new unit called Geometry, Fractions, and Probability. In Chapter 5, we will identify plane shapes, equal parts, and symmetry. We will explore probability. In chapter 6, we will learn about solid shapes."

So much for 1 + 1 = 2

Spoiled Bat

So that is how Brooke's costume was described on the packaging. I had to make a page about it. :)

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year! Thursday night we went to the annual Ward Trunk-or-Treat at the church. As usual the activity was well attended and the kids received plenty of candy. Our family theme this year was split with half of us going as vampires (I told M and J that they should put a sticker on their shirts that said, "Hello, my name is Edward." It would have been perfect right, Naomi?) The rest of us were Disco/Hippies. Rex's staff bought him the beautiful white polyester outfit and wow, it did look NICE, as long as he didn't sit down. :) Last night we went to a few houses around the neighborhood until Erin said she felt sick. She came home and threw up. I thought we were in for a long night, but she slept all night and feels good this morning - too much candy maybe?