Knee Surgery

Our dad had a ACL replaced. It was quite the surgery. More than maybe we had anticipated. He is doing better now, but it is always nice when dad slows down so we can all enjoy him. Spencer was loving all the games they got to play and the snuggling time with dad too. William also enjoyed those same things. He started therapy so he is on his way to recovery. They sent us home from the hospital the coolest (no pun intended) Polar care ice pack thing. All you have to do is fill it up with ice and water every 8 hours and it pumps cold water to the ice pack on the knee. Very COOL! I am thinking I need this will all my back/hip problems. We do get to keep it forever, so if you ever have orthopedic surgery you should borrow it! It is the green, white and blue thing.
David had Ted hose on so he didn't get blood clots. He looked hot with them on!

1st Place Reflection Winner

Here is our Abi girl with all her first place gear! We are so proud of her and her great idea. Good Job Abi! Her entree will go on to district and be judge or maybe it is just area. Anyway we will keep you posted. Here is the actual entree.
The theme was WOW!

Turkey

Becky made another turkey this week at Special Needs. She has all the good ideas. :)

I liked the pipe cleaner head. Very clever!

Beck has all the good ideas! Thanks for sharing Becky!

Thanksgiving Table favor

I thought this was a cute idea for table favors for Thanksgiving. Becky made it at Special Needs Mutual. It is a snack pudding turned upside down and then you add the feathers and wings and head. You could ever add real feathers. It would be a project you could do in the next week.

Good job Becky! We love it!

David's tape sculpture

David did this really cool project for school. We taped his whole body in pieces and then cut it off and put it altogether. It was really cool. You start with one layer sticky out and then two layers sticky in. The head was a little tricky. Definitely a parent help project."Here I am to save the day!"

It is kinda crazy to have another David in the house. He had to take it back to school and now his teacher has 30+ hanging from her ceiling.

Becky's birthday celebrations

My mom made Becky a star quilt for her birthday. It is so nice and soft. I love it!Beck got the Emma movie which she was so excited about.

And of course a birthday cake. She wanted to eat at Chuck-a-Rama, so none of us really wanted any cake and ice cream at home, so we had it the next night. Love ya Beck!

Fun kid activity

I found this idea in Family Fun. I tried it out in Abi's class for the Halloween party. It was really fun and something just a little different. Some of the kids really caught on to the idea, some not so much. I took a few pictures of some of the great ones.

I just had lots of magazines and paper bags and let the kids go at it.

Flash from October

Here is a small flash from Oct. I am not too sure where the time has gone, because November is almost gone now. We did make some fun memories! My kids love carving pumpkins and their dad does too. He does like to break out the power tools for carving. He figured that one out the past few years. It works wonders.

Happy Birthday Becky!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKY!Today my sister turns 28. Hard to believe she is that old. She is still as cute as ever! Happy Birthday Beck! Hope you have a wonderful day!!!!! We love you and glad we get to share your life with you! Thanks for all you do for us!

Jody and Brandon's Wedding

We went to Manti for my niece's wedding. It was such a great and memorable day! I was so glad I got to share it with my family.

The kids couldn't resist a roll down the hill. I was a little late at getting a photo of the actual rolling, but got David climbing back up.

David and I were married here 13 years ago on Nov. 2. Fun to be there for Jody's wedding so close to the day we were married. 13 years later we have 4 wonderful kids to show. Fun day to take my kids to the Manti Temple.

Jody and Brandon
October 24, 2008

Okay for the real fun pictures. So cute! So this is my sister Angela and her family. They finally have a brother!! YEAH!!! Now Stan isn't so out numbered. :) They all looked so good this day.
All the sisters Anne, Cami, Jody, Klea, Erin, and Lizz. This picture is so cute of them all. One down 5 to go. Can you imagine 6 daughters weddings? Crazy, but at least they have Cami the wedding planner!
Jody looked so beautiful! I can't believe she is married, well yeah I can she is pretty amazing! My little niece that isn't so little anymore. She was only 10 when I got married.

Cami's amazing creations. I understand these cakes quite intense. Cami with some help hand rolled all these pearl balls out of white chocolate. She dusted them with pearl dust. She said only for her sister. I thought this was such a cute idea! Brandon's mom decorated for the dinner with these. They are pumpkins painted black with white lines. So clever, I loved it!!!!!

Bee adventure continued. . . . . .Honey Extraction

Here is the other end of the honey process. The beginning of this story is in a post back in May. This is the honey extractor. You can put 3 frames inside and then spin the honey out.

This is a frame. David is cutting the outer wax off so we can get the honey out. He is using a heated knife. Having the knife hot makes the job much easier. Here is another frame. Notice the difference in the color of the honey. It is so interesting how different pollen makes different colors of honey. We think that the dark honey is from wild flowers.
This frame still has the outer wax on it. It is so interesting how they build the comb up and then fill it with honey and then cap it with more wax.

Trying to keep control of the bees. If they get in where you are extracting their honey it can be a little crazy!!!! The white box is called a souper. Inside the souper you can fit 10 frames.

Filling the jars with the honey. It is kinda a sticky job.

The finished product. Honey in the bottle. David let the kids have the nearly empty honey bucket. They were so excited, but it was a little crazy 'cuz they got so sticky!!!!
Having a hot dog and marshmallow roast in Grammy's backyard.

We had a fun weekend and lots of good help! Thanks Summers and Grammy!

Crazy hair day at school

Some how time has slipped away from me. I have so many events to post. It still might take me a few days to get things going the next few days are pretty packed too. The kids had crazy hair day at school a couple weeks back. They all thought it was great fun! Abi's was a hit. We just put a empty water bottle in the center and combed the hair around it. Kinda fun! Spencer and William just looked a little crazy. William has crazy hair most days, so he put pony tails in cuz that is a little different from the normal.

Conference Weekend

Jody and Brandon came and stay with us over conference weekend. We had a great time, great eats, and enjoyed the short time with them. And oh yeah did I say we had some good eats! We were cookin' up a storm and had some yummy meals. They included: stroganoff, ham, mashed potatoes (from the garden), potato rolls, pumpkin pie, scotcharoos, crepes and all the fixin's, blueberry muffins, pork loin, tomato/fresh mozzarella dish (Cami knows the real name), and fresh apple pie. There were some other side dishes, that topped each meal off nicely, but we seriously ate way too good. We just didn't want Brandon to forget us. :) They actually didn't have much time just hangin' out with us due to getting things together for their wedding which is only 2 weeks away! Crazy! We're glad your friends went home for the weekend so we could be your hosts! Good Luck with the wedding planning. See ya on the special day!
I am not too sure how this came about but glad we got the picture! Dog pile on Brandon!

Soccer ends

William is our first kid to play on a soccer team. He liked it quite well. His last game he play against the Mitchell's boy Adam. The Mitchell's are a true soccer family! Adam is quite the player. He doesn't mess around. Fun playin' against a great friend. David and Amy grew up together and now their kids are growin up together. Fun Times with the Mitchells!
Good game boys!

Eye Spy @ the Library

David signed up to help out with the eye spy window at the library. They finally called and got it scheduled. He was so excited to show his collection off. Thanks to the Wassmers and Grandpa Bretey David has become a Nascar fan. 17 has become his favorite number and yellow and black his favorite colors (along with purple). My kids can't go to the library without looking in.
Here is the outside of the window.

Behind the scenes.
Getting it all set up.

Me looking in from the outside.

Good job David! Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!