Hot Hot Chili

 The ward Halloween party is having a pot-luck chili dinner.  Lance really really wanted to play a joke on everyone and make the HOTTEST, as in spiciest, chili possible.  He bought a couple cans of chili, then added the habanero peppers, which were the hottest available in our area.   This first picture is of him trying to get me to try it.



This next picture is the face he made after he tried it himself!

Pretty obvious what this picture is.

In the end, he did take the chili to the church and warned no one.   He strategically placed it first on the table.   Yes there were small children fanning their mouths crying for water, and Lance laughed all the way home.

Last Game

 Sydney's last soccer game was today.  She is excited to have it over with.  She does not like to run much, so she has preferred to play defender, which she does a pretty good job at.  She doesn't think she'll play soccer next year, but we'll wait and see.  I didn't think she would play again this year, but she wanted to.

Apples

 It's time to pick apples at the nearby U-Pick apple farm.  The boys had lots of fun, too bad Sydney was in school and couldn't come.  Soon we will make applesauce.

Tyson Turns 5

 For breakfast, Tyson chose German pancakes.  Of course I had to add candles.

 He wanted an "Angry Birds" cake, so that's what he got!

 He invited three friends over.  Here they are checking out some the presents.

Grandma and Grandpa Smith gave him an awesome lego set, which he opened first thing in the morning.  I think dad loves the legos as much, if not more, than Tyson.  They have a good time putting them together.

Fire Station Open House

 Our kids love to attend the fire station open house.  Carson especially loves "Freddy" the firetruck, above, who drives around, talks and squirts water!

 They get to tour fire trucks, abulances, and police cars.  They also learn about fire saftey and prevention.

Just Like Dad

 Need I say more?

Pick Your Pumpkin

 We visited our local nursery today, which happens to offer the very best price on pumpkins.  The kids could each pick one, any one they wanted.  Sydney and Carson picked quickly, but not Tyson.  He wanted a perfect one.  No lumps or scratches, and perfectly round.  Tyson inspected nearly every pumpkin, and it took about an hour to finally decide.  We were in no hurry, just waiting for the kids bulb planting class to start.

Kids Bulb Day

 Our local nursery offered a kids bulb planting day for free. The kids get to plant a pot of tulip bulbs, with pansies on top so we can enjoy it in the fall.  They take care of them all winter and wait for spring to see the tulips!  Carson LOVES planting things with dirt.  He refused to "pour" the dirt into the pot.  He wanted to do it handful by handful.

JOG-A-THON 2011

 Sydney's School does one fundraiser a year and it's a jog-a-thon.  Carson and I worked hard on some motivational signs for Sydney!  Tyson was in preschool, so he didn't get to come and watch.

 Sydney is running by her best friend here.

All finished, now they get to eat popsicles!

Home Grown Pumpkins

 My garden space is very small.  But I LOVE pumpkins and wanted to grow small.  I decided we should be able to fit some small pumkins so we planted some "jack-be-littles".  Today we picked them!  The kids were as excited as I was, each picking their favorite.  This kind of pumpkin is too hard to carve, so we'll be using them for decoration.

Cinderella

 Sydney was in the play of Cinderella last week.  She was a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch!  Sydney loves to be on stage.  The play needed a pianist, so when asked, I agree to play for them.  It was fun to be at all the rehearsals and watch the play come together so quickly.  The entire thing is put on in 6 days, start to finish! 

 After the play was finished, I asked Sydney which role would she like to play when she is older?  She thought for a minute, and told me she would like to be the pianist!  I was very touched!