FREE Scrapbook Stuff

Ok guys heres the deal, there is a Making Memories Warehouse in SLC that gets ride of stuff off and on. Today they have a whole bunch of wooden letters (A,E,F,G) and shapes (stars, flowers, hearts, amperstand,etc.), along with paints, and other cool stuff. The address is approx. 4800 w 1751 s. off of 1730 s. - if you want more directions give me a call or post to me. From Tooele take the 5600 w exit off I-80 and from Provo take the Bangeter exit off hwy 201 (AKA. 2100 S.) They did say that whatever isn't picked up by 4:00pm they are putting in the trash, so you might have to do some dumpster diving. We usually take a couple of cars load them with as much as we can and share with everyone in the ward and family members. But you can do what you would like. Who doesn't like free stuff....

The Outcome of National Chocolate Day

Ok as you all are well aware yesterday was National Chocolate Day, but even though this should be a "Family Holiday" I chose to spend the evening with the Young Women, playing a game called the "Walmart Game" for mutual. This game is played by splitting into groups and each group picking out 10 items to put in the cart within 15 mins. Then the carts are swapped and the opposite team has to put everything back where it goes. The team that empties their cart first wins.... Anyways, after we finished playing this game we decided it would be nice of us to let everyone else that we ran into know that is was "National Chocolate Day". However, the girls (12-13 year olds) were big chickens and didn't dare tell anyone so me being their fearless leader felt the need to be a good samaritan to let these people know. Once I started they also started to get the hang of it. We did get some crazy looks and comments, but the best thing about the evening was after we left Walmart we took them to Maceys to get ice cream cones and the girl working was so excited about learning the it was National Chocolate Day she gave us all chocolate ice cream cones for FREE!!! Wooo Hoo! How awesome is that..... We did have one girl that didn't like chocolate ice cream so we had to pay $ .50 for hers, but all in all it worked out great for us.

National Chocolate Day

Just a small reminder that today is "National Chocolate Day" eat all the chocolate you want with OUT all the guilt that comes with. Thanks Joey for finding the list of national holidays. This one is very important to me. If I ever become President of the U.S. this WILL me made a paid holiday!!! Feel free to write me in on the ballet next week! :)

FHE

Tonight for FHE we held our annual Pumpkin Carving evening. We started out by finding an image worthy of being placed on our carefully chosen pumpkins (purchased on Saturday to save time). Then came the oowie gowie mess that comes with gutting out the insides. We then learned a trick this year that actually worked quiet well, after poking the wholes in the pumpkin to form the pattern so you know where to cut, you rub the pumpkin with flour and it fills in the holes so you can see where you need to cut alittle better. The boys had a lot of fun and were eager to help... And this is our final product...

Trunk-or-Treat

So our ward Trunk-or-Treat was last night, why a week early I'm not sure, but the kids had so much fun. There costumes turned out ssssoooo cute. I think I was just as excited for them to wear them as they were. What were they you ask, well you will just have to wait until halloween to see the final product..... I'll give you a hint, the boys were dressed as the same thing, accessoriesing (is that a word?) with a whip and Allie was pink with a rainbow on her belly.....

"Another Surprise Friday"

This week for surprise friday we decided it was time for the kids to be introduced to an air popcorn popper. You would have thought we took them to Disneyland. They were laughing and hopping up and down with excitment the entire time it was popping. After taking a vote, it was decided we wanted caramel popcorn instead of just butter flavored. It was good stuff.... We then watched Goonies with them, which they also loved... Justin is all about the "chuffle shuffle" and One Eyed Willie. This was one of the movies that was watched many, many, many times at my house growing up, not to mention the hours spent listening to my brother Craig replay the whole movie on his own and making us all laugh. WOW, GOOD TIMES!

$2.99 WOW

Woo Hoo! Can I even tell you how excited I am to see this price at the gas pump... I could hardly believe it was under $3.00, I didn't think I would live to see the day! I wanted to take a picture of the sign, but didn't have my camera with me... Oh well, I'm sure you have all seen it for your selves, but if not you will just have to trust me. I SAW IT WITH MY OWN TWO EYES!!!!