October 29, 2006

October 29, 2006

Monday:
The kids didn’t have school on Monday so we enjoyed sleeping in for one more day. That evening we were invited over to our friends house for a very special FHE, along with some other families. It was a very enjoyable evening!

Tuesday:
The three youngest kids had gymnastics. Bob had his last football game and Kayla made cookies at Activity Days.

Wednesday:
I got a last minute call to sub at Wilkins (where Kayla and Tyler attend) I taught a 4th grade class, filling in for a sick teacher. It was such a fun day and a very different experience from subbing middle school. It was extra fun to see Kayla and Tyler at school! That night was our Trunk R Treat at the church. I will post some pics along with this. Tyler went as Luke Skywalker and Kayla went as Princess Leah. Alayna was Analeise from Princess and the Pauper. Marisa went as a medieval princess. They had a carnival at the church where the kids played games, did a cake walk, ate donuts off a string, etc. Then we went outside to trunk r treat. It was fun, but VERY chilly. It was hard to tell what people were dressed up like when everyone had coats on. After that, we went home and Bob played his last softball game and they actually won!!!

Thursday:
Grandma and Grandpa Hart came up from Illinois for the weekend. That evening Corey and I took the 3 older kids and tried “Supper Thyme”. Its just like Cooking cottage, so I wanted to try it out. One of those where you go for two hours, and make 12 home made meals. Corey split most of hers in two so she almost made 24 meals. It was so fun to do with the kids!! It saves me so much cooking time, so I think it is so worth it!!

Friday:
It was my first time to sub at Oak Ridge. It was 6th grade reading, language arts, and math. It was the most complex lesson plan I have had yet to date. I actually instructed every class, gave quizzes, graded papers, did a tornado drill, etc. I was exhausted by the time I got home!
That evening we had the absolute FUNNEST EVENING EVER!!!! Two couples in a different ward put together a treasure hunt. (This tradition has been going on here for 25 years!!) We were invited, so our team of 6 was me, Bob , Marisa, Kayla, Corey, and Hal. (Tyler and Alayna stayed at the church). We met at the Linn County court house along with 19 other teams. It was a night of “Amazing Race” on hyperdrive. When they said go, we read the clue and all took off in our respective cars. (If we couldn’t figure out the clues, there were panic cards you could open) We did great til we had to find Jefferson HS. You would think since we had a navigation system, we would have found it fast. No such luck. We had to do so many things, mostly based on the movie National Treasure: find a boat house names Charlotte, decipher a code on the side of a masonic temple, fine clues in buckets, etc. It was a fascinating evening! We came in about 18 out of the 20 teams, but were also one of the few (possibly the only ones) who used no panic envelopes. They had a huge party afterwards with pizza, pop, and cake. The people who won have to plan it for next year and Bob won an award for being the only person to dress up- he was Ben gates. Anyway, it was so fun we can hardly wait for next year!!

Saturday:
We spent the morning shopping for a dress for Marisa and I for Missy’s exciting upcoming wedding. Then we went to the church for Tyler’s very special day. His baptism was so wonderful and we are so proud of him for the wonderful choice he has made. (He even surprised us today by getting up and bearing his testimony) He was so excited yesterday that he could hardly contain his joy. I will attach pics- you have to check out that contagious smile!!! We came home after and headed to Walmart to get flu shots only to see they were out-ugh! Then they went to see “Open Season” at the movie Theater for Tyler’s birthday. (I stayed home with Alayna. She has been sick for about 10 days with a nasty cold and actually fell asleep a few minutes before we were to leave for the movie) They brought Chinese food home for dinner. Then Tyler opened some very cool presents, we ate his cool dinosaur cake (my friend made) and then watch X-Men III which he has been dying to see. He said it was a perfect day- the best he has ever had!
That evening I got a call from my friend who went into labor. They kept her for several hours and then sent her home, so I came back home with Alayna and Marisa at 5:45 AM. Made me tired today- hope her baby comes tonight for her.

Sunday:
We have had an enjoyable relaxing day with games and homemade apple pie!

Well, I guess that’s it for our fun and exciting week! Happy Birthday to Jonathan- whose was the same day as Tyler’s!! Also Happy Birthday to Grandma Cunningham and Grandma Hart whose birthdays were last week.

Have a Happy Halloween!!!!