Meeting Santa

We woke up on Saturday morning and were having a lazy day after spending Friday decorating the house for Christmas (I will post decor pictures later). I looked outside and noticed people lining up along Main Street waiting for something. Well, since Grantsville is the parade capitol of the USA I quickly told the kids and Bump to get their coats on because there was a parade coming and we needed to get out front to watch it.

What a great surprise to see loads of police cars and fire trucks coming toward our house and who was on that first antique fire truck? "The Real" (according to Gabby, since he had a real beard) Santa and Mrs. Clause! And since we were the only ones right in front of our house Santa waved right at our kids and told us to come and visit him down at the fire station. Santa was followed in the parade by Miss Grantsville and her attendants and even a couple of floats that threw out loads of candy to our kids. We have a big Walmart Distribution center in town and they had a big semi-truck and people following throwing out candy. Since there was nobody else around us at all the kids didn't have to fight for candy and we ended up with almost as much as the kids collected for Halloween (dang it, I just got rid of all the Halloween candy)!

I have said it before, but I will say it again, I love living on Main Street! We would have missed Santa completely and the kids were so excited about seeing him and the rest of the parade.

Well, we ran into the house and I did the girls hair and we headed down to the fire station to tell Santa what we wanted for Christmas. There was a pretty long line by the time we got there and normally Bump and I would have left, but the kids were determined and so good that we decided to wait it out. They had some coloring tables for the kids and I waited in line while Bump took the kids to color. They also had loads of cookies and hot chocolate for everyone to eat. The fire department did a great job with the whole event and the kids had a great time - even waiting for 2 hours!!! Yes, we were pretty much at the end of the line.

It was worth it for the kids and we were glad that they had such a great time!

3 kids in a cupboard

I was doing the dishes a few mornings ago and the kids were all playing really good together. When I went to see exactly what they were doing I found them all together playing in the antique cupboard. They were having a great time and I took the picture because it won't be long until they can't fit in there any more. It's times like this that you just wish they could stay small and young and innocent.

Rivalry

Bump's work had a competition on the Friday before the BYU/UofU football game. He works in an office that is dominantly U of U fans and they all give him a really hard time about being a Y fan during football season. They don't "get into" things very much at his work and Bump decided to go all out for this and have fun - even if he would be the only one in blue. I painted his face in the morning and all the kids wanted their faces painted also. So, here is Bump with the kids (and we had Tera's kids for the weekend) all with BYU painted faces.

After he left for work he went and bought some additional accessories -an indian headdress and an arrow through his head- and this is how he looked at work all day.
The same day at preschool Gab learned all about indians and their role in our Thanksgiving history. She made a little indian costume and was so excited to have a matching costume with her dad. Too bad the Cougars couldn't pull through for us, but we definitely did our part in cheering them on!!

Too busy . . .

I know it's been forever since I've posted and I have no excuse really except that we haven't done anything very exciting to post about. I enjoy getting a quick peek at your blogs when I can to see how things are with each of you, but just haven't taken the time to write myself.

We are alive, nobody is sick, life is good and things are busy!! After this week is over I am sure I will get a chance to post again!! Thanks for keeping up on your blogs at least!!

Halloween Fun!

Halloween was sure fun at our house this year! In the morning Gabby had a preschool party and then a costume parade down main street. She dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood and got to wear her hair in curlers the night before and wear make up with her costume. She said that she looked beautiful.

Corban and Quincy waited patiently for the kids to walk in front of our house. Corban wanted to wear his costume also!
Here is where Gabby goes to preschool. It is right across the street from our house, which is so convenient! They combined the 3 year old class with the 4 year old class for the Halloween party and parade. They walked out the front and down the street for about a block and a half, then crossed and came down our side of the street and back across to the preschool. The police showed up and helped with traffic to help all the kids easily cross a busy main street.
Then last night Bump stayed at home to give out candy and I took the kids out trick-or-treating. Like I said before, Gabby is Little Red Riding Hood. Corban went as a Sea Turtle and Quincy was a Strawberry (Thank you Tricia and Tera for the costumes!) We walked around our big block and got lots of candy and met some of our neighbors! One of them (who we knew already) even let Gabby use their bathroom. Corban, on the other hand never said a word to me about needing to go and had an accident in his costume right before we made it home (Don't worry Trish, I will wash it!!)
We ended up having a great Halloween! The kids were finished trick-or-treating by about 7:00, they ate some candy, brushed their teeth and were in bed on time!! Woo hoo for us! Hope yours was a good one also!!