Pumpkin Contest Results!

And the winner is!!
Not jake. Although Popeye did rake in a nice 2nd!! That is good enough for $100 cash....not too shabby!! A gal at Jake's work who works cashier decorated some pumpkins to look like the California Raisins, and she won 1st. Mind you, Cali Raisins are not exactly 'classic cartoon' as the rules called for, but it is certainly something none of the rest of us thought of! I would have liked to have seen them. Anyways, I am still happy that Jake placed. Thanks to all those awesome family members who helped build Popeye! Stay tuned for next years contest :)

Daily chore assignments

Here is how lily sees the chores in our house going.....

"If I make a mess, I clean it up.

If you make a mess, you clean it up.

If daddy makes a mess, daddy cleans it up.

If brother makes a mess, (pause), daddy just tells me to clean it up."

At least we all know who's mess we are responsible for!! hehehehehe what a nerd!

Halloween News

In other news, Jake's day job, Mountain High Motorsports is currently conducting their annual Halloween Employee Pumpkin Contest. The idea is for the employees to decorate or carve a pumpkin under certain criteria and then judge each other's pumpkins to determine the winner. A couple years back we did the Headless Horseman with an old motorcycle frame, and engine and a bucket for the body, and wires for the arms and hands, with, naturally, the pumpkin for the head (which was actually a helmet painted orange!). It was a hit, and it won first place. The next year we did Yoda. This one was also really fun to do! The pumpkin was the head, and then other forms of melons/squash were used for the hands and ears etc. This year, we did Popeye. He looks awesome!. Hopefully, we will win again, as has been the tradition so far.

Jake has a very talented brother who has assisted with the last two years donating invaluable time and talent to making our pumpkin creations come to life. Thanks Isaac!! I don't know about Jake, but I look forward to this contest each year. Lots of fun! Happy Halloween!!

Like mother, Like daughter

Lily's school is doing their Red Ribbon Week this week teaching the kids all about saying no to drugs. Tuesday (today) was crazy sock day, meant to encourage kids to 'kick drugs to the curb'! Kids who wore crazy socks would get a sticker that they could wear all day. Trying to convince Lily to dress silly is like trying to convince a dog to meow. Very difficult task! Just like her mother, dressing out of the comfort zone is not something we look forward to doing. I never did participate in Spirit Weeks or anything of the sorts in school. I would support my friends of course, but you would always and only see me in the regular jeans and t-shirt. It appears this is the case with Lily also. Wednesday is backward shirt day and when I asked her if she wanted to wear her shirt backward I got a look that said 'are you crazy??' at the same time her mouth said "no!"

Needless to say, I did convince her to participate in crazy sock day. She would not wear her own socks mismatched or anything, but she did agree to wear her daddy's socks!! So, here she is, in her dad's tall socks. Pretty cool huh?

We will keep working at getting her out of her comfort box a bit. :)

SO!! I found this pic on the internet while searching for all things Twilight with my sis-in-law Ashlee, and I thought it was awesome! It only shows a few of the characters in the movie, but it is still a neat picture. Can't wait for the movie to come out!

She says it again!

I just don't know what to do with this girl! Lily is becoming more and more intuitive every day. She puts things together and asks questions that we just don't expect, and usually what she says is just hilarious! Like her comments the other day about her dad listening to the devil, this one is just as good....
We have a mounted deer head in our garage, compliments of my uncle, and Lily likes to look at it. This is her conversation with her dad on Sunday evening.
Lily: Dad, is that deer real?
Dad: Yes it is.
Lily: How come it is not moving?
Dad: Because it's spirit is not in it. It's real, but dead.
Lily: Oh. Where is it's spirit?
Dad: In heaven.
Lily: Oh. Dad? When I die, are you going to hang me on the wall too?

Are you for real?! Jake told me he didn't know what to say, so he laughed, and sent her off to play. At least she left laughing too. Good times!

note about song

Lily has a cold at the moment, and it is affecting her voice, so she sounds a little froggy in her song video, but I think it is still pretty awesome that she has learned the chant, (and all the other songs we are singing!). You Go Girl!

Lily and her song

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Lily and her Dad

This was a conversation between Jake and Lily on Saturday. Just too cute not to share!
Lily: We have church tomorrow dad.
Jake: I don't want to go to church.
Lily: Dad, I think you have been listening to the devil.
Jake: Why?
Lily: Because the devil teaches us not to go to church.

How about that huh? I am glad that Lily likes church, and that she listens to her lessons!! Needless to say, Jake did come to church!

So!! We took the kids over to Gardner Village on Friday afternoon for some early Halloween fun. This year, Lily is Belle, and Quinn is Superman! It is so cute!
Lily got her dress from one of the booths at Swiss Days this past Augustand then I just curled her hair and added some make-up. For Q-boy I bought red and blue fabric at Walmart and my grandma and I made the cape, and we made the shield with the S on it, and simply attached it to a red onesie that I had at home. The tights are borrowed from cousin Shaylee, and voila! We have two cute kids all ready to go.
Once they were in their costumes, we went to daddy's work and told his boss that superman was there to spring his daddy from work for a day of fun. His boss agreed that a few hours wouldn't hurt anyone! And we were off.
It was a blast! There were a lot of people there, and a lot of cute photo spots. Both kids had fun, and Quinn is learning to be such a ham when we try and take pics of him! He has started to lean forward and make funny grins when we tell him to smile. Nerd. Lily as usual, just enjoys having people take notice. And she is great with her little brother.
Here are the pics!