Adams Family Halloween Party

Every year, Steve and I host a pumpkin carving party with Steve's family. It has become a fun tradition where we all have a pumpkin to carve, dinner to eat, and a movie to watch. We have scary halloween music playing and the kids seem to have a good time. We started this clear back when Lyndsie was the only grandchild on that side and we have been doing it ever since. Now we have Ben and Deanne's kids, and Matthew that make it a lot more fun for everyone. Check out our pumpkins...

This is Sam's Batman Pumpkin, he wanted to carve this

because he knows Lyndsie loves Batman.

This is Brinley's

This is Sydnie's...Lyndsie chose not to do one his year.(I guess she thinks that she is too old)

this is Roxy, our chubby beagle, she is just waiting for someone to drop a piece of food or candy...she wants to celebrate the holiday too!

At the end of the party, everyone sits their pumpkins on our front porch and we take a picture of every family. It is fun to see these pictures from year to year!

P.S...the extra is Allen

A UEA Football Game

Janine planned a neighborhood football game...it was so fun. We had a large group show up and we played flag football. Sam had a good time and so did Brinley. Lyndsie came too, but she couldn't play because of her spranged ankle, so she was our photographer. When Sam heard what we were going to do, he got so excited and ran upstairs to get his football gear on. He came down with everything, including the helmet...He was ready!

This is Brad, trying on Sam's helmet. Funny!

Sam kept stealing my flag, he thought it was soooo funny!


Here is a picture of Lyndsie's beautiful ankle. Doesn't it look awful? It is going to take a long time to heal and in the meantime...let's hope she doesn't hurt anything else...Competition is just around the corner!!

Let It Snow?

Wow, it is October 12 and we have snow. I can't believe it...the weather in Utah is so unpredictable! It was a beautiful sight to look out and see everything covered in snow and we didn't just get a little...we probably got about 4 inches. Our poor trees have not recovered from last years early so storm. So I asked Brinley and Sam if they would like to go out and shake the branches a little so the tree wouldn't droop so much. And of course, their answer was YES. They did what I asked and then built the cutest snowman.

Lyndsie

Some pursue happiness, others create it!

We love you Lyndsie

I can't believe it!! Sam hurt himself again! He was jumping on the trampoline, did a front flip and hit the metal bar with his little mouth. He had three significant cuts and I knew that they needed to be stitched up. Yikes. Two were inside of his mouth and the other was acrossed his lip. When the doctor saw it, he wanted to send Sam to a plastic surgeon but then decided that he would do it himself. He wanted to stitch it without any numbing medicine because it tends to puff up the skin and so he numbed it with an ice cube. Sam did not like it, not one little bit...it hurt! He got 4 stitces without any numbing, he was so brave. We came back home and guess what? The stitches popped loose and Sam had to go back to the E.R. to get more stitches. What a sad day!!

Homecoming Week...

Homecoming Week for Lyndsie was so crazy!!! It was so jam packed with activities, early morning practices, assemblies, homework, and more activities! I am not sure how these cheerleaders coped with it. Lyndsie had some bad luck on top of everything else...on Friday, when the week was just about over, McKenna came to pick Lyndsie up early to get ready for the assembly that the cheerleaders were performing at. On their way to school they got in a car accident. A UTA bus hit them in the intersection close to the high school going about 30 miles per hour. No one was hurt too bad, except McKenna's poor car. McKenna and Lyndsie suffered some neck pain and sore muscles, but other than a few tears, everyone was okay. I will never forget the feeling of getting a phone call at 5:45 in the morning, getting the news of the accident, and driving up there so fast. It really makes you realize that bad things can happen, and it makes me sick to my stomach to think that things could have been so much worse if it had been just a second difference in time. We are so grateful that Lyndsie and McKenna are safe...they performed at the assembly, decorated for the football game and even cheered at the game. That didn't take away the fact that both of them were pretty shook up with sick stomachs and headaches. I felt so bad for them, but I am so glad that life went on as usuall!! Here are some pictures of the week...

Lyndsie went to the Homecoming Dance with other cheerleaders because the cheerleaders were in charge of it. Her group went to a Chinese Restaurant for dinner and then went to the dance together to hang out so they could help clean up when the dance was over. Wow, what a long week!

There is in each of us so much goodness that if we could see

it's glow, it would light the world.

We love you Sydnie!

Camping with the Larsen Family!!!

We had the best weekend! We went boating, 4 wheeling, had dutch oven dinners, went on bike rides...you name it, we did it. The only draw back was that Lyndsie couldn't go with us because of cheerleading so she stayed with some of our good friends instead. We missed her though. We traveled to Ferrin, Ut. to enjoy our weekend. It is the best little campground...it has a little lake, running water, flushing toilets, and trails to go 4 wheeling!

Sam and Gracie are trying to do "Big T, Little T"

something they learned in Lake Powell!

SJH Cheer Family Party

A cheer party was planned for families down at the Gooches house. It was a party for everyone to get to know each other. It was a BBQ/swim party. I think that all of the girls had a blast (even Lyndsie...even though she is no longer in jr. high, she still loves all of the 9th grade cheerleaders). It looks like it is going to be a fun year for Sydnie!

Wow...Lake Powell

Lake Powell was one of the best trips our family has ever been on. It was so much fun. The only problem with the whole trip was that Sydnie wasn't there with us. She chose to go to Cheer Camp instead. I wished so much the entire trip that she was with us, things did not seem the same and I was always looking for one more kid. Even when we got home and was looking through the pictures, I said to Steve "Oh, you didn't get any pictures of Sydnie cliff jumping!" Kim was there with us and she had to tell me that was because Sydnie wasn't there...so sad. But other than that, the trip was a blast. Every day was jam packed with FUN! Sam had the time of his life...One day, we had some boat trouble and we were out in the hot sun for hours. Finally Dean rescued us and started to take us back to the house boat. On the way back, he stopped and had everyone jump in because we were all so dang hot. Well, Sam jumped right in, and on his way in, he yelled "This is the BEST day of my life!" I thought how could he say that when we had just about melted to death all day, just sitting there, doing nothing? I laughed and so did Dean and that became the quote of the trip. Wow, everyone should have an outlook in life like that!

We were invited to go with the Garretts and their family, along with the Larsens. I can't think of a funner bunch. The things that I loved...

• watching everyone on the tubes...having the ride of their life.
• watching Sam play so hard all day long!
  
• being with great friends
  
• Jared (he was our entertainment)
  
• jumping into 90 degree water
  
• the food
  
• the sun
  
• watching Brinley and Grace play
  
• laughing so hard that I cried
  
• the beautiful scenery
• hanging out with Lyndsie

We had so much fun. It is a trip that we will never forget!

The cliff jumping was awesome. Everyone was so brave. I couldn't believe Sam, he just jumped like there was nothing to it. Demi was the dare devil though and Abby and Lyndsie only went if the other would go. Once you were up on the cliff, it looked a lot higher than when you were down in the water coaxing everyone to go. Ha Ha

The tube riding was outrageous! Some of the time, I actually feared for lives. People were flying everywhere. The funniest was to watch Steve, Brad, Jared and Claire ride the big tube. It was exciting to see who was going to be "King" of the tube...Jared usually won.

...the greatest days of our lives...
Here are some more great pictures of our week...

"Big T Little T!"

Oh...we missed Sydnie so much. She would have had so much fun! On Friday, Sydnie was leaving cheer camp to go and stay with the McKenzies until Sunday. She called me on her way home and it was so hard to talk to her...she was sad and so was I! We love you Sydnie and we wished that you were with us!