I Ran a Mile! (By Lindsey)

today I ran a mile in p.e. I came in secened place. A kid named Landon came in first. I was behind him the entire time. I was the first girl to finish.

A Trip to the Zoo

One of Lindsey and Ryland's favorite places to go is the zoo. We were able to go there last Saturday with some friends of ours. Lindsey says her favorite part of the zoo was when she got to play on the rhino statue. Ryland says his favorite part of the zoo was playing on their playground and riding the new carousel. I probably should have just taken them to the park!

Ryland on the giant spider at the zoo playground.

Ryland on the carousel. "I'm flying, mom!"

Lindsey and Maegan on the carousel.

Lindsey and Ryland playing on the rhino statue.

More fun on the rhino!

Ryland spent the whole day figuring out where we were on the map.

You are here ...

They did get to enjoy seeing some animals, too. There's a tiger in the background of this picture of Lindsey ...

Lindsey and Caleb in the giraffe house.

Ryland in front of the gorilla exhibit. Doesn't it look like he's standing in front of a painting!

Lindsey is a Cutie!

I just think that Lindsey is the cutest thing ever! We put her hair in rollers so she could wear it curly to church and I just had to share how adorable she is! (Chuck was even trying to talk her into getting a perm - don't worry, it's not gonna happen ... )

Halloween

Halloween was, of course, a busy, fun time for the kids. This year, Lindsey dressed up as a fencer and Ryland was a skeleton (he was actually a skeleton dirt-bike-rider, minus the dirt bike). Ryland had a pre-school carnival, Lindsey had a class party, and our ward also had a Halloween party. Halloween night we went trick-or-treating at Thornberry Apartments where my Grandma and Chuck's mom both live. We were able to meet up there with Sam and Sarah and their kids for a bit. Afterwards, Chuck was able to take the kids trick-or-treating around our neighborhood while I stayed home handing out candy. The kids had a wonderful time, even despite their grumpy mom who was suffering with a bad head cold and just ready for the holiday to be over : )

Lindsey as a fencer ...

Ryland as a skeleton ...

Lindsey and Ryland with Great-Grandma White

Lindsey, Ryland, Kaylee, and Ginger with Grandma Hale

Lindsey, Ginger, Ryland, and Kaylee

Ryland with his two best friends, Jonah and Gavin (don't you just love the matching mohawks!)

Lindsey does actually have girl friends! Each of these girls, except one, live on our street and Lindsey does play with them occasionally (when one of the boys aren't around ...).

Lindsey and Ryland scored on the candy! We didn't have as many trick-or-treaters as last year so we also had a lot of left-over candy that wasn't handed out!

Ryland and Lindsey are already planning their costumes for next year. Ryland wants to be Curious George and have Chuck dress up like the Man in the Yellow Hat. Lindsey wants to be a "dragon rider" - she never picks the traditional costume ... (We are reading Eragon together and she is absolutely "loving" it! She has even organized a game at school where the kids are dragon riders, or dragons - at last count she says there are more than 17 kids playing the game during recess ... most of them boys of course!)