Wii is getting Fit

I finally managed to get us a Wii Fit. At Amazon you could sign up to get a text message when they became available so I signed up and the minute I got the text, I ordered one. Cayla is the most dedicated. She is on it several hours a day, and Alyssa gets in her share also. Brittni hasn't really had time, and I've managed about a half hour. My Wii fit age was 57, which isn't bad since I'm 52. My second time, I managed a 44, so I'm getting younger by the minute. My little Mii looks more like a roly poly weeble person, but hopefully she will slim down if I can find enough time to work out on it. What we need to do now is post a video of Alyssa doing the hula hoop, which is quite entertaining.

Disney on Ice

Last Wednesday, Brittni, Cayla and I went to Disney on Ice. Cayla has never been before, and last time we went with just Alyssa and Brittni, because our seats ended up being where you couldn't see well and shouldn't have been sold, they put us on the very front row and center. It was so awesome, and I wanted Cayla to have that kind of experience so I bought the best seats available that day, which were row C, and I thought that was probably the third row. Well, it ended up being the first row on the side and we had the very first seats so we were right up front right by the little stages they have at that end of the ice that the skaters sometimes get up on and where the men in black come set up props.

For some reason I don't think Cayla was into have her picture taken at this moment.

This is the little stage that was just a few feet in front of us.

One funny thing that happened that night was that towards the end of the show this big ball of suds came falling from above and landed right on the back of the head of this little boy next to us who was standing in front of his dad. I guess it was from the bubble machine they use during the Nemo scene. It seemed to just come out of nowhere because looking up, it didn't really look like the boy was straight underneath any equipment up there, but my girls actually saw it falling so I guess it did. Needless to say the dad looked completely stunned.

Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

Yes, I am posting about casserole, but no, I didn't take a picture of my food, just grabbed one from the internet.

After living with a non-vegetable-eating husband for 16 years, I have been craving a really good chicken and broccoli casserole. It's been about 20 years since I have had one. With the husband out of the way, I still had one obstacle, a non-vegetable, non-chicken eating daughter. Since Alyssa is never home at dinner time anymore because of work, and Brittni and Cayla both eat broccoli and chicken, I decided it was time.

It was everything I hoped it would be. That was the best meal I've cooked in a long, long time, most likely because it is not one of the 10 or so meals I rotate in our limited repertoire, and the best part is I split it into two casserole dishes and put one in the freezer for another delicious meal that is oven ready. YUM!!!

Star Pupil

When we went to parent-teacher conference at school, the first thing Cayla's teacher said was, "if you ever get sick of Cayla and feel it is time for her to move on, I have spoke with my wife and we will adopt her with no question." He said she is one of the best students he has ever had in all his years of teaching. He likes to throw out jokes that go over most kids heads, but Cayla gets them every time.

She got straight 4's in all subjects and just like every parent-teacher conference, the teacher is at a loss as to what goals they can set for her.


He gave us her Utah State core tests from the end of 4th grade, which she of course passed well above average and, in fact, on the math tests she got 100%. She hates math, but she excels at it.


He was very impressed with her wax museum project, stating that it hit every point perfectly, the costume, speech, and report, all right on point.




Here she is looking a little bit like Pinocchio (awesome costume from 2 years ago).

Skylar's Baptism

Syklar and Malorie have been attending church with a neighbor and Skylar decided he wanted to be baptised. His uncle baptized and confirmed him.




I was not at the best angle for this picture as there were about 5 different people taking this picture at the same time, so I got a shot with the baptism boy hidden by Braden, but at least I got a good shot of him above.

Just one cute anectode. When Malorie and Skylar came home from their first time at church, Malorie told her mom very excitedly about how they even got lunch, a tiny piece of bread and water. They have definitely been overfeeding that girl if she considers that a lunch.

Halloween

This was by far the cutest costume at the school this year, and it all started when Cayla tried on the chef hat at Halloween Express and we were trying to decide what we could do with it. This is one of the cutest and easiest to put together homemade costumes we have ever come up with. Homemade to a point that is. I actually found white pajama sleepers on line. I just love the internet!

She really was a happy dough boy, she just didn't look so in this picture. If you poked her tummy, she would giggle.