Dani's Version of a Saturday

This is my version of a Saturday.   So I wake up, go see if Britti and Nica are awake and try not to pester.  Then I go downstairs and check  my e-mail.  After that I make Dad a lunch.  I eat breakfast and  head to my room.  Then I read.  Next, I go downstairs.  While there I either play Wii or watch TV.  (This is always all done before 8:00 am.)  Then I wait for Britti and Nica to wake up. After that ,  I wave bye to Dad.  Then they wake up. (usually nobody is up while I do all of the above.)  Then anything could happen.

          Up bright and early!.........    This post was published by Dani!!!!!!!!

Smashing Pumpkins

Not the band....the actual thing.  The girls had a blast and got really gross feet.  I don't know why they wanted to step on it...but at least Ry cleaned it up!

Dani is 12!

She wanted that on the birthday invites.  It is a fun year.  She is so old.  Going to Young Women's, Dance's, movies with friends, babysitting.  I love her fire and passion for life.  She makes me happy (sometimes even when she sasses I can't help but laugh as I send her to her room).

This was our birthday activity on Sunday.  Dad made it xtra special with the cool driveway.  It was so fun and we loved sharing the day with Remi for her blessing.

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was fun as always.  It was kind of nice to have Dani's special day be a whole separate thing.  Although I still think she enjoys it best when we celebrate halloween too.

Even Ryan and I dressed up this year!  (If you count a hat)  I was a twi-hard, Dani some creepy thing (Opi got a great shot with her eyes glowing), Britti a ninja, and Nica a Vampire.  Not sure what to call Ryan....maybe a modern Zoro?  Thanks Oma for the cupcakes and Omi for the chili!

Nightmares!

Thursday October 28th 2010

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Sorry if you've seen this on another blog!  I thought it was fun too and wanted to share with a few others!

Dani's Party

So for Dani's party we went to Scary Hill (Cherry Hill).  Mini golf was pretty loaded but we played anyway.  It was tons of fun and worked out great.  After that we rock climbed and played Aeroball.  It was a blast!

 Training with Lance and Em paid off!  Dani made it to the top of the medium while most of the others went for the easy!  (Nica got to the top while many of Dani's friends didn't, funny huh.)

 Rockin mini golf....

Don't know where Isa went....I'm guessing off with Britti?

P.S.  You may want to ask about the live crickets!!!!

Remienna Jade

Our niece has been here awhile, but we haven't shown her off yet! I love her name and she is quite a beauty already!

Brigham's going to be a great big brother!

Just some catching up

So there are a few things I wanted to post and my life will be getting crazier over the next couple months.  Here is the state fair:

 All you can eat ice cream!

 The BEST Bunch!

Feeding the goats was kind of scary!

EWWWWW!

I hate this whole growing up thing.  It really gives me joy and all, but still..... can't they just stay little forever!?  So this morning I am at work with no make up on.  I know I don't exactly cake it on and going without it on a family day is not so bad, I just look like I'm half dead or something.  But this post is really about the reason I am here with no make up on. 

This morning Dani was up bright and early hitting the shower (not her favorite thing, she'd rather read or talk to Oma in the morning).  She packed a bag with her cutest clothes, a brush, and MY Make up!  The school is having a dance!  EWWWWW boys!  Fortunately for me, Dani is friends with everyone, regardless of gender (annoyance is a factor however), and I know she'll have a good time without thinking that dancing together turns you into anything more than friends.  But just you wait people...you'll be weirded out too when it's your own!

Excitement

So if Dani had an assignment to write a poem about an emotion, what do you think she'd pick?  Obviously the title of this post gives it away, but I am guessing most of you could have picked without any help.  Excitement is pretty much Dani's life, not many people can match her passion for every single thing that ever happens.  Here is her poem:

Excitement rushes out of me,

I am waiting for that day to come,

The day I'm waiting for,

I am excited; it will be so fun,

It will not be a bore

as excitement hurries from my core.

Bouncing off of walls,

Spinning 'round

Running through halls!

I can't wait

as day falls.

The day will make me feel great!

For I can't wait!

Excited, Excited,

Full speed ahead!

I cannot lie in my bed,

while excitement is in my head!

This assignment was at just the right time for Dani's feelings to be intense.  Her birthday and Halloween being the same day and coming up.  I truly believe it "hurries from her core"!

Feast your eyes on this!

The fourth grade had a feast and all the kids dressed as knights, peasants, kings, and princesses. Britti went for the knight deal and it looked great. I don't think Knights should end up in the stocks though!

Hogle Zoo

The zoo is such a fun first grade field trip. Our group was the tigers and we had the cutest kids in our group.

Byngo Bongo Rojo

So I don't know if anyone else plays the byngo bongo game in the car, but my kids do. They decided to add rojo and when Nica taught it to Sydney, it turned into the music I heard for 30 minutes on the bus ride.

Diorama

Have you ever been so excited about something you just couldn't stand it!?  Well that's how Nica felt about this.  It was her news event of the day and she wouldn't let it go.  She wanted to get it all done that very day.  I could not comply at the moment, so I heard about it everyday till it was done.  It is of the white-tailed deer, which she molded out of playdough herself.  You should ask her what she learned!

Don't mind the milk carton waiting to go out!  Just be glad the rest of my house wasn't in the picture!

Geology Rocks!

Britti knows quite a bit of geology now. This is her trifold she presented to the first grade.

Climbing monkeys

FHE with the Lance VB Fam! Rock Climbing! Great Lesson! No Rain! Good Food!

Britti looking a bit concerned!

Dani and Britt - Who will reach the top first?

"Ahh, I feel so much better with my feet on the ground!"

Nica's first attempt - Alot of slips and hanging by the rope - Dont look down!

Nica would not give up! Keep climbing!

"Dad I made it to the top! Do I have to come down?"

Tin Foil Dinners right out of the fire! Yum Yum - (Thanks Emily)

Strangers

Hi,
  So I just got hugged by a random stranger.  I found his keys.  They were on the table he'd checked at least 10 times. 

My favorite pic

This is my favorite pic of Britti on the soccer field.  She gets to play with her cousin Isabella and they are having a great time!  Goooooo Lucky Leprechauns!

Wall Lake and Beyond

Wall Lake here we come! Boy was it a COLD morning!!

 Time for Lunch....Sue's Deli was served!

Enjoy it while you can! Soon comes the little snot nose baby!

Wow! What cuties!

On the way down, we decided to climb up "the wall" at wall lake, see the small people in back, thats the stewarts.

Nothings better than a nice shake to finish off the day!

Teeth

So Nica is now obsessed with loosing a tooth.  She is tired of waiting.  She's pretty convinced she's got a loose one, which is possible.  She could feel it long before anyone else could see it, so who knows.  Anyway, she now dreams, almost nightly of loosing a tooth.  One night, she dreamed she sneezed and her tooth flew out.  Another night it was that we were at the grocery store and she accidentally smashed her face on the handle of the cart and it came out (I guess I stopped and she didn't notice or something).  Dreams are crazy.  She's even got Britti dreaming about it now.  She dreamed that she pulled a tooth out and the one next to it fell out.  She went to spit it out and all the teeth in her mouth went with it.  Maybe the Tooth Fairy should just yank one of those babies out for the little Nicster!

Tour of Utah

Nica is up first to race!

Around the corner she goes!

Britti! Good Luck!

Super fast around the corner!

Dani's Race, These kids were Serious!

Go Dani go!, Just happens to be Cousin Elle right behind her.

Dani with Race leader - Levi Leipheimer

Race leaders, ready to start

There they go! Jeff L. of Utah ended up winning the stage!

We all had a Great time! We will be sure to catch it again next year!