Halloween X4

Happy Halloween!  Memphis and Kayzee have LOVED Halloween this year.  They got to wear their costumes to 4 different Halloween parties/trick or treating.  We have way too much candy and I didn't have to buy any this year to pass out for trick-or-treating.  I just used all the candy we got so saving money and not having as much candy in the house to eat is a win-win for me!

1-Ward trunk-or-treat
Last Saturday we went to our ward's Halloween dinner and trunk-or-treat.  They found some guy in Lehi that makes pirate ships and dresses up like Jack Sparrow and the kids got to play on the ship.  Very cool…

 Some guy in our ward made this costume.  We didn't think it looked very comfortable walking around on stilts hunched over like that all night but most of the kids thought it was awesome.  He was kinda creepy because he would sneak up on you and just stand there staring.  It terrified Kayzee so bad she would scream.  And that night she was up every hour screaming.  Needless to say I didn't get any sleep that night…not cool.

 We had Little Ceasers pizza and yummy chilis and soups for dinner.  Then we all made a huge circle with our cars and did some trunk or treating and staying warm by the fire pits.  My kids were so polite saying thank you.  They got a lot of compliments for that because a lot of kids don't say it anymore.  I have polite kids and I love them.

Here we all are ready for the ward party.  Danny does not like Halloween at all so he never dresses up. Party pooper!

2-Halloween Carnival

Yesterday the young women in our ward put on a Halloween Carnival for all the primary kids.  It was basically an hour of free babysitting for us parents but Kayzee would not let me leave.  I had fun anyways.  The young women were a lot of fun and they had some fun carnival games.  

3-School trick-or-treating

The kids went to day care today at their Lone Peak High School Day Care and they got to go trick-or-treating to all the high school classrooms.  They had so much fun and they literally came home with two huge buckets full of candy!  I had fun watching my elementary school's costume parade.  There are some creative costumes out there!

Here are Memphis and Kayzee all ready for school today…

4-Neighborhood trick-or-treating

Tonight we are continuing our Halloween tradition of Little Ceasers pizza for dinner and then we are going to take the kids around our neighborhood for some trick-or-treating.  Then it's bedtime for the kids and Danny and I are planning on just relaxing and watching a movie.  

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2013 EVERYONE!

Our Families

What a fun first few weeks of October we have had.  We got to see both Danny's family and my family!

First we had Danny's family come to our house on Oct 4 for his Dad's birthday.  The men went golfing and the women went shopping.  Then we had a party.  I also found out that I am going to be an aunt again.  Danny's brother Teddy and his wife are expecting their first baby!  So exciting!  The next day we all headed up to Salt Lake to Liberty Park for the State Tennis Tournament.  Danny's sisters Emily and Mary were competing.  They did AMAZING!!!  I am so proud of my Royer family and the talents they have.  I hope my kids get some of that:)

The next week my Mom and brother drove down from Washington and my sister Alicia flew in from California.  It was my fall break so we had fun shopping and eating out at yummy restaurants.  We also had our Bear Lake Condo time share this weekend so off we went for a few days.  My cousin just had her 4th baby in September so to give her a weekend of rest we took her two oldest boys with us.  They are friends with Memphis and Kayzee so it worked out great so they could all play together.  My cousin's mom (my aunt) met us at the condo and so did my grandma and grandpa.   What a fun time we had.  The weather was perfect.  Too cold to swim in the lake but luckily the pools were heated so we had fun swimming!  The best part...NO CROWDS!  

We also did a lot of miniature golfing.  It was cleaned up for the winter but we brought our own clubs and balls and still had fun competing.  Memphis won for the most holes in one!  Seriously he made like 10.  AMAZING!  Kayzee had fun playing with Daddy.  

Game 1: Danny and I TIED! If you ask Danny he actually won;)

Game 2: My brother Chris won

Game 3: We paired up and played best ball.  My sister and I WON!

Game 4: My sister Alicia won

We all left Sunday.  My mom and brother left for Washington and my sister headed back home with us.  Monday I had a PE professional development day all day and the day care was closed so my sister Alicia stayed to play with the kids all day.  They had so much fun!  That night we drove her to the airport and the whole way home Kayzee just sobbed, "I want Auntie Sheesha!!!!"  It's so hard when our families live so far away:(

We LOVE our families!!!  Thanks for coming to visit!

September...FAMILY FUN!

September was super busy but super fun!  October is going to be the same!

We did A LOT as a family this month.  The weather cooled down so we did a lot more outdoors which was nice.  I LOVE my little family:)

BIRTHDAY
My sweet Kayzee Lynn turned 3 on September 4th!  If you asked her how old she was she would always say 10.  Yes she definitely acts like she is 2 going on 10:)  She had a fun birthday and we got to do a lot!  I didn't plan a big party like we did with Memphis because her birthday just came too fast and life was crazy but we asked her what she wanted to do and we did it all!  We played all week long...here are some of the fun things we did to help Kayzee celebrate her birthday...

1-Play at Mommy's School:  My kids love to play at my school with all the fun PE equipment.  Here Danny pushed the kids on scooters so they would fly across the gym...

2-Go fishing:  Kayzee loves to go fishing with Daddy.  We usually go to the pond behind Lone Peak High School or to the Saratoga Dock.  We did both.  Kayzee was having fun posing for the camera.

3-Birthday Party: We asked Kayzee who she wanted to invite to a cake and ice cream party with presents.  She said her best friend Kate and neighbor Angela.  So we invited both families and we had a fun little party for Kayzee.  She LOVED all her gifts and says THANK YOU!  Those of you who sent money (grandma's and grandpa's) she got to go to the store and pick out a new toy.  She loved doing that so thank you!  And Mom...sorry I didn't get a picture of Kayzee with the presents you sent because the package came so much later and I forgot...SORRY!

4-Go out to eat:  We always sign our kids up for the free birthday meal to TGIFridays.  We drove all the way over there in bad traffic only to have it closed for renovations.  Kinda mad but Kayzee saw Texas Roadhouse next door and wanted to go there so that's where we ended up having her birthday meal.  It was yummy!  

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY KAYZEE LYNN!

Here are the birthday questions I asked Kayzee this year...

1-Favorite color? Pink

2-Favorite toy? Fairy's

3-Favorite fruit? Apples

4-Favorite TV show? PAW Patrol

5-Favorite food at lunchtime? Mac n Cheese

6-Favorite outfit? Princess dress-up

7-Favorite Game? Cards

8-Favorite snack? Fruit snacks

9-Favorite animal? Giraffe

10-Favorite song? Twinkle Twinkle

11-Favorite book? Fairy book

12-Who is your best friend? Kate

13-Favorite cereal? Dora cinnamon stars

14-What do you like to play outside? Sidewalk chalk

15-Favorite drink? Apple juice

16-Favorite holiday? Christmas

17-What do you like to sleep with at night? Lamby

18-Favorite breakfast? Strawberry pop tart

19-What do you want for your birthday dinner? Rice and cheese

20-What do you want to be when you grow up? A princess!

Just something cool I noticed about Kayzee...when I asked Memphis these questions when he turned 3 he didn't answer them very well so I know he didn't understand the questions yet.  But asking Kayzee at age 3 she understood every question and answered them so well.  Kayzee has definitely developed mentally a lot faster than Memphis but Memphis has her beat when it comes to physical abilities.  

DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS

Kayzee had her last GI appointment at Primary Children's Hospital!  YAY!!!  It was getting really annoying driving that far and paying so much money for a specialist but it definitely helped and I am glad we got Kayzee back to normal with all her GI issues.  She is now being weaned off all the stimulants (ex-lax and miralax) and by January 1, 2014 she will be off everything and hopefully stays normal and doesn't go back to being constipated.   I think potty-training her helped a lot too in helping her go everyday.  Go Kayzee!

Kayzee also had her 3rd year well-visit check-up at the pediatrician.  The pediatrician was impressed by her drawing skills.  He isn't much help whenever I ask him for help with her sleeping problems so I will have to find someone else for that part of her life.  She is growing at a steady pace.  Here are her 3 year old stats:

Weight: 32 lbs (63%)

Height: 37.5 in (61%)

Because of her GI issues she has lost a lot of weight and gained a lot of weight so she is leveling out.  In fact both my kids have leveled out and are not growing as fast as they were.  I am actually LOVING this fact because they still fit in their winter clothes from last year so I don't have to buy anything this year.  AWESOME!  

NEW CALLINGS

Danny and I received new callings this month.  I have been the Relief Society pianist for the past 3 years so I was ready for a change.  Danny was an Elder's Quorum teacher for the past year and he loved it so he was not as excited for this new calling.  We are now Primary teachers together.  We have the 7 turning 8 group.  We actually lucked out and have the best class in the whole primary!  They are so good and so sweet.  We have 2 girls and 4 boys.  Danny has been struggling when it is his turn to teach the lesson only because he is used to teaching adults.  Being an elementary school teacher has helped me a lot in making the lessons fun and interesting for these kids so Danny is doing a lot better;)

We had our Primary Program on Sunday.  Memphis did really well sitting up on the stand for that long.  This year they had the kids write their own parts.  Memphis came up with his line and memorized it.  He said it with a frown on his face but he did great!

"I know I am a child of God because he loves me and I love him"

 Here are Memphis and Kayzee all dolled up and ready for church...sorry about the food in the picture. We have church at 11 and we give the kids a snack as we are leaving for church because they can't eat lunch till 2.  

PARK FUN
Because the weather has cooled down we have gone to a lot of parks to play as a family.  We went to Discovery Park in PG to play hide and seek.  That is the best park for hide and seek.  It was Daddy and Kayzee vs. Mommy and Memphis.  We also went to a bunch of other parks all over Utah County.  Fun times!

FAMILY WALKS
We go on walks as a family around our neighborhood every Sunday.  We have a mile route we like to go on.  There is a creek by our house and one day we found a huge crawdad.

PLAYING OUTSIDE

We also love to play outside.  Memphis loves to practice baseball.  He is getting really good at hitting the ball.  He also likes to hit golf balls with his Daddy.  And Kayzee loves to draw with sidewalk chalk.  Daddy and Memphis are the sport fanatics and Kayzee and I are the artistic ones:)  Kayzee loves to trace me when I am laying down.  Here is a butterfly and flower Kayzee drew.  She is amazing!

FAMILY NIGHT
We have family night every Monday and do a lot of fun things.  One night we went to Cold Stone.  YUMMY!

SCHOOL
School is going great this year.  All the 6th graders this year are so nice and so fun.  I don't have any behavior problems like I have had the past 8 years and with all new games I am having so much fun this year.  We also had an awesome BMX assembly at our school for red and green ribbon week (Drug Free and Safety).  They talked about bravery and natural highs.  Here is a picture of a jump over our principal...

ROYER TENNIS

We drove down to Mount Pleasant to see Danny's sisters play Tennis.  They are currently undefeated and headed to the state championships this coming weekend.  GO EMILY AND MARY!  We had a fun time visiting with everyone and enjoying a yummy lunch.  

5K WALK RUN BIKE

Our ward had a 5k on Saturday.  We could walk, run, or ride a bike.  We ended up just doing the 1 mile kid route.  It was freezing and Kayzee had to be pushed in a stroller but we still ran most of the mile (me pushing Kayzee and Memphis riding on Danny's shoulders) GO US!  The routes were around our neighborhood.  It was a lot of fun to do this activity with our friends, neighbors, and ward members.  We had a yummy breakfast after with everyone at the park by our house. 

   

What a great September!