11-3-08

Whewwwwwww! We are glad this week is over! Well, it pretty much started with John's birthday last week because the kids have been on a continual high. Now we have celebrated both birthdays and Halloween and hopefully we get a little break from the madness until Thanksgiving! Monday Jim had a followup with the orthopedic doctor. So far so good on the knee shots and anti-inflammatories. But mostly he was thrilled to get dr.'s permission for a handicap placard for the car, yes, I know....We also set up new business accounts at a new bank and took Jim's van in for some work. Wednesday was a little busy and the kids were crazy. Reagan was pretty disobedient so she had to choose between Trunk or Treat that night or Halloween. She chose Trunk or Treat. It was fun for the kids, but they ate so much junk and were pretty hyper. Happy Birthday to Hilary on that day too. Thursday Reagan was so excited for her birthday, I knew I had to put up the decorations the night before, including streamers! We gave her the main gift before school, a razor. She rode it to school but not before wiping out pretty good on it. That night we had cake and ice cream with Cake and Steve and presents. She was thrilled with her gifts and she decorated her own princess cake. Friday Jim took the day off so Gwen volunteered in Reagan's class. It was MAYHEM!!! The little kids got to vote for President. Gwen had Reagan and luckily she voted the "right" way or she may have not been able to come home that day :-) and they had a Halloween party and it was total craziness, glad I could go and help. Friday night we got pizza and handed out candy before going to see grandma at the police station. John was so hyped up from sugar, we've never seen him cruise around the police station like that! Saturday we had Reagan's soccer game, cake came, and Reagan scored a goal. Meanwhile, Jim was hitting every store in the valley to get discounted halloween suckers for his business. That night Jim and Gwen had a date and Sunday we went to Stake Conference broadcast with the Thornley's. We went into a side room to listen and thought we would be alone - nope! We had a room full of kids and families, which was just fine. The Thornleys invited us over for lunch and it was fun for the kids to play together. Now another week and it's November. We are FINALLY supposed to cool down this week, but at least the winter grass is planted. Have a great week everyone! Love, jim gwen reagan and john GO VOTE! And seriously pray that AZ and CA pass their marriage propositions!