Quote of the week: Kayla has learned the song "50 Nifty United States" in school, so we've all been trying to learn it. We sang it about 50 times on the way home the other day and then we decided to see how far each person could get. I made it to Minnesota, Lyndi made it to Connecticut, and Aubree made it to Indiana. Then Erin said "my turn!" so we told her to go ahead. She said, "Alabama...um...what's next mom?"

5 Minute Chocolate Cake

This is my kids new favorite treat. 5 minute chocolate cake. You make it in a mug and microwave it. If you want the recipe, just click on "Matthews Family" on my links.

Halloween Preview

We went to Grandma's house for Deer Hunt Weekend. The boys went camping and us girls entertained the kids. They picked pumpkins, painted them, then dressed in their costumes and paraded to the Great-Grandparents house.

Quote of the Week

Erin is learning about the earth at joyschool. Yesterday she brought home an eggplant that she'd picked out of a garden. She was quite proud of it. I cooked it up and served it with dinner. She took one bite and labeled it "yucky". I reminded her that this was the eggplant she'd picked herself and brought home. She looked at me with big eyes, shaking her head, and said, "I didn't know it would taste like this. I would NOT have brought it home!"

Season Debut

Kayla auditioned for and was accepted into the Zion Youth Symphony Orchestra. They had their season debut last night. She LOVES it and they did great!

Zion Youth Symphony Orchestra

The video is bad, but the sound works. This is just one minute of "The Story of Mumble Happy Feet". Kayla is 3rd row back on the left, 3 in. No you can't see her.

St. George Marathon

We had hoped for good weather, since it never rains in St. George, but we woke to a very soggy, windy day. Darin's goal was to finish under 4 hours, but about 3/4th of the way through that goal changed to "Just Gotta Finish!" He was pretty disappointed in his time of 4:15, but we were proud of him for finishing in that dreadful weather. He was soaked, his toes were pickled and blistered, and he was chilled through. Good times! Oh well, there's always next year!

Watching the runners during a lull in the rain. We brought out the umbrellas a few minutes later. Well, we brought out Grammy's umbrellas since we don't own one.