Halloween 2010

It was definitely my favorite Halloween ever! Benjamin had his last soccer game that morning, and he scored the very last goal of the season about twenty seconds before the end of the game. (No, they didn't win any of their games. In fact, their total number of goals for the season was 4, and Benjamin scored 3 of them. But he had fun and got a trophy so it's all good.)

In the afternoon we carved our pumpkins (Benjamin did about 98% of his own carving this year and 100% of the design) and then had "bones and blood" (breadsticks and tomato soup) for dinner. Then we got costumes on and headed out the door. Somebody must be living right because it had been raining pretty hard the entire time we were carving pumpkins and eating dinner, but stopped about a minute after we walked out the door and didn't come back. Whew!

Trick-or-treating was the best this year. Jacob was upset at first, but after the first few houses he seemed to realize that there was a purpose to all of our walking around and strange people: CANDY. After that, he was willing (if not excited) to go with us. He lasted as long as I did! Ty was so much fun! After the first two homes we went to, he totally got it, and after that we couldn't stop him. He ran to each house, knocked on the door, and then said, "Uh, oh!" over and over and tried to peek under the door if it wasn't answered right away. When the door finally opened, he held out his little hand for a treat. He didn't want people to put treats in his bag-- he wanted to see what he got and put it in himself. And there was NO WAY that he was going to let me or Brigham help him carry his bag. He guarded his loot very carefully. It was absolutely hilarious! After 40 minutes or so, he finally crashed. His tired little legs couldn't run anymore, so Brigham took him home while I finished the rounds with the bigger boys. It was a great time!

The night before Halloween Benjamin went to his first BYU game ever. It was a preseason basketball game, but you'd have thought he was going to the Superbowl or something he was so excited! He went with his Dad and met up with his Dastrup grandparents and a couple of cousins and just had the time of his life. Brigham said he was cheering so exuberantly that he was even getting looks from devoted BYU fans! Just another perk of living in Utah!

Blogging: Take Two

I am still in a state of shock. I thought that my gmail account and I were in a long term relationship-- that we would grow old together. You know--together forever. Then, without warning, Google spurned me and took not only my email account but my blog, too. There was no good-bye, no discussion-- just a cold message to Brigham's account saying that my account was "disabled". Had I only only had some hint that this was coming, I would have taken better care of my Google account-- printing out blog entries that I was using as a journal, printing important emails. But no-- here I am, trying to pick up the pieces of my shattered internet life. I only hope that my sad experience will encourage some of you who may be taking your Google account for granted to mend your ways before you find yourself dumped-- like me.