HaPpY HaLLoWeeN!!!

This morning Mylee and Kobe had their Halloween parade at school.

Mylee had a hard time deciding what to be this year, she changed her mind atleast five times.

Megan had made her girls tutu's to be witches so that helped Mylee make up her mind. So I made her a tutu like Baylee's then added the bows to the hat and her shoes. Turned out pretty cute and pretty cheap! ;-)

Kobe was the only one that knew what he wanted to be and didn't change his mind. A football player! If you ask him what he wants to be when he grows up he says a fighter and a quarter back so I'm pretty sure that is why he was so set on being a football player. Kobe was happy and I was especially happy because we already had everything he is wearing!

Bode and Makinlee had their Halloween Party yesterday for preschool. Bode changed his mind a million times of what to be (ninja turtle, cowboy, star wars guy, etc.) until he was going through the dress ups with Makinlee and found Kobe's power ranger costume from a couple of years ago. He was happy with that and I was happy again to not have to buy anything.

Makinlee always wanted to be a princess but which princess was her dilema. (Snow White, Cinderella, Jazmine) So I made her a tutu and her dad found her some wings at the party store and she wore one of Mylee's crowns and was a Fairy Princess. Of course when she came out to get treats she had taken them off.

The preschool had all the parents come and park their cars in the parking lot to let the kids come out to trunk or treat. They thought it was great! I'm not much for decorating for halloween so I just got some garland and spider webs with some big spiders of the kids, but the kids thought it was cool. (Makinlee let me put her crown back on for this picture!)

Another busy weekend :)

Friday afternoon the studio put together a carnival and we had a really good turn out! The kids had a lot of fun too! They got to wear their costumes, play games, jump in a bounce house and even go through a spook house. Mylee helped in the spook house, that's why she has the zombie look going on. Makinlee did have a crown and wings and looked so adorable but by the time I had a minute to get some pictures she had taken them off. I'll get pictures of them in full costume when we take them to the carnival at church and post them.

Right after the carnival we had to change the kids in the van on the way to belt graduation. Mylee and Kobe received their green belts and Bode received his beginning purple belt. Some of you may already know this but on October 1st Chris received his blue belt in Jiu Jitsu. He was totally surprised too! He had no idea he was getting it. The top left picture is their main instructor Mr. (Aaron) Reis and the bottom right is the assistant Mr. (Gordon) Bell. They are awesome with the kids and the kids just love them.

Well, there you have it, another day in the life of the Ray family.

Fun at the Park!

The kids love to go to the park that was recently built not to far from our house. Here are a few pictures of our trip to the park last weekend.

Welcome Home!

I had a staff retreat this weekend and had a fun weekend learning lots of good stuff to use. I came home tired, sore and bruised from dancing and learning some fun floorwork, but was happy to see this when I pulled up to the house. Mylee wrote this on the driveway, (it says Welcome Home Mom!) what a sweetheart! It was a nice break from the kids but as crazy as they make me sometimes, I did miss them and it is so good to be home.

Staheli Farm

Every October Stars has a day at Staheli Farms that the dancers and their families can get in for a discount. The weather wasn't that bad when we first got their but there was a huge black cloud that seemed to be getting closer and closer so we just kept our eye on it.

The kids love to see the animals and there are slides and swings and all sorts of stuff for them to do. We went through the corn maze (it wasn't actually corn this year, not sure why) and we love to go up to their pumpkin patch and let the kids pick out a pumpkin but while we were waiting in line that huge black cloud was just about on top of us and it was getting colder and windier. We debated for a minute because you have to get a ride up to the patch and then wait for them to come back and get you, so we decided we didn't want to get up there and chance getting poured on. So no pumpkins from the patch this year. By the time we had got out to the parking lot it had started to rain a little so I was glad we decided not to go, I was already cold, I didn't want to be cold and wet. :(

The pig that Kobe and Bode are petting in the picture was hilarious. I'm pretty sure the pig did not want to be bothered, everytime someone touched him he would start to snort. Chris of course had to keep tormenting the poor thing and got it snorting pretty good.

Another Parade!

We were in the Dixie Homecoming Parade on Saturday morning and it was a little colder than the last parade. I think the kids still had fun though. Kobe, Bode, Makinlee, Allee & Tyree all rode on the float and Mylee and Baylee danced behind the float.

Mylee Climbing!

When Mylee saw the pictures I posted she said "Uh! Where's the one of me climbing the highest?" So I told her I would get it on here, so here it is!

Of course Chris had to make the comment "I bet you're braver than your mom was back in the day!" So I responded with, "I would have been brave enough then, it is just that I have 'five' kids to take care of now." (Ha Ha! Just kidding, I love you hon!)

Dixie Rock!

So Sunday afternoon the Josephsens call and say they are going to head over to Dixie Rock and let their boys do some rock climbing and asked if we wanted to go. So we jumped in the van and headed over. We had a lot of fun!

Thanks Ben and Jonnie!

If I remember right Chris' family would tease me when Mylee was real little and say she is going to be such a little priss and not like to get dirty. I think they were wrong. While rock climbing she hung upside down and would push away from the wall and do a 360. She climbed 15 - 20 feet up the wall, shes a little spider girl. And yes she was having fun holding the lizards too.

Kobe got pretty brave too and did all the same things!

Bode got a little more brave and tried the same stuff but was having a hard time getting all the way back around doing the 360. But as you can see he didn't have a problem hanging upside down!

While the rest of the kids were taking their turn rock climbing Makinlee wanted me to keep taking more, and more, and more pictures. She would say 'how about this mom?' and I would say 'oh, that's beautiful!' and take another picture for her to see.

Anyway, the kids had a blast and can't wait to do it again!

Messy Mak!

What a mess!

You wouldn't think one little girl could make such a mess with one cookie!