Treat: Helping with Stockton's school party. I can't imagine not being there. My assignment-nachos and a pumpkin toss game. Mason ran around the gym and was MORE than helpful!
Trick: I was so busy entertaining Mason and 34 fourth graders that I didn't take a single picture of Stockton's costume. He dressed as a Dallas Cowboy fan with a jersey and some shorts. His face was painted half blue and half white with stars. I figured I would get a picture on Halloween night but he changed costumes on me.
Tricky: We headed to St. George in a Denali with 6 passengers. We were being offered an Elantra to get home. Figuring out how to get all of our bodies, gear and our car back to Salt Lake was a bit of a challenge. We had so many nice people helping us. One team mate hauled home the baseball bags, one took 2 of the boys and we ended up with a tiny little car, no DVD player for the drive home. Russell will have to drive the rental car back sometime this week and pick up our newly renovated Yukon. What a pain!
Trick: I was so busy entertaining Mason and 34 fourth graders that I didn't take a single picture of Stockton's costume. He dressed as a Dallas Cowboy fan with a jersey and some shorts. His face was painted half blue and half white with stars. I figured I would get a picture on Halloween night but he changed costumes on me.
Treat: Friday off of school. We jumped in the car late Thursday afternoon and headed to St. George for the last baseball games of the year. Our friend Jake accompanied us.
Trick: We left after Mason's nap but not to fear...we had our Teletubbie DVD. As soon as the moment was right we turned it on. Mason said "no" and didn't watch any of it. He chose to scream the last half hour of the trip instead. Thursday night was not filled with peaceful slumber. Mason wasn't certain he was happy with his new accommodations.
Treat: We spent the weekend with our friends, The Thompsons. We moved into Walnut View Circle the same weekend in 1993. They have a son Douglas' age, a son Stockton's age and 3 other cute kids. We love being with them.
Trick: The weather was unseasonably cold for St. George. Our first game was in Hurricane at 10:00 am. We could see our breath. The field was not Mason friendly at all! The spectator area was nothing but dirt, we had a port-a-potty and there was a smelly horse and cow watching the game right along with us!
Treat: We won the first game and headed to Wendy's for some lunch. The food was tasty and Mason snuggled into me and fell asleep right there in the restaurant. He NEVER does that! We headed back to the field for game 2.
Trick: The car started doing some funny stuff in the mile back to the game. When the gas pedal was pressed, it would take awhile for the car to accelerate. Suddenly, the car jolted and stayed put. Russell shifted to 1st gear and it started forward, shifted to 2nd to a screaching horrible sound and back to drive where nothing would work. This couldn't be good. We crawled up the hill in 1st gear, parked and pulled out the owners manual. Transmission fluid, check. Restart the car, check. Still not working.
Treat: We won the second game and managed to get the car back to St. George in 3rd gear. Luckily, we weren't completely stranded. We went on a double date to Texas Roadhouse with our friends and EVERYONE slept really well Friday night. The Thompson's let us use their car the next day. We dropped ours off at the Chevy dealership.
Trick: The dealership confirmed our fear when they called to inform us that the transmission was toast. We could either have it rebuilt for $2300 with a 12 month warranty and a chance the car would be done by Sunday or put in a whole new one for $2800 and a 3 year warranty but it would not be done until Thursday. We opted for the new one.
Treat: We enjoyed the most beautiful sunny weather, Mason had a playground and grass and we beat the Horns. We have NEVER beaten the Horns. It was quite a victory for us. Douglas hit lights out with one of his better ones being a ground-rule-double (it bounced over the fence). We had so much fun watching. Our second game immediately followed where our buddy Jake hit one over the fence followed by Douglas' first home run on a regulation field (90 ft. bases)! It looks like that collar bone of his is working just fine. I was one giddy mom! It was fun to watch Jake and Douglas hit them the same game. We ended pool play 4-0 and had a yummy lunch at Marv's.
Trick or Treat Night: I was so excited to take Mason trick or treating. He looked so cute in his Superman costume. It was all a little confusing to him. He would get a treat in his bucket and want to open it immediately. He would savor his treat until the next door where he would hand me his old treat to start on his new one. After a few doors, he would knock and say, "Canny"! He almost got the hang of passing out the treats as well. Stockton went unattended by parents for the first time ever. He was thrilled that he had my cell phone in his pocket and made sure to check in with everyone he could find in my address book. Douglas chose not to trick or treat but to scare. Him and Jake put masks on and tried to frighten the children but they weren't too good at it. The next day, when all of the kids were chowing down on yummy goodness I think he regretted his decision just a tad.
Mason kept talking to the boys while they were trying to look like statues.
Jake
Tricky: We headed to St. George in a Denali with 6 passengers. We were being offered an Elantra to get home. Figuring out how to get all of our bodies, gear and our car back to Salt Lake was a bit of a challenge. We had so many nice people helping us. One team mate hauled home the baseball bags, one took 2 of the boys and we ended up with a tiny little car, no DVD player for the drive home. Russell will have to drive the rental car back sometime this week and pick up our newly renovated Yukon. What a pain!
Treat: We won the semi final game and made it to the Championship game. Once again, beautiful, sunny weather.
Trick: We brought home a stinkin Runner's Up trophy. I am so tired of being the runner up! It was a great game against a totally stacked team that they put together just for this tournament. We were the underdogs from the get go but 8-10 was a very respectable score. I would have preferred to lose the first game if we weren't going to win it all just to get an earlier start on our journey home. We pulled out of St. George at 6:45 pm and arrived home at 11:00 pm.
Treat: Mason slept the whole way. He kept sleeping all night long and didn't wake until 6:oo the next morning. All made it home safe and well. Things could have been much worse. We could have been stranded in Beaver on the way down. I am sick about the $3000. I can think of 500 things I would rather spend the money on but we are truly blessed and this is nothing in the big scheme of things. It was, for the most part, a wonderful Halloween weekend!
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