Roylance Halloween Party

Warning: Warning: MAJOR picture OVERLOAD

(I need to figure out how to do the slideshows.)

So, guess what we dressed up as for the Halloween party?? Need a CLUE?? Yes, the Clue characters. In the past we've done a family theme, but this year we decided to go in with Rebecca, Chad, Angela, and Joseph to do the clue characters. Notice all the weapons are in the picture too. My favorite fashion accessory was the peacock feathers in my hair. I know I put a TON of pictures on this post, but everyone's outfits are so great, that I needed to put all of them on. (For some reason I didn't get a picture of Joseph and Angela's family (Mr. Green and Miss Scarlett, and Ethan was a great Spiderman, and Alex was a darling Superman.) Enjoy.

Jerry as Col. Mustard

Sarah as Mrs. Peacock

Our family, Hayden was obviously Darth Vader and Rebecca was Minnie Mouse. (She had just woken up, and wasn't ready to wear her ears.)

Our Family again - this time without the mask.

My Mummy and Dead Daddy. Isn't this creative. It's masking tape with the edges colored with a brown crayon. I don't think there was one picture taken when they weren't in character. Do you wonder where us Roylance's get it from??? Wonder no more.

They won the "Scariest Costume" award.

My niece, Rachel. She is going to BYU and it was so fun having her at the party.

Rebecca and Chad's family. He was Prof. Plum, and she was Mrs. White. She won the "Best Costume" award. (I especially love her white streak in her hair.)

Darrin and Elizabeth's family. Fun 50's family. They were great - especially their introduction! :)

Mark and Karen's family. They were hillarious. They won the "Silliest Costume" award.

We went on a photo scavenger hunt. So here is our picture with a headstone.

Also for the scavenger hunt. Our picture of a train going down a slide.

Once Rebecca woke up a little bit she was more willing to wear her ears, for a picture at least.

Dad, slipping away into the Mummy Zone. I don't know how he does it, but he can fall asleep anywhere - even in the middle of a wild Halloween party.

First Haircut!

Final Product- cut and styled.

Believe it or not, Rebecca will be 2 next month and still hasn't had her first haircut. Basically she is a girl, so I didn't see the need, since I want to grow it out. Jerry is such a cute dad, and I never thought he'd have such an opinion about his little girl's hair. He has wanted her to have a haircut for a long time. He LOVES to comb her hair, and he'd love for her to have bangs. Well, we compromised. She got her first trim, and I admit it was needed. But no bangs - with as busy as my little girl is, I don't want to take scissors to her forehead and try to keep bangs trimmed that often. I was so surprised. She was such a big girl. She sat so still and let Angela cut it without moving much at all. She is growing up so much, and SO much FUN!!

Trip to Utah

Here is Jerry practicing his best presidential impersonation.

WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!

We were able to go up to Utah for a fun, fall vacation. It worked out great because Jerry had to fly to Ohio for work on Tuesday, so he took off the previous Thurs. and Fri., then was able to fly out of SLC on Monday, but that was considered a travel day so he didn't have to take it as a day off. I was originally going to stay until Thursday, but I wasn't looking forward to the drive, and by staying till Friday I was able to see my brother and sis.-in-law, Dave and Jana, and two of their kids, Jayden and Meghan that came from Colorado to see Rachel at BYU's parent's weekend. It was a great trip. We had our annual Halloween party, which was great. (I'll do a whole post about that.) We also went to Hill Air Force Base. Hayden loved seeing all the big planes. It was just great to be with family and for the kids to play with their cousins that they don't see as much.

Our family at Hill Air Force Base


Rebecca hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa Roylance's


Hayden having posing in his favorite "Star Wars" shirt.


Rebecca was excited to try driving to Utah.

Hayden and his cousin, Ethan. What cuties.

The three of them had fun playing alphabet games on Starfall.com (one of my favorite kid sites.)

Hayden was amazed at how huge those wheels were.

Hayden in a jet seat. This is his favorite new face to pull.

Once again, his favorite new silly face to pull. Do you think he's related to his mom???

He had a blast climbing on the rocks in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard - which is usually illegal, but we're rule breakers. He's such a cautious little boy I knew he'd be fine, especially since Rebecca was asleep and not watching and getting ideas.

Ethan, Alex, Hayden, and Rebecca

My kids LOVE babies. Anytime Baby Alex was around Hayden and Rebecca were glued to him, and usually very soft. That was so good to see, and made me excited to see how they'll be with their new baby sister.

My Birthday

Happy Birthday to me. I've been out of town so it is time to play catch up. My birthday was a couple weeks ago and it was a great 32nd. birthday. We had Jerry's family over on the Sunday before for cake and ice cream. Jerry made me this DELICIOUS cake. It was his own creation. With crushed up Butterfinger and Recees Pieces on top it was definitely a winner. We're going to have to start making two cakes when family comes over, especially when Jerry makes such good cakes. His family was so sweet. They spoiled me with gifts, and it was great having them over. I really appreciated them driving across town just to come celebrate... me. Thanks everyone.
On my actual birthday (Tues. the 14th) I took the kids to their sports classes at the rec. center, which is always fun anyway, but especially fun knowing it was my birthday.
Then I took the van in to get the check engine light off/ fixed before our trip, and Jerry met us and drove us home. My friend, Maria took me to lunch that day for my B-day. Delicious! I love the Olive Garden. And the kids were wonderful there. (Added Birthday gift.) When I got home I called the repair shop and found out our van would cost around $750 to fix - with a warranty. NOT the best present. But oh, well, what do you do? That day I got several calls from family and friends. It meant a lot to me. And when Jerry got home he took me out to dinner. I ate WAY too much on my birthday. My girlfriends, Pam, Rochelle, and Heidi took me to dinner on Wed. night too. It was fun. Then we headed up to Utah Thurs. morning. Now it is time to detox my system after all that eating out, plus a trip to Utah. My birthday week was great, full of food, thoughful friends, and fun. Thanks everyone. Even with a pricey car repair it was wonderful.

Fun Memories Game! (Humor me)

So I saw this game on several people's posts and I thought it looked like fun. So here are the rules. You leave a comment on my blog of a memory/memories you have of something we did together. It doesn't matter if we've been friends for a short time, or a long time, just some memory you have. (Preferably a good memory :) Then you repost these directions on your blog and I'll leave a memory on your blog. Basically it's my birthday tomorrow and you have to do anything I want, and I want to take a fun stroll down memory lane. So there. (By the way, did you like how I slipped it in that it was my birthday? I'm tricky that way.) Have fun remembering all the wonderful times we've shared together, and what a great, wonderful, beautiful, smart, loving .... person I am. Remember you have to do whatever I want.

Harvest Day

Happy Harvest Day everyone!! Last night we celebrated the second annual Harvest Day. It is a tradition and holiday that we started last year. At the beginning of October we like to welcome in the Holiday season and celebrate with a night to get excited about the upcoming holidays. We ate a turkey, stuffing, mashed potato dinner with a bowl of candy on the side, and pumpkin pie for dessert. (Thanksgiving and Halloween.) We listen to Christmas music while we eat and we each get a cheap little present to represent Christmas, then we drink Martinelli's sparkling cider to represent New Years. After dinner we watched a Halloween movie. It was great. I can't remember which exact date we did it last year, but I know it was the beginning of October. We chose to do it on Conference Sunday this year, and I think we'll keep it that way. It was so fun. It is great making up your own family traditions.

Not the best family picture, but with a timer we'll have to settle for Hayden's drink covering his face, and Rebecca's spoon in her mouth.
Harvest Day Christmas Gifts!
Harvest Day Halloween Candy!

So Precious!

Remember how Rebecca never stays in her own bed to go to sleep. Since she's been sharing a room with Hayden she's actually done pretty good at sleeping in her bed. But this night I went in to check on the kids before I headed off to bed and found her sleeping in his bed. It was too adorable to pass up getting a picture. My favorite part is that they are holding hands. What a sweet brother and sister. Hayden is such a patient big brother. And Rebecca loves him so much. I love being a mom. I love them so much.

P.S. Notice Rebecca's "natural" make up look. She got that beautiful bruise by diving head first down to a shelf in our computer armoire. Just one of many bruises she's got this week.

Thinking inside the box

Why do we spend so much money on toys for the kids, when they have much more fun just playing with a box? Please notice Rebecca's cute outfit she put together, she decided to put her pajama shirt over her other shirt, but put one arm through the head hole. I think she put some shorts of Hayden's on later that night.

Chuck E. Cheese

Ooo.. look at that scary spider!

Hayden and his bud, Kyan

Rebecca getting her heart - it was the fastest thing she could paint

One of Hayden's favorite places to go is Chuck E. Cheese. Every time he sees a commerical he starts begging to go. Luckilly we were invited to a birthday party of a little girl he knows from his class at the rec. center. His good friend, Kyan Sandoval was there too. They had such a blast. There was an artist there that was painting things on the kids' hands, so Rebecca got a heart and Hayden got a spider on each hand. Hayden was so excited when Chuck E. Cheese came out, he followed him everywhere. After the party I asked Hayden if he was excited to see Chuck E. Cheese, and he said, "Yeah, I tickled his toes and gave him binks" (That's when you squeeze a person's nose - we call it binks for some reason.) I had to laugh. That poor person in the costume probably wondered what on earth this kid was doing, tickling his toes and squeezing his nose.

It's finally here!

I have been waiting for this day for too long! It's October 1st!! I don't know why that excites me so much. Maybe it's because it's a sign that it won't be so hot anymore. Maybe it's because October starts the whole holiday season. Maybe it's because I love pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Maybe it's because I LOVE the fall. Maybe it's because I LOVE Halloween. Dressing up is so much fun. Maybe, and most likely it's because it is officially my birthday month. Anyone that knows me, knows I love my birthday. You have it easy... I used to do a 3 month + countdown. I've narrowed it to just the two weeks before. (Actually, just so I don't sound so vain - my birthday isn't the only reason I love October, it really is all those reasons.) I measure a good calendar by what the October picture is. If it is just a hay stack sitting in the middle of the field, it doesn't cut it. October is the most beautiful month of the year, so my calendars have to reflect that. Wow, I miss Logan Canyon. Happy October everyone!