..amazing.race..

after about a month of planning with kim and tanner and darren and annie, we pulled off our halloween hunt, amazing race style. we remained anonymous and sent out all info. via an email account from Jack Ripper. in the end we had 4 different teams with 4 couples to each team. we had 4 different pitstops to go to and perform a task. the first pitstop:

ferrari farms pumpkin patch. search the pumpkins and find the one with your team name, split it open and retrieve the next clue.
(don't ask why we just didn't throw it on the ground to split it open!) next stop: scheels(a 300,000 sq. ft. sporting goods store). search for one of the 14 statues of past presidents for the next clue. Calvin Coolidge was the pres. we had to find. (we were thrilled to have pedro and napoleon on our team...costumes were optional:) from there we went to fox's pizza where 2 people had to eat one slice of flamming hot pizza! way to step up to the plate shawn and dave!! from there we got our next clue to the coconut bowl. 2 people had to bowl a 60 to get the next clue. matt and i did the bowling, unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of that...i got my first strike:) yeah for me!
our last pitstop was the "ultimate rush" swing at the GSR. it's a 180' tall swing that you free fall from. always wanted to do it, but was too afraid, until sat. night. for some reason our camera didn't take very good pics. of the "fall" but here i am suiting up. i went on it with my good friend Shawn(in above pic. eating pizza). i had to pull the rip cord and once we got to the top, i froze and couldn't pull it. it is sooo dang high:) after a few moments of some deep breaths...away we went! my eyes were closed the entire time:) glad i did it, but i will never to it again!
another pic. of our group...the yummy mummies
the whole gang! after the swing we all went and had dessert at claim jumpers.

we had soo much fun! thanks everyone for some great memories! next year we will have to step it up...

..gracias.muchas gracias..

Thanks Jan!

..my first award, so exciting..

The rules are as follows:

1. post 6 things about yourslef

2. pass the award onto 6 deserving bloggers

..about me..

1. i love all things chocolate (the chocolate bar is my new best friend)

2. i married a roper...who knew

3. i'm obssesed with photography...i really need a new camera

4. i'm training for a 5k in January

5. i'm a little ocd

6. i love a good smelling candle

..six fabulous bloggers..

Laurice...always has the cutest blog backgrounds. she also helps me make my changes!

Ganelle...love catching up with her life through her blog.

Deidre...a great friend. new to blogging and doing a great job.

Megan...because she's my sister. she inspires me.

JennyL...for her creative writing. you can always get a good laugh reading her posts!

Camille...for introducing blogging to the foothill ward. we are a little better because of you.

..since when..

the boys just got back from a weekend at diseyland/california adventure with cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents (they flew to oakland by themselves and met up with matt's sister) and now they are across the street at this house, housesitting. for the rest of the weekend. at night.

since when did they grow up so fast, and who said it was okay?

..raise your right hand..

after 60-some odd yrs. of being a mexican citizen, my dad will be sworn in as an american citizen today at 2:00 pm. Congratualtions dad!!!

..see dallin run..

D-man had is first (this year) cross country meet on Thursday. they competed against two other middle schools. out of seventy five 8th grade boys, he finished 20th place. his time was 5:52. they ran just under a mile. he is going to give his aunt megan a run for her money! way to go d!

..lady..

while at the b-ball tournament, malie made a new friend. she found this ladybug crawling on her and was fascinated by it. she was entertained for a good hour or more. thank you "lady." you made our day. we will be back in a couple of weeks. could you come out and play again?

..nevada outlaws..

Mason is on a traveling baseball team. over the weekend he played in a tournament in elk grove, ca. sadly, they lost all 3 games :( better luck next time boys...
even with 3 losses, mason still had a smile on his face

batter up

leading off

stealing 2nd

ready position