Birthday Ben

We celebrated Ben's birthday a few weeks ago.  I meant to put pictures up earlier . . . oh well, better late than never.  This year for Ben's birthday, I tried to redeem myself from the cupcake fiasco of a few years past.  This year I emailed his professor to see if it was okay and made sure of how many people were in his class.  It happens to have been the same professor that I tried this with last time.  He thought it was really funny that I was going to do it again.  Ben was completely surprised because his birthday was on a Saturday and I took it to the class he was assisting with on Thursday.  It turned out really good and I didn't have any problems getting them to the school. 

On Saturday the kids and I made him breakfast (crepes) and then afterward went to a tailgate that was before the football game (we didn't end up going to the game).  One of Ben's requests for his birthday was that we take the family to see the Tiger Walk before the game.  It's where the Auburn football team walks from the bus to the stadium with fans lined up on both sides of the team, cheering them on.  It was fun, but would have been a lot more fun if it hadn't been so dang hot!  Later on Ben and I were able to go out to eat . . . by ourselves!  =)  That night after eating out, we came home, had cheesecake and Ben opened his presents.  I think the day turned out pretty good and I hope Ben enjoyed his day!

 This is Jorrell Bostrom.  He plays on the Auburn football team (#76) and he's part of our congregation.  He's one of the only players from the west coast and the only married guy on the team.  Obviously we're not at BYU anymore.

Ben photo shopped this and thought it would be funny to label Steve in this.  It's just because he wants him to visit so much! =)  Cam Newton is our quarterback and so far, so good.  He's a transfer from Florida (I think).

 

The band played while everyone was waiting for the football players to come out.

 

I made this cheesecake (according to directions - no weird hippie substitutions) and Dayne didn't think that it was decorated properly, so he helped me out.

Loosing Teeth

Last week, both Alexis and Sam had teeth pulled.  On Tuesday we went into the dentist's office to have them look at Sam's teeth because he had a permanent tooth coming in behind his baby teeth.  I thought they were just going to check it out, but 20 minutes later Sam came out with one less tooth.  He handled it so well - I didn't even prep him for it.  Alexis was scheduled on Wednesday to have 2 of her teeth pulled.  I thought it would have been really obvious when you looked at her that she'd had the teeth pulled, but you can hardly tell.  She recovered really well from it, but she didn't like being numb. She even ended up going to a church activity (Achievement Days) later that night.

Fall Festival 2010

One of the things I will miss when we leave here is the Fall Festival that the school district puts together.  The kids love it because there are a bunch of booths like a carnival (only with less weird people) and lots of animals/creeping crawly things.  This year I thought we would go early to miss the crowds . . . turns out that's when the crowds are there.  Oh well.

Stina was really into the band.

Stina's first fishing trip.

This snake was really cool and docile.  Not that I love snakes, but if I did I would have one like this snake.  I love the look on Sam's face. 

Someone needs to get this kid a farm.  He was so in love with all of the animals.  His favorites were the cow and the goats.

I saved the best for last.  This is an African cockroach.  Ben was really freaked out by it, but all of us (except Stina) held it so he didn't want to get shown up.  It wasn't so bad - way cooler than the cockroaches that sometimes find their way into our kitchen.  =)

Auburn Fall Sports!!!

I'm so excited - this is the best time of year in a college town!  Our family loves going to the volleyball games and watching football.  A big plus for this year is that Ben and I have season tickets for football.  Last weekend I went to my first Auburn football game.  It was soooo much fun!  I can't wait for the next one.

At the Volleyball game, Ben made sure that he showed his school spirit.  I think he wears the wig so nobody will know who he is when he's cheering.  He's pretty intense.

For the game last Saturday we actually didn't use our season tickets.  A friend of ours gave us some tickets that were awesome.  We were 11 rows up near the end zone.  Our season tickets are in the student section which is definitely rowdier than where we were on Saturday

Dayne was rolling a fake Toomer's Corner at the university library the day before the game.  The library had a tailgating party.  Dayne had tons of fun and he got lots of stuff!

Hanging out at the church's tailgate that they had - even the missionaries got to kick back for the day.  It looks like Dayne was a little preoccupied. . .

If you want to rent this parking spot for tailgating it only cost $2,000 for the season.  If you don't reserve a spot like this then you can reserve a spot on campus.  It's free, but you have to spend about 48 hours before the tailgate to stake out your claim. 

Before every home game they release the "War Eagle."  He circles the stadium then lands on the 50 yard line while everybody is screaming, "War Eagle."  It's the coolest football tradition I've ever seen!

Sticky fingers

Stina has developed quite the sticky fingers.  Now that she's crawling and pulling herself up, she's into everything!  I was getting her dinner ready and put it onto the table next to her and went into the kitchen.  As soon as I walked away she grabbed the bowl and started eating it.  She's so silly!