Monday, November 2, 2009

Pinewood Derby//Halloween 2009

Tyson had his first ever pinewood derby the end of October. He and Brian had a great time making his car. Tyson was so excited when it was finally pinewood derby night, that as you can imagine, he was once again bouncing off the walls. Man, it seems like I say that a lot about my boy! He had a great time and took 3rd place out of 18 boys. Not bad for a rookie! Brian has already figured out what he needs to do to lock in first place next year. Good grief! Isn't this just for fun?

Brian and Tyson with their finished product! Looks great guys!


Tyson after one of his wins. Look at that grin!


Tyson and Carter. Phew! They were still best buds after the race!


Any guesses on how Tyson felt about the results?


What a great bunch of goofy cub scouts!




We had a great Halloween, and HOORAY the weather cooperated for us. It was a beautiful night. Kylie was a pregnant housewife, and decided that having a huge belly in front of you isn't much fun. She was so glad to take out that pillow at the end of the day! She hated it so much that when it came time for her to go to a friends Halloween party she changed her costume completely and became a pink lady bug. I didn't get any pictures of that, darn it! She had a fun time at the party but totally missed getting lots of candy. Thankfully Sydney and Tyson shared a little!
Sydney put together a creative smore costume. She looked great, but man she could hardly move in this costume...so she ended up ditching the graham cracker part of it by the time the evening was half over.
Tyson and his best buddy Carter were cheerleaders. And DANG cute ones too! Their costume came complete with a cheer and everything! I took these two trick or treating and they lasted for 3 1/2 hours and came home with over 8lbs of candy! Holy cow! I have never laughed so hard though, they were absolutely a blast to hang out with. Carter's Mom made homemade chicken noodle soup, scones, and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies to fill us up right before we headed out. YUM! It was soooo stinking good! Thanks a bunch Natalie! When the boys got home they sorted and organized their ridiculous amounts of candy. They were soo dang funny! It was a great night, with only one little problem...now I've just got to figure out a way to keep my hands out of the pounds and pounds of chocolate floating around the house! Wish me luck!

Have you ever seen 2 cuter cheerleaders?


Look out BYU and UTE cheerleaders!


Sorry I had this on the wrong setting! Still cuties though!


Tyson smiling with his giant load! Get this candy out of my house!

You really can't get the idea of how much candy this really was because it is spread so far apart. It was 8.8 lbs of candy! Any takers?

I video recorded the girl's last swim meet from the camera, and I have been trying for days to figure out how to get it onto my computer. I can view it but can't save it to download onto my blog. Help anyone?

6 comments:

Heather said...

Pretty cute cheerleaders! Thats a lot of candy- yikes! I like your blog background too- super cool.

Brenda said...

Kiddos look super cute! Tyson, save some of that candy for me. We didn't even come close to 8lbs although the scale says otherwise.

Louise said...

I hope Tyson is always this happy and excited about life, he cracks me up! They all look super cute, even the pregnant housewife!

Nat said...

those cheerleaders are something else! love that carter has a buddy like tyson. also glad they are still best buddies after the pine wood derby. we know how competitive they both are! :-)

Becky Noftle said...

Cute trick or treaters. And I have no advice for not eating the kids candy, I can last till about 4pm then I start grabbing it like it's free money. Pine wood derby, is very serious business--directily relates to the love your father has for you!!

Granny DeeAnn said...

Way cute pictures. If you're Mormon then yes, we all know how serious the Pinewood Derby is. Brian probably has his piece of pine wood for next year already! ha And.... Kylie, if you are a pg housewife you would not be eating an apple. If you are authentic you would be eating a huge Hershey bar!!! Love you guys.... Come see me in Vegas.