These are pictures of our visit to the Statue of Liberty. I got a couple great pictures of inside the statue and the stairway going up to the crown. It would have been so great to go up there but they down't allow that anymore. The copper face is part of the museum inside the base of the statue. It shows examples and the history of how the statue was built.

Family Halloween Party at Kayce's

We had our annual Halloween party at Kayce's house this year. It was so much fun. We had some yummy, goulish food. Kayce made bloody adams apples, Mom made yummy Halloween crackers and cheese, Marcy made ghost snot dip with veggies and witches' bloody fingers. Then the kids had fun making Halloween houses with Foamies and making Halloween suckers. We really missed Lillian and Nan at the party!











Ali doesn't look very happy to be there but she really did have fun. :-) Hopefully she doesn't kill me for putting up this picture.

Gardner Village & Tai Pan Trading

So, October 6 was the big day. Me, Mom, Kayce, and Carol had our annual trip to Gardner Village and, the new tradition, Tai Pan Trading. We had sooooo much fun but didn't manage to get any pictures of our fun times even thought Mom kept saying we needed to get a picture. It's kind of funny how we all kept conveniently forgetting to get a picture. Seriously, I really wish we had gotten a few pictures so you could all see the fun times. Although it was raining the entire time and very cold we stayed warm with our laughter and togetherness. That sounds sappy but it's true! We enjoyed visiting our favorite stores and spent way to much time laughing over those cards in the "Just Us Girls" store. You know the cards that say things like, "I feel a sin coming on". Kayce and I spent way to much time laughing over those cards; we got some funny looks. Anyway, after Gardner Village, we headed to Tai Pan Trading and all spent to much money there but enjoyed every minute.

We missed having all the sisters together. It would be great to have you all with us next year. I hear that Lillian is going to try and make it an annual visit of hers. That would be great. We can then plan the Halloween party at the same time so she, and all of you, can be part of our fun!

Tori has been doing great on her soccer team so I wanted to share some of photos of her at her game. I can't get the slide show to transfer over so the link is below.

Todd also in the slide show with his temporary cast of his hand. He had to have surgery on his hand on Friday, Sept. 21 and was at Tori's game on Saturday, Sept. 22. What a trooper. However, he did go home after the game and stayed in bed all day. :-)

Tori did great at her game and scored a goal for her team!

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Chicken Legs

So I had to laugh... when I went through my camera to print pictures I found this picture on the camera. Tori took this picture of my plate of chicken legs I made for the dinner we had a few weeks ago with Todd's Dad, Letty, Mom, and Dad. Just looking at this picture makes me chuckle. Tori must have been hungry. :-) She tells me it looked so yummy she had to take a picture. So now we have forever a pic of the teriyaki chicken legs. And yes, Nan, you stir 'em up in a big ol' pot.

Dinner with family and good food!

This last weekend Todd's dad and Letty were visiting so I decided to have a family dinner on Sunday and invited Mom and Dad to dinner. For the dinner, I thought it would be nice to serve Dad's famous teriyaki chicken legs... if you haven't had them you're missing out. Dad was kind enough to give me his recipe so I could impress Todd's family and I must say the chicken legs turned out great so I thought I'd share his teriyaki recipe with all of you. I think this would be really yummy for chicken breast or thin sliced beef also.

Dad's Teriyaki
2 cups soy sauce
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
6 cloves garlic (chopped finely)
1 ginger root bulb (shredded)
Mix together in a big pot and add chicken legs (about a dozen). Cook over medium heat for one hour with the lid off. Stir the meat occasionally.

The meat on the chicken bone is so tender and juicy it just falls off. Save the marinade and service over rice! Enjoy!

My First 5K Race!

So guess what everyone? I ran my first 5k race on Monday, Sept. 3 and made it in 33 minutes. Can you believe it?  I ran the race at the Payson Onion Days (Payson is a little city south of Provo).

I've been running on my treadmill for a long time and just started thinking it would be a good goal for me to run a race. So I found out about this race and signed up and went and did it! It was a great experience and I'm thinking of doing another race in a couple weeks. Just had to share with everyone. I definitly wasn't one of the fastest runners but wasn't the worst. :-) I placed 98th out of 151 and placed 12th out of 15 in my age group.