More b-day pics

More of Matt's Birthday Pictures:

Matthew's Birthday

On October 24, Matt turned 6 years old! And boy, did we know his birthday was coming up or what?! He tried to get out of jobs all week by saying, "Well, I don't have to do jobs because it's my birthday this week." We were told by him that he wanted breakfast in bed, he didn't have to do jobs, and he wanted to help make a cake. He woke up and had waffles and eggs in bed. We then went to Matt and Meg's soccer game. Matt wanted pizza for his dinner. He was also very specific on the fact that he wanted us to have a treasure hunt to find his presents. So Megan and I hastily made a treasure hunt where the presents were found in mom and dad's shower, the outside stairs, the toy closet, and the baking center. Matt had a total blast. As we were preparing for his cake, we realized that we didn't have any candles, but that we had a "2" candle, and a "4" candle. We put them both on because they added up to 6. Matt thought it was funny, to our relief. When I asked what his wish was, he said, "I wished that we could be together as a family forever." I don't know if my birthday wishes have ever been that eternally minded! He also got some cool presents: GMA and GPA Callister gave him a really cool R2D2 that is remote control. From GMA and GPA Magleby, he got a light saber and a Luke action figure. Mom and Dad gave him Lincoln Logs.
He loves them all. Happy Birthday Matt.

Matt's Science Project

Yesterday, Matt came to me in a depressed sort of way. He tells me that he has always
wanted to to a science project and every year, he hasn't been able to do one.
He then does a very dramatic sigh. I take pity on the poor kid and the lack of science in life,
and tell him that I'm in the middle of my homework but, will do a project with him in 30 minutes.
This is not what Matthew had in mind. He started protesting
in a rather annoying way, and being the babysitter with mom gone, I came up with the "rainbow", because I knew it would be quick and easy. He was pretty excited and liked the different colors. It is amazing how kids can be so content with something so simple! The first thing he said after his "Science Project" was finished was, "Tay, can we please put this on your blog?!" He was very eager (He loves seeing pictures of himself), so I complied. Hooray for food coloring!!

Big Salt Lake Trip

Last weekend, we drove as a family to Provo and spent some time with Magleby cousins and grandparents. We had fantastic time. We also dropped off my mom to the airport to take a trip to Chicago, Kirtland, and Palmyra. After dropping her off, us kids plus dad, and a Salt Lake City excursion. I've been and toured Salt Lake numerous times, but strangely, Meg and Matt have not seen more besides the temple. My dad and I were able to show them all of the significant church buildings. We also drove past the capital building (or as I called it when I was little, "The Utah Building"). We then joined with the Taylor family to go to dinner at Tucanos. It was very good and slightly over whelming to have all different kinds of meat brought to you every five minutes. After the dinner, we rode city tracks. This was Matt's favorite part of the day, and he was so excited to ride the train. We rode to Gateway to get hot chocolate, and back to our car. We then drove to our hotel where we crashed utterly exhausted. It was a fun day!

Loving the Holiday

It is official... I have made it through the first quarter as a freshman. After all the scrambling work, I get to enjoy two extra days in my weekend as fall break. I am loving every minute of it. I take that back: cleaning, not so much loving. Oh well, it has to be done.

Rather blustery day today!

The high today is about 70 degrees with a breeze, and I'm absolutely loving it. It looks like a storm is moving in and i'm pretty excited. It has been far too hot for far too long and i'm glad of that change. It makes me want to make a large mug of hot chocolate and watch a movie or read a book. However, there is far too much to do with all the homework that is piling on top me.Someone have a cup of hot chocolate for me! Happy fall!

Landscaping

We got landscaping! This actually happened
during the annual Callister reunion in the
summer. We arrived at about 12:30 pm from
Merced. Megan and I jumped out of the car and rolled down the hill (we were pretty excited)! The first thing Matt said was, "Can we please have a picnic?"We totally love it and are so glad to have it. Come visit us and we can have a picnic!