Another Thought on being Thankful

I am thankful for the friends that we have in our lives. For the friends that are many miles away, the ones that are close by, and even the future ones that we haven't met yet.

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends. -- Cindy Lew

Halloween Night!!

I took the girls trick or treating with my friend Katie and her kids.

Katie had a pumpkin pepperoni pizza for us to eat before we left to go trick or treating.

This house was decorated so cool. Maybe some year I will decorate my house like that. After about 15 houses the kids said they were done and wanted to go back home. We left and went back to Katie's for a fun night of games and conversation.

Tiffani, Conner and Caden arriving back from work.

Murder, Mystery Party!!

The girls wanted to have a Halloween party, I told them they could if they had their parties together. They both had ideas on who they wanted to invite and their lists were huge. I told them that I didn't think we could comfortably have more than about 15 people. They came up with a combined list, and then we came up with the idea of a Murder, Mystery Party.

I told the girls that I would write the script since I had seen some ideas online. If only I had thought through the idea. After I had done a lot of the work I realized that I could have just bought one online for $30. It turned out to be way more time consuming than I thought it would be, especially since I am not a writer. My friend Staci, helped me out.

In the end the kids had a good time. They dressed up for their parts, played the murder mystery game, watched a scary movie (Prom Night) and then played Rock Band on the PS3.





The Characters for the night:
Lady Victoria - Tiffani
Watson Sherlock - Conner
Jane Meadowbrook - Courtney
Dr. Drake - Caden
Lady Lavender - Melanie
The eccentric billionaire-(King Tut) -Cole
Miss Scarlet - Brooke
Dr. Green -Mike
Mrs. Marmson -Michelle
Sergeant Gray - Jared
Dr. Newton - Julia
Colonel Mustard - Spencer (Nickname was Colonel Mutard due to a mis-read line)
Ima Gudsweeper -Madison
Butler Hemsley - Chase
Ms. Peach -Macall
Tracy Fibers - Krista

The victim of the murder was Sergeant Gray, his murder was done by Ima Gudsweeper with the help of Butler Hemsley.

Being Thankful Quotes

I just wanted to share with you some quotes I found on prayer, having gratitude and being thankful. I love this time of year that we are reminded of being thankful for our blessings. I am so thankful for my blessings and how blessed I am.

Rough Week at the Chambers House

They say that when it rains it pours. We have definitely been feeling the pouring rain here. Hopefully it will stay dry for awhile at the Chambers house.

1. Two weeks ago the garage door broke. It was the torsion spring which counters the weight of the door making it so the garage can actually go up. Mike said it was something that he couldn't fix. We had to get it fixed since we couldn't get into the garage at all. Cost: $150.00.

2. The car that Tiffani has been driving died on Monday the 20th (the very first car that Mike and I bought together.) It was going to cost somewhere between $700 and $3000 to be fixed. We decided that it wasn't worth putting that much money into a 19 year old car. Now we have three drivers and just two cars. It's hard to adjust to the loss of something when you have become so accustomed to it. I have loved that Tiffani can drive herself to where she needs to go. She also helps me get the girls where they need to be and runs errands for me. Now Tiffani and I are trying to work out the car thing and I'm definitely feeling the loss of the Honda. We are trying to convince Mike to get another car. He told Tiffani that she needs to save her money and that he would 'help' her get another car. Cost: A car for Tiffani $$$$



3. Thursday as we were all trying to leave, Tiffani came home from Seminary with a flat tire on the Suburban. It had a screw in it. So now we have three drivers and only one car that is working with all three of us trying to get out the door. Not happy people at the Chambers house. The tire was too worn out to justify fixing it, so Mike decided it was time to replace all 4 tires on the Suburban (the tires were near the end of their lifetime.) Mike put air in the tire and drove it to work hoping that it would last until he could get to COSTCO for a full tire lobotomy. Tiffani and I left in the other car and I dropped her off at school, then I went to school. After I got out of class I went to meet up with Mike to take the Suburban to COSTCO for new tires. It took 3 hours.
Cost: 4 new tires $900.00

4. Monday morning my cell phone breaks. Not just a little break but completely broken in half and unusable. Mike and I have been talking about switching cell phone companies but Courtney is still under contract until March. Luckily a guy that works with Mike had the same phone we do but had recently changed wireless provider, and hence had a new phone leaving the old one out of service. He kindly gave me his old phone. I was so happy! Who would have thought that one could be so happy about a phone. Cost: None except the $2.50 for a new ring tone.

I know that it could be worse and I am grateful for the many blessings we have; family, good friends, a job, food, and a nice roof over our heads.

The Ward Trunk or Treat

Last Saturday our Ward had a Trunk or Treat. The girls had a good time. Here are some pictures of those in our Ward that got into the night and some that didn't.

Kylie is a ladybug and Ashley is a fairy.

Kylie and Maddie.

Ashley and Megan.

This is Averi. The girls babysit her and her brother. She is just a cutie. She wasn't scared of the dancing witch statue she was just mesmerized by it.

The dancing witch, I need one of these.
Courtney the angel and her group of friends.

The Lloyd Family

The sister missionaries.

Our friend Tom.

Here I am in no costume.

Ashley at Camp Jolt

The week of October 15-17 Ashley went on a school camp. Unfortunately I was unable to make it as I had a test that week. I was happy that one of Ashley's friends mom was going and knew that she would watch over my little girl. She had a lot of fun and we all missed her terribly. We were happy to have her home with us on Friday. I bought Ashley a disposable camera for her to take pictures so that she could tell us all about her three days away from home.
Here are the pictures that she took. What priceless pictures of what she saw on her trip.

These picture Michelle, Ashley friends mom took of Ashley doing the Zip-line.

This is Ashley and McKenzie.

I love this picture of Ashley I don't know how to turn it the right way, sorry that you have to look at it sideways, but I love that she is so happy and having a good time.
In her bag I packed a letter for her to read every day and a treat, each letter I asked her to write down something that she enjoyed about that day or what was her favorite part.
Here is what she wrote:
Day 1
1. Going on the night hike.
2. Finding rocks and then we got to smash some.
Day 2
1. Going on the Zip Line
2. Going in the water trying to catch fish and stuff.
3. Doing the GPS Scavenger Hunt.
Day 3
I asked her what her favorite part of her trip had been:
The Zip line!!!!
And I think she would also say coming home to better food and my mom.