ISU beats UVSC

Hi everyone! We got home a little while ago from ISU wrestling's first dual of the season against UVSC. ISU won 39-0. It was really fun, but I had Tate so I didn't get to pay attention to the wrestling as closely as I would have liked to. I know that "cuncle cyla" had a pin that they didn't call but I think he ended up getting a major decision.

What I was surprised at was how well Tate did. But I bribed him...with a Dum Dum sucker, a Kit Kat (from Halloween), and a bottle of water (which he just loves to drink from). And gma Debbie came through with some really cute trucks as well! :) I don't expect him to be that good everytime, I am sure at some point the thrill of Dum Dum's will wear off.

I added the picture of Cael above to this post because I just love love love it and I've been waiting for an opportunity to post it. It was from NCAA's, not tonight's match, and he was fired up!

The big, bad 30

Yes, it's true. I'm now 30. :P My bday was nice, it was on a Sunday so we didn't do much. But Cael surprised me with a huge piece of chocolate cake from Red Lobster and a piece of Wally pie from Wallaby's. Woo hoo! My mom came earlier in the week and let us go to dinner and a movie in Des Moines while she watched Tate and spoiled him with a new truck. Fun fun! :) Sorry, my birthday is less than exciting. ;)

later all!

Halloween 08

What a fun Halloween this year! Tate was old enough for us to do a few trick-or-treat things! He was a monkey this year, a costume I picked after he saw it at Target and said "eee eee ahh ahh." Too cute!

We went to our church on Wednesday night for Trunk or Treat, where members pull their cars in the parking lot and the kids go around to everyone's trunk for candy. Very fun! Tate didn't get what was going on at first, but by the end of the night he was pretty good--he found the missionaries and helped himself to a few handfuls of candy while they laughed at him. :) He was also (always) happy to see his cousins Kade, Tylar and Mason.

On Halloween, we went to the Ames mall with Tara, Jo, and Sarah (all the wrestling coaches wives) and went around to each store to trick or treat. Tate kinda figured out what was going on this time after experiencing trunk or treat, but now decided to throw multiple tantrums because he wanted more than one piece of candy from each place. And he was sweating like a madman--his costume was pretty heavy even though he was only wearing a diaper underneath! Anyway, we had a lot of fun.

Unfortunately, we were at the mall so long that trick or treating was almost over when we got home and we ended up with a bag and a half of leftover candy!! I kept the lights on at home for a long time, but there were not many kids left trick or treating. And each one that did come got four pieces of candy. ;)

Later!