Halloween 2008 with the Glover Gang!!

Well, Halloween has come and gone already and we're within striking distance of Thanksgiving...Where does the time go? Little Aidan is still wearing his costume and asking if we can go "Treat or Treating Tonight?"

This year, the boys decided to wear their costumes to school, so Hunter went as a PIRATE and REILLY went as a PTERADACTYL. Later in the evening, Reilly changed his costume choice and went to the Trunk-or-Treat as a dinosaur--so Reilly and Aidan matched!! Too cute :-) Aimee was a little LADYBUG this year, and her red and black tutu was so sweet. I couldn't help but smile as she danced and said "wook at me" with glee! And last but not least, sweet little Liam was a PUMPKIN. He had to be the cutest pumpkin in the patch and we all loved seeing him smile with his little costume on.

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Halloween 2008

Introducing the NEWEST member of the Glover Gang~ Ryker

As you can see, he was just too CUTE and SWEET to leave at the Animal Shelter!!

So, on 9/24/08, our family grew by 4 FEET as Ryker came home with us. He's a super-sweet and mellow German Shepherd puppy mix--with some other (calm) type of dog in him. And it's true that POUND PUPPIES are the BEST dogs....He's convinved that he 'IS' one of the kids, and wants to be in my lap all the time. Ryker runs with the boyz...and even puts up with "Princess Aimee" pulling his tail and saying "No, no Cracker!" (that's how you say Ryker when you're 2 years old)

And YES, that's SNOW you see outside our house on October 12th--how cool is that!!!!!






Ryker ~

Hunter and Aimee's Birthday Celebration!!!

This year we decided to combine birthday party celebrations for Hunter and Aimee. Since their 'special days' are only 2 days apart, September 17th and September 19th, we had DOUBLE-THE-FUN at a surprise "Bowling Birthday." We went to Jack & Jill Lanes in American Fork--and had yummy burgers (classic birthday junk food ;-) and milkshakes followed by the long-awaited 'present opening ceremony.' Hunter got lots of games (Risk, Life, HeroScape) and a microscope that attaches to the TV for viewing up-close investigations of bugs, rocks, dirt, etc...Part MythBusters, part Discovery Channel!!
Aimee Madeleine got a new Care Bear (her MOST FAV THING), her 1st real doll and a DVD and tub toy of the Little Mermaid (her second FAV THING!.)

Then it was on to bowling--which none of us are good at! The kids LOVED the whole thing, from getting special bowling shoes to picking their balls. Reilly was SO EXCITED, he ran into someone else's lane, took a ball and tried to play!! In the end, it was a tie with Reilly and Hunter fighting for top place. Mommy came in 'dead last'--but Aimee came in 3rd place (bowled by Mommy--go figure????.)

Spotlight On....Aimee Madeleine

Aimee is such a sweet, happy little girl. Adored by her brothers, she brings giggles and joy to everything she does....case in point: Aidan's 4th Birthday Party!! Aimee had a ball playing with her brothers and jumping and dancing all by herself. And the birthday cake....WOW! She ate it right out of Aidan's Bob-the-Builder Dump Truck when he wasn't looking :-)

Ummmm...This sign says it ALL!!!

Aidan's 4th Birthday ~ Part 1

I planned a fun little party to celebrate Aidan's special day...and took the kids to "Jump on It" for an evening of jumping and bouncing on trampolines. Aidan didn't waste any time getting into the jumping groove and ran off to play immediately. Of course, Reilly tore out into the tramp area without pause, and Hunter took his time getting "into" the whole thing. Miss Aimee was really uncertain about the whole thing for about an hour. But she got into it eventually and we had to DRAG her off the tramps when it was time for pizza, cake and presents.

Aidan had his own party room, with a Bob-the-Builder Dump Truck Cake made by Mommy and lots of fun presents. Everyone had a great time and made lots of fun memories!!!