Scrappy Hearts

Every November the Saturady before Thanksgiving we have an ornament exchange party with family and friends hosted by my sister in law Jen. This year I made 'Scrappy Hearts'. I had to do something fast and easy sinceI put off making the ornaments untilthe last minute. I thought they turned out pretty cute!

Discovery Gateway!

Daniel loves Discovery Gateway!

We met Crys, Ammon and Amanda there and the children had a great time playing. Water works, building, rock wall (Mandy is the bravest)! Blocks and the Helicopter! WE love to do fun things with our cousins!

I can't figure out why people don't like cats, besides being allergic and the kitty box. I love my cat. She never bugs me. She only wants affection a couple of times of day, her fur is soft, she cuddles and PURRS... She is independent and assertive. She mostly loves me and Anna, and keeps our feet warm at night (moving from room to room)! She comforts us, stays out of the way when we are busy and keeps the mice out..although I haven't seen any in our house..CATS are the best!

It has been way to long since I posted anything. So much has happened, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthdays, New Years, New President...I promise to catch up!

Halloween

i love HALLOWEEN finally the day has come...getting ready was crazy. We had a BASEBALL PLAYER ZOMBIE, a cute COWGIRL and a SHARK or VAMPIRE*.

The children had a awesome time with their friends. Daniel had a cute program, Matthew and Anna had an awesome parade. That night we went to the Sager's for dinner, then the Dad's took the children Trick or Treating!

*Daniel does not like to dress up..first he wanted to be a SHARK.. I love the cute costume...

but when the time came to wear it he felt to embarassed.

Finally we talked him into HALLOWEEN shirt...and then he became a VAMPIRE!

carving pumpkins

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Usually we have a huge party..but I just wasn't up for the work this year. SO we tried to make halloween fun. We had our annual pumpkin carving. The children really wanted to make cookies first soooo after lots of frosting, sprinkles and tons of cute cookies...we started carving PUMPKINS. Allen has always been the best at getting the seeds out..but this year the children did not really want our help. The more we tried to help madder they got as us ( sooo hard to let them grow up:(....)! Finally, much to the children's relief, we got it, and only helped when asked (Next year we get our OWN pumpkins). The pumpkins turned out great and we had a fun night...

take note of Matthews 'barfing pumpkin'!

Chili Cook Off/Talent Show

CHILI COOKOFF/TALENT SHOW this is our annual ward entertainment in the fall. I did not make Chili...not my forte..but I made yummy honey sweet corn bread...usually the children are not really included in the entertainment...but this year...the Primary WAS the entertainment, the children organized and MC'd the entire thing. Matthew and his buddies played a trio,1 clarinet and 2 trumpets...only one has had trumpet for more than 2 months...they played the OLYMPIC theme together and only made a few mistakes..I was so proud, 2 performances in one day..Daniel got up on stage...overcame his shy..stress and told a JOKE...and Anna sang REFLECTION from Mulan...it was a great night!