Merry Christmas!

Kate with piano

I took a picture of Kate in front of her Grandparents grand piano today.  I love this piano it's so pretty!

Here are some photo's of the kids helping to rake leaves.  Jence had a ball crawling around in the leaves.  We all enjoyed the nice day, and with a bit of team work were able to get a good portion of the leaves cleaned up.  We take a slow approach.  The goal is to fill both garbage cans full of the leaves each week.  Hopefully we will get them all before winter.

Thanksgiving this year was lots of fun.  We usually stay in town for the holiday but this year we headed south for St. George.  We all had fun enjoying the beautiful weather.  I did some shopping, and the kids did a fun hike.  Thanksgiving dinner was delicious.  It was a fun memory for the kids.



Funny thing Benjamin said

Yesterday I was talking to Benjamin and told him I'd be coming to his nursery now on Sundays (I just got that "calling" as we title church jobs.  He responded "yes I know you got a phone call"!

Halloween 2012

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but for a mom it can be very exhausting.  Pulling together four costumes isn't always the easiest thing the do.  And then there's the photo's.  The kids hate getting their pictures taken, but of course being the photo obsessed person that I am I tell them no photo's means no trick or treating.  I'm such a mean mom right?  Here's a costume tip I've discovered the best place to go is Kid to Kid. It's a second hand children's clothing store. Most of the costumes they sell there have only been worn once and are in like-new condition. I was able to pick up Kate's, Kirk's, and Jence's costumes there for a fraction of the cost! Benjamin wanted to be Darth Vader which was a costume we already had in our dress up bin, so he was easy!


The kids had a great Halloween this year!  They got tons of candy, and had a really fun time at school where they had Halloween parties.  I helped with Kirk's french class.  They played french BINGO and limbo to french music.  Kate had fun in her class too. I wasn't able to volunteer with her class.  Benjamin got to wear his costume to his preschool class which was a fun experience.  He said that he had witches brew, "but it wasn't good for me."  I guess that meant he didn't really like how it tasted.  here are some photo's of the kids in their super awesome Halloween costumes.  It gets harder to find great costumes each year as the kids get older, and they become more picky about who they want to be.    Kate as Scarlet O'Hara in Gone with the Wind

             The cutest little chick on the street but not sesame street.  We had a few people wonder if he was Big Bird. We are big Mit Romney fans, but no I didn't plan his costume around the
 2012 presidential election.

 Benjamin was Darth Vader.  It seems we always have some type of Star Wars representation on Halloween.  Thirty years and that franchise is still going strong!  George Lucus was a genius. 

 Kirk as either Anikin, Luke skywalker, or some other kind of Jedi.  Kirk's costume was actually the hardest costume to find.  He changes his mind so fast, and has pretty high expectations.  When I first brought home the costume he wasn't to thrilled, but luckily it came with a chewy stuffed animal, and that seemed to make it cool enough. 

Pumpkin Carving night

Here are the boys with their BYU pumpkin!  Benjamin even has his cougar T-shirt on, we are indoctrinating our kids while their young!

Kate wanted a cute pumpkin this year.  I don't think there's anything cuter than Hello Kitty.  Hello Kitty was my very favorite when I was young, I had a collection of erasers shaped like hellow kitty (or some other tiny cute animal), pens, and pencils.  I'd save up my money and then go down to the Ogden City mall (which is now torn down) and add an eraser or pencil, or mini note pad to my collection.  I never used my treasures, just collected them and stored them in a pink hello kitty pencil box I'd gotten from my friend for my birthday.  How I wish I still had that, I have no idea what has happened to it.  I still remember how they smelled.  I'm glad to see this adorable little kitten still alive and well for the next generation of girls to enjoy.

Benjamin's field trip

Benjamin was able to go on a fun field trip with his preschool class to the tree house museum.  He really enjoyed going there with all of his friends.  Benjamin is a very social little guy, and loves making friends.  He is very good at remembering children's names, even if he's just barely met them.  I'll never forget how last May he made friends with a little girl at the store.  They started playing on the kids table that was there to entertain the children while the mom's shopped.  As we were leaving he loudly says, "bye Carly".  He said it just like she was her very best friend in the whole wide world.  It's awesome how children can make friends so quickly!