"I'm Jack, The Pumpkin King!"

As usual, we started carving pumpkins about 9:30 last night. We turned on "The nightmare before Christmas" and got out the carving tools. At 11:00 we were done (since we only let the kids pick easy faces this year). We had to do a test run. For this picture I asked the kids to make the same face as their pumpkin. you can see who even chose to participate.

None of the pictures with lit pumkins turned out. We will try again tonight.

Happy Halloween!

pumpkin patch

I don't think my middle child has ever been to a pumpkin patch, at least with her family. So today I decided to take these two to a local pumpkin patch. I just wanted to take a few pictures for blogging and srapbooking. Just so Emily would have evidence that she was neglected.:)

Today is so beautiful. Days like this makes me think I could live somewhere where there are only 2 seasons: spring and fall.

We came home with a urban turban gourd (something like that), a pumpkin, and a mini snake looking gourd all for $3! And Jake got to run around in the pumpkin patch for a while looking for his pumpkin. Maybe I will take Emily back tonight.

Fabric Sale

Table runners and pumpkins


My sister called and said the Fall fabric was 50% off-did I need a reason to drop everything and go hang out at the fabric store? NO! When Jake found out where we were going he begged to go to a friends, he is not my fabric friend anymore. So, I dropped him off and spent the next hour perusing fall fabric with my sister.
I got fabric to have the kids make a pumpkin for their teacher. I couldn't decide what fabric to pick so I picked 6 different prints. Emily was my little crafter. She spent about an hour making the pumpkins with me. She even came up with a few different ideas for them. I knew she was our "artsy fartsy" child.
Then I made two table runners. Brad said they looked like something out of my moms kitchen (not a compliment). But I love the fabric anyway. One of the lines of fabrics is called "pumkins gone wild".

HM3!

Paige had been talking about going to HM3 for a while and I wasn't excited about taking her. Then something happened (a mommy moment) and I decided to get tickets and take her and Emily. We went with some neighbor friends on Sat morning at 10:15. I actually REALLY liked to show. It made me laugh, it made me cry. Sad, I know, But I did tear up during the graduation scene.
After the excitement of seeing it and hearing Deborah talk about going to see the midnight showing with Rimanda (sorry, just had to do it:). I let Deborah talk me into getting tickets to see Twilight. I am sad to say my first midnight showing of a movie (that I remember, I could have watched one when I worked at the "Wilsh". Only employees stayed late and watched new movies) will be Twilight (sorry Memish-I hated the book). I am going to be in the excitement of it all. And of course, to get a DP at 12:30 AM. Can't pass that up.

The Costume Box and a camera

We finally got out the boxes of costumes and #'s 2-4 had a great time dressing up and taking pictures. You have got to love digital cameras. Seven years ago we would have never let the kids play around taking pictures!

Baby, baby....

Our sweet baby is 9 months old! We took her "monthly picture" by pooh bear. She was so incredibly cute we all ended up on the floor with her.

Still not crawling, but rolling around to get places now. Any one know how to stop her from growing? Well, she only weighed in at 14 lbs and 10 ounces at her check up. Maybe I have figured it out!:)

Shop Hop

My two sisters and my mom went on a "shop hop". This is the first one I have ever done. We went to 14 quilt stores from Payson to Kaysville in one day. Then the next day we visited the last 3 to get blackout on our card. At each shop we got a free notion and by the end we had a sewing kit. Of course at each store we saw tons of cute quilts and fabrics. My sisters and I picked up about 20 new fabrics for our "eye spy" quilt and a few other things too.

I was going to take a picture of us at one of the stores and I never did (but I took many pics of quilts) so here is a picture of a no sew craft you can all do. Here is what you need: "fat quarter" and a roll of toilet paper and a piece of brown paper bag and some Green fabric and ribbon. Put the TP in the center of your fabric and then tuck it in the TP. Add the green fabric and stem and you are done. Tie a ribbon or whatever around it if you want. Very cute!

The best part of this was spending the day with my sisters and mom. I love having girl time with them. It is good for my soul!

Strange things are happening

We have had a few strange things happen around here. It has been a crazy and busy couple of weeks.......



When the dentist says "Make sure you don't bite on your lip" after he numbs your mouth, it is a good idea to pay attention to that. Poor Jake, he looked awful for a few days. When I suggested he tell people who asked "what happened?" that his brother hit him in the mouth he didn't think that was at all funny. And neither did Rian. I guess I was the only one who thought it might be a good joke. :)



A potato that my mom grew in her garden. We ate it for dinner and the kids said we had to take a picture of it. It was yummy.



An adorable lost dog, Chloe, that we found at Jakes soccer game. Unfortunately the owners wanted her back. But it was fun for a few hours. Chloe had a pearl necklace on. Ever seen a dog with a pearl necklace?



Sarah found her tongue and can't keep it in her mouth now.



Rian found my scentsy burner. He is 13. Need I say any more?

contortionist

Can you do this? Sarah loves to stick her foot in her mouth and play with her feet. How cute can she be?

his is broken and hers is stretched out

We had a rough week. The "husband" went mountain biking on Tuesday and broke his wrist. He has little pieces of bone floating around but the break can not be found. It could be the bone in your wrist that does not show up on x-rays and it is going to be a long recovery, maybe ending in surgery.
The "wife" needs to wear better shoes. But since I can't go back in time to my teenage days of thongs (those of you over 30 know I am not talking about kinky underwear) I am suffering possibly for the rest of my life. (OK-it just seems that way right now). I have something wrong with my foot that I can't even say let alone spell. So now I get to wear "athletic" type shoes and I get to spend time with a soup can and a pack of ice every night for a while.
I hate getting old.

The big day...

This picture may look the same. But if you look close you can see the excitement in her eyes (could also be that you can SEE her eyes-we cut her bangs-much to her dismay). Paige was so excited to sing at GC today. After weeks of practicing (not only singing, but all the other rules too) she was ready to perform!

She left at 10:15 Sat morning and I arrived at the CC at 1:20. I rushed in to try and get the best seat possible for our section and when I walked in the auditorium and heard the children practicing it brought unexpected tears. I rushed to get seats and pulled out the binoculars to find her. It was so fun to see her and watch her practice. Then when they started singing it was even more fun to see her on the screen.

During the last song "We thank thee, O God, for a Prophet" I looked at Pres. Monson to see what he was doing during this song. He was humbly looking down at the floor. Pres. Eyering was turning around smiling at the children and then I was lucky enough to see Pres. Uchtdorf reach his hand over to Pres. Monsons wrist and squeeze it just a little. That was the end of dry eyes for me. It was such a touching gesture and I happened to see it.

It was a lot of work but it was a once in a life time experience for Paige. Lucky girl! Thanks to all the family and friends who let us know they saw her.

A side note: Rian, Emily and Jake stayed home. They got bored watching conference and made Paige a cake in the easy bake oven. They also, somehow, did not see her on TV. Silly kids.