Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! This year the kids keep changing costumes, but here is what they dressed up last night as to go to the ward trunk or treat activity. Spidey has been an Elephant, Spider Man, and today he is King Peter. Lightening has been King Peter and today is Spider Man because he wanted the mask. Lady Bug has been the witch all along (bless the child), and was last year as well. They all are having fun dressing up. I just wish there were more fun things to take them to today. In Logan, being a small town, the down town businesses and local grocery store all did a trick or treat. I've never heard of anything like that here though. Oh well. Anyway, we are just excited to dress up for a day and eat Chocolate Chip cookies that we dyed green.

Photographer

I was out walking with the kids the other day down in Provo Canyon. I had the camera with me and had so much fun taking pictures of the kids as they explored the nature trail (which is so gorgeous in the fall btw). I realized that I really like photography and want to get into it more. That's probably obvious from looking at the blog and seeing all the pics we take of things and than post. Somehow it makes me appreciate life more when I am looking at trying to capture it and remember it. I was recently able to find a DSLR camera for really cheap on ebay. It needed a minor repair (thus the really cheap part) that I was able to get done in town for cheap. Know I just need to get lenses (amazon gift certificates for Christmas would be greatly appreciated) and learn how to use it. What an interesting project I got myself into. I didn't realize how much there was to learn. Still I am really excited to learn it and hopefully the quality of the pics on the blog will improve too :) The pumpkin carving pics are from the new camera. I found a great online tutorial that I totally recommend to anyone that is interested in learning. Now I just need to play! The great part is that Jon likes photography too from his days on the school newspaper back in high school. So now we have a project to do together and competition to see who can take the best pictures (yes, we are both first borns).

Kids Say the Darndest Things

I hope you guys find this as funny as I do. Here are some of the best of my little notebook that I keep called "Kids Say the Darndest Things" where I collect all the funny things my kids say.

Daddy: You need to eat you carrots so you can see in the dark.
Lightening: I don't need carrots, I'll use a flashlight.

Lightening :I'm gone! I'm gone!
Daddy: Where did you go?
Lightening: Behind my eyes!

Lightening: Eat, drink, and be married for tomorrow we die.

Lightening: What's the spicey water called?
mommy: Sprite.

Spidey: I shared with you mommy!
Mommy: (very confused) what did you share with me Spidey?
Spidey: Your drink!

Mommy: Happy Birthday! Do you know how old you are now?
Spidey: ...no.
Mommy: You're 3!
Spidey: I don't want to be 3!!!
Mommy: How old do you want to be?
Spidey: 5.
Mommy: Then will you turn back to 3 tomorrow?
Spidey: Yes! I'll be 3 and 5!

Spidey: Did you have a good day?
Lady Bug: NO!
Spidey: Did you have a bad day?
Lady Bug: NO!
Spidey: Okay, then you had no day.

Spidey: They call it multi-green cheerios, but they are brown and yellow.

Mommy: I'm a girl like you Lady Bug!
Lady Bug: No! You're not a girl, you're a mommy!

Pumpkin Carving

Here is pictures from our annual pumpkin carving family night- established the year we got married. The kids were active participants this year and did a good job. You can see Lightening and Spidey with their pencils as the "design team" and Lady Bug next to daddy as the "carver in training". Jon did a double sided pumpkin with a spider on one side and the silly face on the other. Rachel did Mrs. pac man eating the corn.

North Logan Pumpkin Walk

We made our yearly pilgrimage to North Logan this last weekend for the pumpkin walk. The theme this year was heroes. The weather was very warm and we enjoyed walking around and enjoying the scenes and fall colors. After the pumpkin walk we got some famous aggie icecream and drove around to our old apartment and Jon's school. It was a perfect day to be together as a family.

Nana

The kids loved it when they got a visit from their great grandma Nana. Lightening loved the flashlight she gave him so much that he is taking it to school for show and tell tomorrow.

Cornbelly's Corn Maze

While Jon was at his conference in El Paso, TX I took the kids out to the corn maze at Thanksgiving Point with my sister. There are a ton of things to do there including hay rides, a pumpkin princess and her carriage, and a creature you can go through. This was my first big outing since the surgery. It was a lot of fun, but I was very tired at the end of the day.

Leaf Angels

Whoever said you needed snow? This was just way too cute not to post. One of our trees in the front yard is the first tree to loose its leaves in the fall and the last on to get them back in the spring. The kids decided to have fun with all those fallen leaves and make angels like they do in the snow.

Rachel update

Rachel saw the dr today for her two week post op appt. The dr says that she is healing well and should be back up to full energy in another month or so. Rachel is so grateful for all the notes and help and prayers that have been given. She feels blessed despite everything and is happy. She can't wait to celebrate halloween with the kids and to go to pumpkin patches, corn mazes, pumpkin walks, hay rides, and halloween fairs.

Lightening's 5th Birthday

Lightening turned 5 last month. He was being a big tease for the camera so it was hard to get a good photo of him. He wanted and loved his pink cake (cherry chip) and carried all his birthday cards around with him all day long and said they made him feel special. He started preschool the week after his birthday. He is doing very good in preschool and loves getting to ride the bus like a big boy. He is particularly proud of the artwork he makes at school and calls them "cards" which he keeps in a special box on his dresser which he took from the garbage just for that purpose. He is a sweet boy and we all love him very much.