Halloween Cruise

Last Tuesday we decided to go to Provo to take a little Halloween cruise on the Provo river. We had heard about it from some friends and decided it would be fun to take the kids. It was packed. I mean for a Tuesday night I really didn't expect it to be that busy, but we waited for more than an hour before they finally got us on the boat.

Once it was our turn they guided us down a pathway that had a bunch of lights and cute halloween decorations down to the water. Then we got in this big boat and we went down the river. On one side of the river it was covered with carved pumpkins and there were a ton of lights. Our "pirate" guide told a story and another pirate tried to get on our boat, but he ended up giving the kids candy. It was really cute and so much fun for the younger kids.

FHE - Decorating Pumpkins

Last week for FHE we finally got our pumpkins and decorated them. Paige wanted to carve hers so we gutted it and I baked the seeds. The rest of us painted ours. We had already put Lucas to bed by the time we had FHE so I painted his pumpkin with chalkboard paint and then the next day I let him color on it with some chalk. It was fun and way less messy than if I would have let him paint it.

The kids with their pumpkins. Lucas' on the far left with black chalkboard paint (the little white scratches was his own artwork using chalk). MaKady's spider pumpkin, Jared's wacky face pumpkin and Paige's carved pumpkin.

Birthday Party

On Monday October 11, 2010 we met at the cemetery with my family to celebrate our nephew Jordan's birthday. He would have been five. It is becoming tradition for us. It's a hard day for Mary and Trinity especially. I am so glad that we were able to celebrate with them. This year was hard for Mary because I have Lucas and he was 20 months on Jordan's birthday. The exact age that Jordan was when he passed away.

It's true what they say about healing with time. Our whole family is healing. The hurt is beginning to fade. We are able to concentrate on the good times and memories that we have of Jordan instead of on the fact that he isn't here anymore.

Again I am so grateful for the knowledge we have that families are forever, and that we will one day be able to see Jordan.

After the balloons at the cemetery we went and ate at the Chinese Buffet. It was yummy.

Choir Concert

Oh how I love a good choir concert. This was MaKady's first one. It was so adorable and they all sang so great. I almost cried. And yes I was one of those annoying moms who use to be in choir myself so I sang along. I know completely lame and I swore I would never be one of "those" but I am and that's just fine. They even sang "Rhythm of Life" at the very end, and I remembered most of it from when I was in choir. Oh it was joy. I can hardly wait until the Christmas concert.

Cooking With Grandma

My parents came to visit over General Conference weekend. It's really great every time they visit. My mom always has activites planned to do with the kids. They made hats out of balloons and fudge. I guess after having 10 kids you just know how to handle kids. (wish I could be as great at this as my mom, but I'm still learning) Anyway she taught the kids how to make easy fudge.

Then we showed them how we eat fudge. (I never make it) But growing up my mom used to make fudge every Sunday. We always ate it warm, on a spoon, with popcorn and a movie. It is delicious. It's still the only way I eat fudge.

Fall Fun

As most of you know fall is my favorite time of year. I love the smell, the colors, the weather, the outdoors. I just adore everything about it. So of course we had to get out a take a few pictures.

13!!!

MaKady had school pictures taken the second day of school and for weeks now we have been waiting for them to come back. She finally got her student I.D. But somewhere in the middle of it all her teacher forgot to send home the order form, so we didn't get to order school pictures. Anyway she wanted some nice pictures this year so last Sunday was a great day to go out and take some. I think they turned out sooo cute. She is growing up way to fast.

Our Movie Theater

Lately Paige and Lucas have been playing together really well. Last week I was busy cleaning downstairs and they were playing upstairs. Paige came down and asked me to make them popcorn, which I did. Then I decided to check on them and this is what I found.

That is our portable DVD player that they set up.