All things spooky

In no particular order here are some things we have done in the last week. Kyla created a masterpiece on a canvas she got for her birthday. Thank you Rachel she loves it. She is turning into quite the little artist. Last week I taught the preschool girls about pumpkins. We ended the week with a trip to the local pumpkin patch. The girls were so proud of themselves for making it through the corn maze.

As you can tell it was a beautiful bright day. The sun was in all of their eyes as I was trying to take their picture. Their pumpkin hall is in the back of the Durango.

While Jeremy is Elk hunting we took our pumpkins to a Family Home Evening at the church to carve them. The kids did a great job. After three days I am still working on my. Thank you Bro. Berger for buying me a battery powered carver. It has helped tons. Maybe I'll even finish it before Halloween.

We went to the Harvest Carnival at the kids school on Sat. They had a great time seeing all their friends and playing the games, and of course eating lots of candy.

Belle and Tinkerbell. Look Ella has Angelina Jolie lips. Ella can carry it off though!

Jaden had his ninth birthday party on Friday night. Thanks to all the friends who came and made it a success. We had a great time. It was a mad Scientist theme and Jeremy went a little overboard with the smoke machine, hence the foggy pictures.

So that's what we've been up to. How about you?

Weekly Review!

Jaden turned 9 Kyla turned 6
Kyla lost her other front tooth
Kyla had her birthday party. Thank you to all the friends

who made it a special day.

Most of you know that Jeremy was in Texas this week for the ADA conference so the majority of these events were solo. Also happening this week while I was alone, rats chewing in the wall at night, birds crashing into the windows that I had to scoop up so the dog didn't eat it, and having to call Lance West to pull out Kyla's dangling tooth because there was still a little tissue connecting it and it made me get the weeby jibbys trying to pull it out, and all three kids had a fever of 103 on three different days. All in all we had a great week. We were able to celebrate in style and keep it together. It went a lot more smoothly then I anticipated. The kids did great in their primary presentation today. Ella really surprised me when she whipped out the sign language in the Baptism song. Jaden and Kyla did great giving their parts. We all miss Jeremy and can't wait to see him tonight.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLA!

Happy Birthday Kyla!

1. This little girl was born with smiling eyes. She always has a giggle in her voice and is always making us smile.

2. She loves to help me. She always asks what else she can do when she finishes with a job I've given her.

3. She is a great sister. She shares all her things with Ella.

4. She is smart and loves learning.

5. She loves ballet.

6. She has no problem playing in the mud and catching bugs but she does it in a pink tutu and tiara. How can you not love that?

We love you Kyla. You are an amazing addition to our family. Have a very happy birthday.

Kids say the darndest things

This week we went to pick up our friends to go somewhere. I tell Jaden to ,"Go grab Nathen." Ella says, "Yeah go grab him, but do it softly we don't want hurt him. That's not nice, right mom?"

Tonight we took Jaden to Outback for his birthday. We are all eating our food when all of the sudden Kyla asks (rather loudly), "The Lord doesn't like double dipping, does he?" What? Who knows where that one came from. We weren't even sharing any plates.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JADEN!

I can't believe that 9 years ago today I became a mom to the most fabulous young man. I love what my friend Jaque does, so I will now tell you 9 wonderful things about my son. I figure one for each year so I don't go on forever.

1. What a sense of humor! Jaden can make me laugh for hours.

2. He loves his sisters. He goes in every night to kiss them goodnight, if he forgets we have two little girls yelling for Jaden. He has no problem going to watch their ballet practices and always tell them how beautiful they looked.

3. He works hard to achieve his goals. In kindergarten he decided he wanted to be a black belt in karate and now he is only three belts away. Way to go!

4. He motivates himself. He didn't like me telling him to hurry to get ready for school so in kindergarten he set his alarm earlier all by himself and has been up and dressed before I get home from the gym every morning.

5. He has a strong sense of right and wrong. He always stands up for what he knows is right.

6.He never complains when I tell him to do a chore or his homework, he always say's " OK mom" (Sometimes, it's a "can I do it in a little bit?)

7. He gives great hugs.

8. He loves to cook and makes a meal anytime I will let him.

9. He loves to cheer for the Cougars and makes game day a lot more fun!

We love you Jaden. We can't wait to see what other amazing things you have in store for us. Happy Birthday.