Here's a laugh!

I found these photos from St. Patrick's on my old camera today. I saw them and just laughed my head off. I LOVE my kids!

Chris in New York!

Here are a few of Chris' photos from his trip to New York.

Lots of fun with family.

Here is a photo of the boys together and the girls together. The boys seem a bit out numbered. But they were really well behaved. I did loose Max one time, we got separated coming off the wagon ride, he followed the wrong crowd of people. But I found him pretty fast. The kids really had a great time.
Anyone care to sit on a pumpkin? Ruth thinks it's a good idea. We were all leaving and she had a hard time pulling herself from that pumpkin. It was pretty funny.

Barnyard Boo!

Here we are at Thanksgiving Point, in the farm for Barnyard Boo. It was festively decorated with spiders, ghosts, cats and pumpkins. There were lots of things for the children to go and do. We went on a wagon ride, got balloons, decorated cookies and got the kids and my face painted. It was lots of fun. The kids also got to spend time with their cousins aunts and Grandmother. I'm so glad my kids have opportunities to be this close to their family. Thanks Grammy for providing fun times for all of our family you're wonderful.

Balloons

We waited in line so the cute clown could make us balloons at thanksgiving point. Grammy was so nice to take us. Hailey was really excited to get a balloon she wouldn't get out of line for anything, even the temporary tatoo's and real bunnies close by.

Here's a rather fun & easy tag to try. Here's what you do. Go to your "my pictures" and pick the 4th folder, then the 4th photo and upload it. It's fun to see what you get. Here's mine.
It looks like this is a photo of Hailey and Kate in Holly's garage while we were working on a project. Most likely our kitchen cabinets. Chris was suppose to make them but Steve pretty much did all the work. Chris helped. Those cabinets sure make my life easier.

I tag anyone who wants to give it a try. Becky, Elaine, Maria, Sarah, and Melanie maybe! I just thought it would be fun to see what photos would come up.

New Sweaters and earrings.

Hailey was so excited to change her earrings for the first time. We got them pierced 2 or 3 months ago and haven't changed them until now. I made the new earrings something they needed to earn for keeping their room clean. Last week they earned them. :) Hailey loves the color blue like Cinderella so when I gave her blue earrings she was really excited. Audrey's ears were infected so we decided not to change hers for a couple of days. She was okay with that. She really didn't want the holes to close up so she would have to get them pierced again. Hailey also staged this whole earring photo shoot. She put on a blue shirt and pants, got my blue rings to match and put a blue blanket and 2 blue pillows on the chair she is sitting on. She also did her own hair just for these photos. Silly sweet girl.
These are Audrey and Hailey's new sweaters. They have been wearing them non stop since I pulled them out of the closet. I told them to wear them to school under their jackets so they could wear them in class if they wanted too. I think the colors are so fun. They really are snugly soft sweaters. :)

Carrots

Here's our bumper crop of carrots. :) I planted them at the end of the planting season when most of our plants were maturing and I had a space left from some other plant that died. I told Chris to go with the girls outside this weekend before it snowed and pick the carrots. They were really yummy. And straighter than last years little, quite deformed, carrots. One more fun thing from our garden.

School Points!

I've never bought Campbells products because I always buy the generic brand that is cheaper. But recently my oldest twins have decided that they really like spaghettio's. There is no generic brand of spaghettio's. So they have been taking them to lunch at school. Camille and Holly have told me how wonderful the points are for school. My sister in law Tamara's school lets the kids dress down (from their usual uniforms) one day a month if they bring in 5 points a month. So I decided I would just take the time to cut off the points of all my spaghettio's cans and give them to the school. I hope it helps. Is there anything else that I need to be collecting to help out my kids' school?

A Clean house!

My counter has been clean for a week. I've been trying really hard to keep up on certain chores in my home this last week. I've done 2 or 3 batches of dishes and laundry every day and I've kept the counter in my kitchen clean. It feels really good to have a space to prepare food. I've been doing lots of extra cooking since I have the clean counter. I made home made french fries, french bread and corn bread last week. We'll see if I can keep it up this week. I made a few new rules for myself that will help me be happy and keep up on things better. One of those rules is only babysitting once a week. I want to help and serve people by babysitting. But I was finding I was stressing out and not getting much done. I was babysitting all the time and not having the time I need with just my own kids and time to get house work done. So friends please still call me to babysit. I would love to. I just need some time to get things done as well. One other rule (well plan really) I have made for myself is a meal plan. My friend Holly and I have planned out meals for the whole month of October. So every day Holly comes over at 12:00 and we work together to make the dinner for that night. This way my dinner is ready and I just have to put it in the oven and finish vegetables and side dishes to go with it. So when Audrey and Hailey get home from school I can help them with their homework instead of making dinner at that time. :) Wish me luck.

I love the bowling shoes!!! They go great with her dress don't you think?

Bowling with kids!

The Elders Quorum in our ward planned an activity to go bowling. Chris went and discovered that no one showed up but him. So I told him to come back and get us and we would go bowling with him. So we went as a family. The kids had a blast. Max and Ruth did have a hard time waiting through everyone's turn for their turn. They didn't have fits or anything they were just a little eager to take their turn every 5 seconds.

Gardens are for kids!

Here is the biggest cucumber I have grown, not too big but it was yummy. Grammy always tells me that gardens are for kids. I have been so careful with my garden and worked so hard on it that I haven't wanted to let the kids get in it and chance them stepping on anything and breaking anything. I've been better this year than in years past. I've taught them how to water the plants with out putting the hose directly on the plant. I taught them how to walk with out stepping on the plants and to twist to pull off the vegetables and not the whole plant. So now they just run out and pick vegetables whenever I need them and they can enjoy eating them because they helped to pick and prepare them. It is so satisfying having a garden. Thanks for your help Audrey and Hailey.

I've had a bit of a headache.

I haven't posted in a long time because I've had a headache for a few weeks. I'm trying to get it all worked out. I might see if my doctor can give me an antibiotic today to help with the cold that he thinks has been causing the headaches. We'll see I'll be blogging soon with lots of fun photos as soon as I'm all well. I'm optimistic that I'm on the mend. Love you all.

I'm afraid I have no pictures today. I've just decided to write and say I'm going to follow a calendar. Chris tells me all the time when I tell him something we need to do, "It's not on my calendar." I have been mostly frustrated when he says this. But I decided he's not trying to frustrate me. He is trying to help us have order. So I'm going to try really hard to remember to put everything I need to do on my calendar and follow it every day. Then at least when I tell Chris that we are going to the park after dinner he wont be surprised. I already put that we are going to the library on Wednesday night. We went last week and the kids had a really fun time picking out books. So I figure we need to return the old ones so we might as well get new ones. Wish me luck. I need order in my life.

It isn't gong to be summer much longer.

This is what I keep telling the kids this every time they ask if they can watch a movie. I'm excited for fall and school. But I will really miss is being able to send the kids outside to play. Most of the summer we spent outside this year playing with the neighbor kids. My house will also be more messy with the kids playing inside all of the time. But what can I do the winter will surely come. So we should enjoy the good weather while it is still here, and play outside.

Finally a reward for the work!

We have a little garden area in front of our house between the garage and the front porch. I have done stuff with it in the past. But I didn't do much with it for a couple of years. I finally decided to plant climbing roses with trellises. When I went to buy the roses I discovered they were pretty pricey. I did find these unusual plants I had never seen before. They are called Bougainvillea's, I think. The flower petals look like pink leaves and they have a little yellow flower in the center. I just thought they were fascinating. Well here are the first blooms I have had since I planted the 3 plants over a month ago. It was just so sweet to go outside and see the pink flowers.

My latest project!

This is Audrey and Hailey's latest chore present. They earned these for keeping their room clean every night. Each week their room is clean they get a present. This is one of the bigger ones. They decided these would be good to decorate their new room. Hailey, Audrey and I went to Roberts last Saturday to buy the stuff to make these fun boards. I let them pick which boards the paper and flowers. We also picked out these cute fun jewels to go in the center of the flowers. The photos of Audrey and Hailey I took with out a flash so they didn't turn out very well. I have to get the lighting figured out before I take a photo. Well these name boards turned out so cute. I just love them. I'm thinking about making them for all of the kids rooms we'll see if I do it.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me. I promised myself I would have a good day today. So no matter how grouchy people are or could be around me. I will not let it get to me. I keep telling myself it is my birthday and I will have a wonderful day. I will fold lots of fun birthday laundry and clean up my kitchen. I will play with my kids and have a great day. Then I'll top it off this evening with sealings at the Jordan River Temple with my husband. I even think I might try to get a sitter and go out to lunch. It will be a great birthday. :)

Kate's first day of school.

Today was Kate's first day of preschool. She was so excited. She loved Miss Angie last year. She did have a hard time not starting school on the same day as Audrey and Hailey. But the week passed and she started. Here are some photos of her in her new skirt I got from Sears for $1.99. She looks so cute. We were late though. Because 10 minutes before we left she said she wanted curly hair for her first day at school. So I was kind enough to get the curling iron out and curl her hair. Love ya Kate!