Happy Halloween!

I love halloween and this year was no exception. I love all the fun things that are going on. We had fun at our trunk-or-treat, trick or treating at Foothill, visiting family and just dressing up. Brad was excited to dress up this year and tried to pull off the Micheal Jackson look...I am not sure it worked and we think he might look more like Weird Al Yankovich...you be the judge!?! I have always wanted a little pumpkin baby and this year Ben was the perfect one!

Abby was the cutest cheerleader and kept asking Kathryn...former East High Cheerleader...to teach her all her moves. Also since she was a Utah Cheerleader we decided to go to the Utah game. It was a lot of fun and Abby kept trying to copy the cheerleaders. The kids did great during the game because they ate all their Halloween candy which they would have been doing anyways!

Happy Birthday David!

It is David's 3rd birthday today and he seriously is the cutest kid ever! We celebrated yesterday when Brad could be home and he just ate it up. He was so excited to have the attention on him and just smiled all day long! He has really grown up this past year as he has moved from a toddler to a little kid! He is a great kid and I love how he is sensitive, sucks his thumb-like his mom did, can play for hours in his room with trains, planes and cars and he loves to snuggle! I couldn't ask for a better little boy and I hope he knows how much I love him. Happy Birthday D-boy!!!

Discovery Toy Party!!

Discovery Toy Party!

Thursday, October 22, 7-9pm and/or

Saturday, October 24, 10am-Noon

at

Joan Creer's Home

*Educational, Durable and Engaging toys and games for ages 0-13 yrs

*Remember Christmas is just 10 weeks away!!

*Everyone is invited...Bring a Friend or Family member

I will also be doing a booth at the Farnsworth Farms Pumpkin Festival on Friday night, Oct 23 and Saturday night, Oct 24 from 5-8:30pm

This is a fun festival where they have a pumpkin patch, a hay ride, face painting, dinner, and they show a movie at dusk on a big screen! It should be a lot of fun and you can visit me!! So come everyone!!!

It is located at 11228 South 700 East in Sandy, Utah

Murder She Wrote plus Magnum P.I...Is there anything better?

I am sitting here in front of my T.V. with a big smile on my face because come on guys what is better the Murder She Wrote and Magnum P.I. in the same show??? And to top it off I have chocolate covered pretzels to snack on...yum!! Today is a going to be a great day!!

Having fun and educational!

Obviously, I am a little obesessed with Discovery toys lately. But they are a lot of fun and I especially love how they are educational. All of them have numerous functions and are teaching my children without them even knowing it. I mean I almost feel guilty I didn't have some of these while Abby grew up.

The Measure up cups are the best example. They are not only fun to stack, but they help children with pattern sequences, the animals get biggers as the cups do, the number is on each one and it also tells you where the number is on the clock. Not that the kids even notice but it is helping them be familiar with it. They are also volumtrically correct. Seriously they are cool cups and all three of my children love to play with them. Pretty Cool!

My Favorite part...Northern California

I know way too many pictures but the last 5 days were my favorite and we drove up the coast on Highway 1 and camped. The coast was gorgeous and I loved all the small towns and we ate some delicious clam chowder. The Redwoods were huge and gorgeous and then we went to Crater Lake which was very blue and beautiful.

The first night we camped at a gorgeous spot that was wooded and was on the ocean. When we told Abby we were going to California she of course thought Newport and really wanted to play in the sand and ocean. So she did, it was freezing but she loved it!!

One night because the boys left the food out we were attacked...not by a Mountain Lion but racoons! They got our marshmellows before Monty got his courage up to scare them away. Thanks Monty for sacraficing your life for us!!

Notice the deer in the back. There was a lot of wildlife. We were eating our breakfast and they walked on by.

The Redwoods were amazing and we were even able to drive through one. They really were huge and gorgeous.

This was our second camping spot...right in the middle of the forest. David was great on the trip because when he fussed we just told him to suck his thumb!! I love that thumb!

My social Abby met some new German Friends at our campspot at Crater Lake. Yes they have already sent her a postcard and really enjoyed her company! My little social butterfly!

Crater Lake was gorgeous and very, very blue.

Well our trip ended with the Utes losing to Oregon so that wasn't great but it turned out to be a fun trip and I wish I could go back!

I am a bad mom!!

Ok before you all say no you aren't....I am...I took my kids to a NFL Raiders game in OAKLAND!! I actually am debating about posting this but my husband will make me...I am such a bad mom! This was one of those moments when I am not sure how I got there and I never really thought about it before and REALLY regreted it after...I am forsure blaming this one on my husband, it was his birthday and he wanted the family together and Brad and Monty said when will we get a chance to go to a MNF game?? We didn't have much money but of course we found CHEAP tickets the day of and so I said whatever and thought it would be just like any old football game just bigger right, wrong!! This was very different and yes we were the ONLY ones not dressed up all black like we were going to kill someone and the only one with kids!! But I guess in the end it made a good story....and years from now when my kids are in gangs, swearing, smoking and they are a HUGE Raider fan we will know why!!!

Abby got her face painted as a Raider butterfly and this actually very nice guy wanted to get a picture with her! Surprisingly enough Raider Fans are very nice!!

What a great family picture I will cherish it forever!!

What are Raider games known for, Tailgating, so Brad and Monty convinced me of going hours early! Yes that is us sitting in the middle of BBQing and drinking Raider fans and we are eating our P&B sandwhiches, pringles and juice boxes. We were a sight!

Abby getting her face painted!

My Raider butterfly...anyways we didn't stay the whole game obviously...we all realized it wasn't the best place for kids...or even us...but it was definatley an adventure and just an FYI for all you out there...Don't take your kids to a Raiders game!!