Better Late than Never......Right?

We had such an awesome Halloween this year! It is by far one of my favorite Holidays. Ok, who am I kidding I love any Holiday!!! We went to my parents house the night before Halloween and had a fun party with my family. We carved pumpkins, ate yummy food, and played a couple of rounds of Bingo. Thanks mom for planning a fun night for us!

The next day we had so much fun!! I got to go to my kids school and help with Halloween parties and watch them in their Halloween parade.

Jori as a lovely Vampire

Brody as our Super Hero Batman

And Cooper as our little stinker the Skunk

Cody stayed home passing out candy while a friend and I walked our kids around the block to get their goodies. By the end of the night Cooper had figured out if he walked up to the door he would get candy. Yum Yum!! What a fun night!! Can't wait until next year.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Family Vacation

For UEA vacation we got invited to go down to St George with our friends. It was so much fun. Because of Cody's work and his brothers wedding we didn't get a chance to go on any family trips this summer.....So this was much needed. We headed down as a group on Thursday. Two cars filled with 3 adults and 9 children. Were we crazy or what? Some of our highlights were going to Snow canyon and playing in the sand hills, Hiking in Zions, and of course just hanging out and not thinking about day to day tasks. The not so good highlight of the weekend was Cody getting a ticket and being informed that his license had just expired. :( Hey, it could have been worse right?! We then came back on Sunday with exhausted children that slept most of the way home!! Yeah! :)
In Snow Canyon we went to a little hike ( I wouldn't call it a hike though) that had pioneer names written on the rocks. Where they really written a long time ago or yesterday? That is the question.
Cody our only dad here. Man, he was so nervous that the kids where going to fall and get hurt!
A picture of all nine kids. Cooper is on the bottom because Cody thought it would be smart to not have him up so high.
Our first family picture and Cody was already complaining.
Oh man, when I got home I found a pile of sand in all my kids pants. Our crazy Brody buried in sand and loving every minute.
What better way to get kids cleaned up after playing in the sand.


Each of them are so different. Just looking at this picture makes me laugh! :)
At Zions we went on a little hike called Weeping Rock. This was the best by far, you had to walk under water and the kids loved it. What kid doesn't like to get wet?
What a fun weekend!! Thanks Ali and Todd for inviting us!!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Silly Pumpkin Faces

One day I was in Walmart just messing around and I found these pumpkin faces and fell in love with them. They remind of Mr Potato head pieces. My kids had a blast picking out the faces they wanted on their pumpkins! Here are some pictures of there master pieces....




And of course Cody is not in this picture, but isn't this pumpkin face so fitting of him? And yes Cody did pick out this UGLY pumpkin!

Yesterday I decided to be brave and color my hair dark. It is strange getting use to it, but its fun to have a change. I'm only putting a picture of myself on here for my Sis Melissa because she lives too far away to see me. We miss you. Melissa, Justin, and Kate.
Oh how cheesy! I can't believe I put a picture of me on the blog.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Happy Birthday Cody!!!

So Cody NEVER EVER reads our blog, but I still wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday!! He is such a Wonderful Husband and Father!! Thank you Cody for all your hard work so I can be home with our children. We hope you have an Awesome Birthday! We love you very much!

p.s. I know this picture is of my moms birthday, but I realized I don't have tons of pictures of Cody. Its not all my fault though, Cody hates getting his pictures taken.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Hee Haw Farm

For Family Night on Monday we decided to go to Hee Haw Farms. It was so much fun!! They had so many little things for the kids to do. We didn't get there until after 6pm so it got dark fast, next time we will definitely get there when they open. Here are some fun pictures of our night together.

The kids loved this one a tractor pulled all the kids through a little corn maze.
This is Leroy. He is the fatest pig I have ever seen. The kids watched him forever.
Doesn't this look fitting for our family?

The kids loved going down this big slide! Alright I did too!
Instead of a sand box they have a corn box. Way cute.




It got to dark to take anymore pictures, but it was so fun being able to do this as a family and enjoy each others company!

Miss Jori

A couple of months ago as me and Jori where walking home form school we started talking about what she wanted to do when she "Grew Up". She was so cute and said she would like to be a Teacher. Then she went on to say that she could even teach Preschool. And as we continued to talk she said "Mom if I'm still living at home when I'm older I could even teach Preschool in the basement." Of course I said that would be a good idea (knowing at that time she wouldn't still be at home). She then came up with another BRILLIANT plan. "Mom can I teach Preschool now at our house and invite Connor, Tali, Mac, Brody, and Salomon?" I reluctantly said Yes thinking it was all talk and would never happen. Well, It did happen. My little Miss Jori started her own Preschool. It started out only being every other Friday at 4:00, but now she is wanting to hold Preschool every Friday. It is the cutest thing ever! She prepares the night before making signs, setting out books, and letting me know what papers I need to copy and how many. She even has the kids taking turns bringing snacks. She does so well at school and loves teaching her little brother stuff. In fact when he says he doesn't want to go to her Preschool (because he just go home from kindergarten) she simply replies "Brody I did this for YOU!"

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Does anyone have any MILK? PLEASE!!!!

So I just had something happen that is quite interesting. I gave Cooper a cookie and he was so excited. The last few nights we have been eating cookies and milk and Cooper is now wanting to dip his cookies. Never would I think my son would dip his cookie in the TOILET!! That's right I found my son eating a soggy cookie and couldn't imagine that he drooled that much. So to my surprise I found out he had been dipping it in the TOILET!! And yes he ate the whole thing before I knew what had happened.