Halloween Miracle....

Whitney & her happy pumpkin!

She got down and slimy in this one... Colton, Luke & Sarah didn't want to touch any slime.

Before the carving began...

The end result....

We had a great time carving pumpkins for home evening. The miracle was that this is the first time in several years that we actually got them carved before Halloween. One year we ran out of time and didn't even carve any. Of course the good side to not carving is they can last through to Thanksgiving:)

We took the seeds and heated a table spoon olive oil for 25 sec. in a microwave bowl and then added the seeds and cooked for 8 more min. We stirred the seeds every couple minutes. After we added sea salt & garlic powder to one batch and nacho cheese popcorn powder to the other. They made a fun, crunchy treat the kids actually liked; well all except Sarah. She isn't a fan of trying new things.

Colton's growing up...

Well, Jason and I were informed not too long ago that Colton didn't need parents. To which we burst out in uncontrollable laughter...let me explain. We were riding in the car all together. Colton had just earned some money from our garage sale and was pretty thrilled. He had his MP3 player and and new bike for his birthday. He didn't know what he should spend it on since he just had his birthday. We discussed a cell phone (which was a no from us) when he informed us "well, what do I need you for, I've got $20." Apparently, if you got 20 bucks then you really don't need parents cause obviously, parents are only necessary when you need money. I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time.

Here we go again...

The other day I had to laugh. Luke was rushing to use the restroom. I heard his little voice hollering "Mom I think I have diarrhea!" I responded back with "How do you know? Does it hurt?" his reply "NO, it's a waterfall!" He was right. Sorry about the potty post but it was too funny not to share.

Don't ruin my prayer!!

Well, having a three year old leaves many opportunities for funny stories. Today we had our usual dinner prayer. I asked Colton, but Sarah jumps in before he can start and says her speed "bless the food" prayer along with her ta-da arms in the air ending as though she put on a grand performance. After Colton finished the prayer Luke insisted it was his turn, Yes our food is often double and triple blessed (we should be the healthiest family ever). Anyhow, Luke began to say his prayer using things that Colton had said (at least he was listening) and low and behold Sarah jumped in and began to pray again. Lukes arms fly out in disgust and exclaims "Oh, now my prayer is ruined!" His little face was scrunched up in and angry scowl, oh boy was very hard not to laugh during this very serious infraction.