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.

Luke & the pony-tail...

The other day I put a pony tail in Sarah's hair. Luke, of course, wants to have and do everything that everyone else does so he tried to pull the top of his hair (1/2 inch on top) to form a pony tail. He was sooo upset that he couldn't have a "tail" as Sarah calls it. He hit himself on the head and demanded that I put his hair back on from his hair cut a month ago. What do you do? Poor kid just doesn't get that request is just impossible. Gotta love him.

More UT picts....

Sarah & her cousin Haylie...

Miracle...Luke's fear of dogs is fading!

Swimming at Uncle Joe's...

Amber & Mom Miller at Kristen's...
Sarah, Haylie, Brittany & Luke waiting for fireworks on the 24th Kearns celebration...

We are doing fine. Hope all is well with y'all!

It's All About Ike...

Just writing an update. Thanks to Ike we had one of those rare cancellations of church. It would have been great if the decision had been made before I got the family ready, but hey it was better to stick it out at home. I don't want to give the impression that we were in grave danger. We had some rain but the biggest problem was strong wind that took down trees, power lines and such. Many a fences couldn't hold and unfortunately the one around the ugly scrap metal place was one that succumbed to the storm. Power is back on and we are doing great. The only major loss was our dear sturdy trampoline (which I've bragged about it's strength in times of such storms). We have seen many a storm together, but this time our tramp was no match for Ike. Ike won out and we have a pile of metal, mesh and springs. Jason did, however, try to save it. He saw it raising and went outside to pull it to the side of the house when he ended up in some trampoline-wind ballet. It was light on its legs as he began guiding it near the fence, but then a gust took it up and over the fence and landed in the street. Fortunately the neighbor standing in his yard was not injured, however, I would counsel all that the last place you should be watching a violent wind storm is standing outside in it. It is not the only pile a mesh & metal on the street. Many tramps in our neighborhood found a fate of twisted metal. All is fine, nothing that the Elder's quorum and a few chainsaws can't handle. Now I hope you enjoy a few more pics from our trip to UT in July...