Crazy kids....

Sarah and Luke are showing us how to be reverent at church (some how they forget this when we are actually at church.)

Whitney was Alvin from the chipmunks (everyone thought she was a baseball player.)

Luke was our little "Woody" boy (everyone thought he was a cowboy, it's been a while since Toy-Story came out I guess.)

Here's our crew - of course Colton had the most unique costume as "Joe the Plumber." We could tell who watched the political debates and who didn't, as only 1/2 the people actually knew who he was. He ditched his pipe wrench, tool belt, and flannel shirt, too much to bother with I guess. (I'm sure next year he'll be done with the whole dress-up thing, I was amazed he did it this year.)

Our running lady bug at the Ward Trunker Treat:)

Hope you all had a fun Halloween, we ended up trading our kids candy for a toy. They got to pick 15 of favorite items and traded in the rest. Yeah that's over.

Ouch!

My three year old has a way with words. Today he was using the potty and told me "mom, my poos are pokie like spiders. They hurt." As he grunted to finish the task. I'd never had it described quite that way. Sorry, it was just to funny not to share.

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.