Trick or Treat Smell my Feet

The Gruesome Threesome

We could not have asked for better weather this year!! Not a single coat was needed!! They had a lot of fun dressing up and having Dad paint their faces. Our friends the Mcmillans invited us over for dinner and then they were on their way. Brian got another injection in his back today so he had to miss out on all the fun. We have waaayyyy too much candy. Brynleigh wants to sell all the candy she doesnt like back to the dentist, but the boys are keeping theirs. What a great Halloween!

4th Pic on the 4th file

    I saw this on a friends blog, I don't know if it meant computer file but that is how I did it.  I thought it was a cute idea.  This is the picture that was there!!  I love this Picture.  Brynleigh was 3 and Porter was about 7 months old.   Oh how I miss them being that little.  We lived in Colorado at the time and this was Christmas Eve at my parents house.  I loved Porter in those  pj's he looked like a little elf.  Brynleigh was a ham at a very early age and loved getting her picture taken ( and still does) such a smart girl and so funny.  Porter was such a sweet little guy, he was a great baby!!

Let's Wrestle!!

Porter and Wyatt started wrestling yesterday at Syracuse High School. They absolutely loved it!! I am so glad that Porter has found something to be really excited about!! He loves that his dad wrestled in High School. It was so funny to watch but they all did so great and had so much fun. They will be doing little tournaments so there will be lots more pictures to come.

Here is Porter and his friend Jaron so cute!!

Grandma Great

four generations

Today we went out to visit my Grandma (Grandma Great) I have been so blessed to have such a wonderful grandma. I have so many memories of her and so many of our families traditions have come from her. She has always been such a hard worker, fantastic seamstress and has such a great love for her family. She always made all of the grandkids matching outfits for every holiday and so many dolls and blessing blankets for all of her grandkids and great grandkids. She makes the best gingersnaps and sandwiches all wrapped up in wax paper. I loved going camping or sleeping over at her house because she would always have clean ironed sheets on her bed. They felt so nice to get into. I am so grateful that my kids get to see her and feel of her love.My Grandma has a apple tree in her yard that we used to play on when we were kids. Each time we go there my kids want to play in it or swing from it. They usually want me to take their picture in it too so of course I did. One of my kids told my Aunt that she should get in the tree and have her picture taken so..... she did too! What a fun Aunt.



I cant mention my Grandma without talking about my Grandpa! I wish my kids could remember him. He was the best story teller (most of them not true but hysterical) whistler, crazy dancer, guitar player and loved to get a rise out of my grandma whenever we were around. I miss him very much and know that he is watching over us.

Our Sweet Brynleigh

Our beautiful girl Brynleigh sang in the Primary Program today. She sang the last verse of "If the Savior Stood Beside me" all by herself. I recorded the audio and have been trying all day to get it on here with no luck. She did such a great job and we are so proud of her. She was not even nervous one bit (I felt like I was going to throw up!) Poor Daddy was still in Ca for training and he felt so bad that he could not be there. I don't know if it was very reverent of me but I called his cell phone when she was singing so he could hear her. She has such a beautiful voice that is a God given talent (one of her many) Brian and I laugh at each other because neither one of us can sing AT ALL!! She is such a special spirit and we are so blessed to have her in our family, and I can't wait to see all the great things that are in store for her.

Just a special side note that I do not want to forget... After church I was telling Bryn what a good job she did and Porter said "Thats because she had a bright light shining on her" Brynleigh told him "no Porter I did not" kind of bugged by comment why I dont know. I asked him what he meant and he said, "I saw her and she had a bright light shining on her" I know that the spirit was strong today in sacrament meeting. I love that little kids are so intune with those things. I am so greatful for all my children and the wonderful job they did today.

I will keep trying to get the audio on so Grandma Jo can hear it.

Pumpkins, Pumpkins and more Pumpkins

We finally got our pumpkins this year... a little late. Aunt Kristi had everyone over to paint and put vinyl faces on they turned out really cute. I am not a big fan of carving too messy. Papa Jeff was so nice to help the older kids paint their faces on they did such a great job!!>

All the pumpkins you could possibly choose from and Wyatt wanted the littlest one.. so cute and a bonus I only had to pay $.75 for it!! Poor kid his bday is 3 days before Halloween and he hates any thing scary!!

The next night we went to the Pumpkin walk. It was fun but cold and long, we had too many kids to keep happy!!!

Who are you voting for??

  Porter is a very observant kid.  He is always listening to our conversations, even when you think he is not!  This morning he asked me  "Mom who are you voting for that thing again?  Bama Obama or The Cain?"  So funny he is such a cute and funny boy!  Sounds more like the WWF than the Presidential Campaign.

Where a kid can be a kid!

We went to the much anticipated Chuck E cheese last week for Wyatt's 4th bday! Brian will be out of town on his actual birthday. I thought that by going on a Wednesday we would be safe from the crowds and we were for about 2 hours. Then there was way too many people in there. The kids had a great time and it is nice because it is new and clean and they don't let your kids out without you. Thanks to all the family that came I hope you had fun! Maybe my kids will stop singing the song on the commercial now. Happy Birthday Mister!

Wyatt and his cute little cousin Drake

Singing Happy Birthday

Cousins!!! We were missing a few in this pic!

Wyatt's cake he wanted it to be gross!!

Fun times with good friends

I met up with some great friends last week for brunch. I have known them since high school, Jen lives in Az and Sarah lives in Alpine. We have been lucky to get together at least once a year. It so great to have such good friends and feel like you hang out everyday even though we don't see each other often! Thanks girls.

Lovin the laughing gas

In a perfect world my kids would floss and brush twice a day!! However we do live in reality. Here is our little man Wyatt aka Agusta Galoop( he loves loves loves chocolate.) We always tell him he is going to bleed chocolate!! Apparently the bugs in his mouth love the chocolate too. He was so funny at the dentist, this is his second time to get his cavities done. The laughing gas makes him act goofy. This time he told me he was really dizzy. He actually fell asleep while they were working on his teeth. What a good boy!!

A little behind the times

Our computer was broke for a week so I finally can post more pictures. Bryn had a fun birthday. She wanted to go to a spa with a few friends she had a blast. They put cucumbers on their eyes and gave them hand and feet massages. It was quite difficult keeping them quiet. Some of the girls ate the cucumbers off their faces. Ewwww that cannot be sanitary. We then went to Red Robin for lunch with some family. I hope she had a great day

Live for today, be happy

 After watching conference yesterday some talks seemed to stick out to me this morning.  President Monson gave two wonderful talks.  He was talking about living for today and not planning so many tomorrows that you lose sight of today.  I find myself doing this quite a bit and getting more thinking than actually doing done.  There are so many things I would like to do but never seem to have the time to follow through, and now I am left wondering what I could have done with  all the time I have exhausted on those thoughts or preparations that never happen.  Reading one more story, playing a game of uno, or just talking with my kids.  It was also said that you will one day miss the finger prints on everything and the laundry piling up, which is is hard thing to think of sometimes.  As our children get older and I find time only with one child and sometimes by myself I wonder what to do, I guess I kind of find myself boring.  I always think how nice it would be to go to run errands alone and get many things accomplished and when that does happen I miss little voices to talk to and little hands grabbing things they want.  I am really going to work on being happy in the moment you are in as President Monson said.  To live each day being happy and fulfilled with what I am doing and where I am.  I am so grateful for conference to be enlightened and uplifted and to have a living Prophet to guide us in our Latter Day.