WARNING...

Eating Halloween Oreos...

may cause...

EXTREME tiredness!!!!!

Holloween Fun...

First, the kids painted pumpkins.
Aren't they lovely?!

Then, Kip helped them carve pumpkins.
Bridger said they smelled "disgusting"!!!

FINISHED!!!
Pretty spooky, huh?!

On Halloween, we took the kids to the ward party for
some "trunk-r-treating."
(Brey: basketball player, Branon: Darth Vader, Bridger: moto-cross rider)

Our adorable little fairy! She LOVED Halloween!

Future Burley Bobcat Athletes...Ryker and Brey.

I couldn't get Bridger to cooperate for the camera.

"Creative" Tegan. She made her hat out of duck tape...she's amazing!!

Kam was a little Twister girl.

Branon insisted that I take a picture of his giant lemon head!!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

Pumpkin Patch

The other day, my friend Hillary and I took our kids to the pumpkin patch. Going to the pumpkin patch has always been a "fall favorite" of mine. The kids enjoy it too!!!

There was a contest between the kiddos of who could find the smallest pumpkin.
(Brey, Bridger, Caison, Branon, Hatti)

My little "wanderer"

Hatti and her "banjo"

Fall is my favorite season!!!

Are you smarter than a 5th grader?....

While we were gone to Lake Powell, Brey's reading teacher gave his class an assignment to write a descriptive paper about making cookies. The paper had to include a rough draft, a three page organizer, and a final draft. The five senses also had to be included. Since he missed all of the note taking that went with this assignment, we called his good friend, Dakota, to bring her notes and come help us! I was TOTALLY confused!! Not only did he have to write the paper, but he had to do it while mixing, baking, and eating the cookies. I don't remember 5th grade being this hard!

The finished product.
They were actually really yummy! Mmmmm!
Thanks Kota, for coming to our rescue!!

My mom...

I have the most WONDERFUL mother!
She had a birthday yesterday.
Happy Birthday Mom!!

Home from Powell

We just spent 5 days at Lake Powell with our friends, the Clarks. Instead of "tackling" the piles of laundry, blankets, pillows, food, etc....I am blogging. What is wrong with me!! We had a GREAT time! It wasn't exactly super-warm, but after our "freak" snowstorm, 75 degrees was PARADISE!!!

Hailee, Kelly, Bentlee and me

Kip's "toys"

I couldn't resist posting this picture...isn't it the cutest!?!

My girl

Sandcastles at sunset!

Mr. Poser

A sink-full of Bentlee!

Feeding ducks!

3-D movie

Goodbye Lake Powell!! See you next summer!!

Winter Wonderland!

This is what we woke up to today. SNOW... in October!! What happened to Fall?

The kids were LOVIN' it!!
(look who has to do what the BIG kids do)