Can You Spot It?

It is so gross...

It's almost as big as a mouse!

We took many pictures.

Quinn killed it.

It is still hanging, dead, from the front porch.

Thanksgiving Songs!

I just heard that KOST (a radio station, 103.5) has started playing Christmas songs!
Ok, I like Christmas songs, but we haven't even celebrated Thanksgiving!
No one wants "their" day skipped! So let's not skip the Celebration of Thanksgiving!!

Here are some great Thanksgiving songs.
Enjoy.

Whose Body Parts?

Whose legs? Whose smile?


Whose hair?

Whose arm? They ALL belong to the Birthday Boy Today!!

Happy Birthday, Christopher!!

We LOVE you!

We'll see you soon!

This post was posted at the exact time and day Christopher was born. That is one of the gifts of the first born; the mother always remembers that time. It is a life changer.

Halloween 2011 Pictures!

Griffin is a HIPPY poser - so cool

Leah Dunham began collecting these peacock feathers in Jr. High! She has continued to collect them until Halloween. Now, the fruits of her labors!

Pictures from the Day at the Farm

We went on October 21st - I am finally taking the time to put the pictures up.
Enjoy!!

Here is the beginning of the day. Quinn with his eyes closed....sorry

This is in a corn stalk labyrinth - one way in, one way out.

Kylie posing on the pumpkins

Griffin ran all the way over to the other end of the pumpkins; about 1 1/2 football fields worth.

I LOVED all these sunflowers!

Quinn in the labyrinth

This is a close up of a guy in a outhouse.

Candice, Lola, Teo

Griffin posing on the pumpkins

Some weird pumpkins!

The Coles that went

That's a huge pumpkin

Griffin & Teo in the pumpkin patch.

See the green bushes way at the back of the photo; that is where Griffin ran to and back; hopping over pumpkins

Griffin enjoyed this display VERY much. Giggle and giggle

It was a fun day!!

Next up....Halloween!!

We Went to a Corn Maze!

Please just be amused; the pictures came in backward. I heard about this farm on the NEWS! The kids had a day off of school last Friday the 21st, so we went. We had a great time....more pictures in another post.

Here we are at the top of a stack of hay! That was the gift for finding the end of the maze:
Yea! We did it in about 15 minutes.

Climbing up to the top....


This is the start...a bit scary because there is no rhyme or reason for any turn left or right. My children were brave, so so was I.

A VIDEO!! Here are a few feelings at the top of the stack of hay:

It's Been a Month....

My, oh my...
I can't believe it has been so long since I last blogged!
Nothing seems new, or newsworthy.
Life is good and happy.
Here are 3 pictures:

Our front porch! I planted flowers in the pots.

A zinnia WITH a bee in the center!


A sunflower
Yes, from our yard!

BYU Blue at the Game

At Friday nights game!

Such a nice picture!!

Hope they can win....

Proud To Be

Today, while turning in GRIFFIN'S application to be a cub scout, I saw a friend. She asked how much scouting my children had done.

My happy reply, "I have 4 Eagle Scouts and my 5th is VERY close to finishing".

It was a nice moment for me.

Thanks, Christopher, Steven, Chase and Zak and the soon to be Eagle, Quinn!

In another conversation with Griffin, I told him that we would need to go home and google what the name of the end part of the shoelace was. Griffin quickly told me it was an Aglet! And it is spelled A-G-L-E-T.

I was most impressed!

Later, I asked Kylie if she knew; yes she did and she told me aglet.

Then I asked Quinn. He told me that he learned it from Phineas and Ferb! Today, I texted Zak and told him that Griffin knew what an aglet was, did he? He quickly responded with yes, and that I needed to watch more Phineas and Ferb.

Thanks, Phineas and Ferb for teaching my children.

For those who don't know:

What BUGS me Today!

Griffin's school has changed the company that is doing their school portraits. This new company wishes to charge way more than the last company. VERY Frustrating!!

To think that I got an 11 x 14 from Costco for $1.50 and this company wants to charge $15.00 for an 8 x 10. That bugs me!






I can't put the real picture up that goes with this "bug", because it would be inappropriate! I bugs me to see girls going to school with shorts so short that they BARELY cover their bums!! There IS a school dress code, but no one really cares but me. I don't think kids have to go to school dressed like pioneers, but come on, cover the tops of your thighs!!

Oh, I thought I was done, but WHAT are the MOTHER'S thinking about buying their little 11 year old daughters clothes like that anyway!! Think, people, think!






Ok, these shoes are a little ugly, but because of that, I kind of like them. I looked into how much they are, thinking maybe around $10 - $15. They are $45!! I have seen kids wearing these shoes and I know their families do not have much money. I don't get it. I also don't get spending money on cell phone plans that you don't need, but like, when you are scraping by to pay the electric bill. It reminds me of Pres. Obama's plan to raise taxes to solve the governments spending problems. Maybe, not spending so much would help too.

Ok, off my soap box now.
Must go do something productive.