Halloween costumes Oct 2014

Halloween costumes used to be fun but as my kids got pickier it got more difficult.  This year I came across these awesome costumes at a second hand store.  I just brought them home and said "Hey boys, what do you think of these?"  I lucked out this year and they were more than happy to have them.  Whew!  

laundry *sigh* Oct 2014

Laundry is something that drives me crazy.  I don't mind washing it but my kids tend to put clean clothes in the dirty hamper because they don't want to put them away or they throw clean clothes out of their dresser looking for a specific item and then leave them on the floor.  Not to mention Brennen and his refusal to use the bathroom like a human being.  I was so fed up I have been making them do their own folding.  I made them a folding board out of cardboard and now they all love to fold, AND the clothes actually look nicely folded. I know this will only last a little while but I am going to enjoy it while it does. I just can't get over why it took me so long to make these things.

Heber Creeper spooky train Oct 2014

We came across this groupon for a spooky train ride on the Heber Creeper.  We have never ridden the Heber Creeper before so we thought it would be a fun thing to try.  This time the drive up the mountains did NOT disappoint.  The colors were incredible and the air just enough nip to it that is felt crisp and fall like.  I am so thankful that I can see all these colors.  I keep mentioning them over and over again while Scott is a little colorblind so he dosen't see near the spectrum that I see.  I feel so sad for him because they are so amazing,  I guess if you don't know what your missing its not that big of a deal.  I just hope that I get to be there when he is ressurected and can see all the colors.  I want to see the look on his face when this whole new world is opened up to him.

 the spooky train itself was not even a little spooky.  If it wasn't for the beautiful drive to get up there and the groupon not to mention the free pumpkin you got to take home it wouldn't have been worth it.  The train itself was cool and if you are into trains it would have been really neat but the frankenstein was the spookiest thing the train had to offer.

No matter we just took in the scenery the yummy pumpkin cookies and did I mention the music.  They had the "Monster Mash" playing through the speakers and encouraged everyone to dance.  My confidant Ellie took this opportunity to show Frankenstein her moves.  It was awesome! My kids made the best of it all and I love that about them.

General Conference ideas Oct 2014

For conference this time I got rid of the pennies for words.  My kids are getting to the point where a few pennies doesn't mean much anymore.  I had to either increase the coin amounts or try something new.  The cheapskate in me won over and I tried something new.  I put out 3 bowls of candy each with a different word.  If they heard the word they could have 1 piece of that candy.  They could either save it or eat it right then.  This actually worked for them.  We also had the traditional BINGO.  Ellie created her own ahead of time but I printed some off for the boys.  The other new thing we did was salt dough temples.  I made batches of salt dough for each kid and had them mold and create a temple of their choice.  The older 2 loved this idea.  The younger 2 opted to make their buildings out of Lego's which then turned into making ships and robots but at least they were mostly quiet.

Frankenstein Oct 2014

We have this fun "Green Machine" that we picked up at DI.  After miles of fun the seat has begun the disintegrate.  It was so broken it would pinch anyone who tried to sit down on it.  I was considering throwing the whole thing away because they no longer make this model therefore we could not get a replacement seat.  While I was on one of my many trips to DI I was inspired to pick up this chair thinking I could use it for the green machine.  After some alterations to both the green machine and the chair I was a success.  voila good bye pinching seat, hello comfy chair.  

This brought me back to the good old days when my siblings and I would "Frankenstein" all kinds of things.  

Sweetness Oct 2014

We don't usually bring our phones to church, its just a standard we have. However on this particular day Scott needed something off his so he brought it and caught this sweet moment.  William being the best big brother and for once the boys were content.  I love these moments

Cascade Springs Oct 2014

As fall approaches I love to take drives up into the mountains.  It was a little early in the season still but I wanted to go to Cascade Springs just for the drive.  Although the colors weren't all there it was still beautiful.  I love that Scott drives so I can snap away and just marvel at this beautiful place we are blessed to live.  The temperatures were still quite warm so our hike around cascade was nice.  This time it was really busy. I felt like there were a ton of people on the trail, so much so that we could fully appreciate where we were.  Thankfully everyone was quite courteous when you were taking a picture I just felt like we didn't have any time to set up the pic.  I tried to get pictures with the kids but they were more interested in bugs they could find that cooperating with a picture.  After 14 years of parenthood I have learned to just get over it and keep the memory.