FHE-Decorating for Halloween!

I have been counting down the days until I could decorate for Halloween. I told the boys we would do it for Family Home Evening. I don't think they have ever been so good for the lesson! We had so much fun decorating. By the way the "little boy" in the ghost sheet isn't real, if you were wondering.

Some of our decorations are a little scary. We bought the witch when Palmer was around three years old. I didn't want it to be too scary so we told the boys she was smiling (scary smile huh?) We named her Hazel. Now the kids absolutely love her.

The skeleton is "Sammy." We had a time trying to find him since he was wrapped up in paper. The kids were very relieved when we did find him and each wanted to take turns holding him.

This is one of my favorite decorations.

Josh was in charge of the cobwebs. I am hoping that these stay up as the boys are way interested in them.

Lincoln put this little group together.

After decorating the house we made these wonderful pumpkin spice sugar cookies. They are so good and don't need frosting!

Happy Autumn!

Last year I saw these sucker molds from Orson Gygi on "Good Things Utah," and I fell in LOVE with them. I looked at Orson Gygis and they were gone! I was determined to get them this year. I went last week and got the last 2! Are you kidding me? It isn't even October yet! Well we made these on the first day of Autumn to celebrate my FAVORITE time of year.

Recipe for suckers-

1 c. sugar
1/3 c. corn syrup
1/2 c. water
1/2 tsp flavoring
food coloring

Combine sugar, water and corn syrup. Cook over med-high to 300 degrees (hard crack stage). Remove from heat and add flavoring and food coloring.

Pour into greased sucker molds.

Pretty fun way to start off Autumn time!

Conversation with Hunter

Today we were driving in the car and Hunter and I had the following conversation.

Hunter: Look Mom, I just saw Jesus

Me: Really...what was he doing?

Hunter: Playing basketball....He came down from heaven!

Me: Wow! (I really was speechless)

Hunter: (Laughing) It probably wasn't Jesus.

Me: Probably not buddy.

Seriously so funny. He must have see someone with long brown hair and a beard.

It's a Boy!

We are excited to announce that the new addition to our family is going to be a BOY!

Lincoln's Field Trip to the Fire Station

I got to chaparone Lincoln's preschool field trip to the fire station. It was fun to be with him.

Lincoln was so into the whole firefighter thing. Later he drew the best picture of of him on a fire truck.

Doesn't he look CUTE!

The kids were way into this presentation. They were glued to all of the firefighters.

The class.

The kids looked at these firefighters as celebrities. They were so good with them.

I loved spending time with Lincoln. He is so sweet and still holds my hand in front of his class :)

They had these great little fireman outfits for the boys to take pictures in and then they got to keep the hat. Lincoln now wants to be a cowboy AND a firefighter.

BYU Party!

Last Saturday Josh hosted a little impromptu football party with my Dad and brother Nate. I am always wanteding to make tailgate food so I had a good time putting it together. The recipes will be on my food blog. I think Josh had a great time with his friends :)

The boys were wild as usual!

My sweet sister Michelle was home for the weekend so we got to spend some time with her.

Josh had fun with his buddies.

Saturday Morning Games

I love our Saturday routine. I know probably in the future it will be hard to go to games all day, but for right now I sure love it.

While the boys were playing we saw some cool looking football players warming up. Uncle Nathan just happened to be one of them. He had a huge fan club.

After Palmer's game we ran to another field to watch my little bro Nate play football. The boys got so crazy they just wanted to tackle something (or someone). Good thing Josh is a good sport!

We loved watching Nathan play football.

Lincoln and Hunter had a great game too!

Temple Square

Our Stake Presidency asked us to come to a special night at Temple Square last week. They had a special program in the Assembly Hall and then we went to see everything there. We have been to Temple Square quite a few times in the last year and I love every time. 

The grounds on Temple Square are so perfect they almost don't look real!

                                 
Yes, the kids were trying to slide down the temple. No, it didn't work.

The boys had a bathroom emergency so they ran off leaving me alone with my camera...lots of pictures.

The one picture of us all together. It was a pretty wild night