I know

I know it has been WAY to long. I just feel overwhelmed at how much I have not blogged. Where do I start? Do I pick up from where I left off, do a quick summary of what has happened, or try to catch up one day at a time??? I haven't even blogged about our amazing vacation to Oregon this summer. I can promise this, something is coming soon. Well, as soon as I get those Christmas decorations down, the house cleaned, the laundry done, the kids back to school, and the mission project completed. Maybe then I can concentrate on getting caught up:)

Winter ball

We decided to sign Zach up for winter ball this year. We thought that it would give him practice for when spring ball rolls around. He is doing so good and we are very proud of him!!!

Halloween

On Friday I decided top take the kids out front after school to carve their pumpkins. Each year this task is getting easier and easier. I had fun with them and they all pulled the "guts" out themselves!




I let Zach carve it himself this year. I think he did a good job.

Here is the clan. This summer when we went to visit Aunt Jacque and Jennie in Oregon (I am still trying to figure how I want to post all of the pics from that one). Aunt Jacque decided it would be fun to make all the kids Alice in Wonderland characters. They were thrilled to be them. So about a month later the package came in the mail and it took everything to keep them out of it.

Alice

The white rabbit

The mad hatter

Caterpillar

The King of Hearts
She even made each of them bags to go with their costumes. She is so talented and we are so lucky to have her as our aunt. Thank you!!!!

Oak Glen

As long as I can remeber I have always gone to Oak Glen in the fall. I am so gratefull to carry on this tradition with my kids. At the beginning of this month we went with our friends the Fisher's. We love going places with them for a few reasons. Reason one: it is NEVER a dull moment and two: we LOVE the looks we get with 10 kids that are all the same age and all resemble each other. No one can figure out who is who and who goes to who. We love it!!! This year we did something I have never done beofre. Our other friends told us of this place that has apple donuts. Oh, well then we have to try it because if it has apple in it I know I will love it!

This is the apple donut place and I have to say they were pretty yummy. (even if you had to wait fo an hour in line to get them)

The whole gang. Yes that is a stroller to the right. I had my 3 month old niece for the day. What a sport she was. She splept the whole time!

I think we wore them out!

Halloween Party

So here it is...the finished product. My friend Melissa called me and said she has this cake stand that would look so cute with a whitch hat cake on it, can you make it? I think maybe, but how do you say no to a challenge like that? With a few trips to the local cake store and a few few phone calls to Michelle I got through it.

You have to know the story behind these costumes. Our first Halloween as parents we dressed up. I was Winnie the Pooh, Zach the honey pot and dad Tigger. It took a lot of coaxing to get a 6 foot man to dress up as tigger. Never the less he did it for the cause. I think we looked so cute! Anyway I promised him he would NEVER have to dress up again. 9 years later Melissa has a party and of course you have to dress up. I couldn't get him to agree on anything. We both sat at the computer looking at costumes and he said no to practically everything. Then these costumes comes up. He chuckled and didn't say no (or yes) so I took it as a yes and bought it! So here we are and boy did he get teased! (I think mostly because everyone knoew how much he does NOT like to dress up)

Your a good sport honey and I love you!

Rain Gutter Regatta

Last week we had our first rain gutter regatta. It was a fun experience and definitley not as intense as the pinewood derby! The hard part is it is getting dark sooner, so the pics are hard to see. Zach did a great job. He told dad exactly what he wanted his boat to lok like (colors and all) and tht is what they did.

My favorite thing about these activities is the night before I come home to my hubby and other dads all around the table putting fininshing touches on their boats or trying to get it done because they waited to long. And then they pick up the phone to call "more experienced" builders to see what they did to make their boat/car a winner. I love it!!! Way to go dads. We love you!

 

 

cake

So my friend who is having a Halloween party and asked me to make a witch hat cake for it. This is the rough draft in smaller form. Keep in mind the real cake is going to be bigger and made with fondant so it will be much smoother. What do you think?