Halloween Day and Night...We had a blast!

Today was such a fun day. I had a great time conducting Carson's 1st grade Halloween party, with the help of five other moms. We did crafts, played bingo, ran a couple of relay races and played pin the crow on the scarecrow and draw the face on the pumpkin...while blind folded. Carson was so excited to have his mom there....I am enjoying it while I can, I know these days won't last long. Carson's entire school held a costume parade and they were lead by the high school band members. During the parade, Carson commented that all the 2nd and 3rd graders were telling him how scary he was....he was dressed as the Grim Reaper.

We had a great day!!!

That evening, Carson and Jack went trick-r-treating with friends from the neighborhood and had a blast. Jack had to go home early. Yes, you guessed it, he fell asleep.

Check out all that candy!!

Halloween Celebrations...Trunk or Treat

We all had a lot of fun at the Trunk or Treat. Carson didn't even want to go but once he got there, he was sooooo glad. I think he's learned his lesson to listen to mom and dad when we tell him that he will have fun. He and Tim spent 3o minutes in the refridgerator box maze. It was really cool, very dark and equipted with web cams.

Jackson was an adorable Tigger...he fell asleep...as usual.

Fall at Vala's Pumpkin Patch

Our family went to the fabulas Vala's Pumpkin Patch on Friday. We had such a great time. Carson loved playing in all the fun play areas, climbing on the tractors and sticking his head in every photo board available. The weather was incredible and we spent a good amount of time launching apples with a large sling shot. We watched the shows, ate yummy food, stumbled through the pirate maze twice, and slid down the large tube slide at least five times. When it was finally time to go home, we made sure to grab a large bag of kettle corn...reason alone to make the trip to Vala's.

One of my sweet angels...Jack asleep

Jack is rarely calm, it's not often that he will sit on your lap long enough for you to truly cuddle and appreciate him. Instead, he is the busiest, most active and mobile child I have ever seen. However, every night you can pretty much guarantee he's going to fall asleep sooner or later and when he does....what an angel.

In Memory of our sweet Bongo...we will miss you.

Hi all, here is my new blog...I'm just starting it as a way to keep in touch with everyone. We lost a very important member of our family today...Bongo. He was very old (almost 14) and was not doing so well. We got Bongo when he was only nine weeks old so he was with us for a long time (longer than both our kids.) He has lived in every house we have (two in Utah, one in Tennessee, one in Nebraska, one in Texas and another in Nebraska.) We loved him very much, even though he drove us crazy most of the time. So, in memory of him, here are a few photos of our sweet Bongo. We will miss him a lot......

Fall Portraits

We just had Fall photos taken of the boys and one of them with me. They turned out so adorable. Carson is six years old and Jack is 14 months in these photos. What do you think?

Finishing our basement....will it ever be finished?

When we moved into our house, our plan was to finish our basement. This project began in September and we're hoping to be done by Thanksgiving....or very close. We're adding a large family room, a work-out room, a guest bedroom and bathroom and a lot of storage. It's going to be a great place to hang-out once it's done and a wonderful place in which to lock the kids....I mean let the kids play. Here are a few photos of where we started and where we're at now.