Happy Birthday Dallin!!

We had Dallin's birthday party last night! It was a lot of fun! As you can see, we went with the Halloween theme this year. These are a few of my favorite pics!

Our group shot!!


Don't you love the braids?!

Dallin and his three best buddies all working on the candles.

We started out with mummy dogs for dinner (hots wrapped with dough like a mummy), goulish cheese dip with bat wing chips (blue corn tortilla chips), and pasta salad (I was going to cut up olives to look like spiders for the salad, but I forgot.) To drink we had witches brew with bug ice cubes. The witches brew was so cold, the ice cubes never melted, so no one even made it to the gummy bug in the center.

We played fear factor (eating worm pies), monster mash (stomping on balloons filled with bugs), and candy scramble (Dallin's idea of dumping candy on everyone and trying to pick up as much as you can!) Dallin actually came up with all of the games. We had a lot of fun planning the party together.

By the time we had dinner, played fear factor, and had the candy scramble, everyone pretty much had a stomach-ache, and they didn't want any cake. Dallin hasn't even tried a piece yet! In case you can't tell, it's supposed to be a haunted house!

We had a great time, and we can't wait for our ward Halloween party tonight!

My Little Pumpkins

(Notice Dallin's missing tooth!)
We visited the pumpkin patch this week. Can you believe that some of the pumpkins actually cost $25?!!! CRAZY!! We picked out some great average sized ones, ($5). The kids had fun hunting for the perfect one.

(The kids pretending to dig out pumpkin guts.)

Then we went home and carved them. Our kids are total whimps when it comes to pumpkin guts. Everytime Dallin touched the pumpkin slime, he ran to the bathroom to wash his hands. Josie used the usual excuse that she uses everytime she doesn't want to do something (clean, eat, sleep, run) "I'm too little." Jerry and I did most of the scooping and all of the carving while the kids sat back and watched.

They were pretty excited with the end result, though. They were especially excited when we put the candles inside. We are all looking forward to Halloween!

Way behind....again!

So I haven't blogged forever, but instead of catching up first, I am just going to start with now and do August later. So we did have a really great August with lots of visitors. My mom and dad visited at the beginning of August, then as soon as they left my best bud Jessie and her son Bode came to stay with us for a few days. A week or two later, my sister and her family came in town on their way moving to Utah. It was a great month, and in fact a great summer.

But back to the present.... So I have been trying to come up with a new way to display my headbands for my etsy pics. (By the way, if anyone has any great ideas that will boost sales, you will receive free merchandise. So start thinking!) Etsy sales have been slow, and I think I need something that is eye catching for my display. Anyone, one idea was to have JoJo model the headbands for me. She was so patient while I took a million pics. I actually made her wear 15 different headbands. (Reece wouldn't even stand for one pic. Dallin on the other hand wanted to take turns, but I tried to explain to him that while his offer was very sweet, I needed a girl to model the headbands. He was disappointed. I gave him the job of keeping Reece out of trouble during the photo shoot.)

Anyway, these are some of my favorites.

Together Again!!

CHEESE!

Reece

My Guppies

Dallin and Josie just finished their swimming lessons for the summer. They both did really well floating on their backs and kicking their legs. We still need to practice their arm strokes, but they did awesome!

Dallin's First Day

- First day of preschool. - First day of kindergarten.

Today Dallin had his first day of school. Can you believe it? I know this sounds cliche, but I swear he was my little baby boy just yesterday. I tried to be strong, but I got a little misty eyed as I walked back to the car. He didn't seem to be scared or sad, just really, really excited. It fact he woke up at 6:30 am (which is extremely early for Dallin,) and he came into my room and shouted, "Today is my first day of school!!!" He has afternoon kindergarten, so it felt like an eternity waiting to leave. As soon as we got home from swimming lessons he took a bath, got dressed, put on his backpack, and waited by the door. That was 10am. He doesn't start school until 1pm. He just couldn't wait to get there.

When he got home he said that he made two friends, but couldn't remember their names, learned about allergies, and had teddy grahams for a snack. His favorite part was the bus ride home. He said, "It was so cool!!" He can't wait to go back to school tomorrow, and he said that he wants to leave earlier so that we can be the first ones waiting in line outside. I love him so much!

Dallin wanted to show off his new Spidey backpack!