Happy Halloween Part-1

Here are the pictures we took at Target. Adam's costume looked really cute, but now I feel kind of bad for making him wear it. The pictures are the only time he wore it. We didn't even make him wear it on Halloween.






On Friday Sarah had her preschool Halloween Party. Steven came dressed up and Sarah made sure he felt welcome. It was really cute. She kept asking him to sit by her, and would hug him and help him with the dances. I'm so glad they get along really well.




Steven was excited to get invited to his first Halloween party at his friend Cohen's house. My friends Crystal was very brave to host a party for 2-3 yr olds. :-)


We carved pumpkins a couple of times. I tried to get Sarah to help me get the seeds out, but that was too "gross" for her. I let her try and carve a pumpkin on her own, and it is very "holy." ;-)

"When I'm a Mom..."

Sarah decided about six months ago that she's never going to get married and have kids. Her reasons are: 1. She never wants to move away from her parents 2. She doesn't want to get pregnant and throw up. I only got sick once, but that was enough for her. :-)

Despite her decision to never get married and have kids she has now, on three different occasions, told us how she will do things differently when she's a mom.

"When I'm a mom I will let my kids watch TV all day long as much as they want!" This statement was accompanied by a lot of tears. I let my kids watch ~3 shows/day that I feel are educational or have some value. Sarah felt she hadn't watched enough and bawled. She cried and cried and told me that when she's a mom she'll let her kids watch TV all day long if they want, and I need to be the kind of mom she's going to be.

"When I'm a mom if I have a little girl that has a cat that pees all over the house I will let it pee all over the house." If you haven't heard, we got a new kitten. There are some upsides- My kids love her. And some downsides- She is mean to our older cat, she's crazy, she doesn't seem to like me, and SHE'S PEEING ALL OVER! If you haven't had this problem, it's awful. Cat urine really stinks. She's peed in my closet, Steven's closet, Steven's bed TWICE and on all our TV blankets in the living room. I told Sarah we're going to get rid of her if she keeps this up, just to prepare her. I don't think I would, but I was feeling her out. She didn't cry when I said this, but told Mike later that if it were her, she'd let the cat pee all over the house.

"When I'm a mom I will let my daughter sleep with me every night instead of my husband to show her I love her" On Wednesday Sarah asked me why I like to sleep with Mike instead of her. I told her that I love her, but I like to sleep with my husband, and it's what married people do. She said that I should want to sleep with her more, and told me that when she has a daughter, she'll sleep with her all the time. I told her we could have a sleepover that night and let us sleep with us. We didn't sleep well, but it made her happy. :-)

For someone that "never wants to get married and have kid," she sure knows the kind of mom she's going to be. I just hope I get the opportunity to bring these up someday. :-) I love my little mommy.

My Baby's having a baby!

Well, technically it isn't My baby, but it's my baby sister, which is close. :-) My little sister Ashley got married in January, and she and her hubby are expecting a little girl at the end of January/early February. I am SO excited!

Last weekend my other two sisters in Colorado, Becky and Jessica, threw her a baby shower. I wouldn't normal drive 8+ hrs each way with three kids to attend a baby shower, but it's not only her first, I also got to unload SEVEN bags of baby clothes. (that is only from birth-24months)

The shower was at my sister's friends home, which was very beautiful. It was catered and Mike got to watch the Utah game while sitting in a giant hot tub. I always love a chance to see my family, since it only happens a few times a year.

Congrats Ashley!

My baby (sister)


My four lovely sisters, Jessica, Kristal, Ashley, Becky and Me


Ash and Her Hubby Dave and Me and Ash



My mom decided to take six of the grand-kids shopping by herself and they all came back with new outfits. How do you solve the "Grandma will give me everything" syndrome? :-)



Mike took each of the kids canoeing on the lake and then relaxed in the jacuzzi.

Love Your Body 6k

Yesterday I ran the "Love your body" 6k with my friends Andrea Yazzie and Farah Reyes. This was my third year running the race, and their first. It's usually a 5k/10k, but they held the race at Thanksgiving point and wanted to loop it through the gardens, which added on another half mile or so. I was a bit disappointed in the lack of order by the race organizers, but other than that, I really enjoyed it.

I tried a couple things during the race that I hadn't before, and I think it helped. I chewed gum, which I thought would bug me, but it helped my throat from getting dry and cold. I also didn't listen to my ipod. I wore it, thinking I'd turn it on, but I didn't end up using it. I was also really happy that I didn't stop and walk a little like I normally do. I walked through one watering station to get a quick drink, but other than that I kept going. (I normally stop once or twice very briefly each race)


My time wasn't great, but I felt really good after I crossed the finish line. There were 1067 women that ran the 6k and my friend Andrea came in 23rd overall, and I came in 70th overall. In our age group there were 252 women and Andrea came in 9th and I was 18th. Farah was a real trooper and ran with her inhaler because she has asthma. I think the really fast runners ran the 10k, but I'm still pleased with the outcome. Interestingly enough my pace was 9:40, which is the exact pace I ran at the U's race a couple weeks ago. I had a lot of fun and am hoping to work up to the 10k for next year. :-)

Ballerina Sarah

Sarah's newest phase is being a ballerina. We put her in dance lessons again, in hopes that she'll like it more this time, and so far she's been inspired to be a ballerina. I bought her a new ballet outfit, which she wore every day for one or two weeks, until a couple days ago.

I was at Hobby Lobby buying fabric for a gift for my sister when Sarah spotted fabric with ballerinas. She insisted we make her soon to be born cousin Isabella a blanket with it. I told her it was too old for her, but I'd make her some pj pants and bought the fabric. This was on Wednesday. On Thursday she started insisting I make them. She reminded me that I made them with the Young Women, so it would be really quick and easy. I started the process, and she checked in on me every 15 minutes to see how far I'd gotten. She wouldn't let me quit until they were finished a couple hours later. :-)

Here is the final product. I'm sure she'll be wearing them everyday for a while. She won't let me wash them, because the fabric has sparkles, and she's worried about them falling off. (the poses were all her)



If you look closely you'll notice that the ballerina's on one leg are upside down. I wanted to save some fabric to make pj bottoms for her doll, so I turned one of the legs upside down not even thinking about the effect on the pattern. Thankfully Sarah doesn't mind at all.


This is one of her bff's Lillian. They are in dance together and love to match their outfits when possible.