This is one of mine and my children's favorite people! About a year ago this special woman came into our lives and although she thinks we have helped her because we have her over for dinner on Sunday, she has really blessed us!! She has become the family we don't have close and has made otherwise lonely Sunday's wonderful! How grateful I am that the Lord sends good people (angels if you will) into our lives at the times he knows we will need them the most!!
When I married Joseph, I knew he was many things, a devoted husband, a good student, and excellent Basketball player, and much more. However, a handyman wouldn't have been one of the names used to describe him. But after 8 years of marriage we are finally in our first home and he has surprised me! He has fixed a leaking roof, repaired our sprinkling system, installed new light switches, repaired our garbage disposal and now the newest in the list of projects is that he is building us a SHED! This will be the floor of it and we are taking a break from construction for the winter. He will finish it in the spring. So, imagine my surprise when not only did I get a husband with all the wonderful qualities I listed above, but I also married a handyman and builder! I am so pleased with his hard work and desire to learn these skills which he will hopefully pass on to our son!
We had a great Halloween! Madi and I went up to school and joined the kids in their school parties. Then we all came home and took a little rest. After some much needed rest (mostly for mom and madi) we met friends at Burger King for dinner and then went to the school's trunk or treat. We opted to skip the church trunk or treat and let the kids try going around the neighborhood because they didn't remember ever doing that. Emma even asked what to do. She didn't know what to say when she got to the door. The went around the neighborhood and then came home for bed. It was a great day and they came home with TONS of candy! We have sent it to work and home with the missionaries to spare our teeth and tummies. Even still we have all been on a sugar high the past week!
This is a picture of my gorgeous husband helping me accomplish a project I dreamed up. He put at lot of work into helping me put stripes on the girls wall and finish their room! Thanks babe for being such a sweetie!
Madi:" When is High School Musical going to start?"
Pumpkin carving at
Taylor checks out some kind of wild animal book every week at the library. They are fascinating to him, but not so much to me since they are all encyclopedia types and take a long time to read. Anyways, at the end of this one there was a recipe to make Cheetah cookies, any of you who know Tay know how much he loves BIG cats so we decided to make these for FHE! We had a blast making them, but the end product didn't look quite like the picture and to be frank they tasted nasty! Joseph and I tried to choke a couple bites down without saying anything because we didn't want to hurt Tay's feelings and then he said, "These aren't very good are they Mom." We decided it is a fun craft idea, not a good dessert!
As you can tell from the video below, they had a blast, but I was less than thrilled! They really stunk when they came in and had tomato seeds and juice all over their clothes and hair. However, Joseph did clean them and the yard up after so I guess it will be a fun, memory building activity, but one this mother hopes doesn't become a tradition!!
Our Friends we went with!! We are lucky to have so many nice families here
