Quick Quote from Kenna

Kenna loves to "go play" with my neighbor, Michelle.  Last week they were reading Rudolph.  Kenna asked why the other reindeer didn't like Rudolph.  Michelle explained to her that they didn't like him because his nose was different.  Kenna's response was, "If my nose was red, EVERYONE would want one." You go girl.

Odd and ends

This is Katelyn's newest fashion trend.  I'm not sure why and the bands don't have any special significance, she just likes the colors.  She wears them all the time.  I have to make her take them off for church.  Of course, one Sunday I forgot and didn't notice until sacrament, so there they were, in all their glory.

This is a  little outfit I did for a friend of mine.  I went to a boutique earlier this fall where the girl had done something similar to this on a bunch of onesies and was selling a onesie for $20.  It was cute and easy, so I wanted to try it.  It actually took me a long time to find a baby girl shirt that was plain white.  Drew up mine own little design and voila!  It turned out pretty cute, I think.

Last, my kids got to see Santa yesterday.  Every year the bank rents a theater, shows an older movie (at least one that's out on dvd) and has Santa come.  The kids like it because they get a bag of candy before the show and a little bag of toys(that I hate) from Santa after.  Kenna asked for a real camera that takes real pictures and Kate and Chase both asked for snowboards.  Connor cried and said Santa was to scary :). 'm feeling a little retared because I don't know why the pictures went on this way.  Gotta figure it out again.  Happy day to you all.  We also had a piano recital this week.  Chase and Katie did really well, but I can't get my little videos of them to load.  Maybe next time.

First Snow

My kids are so funny.  It was lightly snowing Saturday when we got up.  By the time we were done with breakfast, there was maybe 1/2 inch on the grass.  Chase and Kate and Kenna got all decked out in their snow gear and went out to play.  First they made some snow angels, then they got out the sleds and attempted to go down the slope of our yard.  When that didn't work, they decided to make a fort.  They were hauling smow from all over the yard.  They were probably out there for two hours and had a great time.  Hooray for snow.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Birthdays aren't all that great once you're a "grown up", because you are just getting older. But my family was so nice to me today, I just wanted to thank them. Yesterday, Mike and the girls made this cheesecake for me, complete with "leaves" thanks Kenna, on the top. Today, Mike made me a nice omelet with all of the vegetables in it that he doesn't like. Then at church, Katie kindly told everyone that yesterday my mom was 37, but today she is 38. After church, Katie asked what my favorite game was, so we could play as a family. Then all the kids helped Mike make me a great dinner. I didn't have to cook all day and I even got a nap! Thanks to all my friends and family who remembered me. The best thing was getting some new skis! Bring on the snow. For the last few years, I have used either Mike's old skis or Mike's mom's old skis, neither of which was quite the right length for me, so this will be great. Mike got some too, we got a pretty good deal at the ski swap. This is a picture of Katie's ankle. About 2-3 weeks ago, she got a bunch of these wrist bands and put them on her ankles. She only takes them off for baths. I have to make her take them off for church. Just one of those weird kid quirks, I guess. I wanted to put it on here just so I could remember. -Funny story for this week. I picked Chase up from school Thursday and as he got in the car, he said his backpack was dripping on him. I asked if he had a water bottle in there. He said no and so I thought it was probably just cold and that made it feel wet. We both forgot about it. Later that night, when he was taking out his homework, it was definately wet, so he started cleaning everything out of it. He put his hand in one of the smaller front pockets and pulled out part of a disinigrated milk carton and his hand was covered with curdled chocolate milk! Super bad smell coming out too. Turns out one week previously, this kid at his after school math club had given his milk to Chase. Chase then put it in his backpack to drink later at home and forgot about it. Milk in the backpack for a week = gross!!! We washed his backpack and cleaned up his papers as best we could. Stinky.

Happy Halloween

The Mummy

The Mad Scientist

The Indian

The Fairy


A fun, safe time had by all.

Fall

This fall we've had a few projects we've been working on. Mike took some days off and we got quite a bit done. We generally have a lot of neighborhood kids here (my neighbor says we are the kool-aid house) and one thing I hate is when 15 dirty kids come in the house for a drink. Since we needed to replace the hose bib in our garden anyway, my sweet husband also spent a day putting in this drinking fountain. I still need to paint it, but I hope it will be great. We also had this shed built and spent a day painting it, plus building some shelves and transferring a lot of stuff from the garage to the shed. I think we'll love this. Last week our ward had their annual Halloween carnival. Connor and the deacons were in charge of the spook alley. He was so excited. He got to be a mummy in a coffin that sat up to scare people. The kids all dressed up that night, but Chase is the only one I got a picture of. I'll get the rest on Halloween. I don't think Chase will wear this whole get-up again on Halloween, because it was hard for him to walk. It' s supposed to be Frank carrying the mad scientist. The girls had crazy hair day at school last Friday. This is what they chose. We also went on our annual trip to the Pumpkin Walk. It's always entertaining. The theme this year was something about commercials from the past. Here's each of the kids with one of their favorites. Chase liked this Band-aid one because of the bare bum. Katie liked the California raisins. This is Kenna with part of Where the Wild Things Are. Connor with the Fruit-of the Loom guys. Not really his favorite, but I needed a picture of him and we thought this was funny. This garden one was my favorite, because it was so creative.

Jeans

I need new jeans. I love to wear jeans, I think they can be comfortable and I don't feel dressed if I hang out in sweats or pajama pants for the day. Since I stay home, I don't get into nicer slacks and whatever. Anyway, I HATE shopping for jeans. I don't think there is much that is worse for your sense of self than this. There are so many stinkin cuts and styles, ever brand sizes different. How to know which cut looks best on you, which size. Then who wants to spend $100 on a pair of pants. I don't. I just want to feel like I look cute. And how many real people look like this???
Seriously. Mike's been laughing at me because I've spent so much time trying on dumb jeans and bringing them home and taking them back. I'm sick of buying them, then a day later they stretch out to much, shrink to much in the wash, gap in the back, or slide under my belly when I sit down. AHHHH.

UEA

The kids were out of school for UEA weekend and parent teacher conferences, so as a reward for good work (hee, hee) no, just for fun although they are all doing well, we took off to Hogle Zoo. It was all about babies down there. This year the zoo had baby giraffe, tigers, cats, monkey, snow leopard, and most famous a baby elephant, Zuri. There were so many people there, but we had lots of fun. We went with our neighbors, the Thompsons and thank goodness for Kori or I might have lost Kenna. She is little miss independent and speedy fast at looking at everything. The highlight for the boys was seeing the mama elephant go to the bathroom. Honestly, who knew how much water could leave an elephant?

Katelyn's Baptism Day

Yesterday Katie got baptized. Her primary teachers had given her a book about baptism that said it was one of the four most important days of her life. I hope she had a memorable day. I thought it was great. Here she is before. She didn't like the jumpsuit, because she felt like it was to tight when she tried to bend over. Her Dad baptized her.

This picture is on Sunday, before church. Look, she actually let me do something with her hair. This is how she really felt about all these pictures.

We had so much family support. All of the Wallace side came up for Saturday and Katie's Uncle Jeff did a fabulous job giving a talk about the Holy Ghost. My mom and dad and Aaron's family stayed here for the weekend. The cousins had so much fun and it was a terrific visit. Thanks to all. Thanks to Dad for the pictures. You're great.