Our Hidden Talents

Well, I am actually posting for anyone who wants to see our family doing something really silly. If you do, go to Meghan's site under my "Family and Friends" link--Mom, you will definitely laugh out loud. Thanks Meghan for giving us a giggle! You are such a sweet girl!

Here he is Kari and Corey...

So, we got to have the fun of watching baby Dallin this weekend for Jack's brother Corey and his wife. Kari, the wonderful loving mother that she is, was a little sad to leave her cutie for a weekend while they went to NC to look for apartments. So, I thought I would post some pictures to ease her mind. Lookee here:

Dallin slept!

Dallin ate!

And he absolutely LOVED the cage we kept him in for the rest of the time! (Just joking of course--but he really DID love crawling in and out of Caspian's little kennel!)
We also had fun taking him to all our fun Saturday events with us. We had soccer games in the morning and then we went to an adoption celebration day event at the Scottsdale Train Park. LDS Family Services puts on these fun events to get our kids together and have fun.

Logan made some new friends there...

Dallin still was cute!
The kids had fun exploring the different trains (FYI--this park does a super fun train ride for Christmas--take your kids there to ride it in December at night and see all the lights--there's even some SNOW!)
This is just a cute shot of Ang and Sunny wearing some of the oh so fashionable clothes and accessories that their cool Aunt Melanie gave them.

Leave it to Sunny to make art out of sweeping leaves. She's obviously a future landscaping artist.
Crocheting lessons on a Sunday evening--yes, Jack can do it much better than me!

Halloween

At our kids' school they actually got to dress us for Halloween--sort of. They have a "Literature Parade" where the kids get to dress up as a favorite book character and parade around school. They just "happen" to have it on the same day as Halloween--pretty sneaky way to let the kids have some fun huh?

Here's Sunny as Anne of Green Gables--complete with those seven pesky freckles she could never get rid of!

Angie was "Dora" from The American Sisters series.

Now onto the "real" Halloween costumes--Logan was a pirate obviously!
Angie opted for the clown costume again--an old standby that is always fun.

Sunny decided to make this one up--surprise surprise--and was a "Snow Damsel." I just love how Logan is looking at his goofy siters in this picture!

We had fun at our church's "Trunk or Treat." We did this thing in our trunk where the kids had to feel in different boxes goopy stuff like grapes without skin and oily noodles, and then guess what it was. Then the last box they reached into and good old Uncle Jacob hid in the back of the car for an hour and grabbed the victim's hand. Some kids got wind of what was up and wouldn't do it--but most did and it was pretty funny!

Then we went to my legendary cousin Tammy's house and saw all her cool stuff--she goes all out and also gives great candy! It was a fun night.

P.S. Jack was supposed to be a tourist--the only problem was he couldn't smile because his mustache kept falling off! Well, at least he tried right?

Tag--I'm it.

Okay, so I am supposed to be cutting coupons right now to get ready for shopping tomorrow, but I decided to check out a few blog sites first and I saw that Dustin had tagged me. So, now I have a great excuse to put off making my list and do something else which is much more relaxing! So, here are my 6 facts about me. At the bottom I will "tag" a few others who also need to list six facts about themselves, and tag others and so on and so forth.

FACT #1: I love my husband! (Duh!) But why???? Well, because he’s cute, for one, and ALWAYS thinks of other people. I am constantly impressed with how well he balances his home and church and work responsibilities. Sometimes when he comes home from church I can tell that he is discouraged or upset about something he is dealing with, but he is still ready to help out with whatever I need. He is a great example to me of integrity, hard work, and following the Spirit. He’s also a great dad and a SUPER tickler!

FACT #2: My kids are hilarious, creative, imaginative and easily impressed. They always crack me up with the things they come up with to do and say. This makes for fun vacations because they just really love it all! Hopefully this “easily impressed” part will continue throughout the teenage years…..

FACT #3: (Okay, this is actually about me now): Even though I am 29 years old, I still love to sing in the car and I have often felt rather embarrassed when other strange people who do NOT like to sing in the car have caught me doing it! Stop lights when you're really into a song are the worst!

FACT #4: I (like Dustin) absolutely LOVE reading and someday in my little fantasy world I will have a party and meet all the characters that have become my friends in books!

FACT #5: I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints—yeah, pretty much everyone that reads this blog knows that, but it is a very important fact about me so I had to include it. I am very SO very blessed to have the knowledge of the gospel in my life, to have the guidance, the hope, and the love of our Savior.

FACT #6: I like to cook and I love to bake bread—for me it is almost therapeutic, and oh how I love the smell!

Welp, that’s about it for now. This was definitely different from what I have done before, but pretty fun. Now, it is time for others to have fun. I don’t have many “blogging friends” though, (my sisters-in-law already got tagged) so I am just tagging two people: JOCIE and BROOKE. You have to tell 6 facts about yourself and tag some others if you can. Have fun!!

P.S. No, I did not skip Halloween--just haven't got around to downloading pictures yet. This was much quicker and easier--now onto my shopping list!