Halloween Excitement

I am so excited for Halloween. I have costumes picked out and lots of activities for kids to do all week. We are going to the Green Acres Boo Blast on Thursday and the Ward Party on Friday, then we all know what we have in store for us on Saturday. ALL DAY TRICK OR TREATING!!!!
I am really not looking forward to the candy and such but the excitement that my kids have and getting them all dressed up is just so much fun. I hope every one remembers to be safe and just have fun this week.

Today is relaxing!!

I really enjoy the quiet of the day when my Melanie and Zander are napping and Michael is off to school. It tends to rejuvinate me. I normally spend this 3 hours running around the house cleaning up the mess the kids spent the whole morning making, only to have it back to their normal mess by dinner, but today I have decided to take a relax day. I am sitting here next to little Melanie and am going to join her for a nap. I love my children and I love sleep.

Today is relaxing

Fire Station

On Monday night, I ventured over to the North Ogden Fire Station for the annual open house. I had to invite my friend Robli or I would have been outnumbered 3 to 1. I was so happy to have her there. We were able to ride in the front seat of a fire truck and the back of an ambulance. The kids watched as I put out a fire using a fire extinguisher. Michael was able to use the fire hose connected to a hydrant. Did I mention that when he grows up he wants to be a fire fighter? The kids were able to slide down the fire pole half way, well as far as Robli could lift them. We had hot dogs and water and COOKIES for dinner. Michael was able to get a CD Rom with Fire Safety tips and games for him to play. There was a smoke hallway, we had to crawl underneath the smoke and towards the end there was a "dummy" with a scary mask on, the kids were so scared of it I had to drag them out and past it. Luckily, Melanie is little enough to drag and the firefighter that was helping supervise covered the face so Michael was easier to get out. He is getting to big to drag around. We had a wonderful time and wish Dustin was able to join us, but we were blessed to have extra hands to help keep track of my little runners. Thanks to all the fire fighters who helped put that on, it was a fun enjoyable evening.

Dustin's Business Trip

Well, Dustin hasn't even been gone a full 24 hours. He is in Idaho Falls helping move the old Hastings to a new location. Michael is really stressed about his daddy being gone for 12 days. I know that there will be more and more business trips coming his way but I doubt that any will be this long (or at least I pray they won't be). Dustin and I have never been apart this long before but I am sure it will be good for us. Who knows maybe when he gets back he will be in the guest room? ;-) I am excited for the sleep that I will get, if I can get Melanie to sleep, I should be able to go to bed early and sleep in late. Lucky me!!

Cool October

I have really enjoyed the cooler whether the last few days. My children have been able to wear their warm clothes and little Zander hasn't seem to realize that it is colder outside. He is such an outside boy, every time I turn around he is trying to escape and run away. I am excited for Halloween and Zander's turn at wearing the Lion costume that was originally purchased for Michael. That is definitely what I call worth the money. All 3 of my little angels have worn it. Michael is going to be Superman and Melanie is going to be Cinderella or any other pretty little thing, she just wants to be pretty for Halloween. Although, we do tell her every day she is beautiful. After spring, this is by far my favorite time of year!!!

Yellowstone

Yellowstone was great!!! The kids and I planned on spending the time up with my dad, Vivi, Alicia, Mandy, Ryan and DJ. Dustin was not able to join us due to the fact that he said he had to work. He did work Friday night but as soon as he got off he stole my mom's car and drove all through the night to get to his family. He had Saturday and Sunday off so he was able to spend all day Saturday with us and left on Sunday around 2 to head home. It was such a nice surprise. I absolutely loved being able to spend time with him seeing the big Yellowstone sights, Old Faithful, Natural Bridge, Mineral Pools at West Thumb. I loved having him there. It was the best. Melanie was pretty convinced that she was never actually in Yellowstone because it wasn't yellow. She was also completely terrified of the buffalo. Michael was a little bike rider every where he went he tried to bring the bike. He wondered why the stink pots never turned off. Michael loved seeing all the animals. Zander loves being outside, so this trip was his favorite part of the last few weeks. Lots of outside time. He also enjoyed playing with the animals. To be more specific a chipmunk kept coming up and steeling his food while he was eating. He kept dropping bits and pieces of bread and he would watch that little chipmunk come in and steel it. He chased after it and it would run in circles around him and he would follow or try and follow it. I have never laughed so hard in my life. The trip was incredible. I loved seeing all the beautiful nature that God has created for us to enjoy.