Falling behind a bit..

Even when I tell myself I WILL NOT get behind again, somehow it happens. So, I have put together a little collage of what's been going on around here the last two weeks or so.....

My nephew had a birthday, and I got the pic of my sister with her little grand-son, the little feet of her newest grand-daughter...

Ethan got a halloween costume, a little Dalmatian, he wanted to be Snoopy, but I wasn't sure if we'd ever find that, when he saw this and was happy; SOLD!

Callie wanted to help cook last week, so I put her in charge of the hash browns...... she did great.

The kids wanted to buy painted pumpkins for $4.95, but I let them pick pumpkins and paint and they did it themselves!

I took the little one's horseback riding for the first time... Callie LOVED it, Ethan; not so much!...AND......

I turned 41!

I could have added Lake Powell, which was a September hilight, but I posted about that already...

Like it or not, OCTOBER IS HERE!

Lake Powell

My Sister and her husband go to Lake Powell every September, they have a houseboat there, and we have always wanted to go! It happened to work out this year that we could, so the little one's and I went down on a Tuesday and returned on Friday, it wasn't enough time; AT ALL, but it was warm (cold in SL) and sunny (overcast in SL) and we were able to go out on the boat and the kids did the tube and some of the others wakeboarded and had fun with waverunners...

Ethan was less enthusiastic than his sister, but he got a little braver; EVERYDAY... just before we went home he was in the water, just swimming, which he hadn't done up to that point. Callie tried everything, I think she's going to be my little "thrill seeker".... she was up for it all!! she went down the slide off the back of the houseboat and swam, did the tube and the waverunner, she couldn't get enough!

The nicest part was my Brother in law's family, they could not have been any more hospitible, they were beyond engaged with my children, they all just doted over them, make us all feel right at home, which I appreciate so much.

Next year, if we are invited, we will try to stay the whole week!!

Ethan's special book.

Ethan loves to pull out the book of pictures of his surgery and go through each page... he has heard the "story" behind each picture many, many times... he will sit and turn each page, repeating what he knows about each moment.....it's the cutest!

If you were at my house yesterday...

Then you were anxiously awaiting this little program! Not just Callie, but Ethan too! He can give you all the details, it's crazy! I had told them that we would let them have a party, pizza pockets, popcorn and drinks for the event. They had three friends over and they danced and sang away....

Brotherly love...

It does my little Mama heart good to see Ethan telling his brother the story of when he had heart surgery....

Another fun (more importantly, FINISHED) project

These are the newest addition to my kitchen, they are really scrapbook pages added to oversized clipboards... it turned out super cute, now I'm going to get my cupboards "re-done"... or at least that's what I'm asking for; big 41 next week! STAY TUNED...

Our Sunday SLUFF....

We had Stake Conference for the past two weekends, but we decided to do our own version of  "worship" and got bags of chips, coloring supplies for the kids, and headed up to Brighton, then we took Guardsman Pass to Park City, we enjoyed the music and the scenery and mostly, we just had a nice ride!