Halloween Prep

Casen went crazy carving his pumpkin. It was too deep for him to get his little arm into with out getting his shirt all gross, So the shirt had to go. I loosened up all the guts and seeds then he went to town. He thought it was the best!!
We drew the face of his choice on then we both held the knife and went to town. It was tricky but we do what we have to, to make our little guys feel important.

Cody hated the thoughts of pulling the guts out of his pumpkin. He just sat there looking at it thinking how am I going to get those guts out with out

touching that mess???? He tried about 5 long handled spoons, none of which did the job. Then he turned to old faithful MOM. I had to scrape out the insides and loosen everything up, then Cody would dump his pumpkin. I did the cutting with just a little help Bubba wouldn't touch it. He finally decided that it would be o.k to pop the shapes out as I cut them out.
Funny how one year they can't get enough of the guts and goop then the next year they can't stand it.
Clayton was all over it! We all went with his scout troop to a corn maze last week, which is where he picked his pumpkin. The rule from previous years is you pick it you pack it. This pumpkin was good sized but so heavy. He picked it and I packed it. Bless his heart he was set on this one and couldn't pack it.
Anyway, he jumped right in. He carved out a lid, but it wouldn't come out. I cut out the lid and still it wouldn't come out. With some extra work it finally come off. It was a fatty so full of guts. We hollowed that thing out and it weighed 20 lbs. lighter. Clayton got started and recruited Casen for help after 20 minutes of digging. It was a lot of fun!


For FHE I wanted to do something to fit the holiday and I found on the FHE blog Satan's Web. It was great!! When the kids got home from school they saw this web I had made between the entrance of there rooms. "What's that" they all asked "It's for FHE" I told them. "Then lets do FHE NOW" they said. It feels good to have them excited about FHE. It went really well talking about Satan's web and how he catches us etc. What we can do to avoid his web and Choose the Right! (In A Nutshell)


The boys look forward to FHE each week on Wednesday they ask me if tonight is FHE.
That feels so good. We're doing something right!

The Final Big Game!! THE BEARS WON!! This is a big thing they beat the team across town.
GO BEARS!!

~Men In Black~

They played there last game at the new High School. It was a huge deal!!

Clayton made this scare crow the legs are little guns, the body is a shoe box and the face a Raiders Football! Cute.

I made the boy these for dinner the other night!! We had mummy pizzas and Frankin Stein Cookies! It was a lot of fun! The boys made each of these for themselves.

Life of a Science teachers wife. I threw a few dirty dishes in the dish washer and the rest is full of test tubes from Aaron's Science classes.

This is a gardener snake that we found in our back yard the other day. YUCK~YUCK~YUCK and it's not straight there, that was a long snake.

In a nut shell that's what's up! Out side of the usual working on the house. Although busy life is good!!

~Thankful~

My life is so blessed, that often times blessings come my way and I over look the fact that they are blessings.
For Example~ We made this sudden move to Southern Idaho, I was not happy here so the boys and I went back home. (a year ago)We started struggled at home after being there 7 months without Aaron. We only saw him one weekend every 6 weeks if we were lucky. It was tough. When I finally gave up and wanted us to be together where ever it was, I put the house up on the market again. One week later it was sold and 3 weeks later we were here. That is a strange blessing but I am so thankful to be together as a family again!
When we started this whole building thing we picked out a lot and started the finance process of the deal. We had some problems with paper work at the bank (long weird story). We were let down and frustrated. But the bank drug its feet long enough, that we found another lot for 15,000 less just around the corner and closer to the park. Blessing in disguise.
My kids are happy and healthy. So many families struggle with the health of one or more of there children or spouse and we are all healthy and active.
My little guys try so hard to do whats right. They are learning daily, although they fall daily sometimes hourly they get back up dust off and try again. I love it when they ask me questions about the church. I see there little wheels in motion trying to understand where Jesus is and "Mom, tell me again why Jesus got Baptised." that comes from Casen my 4 year old. A little blessing that would of passed my by if I wasn't paying attention.
Two weeks ago we as a family had the opportunity to pick corn with some friends. We jumped on the opportunity. It was a lot of fun!! That night when we got home, 4 hours later. My eyes started itching. I itched they a little and wet my face down, took a cool shower but still my eyes swelled shut. They were swollen shut after 30 seconds. I have had allergies all my life but never a reaction so quick like that. I am very thankful for the ability to see. After my eyes being swollen shut for 2 days and huge nasty purple and red bags under my eyes. I was called the 1 eyed 1 horned flying purple people eater & the Elephant Woman. I am so thankful for sight.
Today we were working at the house of course. Aaron and I were working either in the garage or in the house. Casen comes running "Mom, help Cody is stuck in a hole". My first thought was a hole there arnt any big enough for him to be stuck in around here. Clayton jumped out of the back of Aaron's truck and said "mom I'll take care of it." He jumped down and ran, I had a bad feeling there really arnt any hole around he could be stuck in so whats going on?? I ran around back and sure enough he was stuck in a hole. They had been out the day before and dug for fences so for little guys of course you need to get in and explore them puppys. Cody kinked his leg getting in and had it stuck, every time Casen then Clayton and then I pulled him to get him up he screamed in pain. I couldn't see in the hole. It was too dark and not much open room around him. I throw off my coat and started shoveling dirt out with my hands when I saw his little leg folded in half, like an L in the hole so every time we pulled it lodged in tighter. Finally I took his little leg kinked it a little and pulled him out. He was so afraid. I am thankful for the spirit that told me to check on my little guy anyway.
Tonight we went to some friends home for a birthday party. We had a lot of fun it was nice. But I am so thankful for a husband that lives the same standards as I do. I am thankful for the gospel that sets guides for us for example: The Word of Wisdom.
This although it seems like a book is only a few things. The Lord has truly blessed my life and our lives as a family. We truly have so many things to be thankful for.

October & Snowing!

We have been so busy working on the house, we hardly noticed that it is October. Monday it was 93* here then it started cooling off gradually until this morning when we woke up to this..........

I know being from N. Idaho we should be use to this type of weather, but October 4th SNOWING. No that's even crazy for that area.

I just put out my little Halloween Decorations!!

I gathered wheat a couple of weeks ago for my table~it already seems out of season, now that we have snow on the ground.

We have accomplished a lot on our home in the last week. The inside is completely painted and the barn wood floors are put in the kitchen, entrance and hall way. WOW!! Karla (Aaron's Mom) Came here for a week to help us paint the inside and boy oh boy we did, but especially her and Aaron worked like troopers. When I would pull off to get the boys to bed Aaron and his mom were there working under lights for a few more hours. We are so thankful for her willingness to help us. Because of her help the inside is all painted!! Aaron and I were at the house Thursday night till 1:30am putting in part of the floor then each day from there on out all day into the night. It's been a chore but it's in. The floors are have paint dust and sheet rock dust on them from us all walking on them, that's the white dusty look on them. Now it's time to sand and seal them 4 times.

This is our OSHA approved platform=) We couldn't get high enough to do the cut ins, in this stair way. Karla was the cut in QUEEN she is cutting in around the stairwell and the beams!!

Me painting the bonus room. (Barn wood is the color)