Happy Halloween!

Halloween Cake

This was our FHE Halloween treat this year. The kids had fun putting the faces on the ghosts and it tasted really good...... which is the most important part.

Random Stuff

Here are the first day of school pictures...... now that it's almost November. Maddy is in first grade and Mason goes to preschool twice a week. They both really love school. There is also a picture of Mason and Penny. She looks like she's smiling. And then Jack doing his "picture" smile.

Seriously, so rude!

Today I went to Walmart to get our food for the week. I only had to take Jack because the others were both at school. Jack decided to make sure it wasn't really easier just taking one kid to the store instead of three by crying a lot and saying, "MOOOOMMMYYYY, MOOOMMYYY," over and over again for 20 minutes. Nice. This actually has nothing to do with what happened in the parking lot but I just thought I'd mention it. While we were putting the food in the car a moving van pulled up the row behind us and an adult couple got out. As they were walking into the store they looked over at us and the guy said, "Hey, some La Grandites. Hi Opie!" in a kind of stupid sounding hick voice. And then he and his lady friend laughed together at how clever they were and went in the store to buy some more smokes. So I said, "Hey, you guys look pretty white trash. You'd fit in just fine here." Okay..... so I didn't say it out loud.... and I didn't come up with it until five minutes after they were gone..... and no offense to the good people of La Grande, most of whom are not white trash. The more I type the words white trash the more offensive it seems. I'm going to stop now. Anyways..... take that moving van people. Don't make fun of my little red haired boy!

Utah Trip, Camping and Throw Up

We went to Utah last month for a family reunion and I'm just getting around to putting the pictures up now. I took a break from blogging..... we both needed some space. The kids had so much fun camping and playing with their cousins. They loved the sandbox, zip line and border line dangerous swing. The swing is actually really fun but I'd be lying if I said no one got hurt. Jack was sick the first two days we were there. He threw up in a Jack in the Box we stopped at for dinner on our drive down. I know what you're thinking...... but he threw up before he ate. We cleaned it up the best we could and quickly left. After two days and two nights of camping we (Sam and I) had had enough and went to stay with Grandma and Grandpa Kimball for a few days. It was fun to see everyone and hopefully we can make it down to Utah every summer.

Penny

I think we might be a little crazy but we got a dog. She's a really nice little puppy and the kids are in love with her. She still doesn't like walking on a leash but hopefully she'll figure it out. They are not very good but here are some pictures. Apparently she likes to hold still for pictures as much as the kids do.

Mud

Anybody want to buy two extremely muddy children?