Halloween Party

We had a little Halloween party for all the little cousins. It was really fun. We played some fun games and had lots of fun food. The picture explains the food (oh so fun). Porter is a boy werewolf, Crayton is Iron man, Rexton is a firefighter and Elsie is Minnie Mouse. I plan to post more pictures of them in their costumes on Halloween so stay tune. Ta Ta Now~

Litte Mummies (hot dog), Mash potatoes (ghost), & Hairy Spiders (meatballs covered in cheese)

MY DEAR FRIEND!!

I just wanted to do a little post about my dear friend Amber who I love dearly. I had the opportunity to attend the sealing of their beautiful daughter to she and her husband in the Timpanogos Temple. It was an amazing experience. I was so happy that I was able to go. My heart felt such joy for them. They are such a beautiful family. Amber is such a great example and has been such a wonderful friend. I love you girl. Not only are you gorgeous on the outside but also on the inside. Thanks for your unwavering faith and courage. You are a quite the woman!! (Sorry for all the cheesiness but you know its got to come out sometime.)

Amber, Syd, Lacey & I

Congrats to you!

PANIC!

The other day, I lost Rexton. I am not quite sure how you loose someone in your own house but we lost him. Wade's brother Nate stopped by for a visit and all the kids came to the door and gave him a love and yada yada, then went about their way. The two older boys then began to fight and punch each other and so I began to discipline them in my usually way, (calmly taking them to their room for a quiet time out, right!!) Anyway after a few minutes I am like Where is Rex? No one has seen him and we can't find him, I search high and low. I run outside and look, nowhere in sight. I am checking every nook and cranny trying to find him and yelling his name at the top of my lungs. The kids and I are looking in every closet, drawer, under beds, etc. After about 15 or 20 minutes, I am really starting to freak! I kept telling myself he has to be in the house somewhere. He would not have gone outside because it was snowing and he didn't have any shoes on but I thought I had checked every spot he could possibly be until I checkedunder the bathroom sink in the downstairs bathroom, and there he was......

(So this isn't the actual picture from when I found him, (Who had time for a photo?)but I tried to get him to reenact the scene. Very difficult for a 3 yr old to pretend to sleep! Funny!

Sound asleep under the bathroom sink. I swear I had checked there but it was the one place the only place in the entire house I did not look. I had gone in and looked behind the shower curtain but not under the sink and there he was. I was so relived. He woke up when I swept him into my arms and said, "I'm tired Mommy." Anyway, talk about heart attack city!!I think I physically shook for 10 minutes after I found him. You can't imagine the crazy things that ran through my mind, But all is well, all is well!!!

FLAG FOOTBALL

(WOW I posted a lot of pictures)

Flag football is underway and going pretty well. It is fun to go and watch the boys. Porter's class is really talented. They have several very, very, good athletes. Wade is coaching along with Jason Bradshaw. (Jason's boy is Klellin who is Porter good buddy).They do well and are really great coaches. They have this awesome little play book with all their plays in it. It is so fun to see them run the plays. It actually quite amazing because sometimes they do tricky little plays. Porter loves it because he has a couple of really good friends on his team. They have won 3 lost 1. So the team is doing great!

What a cute little huddle discussing the next big play!!
Porter getting ready for the play

(That is his good friend Klellin who plays quarterback and passes off to him)

Oh the determination! (Porter is good little athlete and quite competitive) I say he gets all of his speed from me, but Wades disagrees so I came to the conclusion that it is probably 90/10 with me in favor. No really though I think all of our boys will be pretty good little athletes and maybe Elsie. Crayton & Rex love to go to practice with Wade. Crayton is actually really good. He still has a couple of years before he can actually play.

He is on the move

Wade observing and little Crayton (in the Gray) right in the middle of it all taking in and making mental notes of all the plays. The boys like come home and draw up their own plays on paper. They actually have come up with some pretty decent ones.

This is what Elsie does at the games. She runs around and gets all the cones off the sidelines then she tries to put them on her head or hit Rexton with one. And if she is not doing that, she is running out onto the field to find her Daddy. Rexton usually just hangs out and cheers, and then teases Elsie and then chases her out onto the field. OH YEAH, constant entertainment!!