HALLOWEEN FLASHBACK

Halloween Flashback of my kids on Halloween!!! I know they are really young still, but I thought that they looked really cute when I was looking at old pictures.

Here is Sammie's first Halloween. She was 5 1/2 months old. She was dressed like a ladybug and Halloween happened to be the first day that Sammie started to crawl. Little did we know that we would have to kids by the next Halloween.


Sammie was a fairy this year. However she wouldn't stand still enough to get a picture from the front. She finally figured out that if you say Trick-or-Treat, people give you treats. She was so excited she was telling other kids Trick-or-Treat. Eston was only 2 1/2 months old but he made a very good looking Vampire.



We are excited for this year. The kids are going to be CowGirl and CowBoy. They are wearing Matt and their Aunt Kim's costume from when they were little kids. Eston is just excited to look like his sister and she just wants the treats.

The Week of no KIDS!!!

I just have to say I didn't think it would be as hard as it was to walk away from my children for 4 days. I CRIED LIKE A BABY as I drove away. But I also have to say that it was a GREAT 4 days!!! It was nice not having to worry about dirty diapers and little girls wetting their pants. Matt and I had an amazing weekend together and it did great things for strengthening our relationship. And to think we found piece among 147 youth bouncing of the walls and full of sugar and overloaded hormones. We had a great time. We stayed up in Aspen Grove for 3 days for the Utah RYLA conference. RYLA is put on by the ROTARY CLUB for youth who show great leadership skills.



Matt and I were facilitators for a group of 8 youth. We ate with them, danced with them, cheered with them, and yes slept in the same cabins as them. I would have to say that I slept better there than I do at home with my kids and I only got about 4 1/2 hours of sleep each night. We had a great group and enjoyed getting to know each of the participants I would say that they taught us a lot as well. Oh and Matt got to be Santa Claus this year and it is only October. It was pretty funny.



On another note the kids had a party. We took them up to Idaho on the Friday before we abandoned them. We went to Matt's brother's mission homecoming address. After which Matt left and I stayed a few extra days. While in Idaho I learned to ride a Harley. Yes, I rode a motorcycle. I can't turn really well and I can't stop that great either but I did drive it on my own. I have a lot more to learn.



After I left Idaho crying, the kids didn't even realize I was gone. They played dress up, made cookies, picked out pumpkins, and had the undivided attention of their Grandparents, one Aunt, and three uncles. They had a party. When they returned home to us on Saturday night. Sammie could not stop laughing she was so excited, but Eston wanted nothing to do with us. He wouldn't let go of Grandma. Apparently he was going to show us he who was boss and would teach us a lesson for leaving them. We were so excited to have them back. I love them to death, but I think Matt and I might have to do this again sometime, it was refreshing and give us our second wind. I appreciate everything a lot more.

Jeeping it / Sugarplum fairies

About a week ago Matt decided to take the kids for the day while I worked on the Primary program with our ward. They left about 8:00 in the morning. The kids had barely opened their eyes and I didn't see them again until around 4:00 in the afternoon. Matt had met up with some other people with off 4 wheel drive on their vehicles and decided to go 4 wheeling through the back of the mountains. They started in Farmington and ended somewhere in Bountiful. Matt said the kids were great and loved the bumpy road. However, there is nothing like a mother. Half way through the trip they stopped for lunch at a campground and Sammie about lost it. She couldn't believe that they would go camping with out mom. Frankly, I can't believe he would go 4 wheeling without me. They had a lot of fun and the jeep was dirty enough to prove it.


Matt is going to kill me for posting these beautiful pictures. But this is what you get when the oldest of your two kids is a girl and the boy doesn't know better. My Sugar plum Fairies, are Princesses. I don't know what the technical term for it is. The kids danced all morning in costume until Sammie didn't want to share anymore.



Eston is kind of cute, however his dad would say that is not manly.