Dinosaur Cake

A friend asked me to make a cake for her son's birthday party. She said he liked dinosaurs so I did a little research and found a few ideas online. This is the final result.

While I was at the grocery store with G looking for stuff for the cake. They gave her a chocolate cookie. Well she was quiet for a while but then I had to come home and clean her up.

After I made the cake. I could not keep her away from it. She thought it was the best thing ever! She kept laughing and trying to touch it!

This is at the party.

Halloween

The kids were out of school because of the end of the term. So we decided to go see High School Musical 3 in the afternoon. btw It was very good!!

This set us back a little cause we were not quite ready with all of the costumes. We came home and had 5 minutes before the ward's trunk or treat, so it was a mad dash to get everyone ready. But we made it! At the truck or treat the older girls handed out candy. CR dashed around and got done really fast. KC and I went around with G. She was so cute and once she got the hang of it nothing was going to stop her from getting candy.

After the trunk or treat, the older girls went out with their friends and KC and I took CR and G to some homes. It was a different Halloween but I think that is because the kids are getting older. We are used to doing all of this stuff together as a family.

G was a ladybug.

CR was a ninja.

S was a good fairy and also little red riding hood for a while.

C was an evil fairy.

K only dressed up for the Halloween dance at the school and she was a ghost.

My cute new Nephew

Born on my brother's birthday! Z's family likes to share birthdays with other members of the family.

MY parents were out of town and Z went into labor. She wanted to wait until after Halloween but some things you just can't hold off on. I got to go down and spend a few special hours at the hospital with her and baby "Chacho". I felt special since I was the first extended family member to see this angel here on earth. I am so lucky to have my sister close by.

They have not chosen a name so this is what we will call him. He was 7 lbs 11 oz and 20.5 inches long. My strong sister went natural again (3rd time). She's awesome! She looked really good!

Changing a messy diaper!

Random Stuff

K's Senior Picture. She is so beautiful. I cannot believe that she will graduate in 2009! She is so amazing at everything she does!!

UEA. Feeding the ducks with cousins.

This is a funny picture because it is so typical of taking pictures. We have to set up the kids. The older girls are ready. We are trying to set up G somewhere where she will stay. And CR and S are in their own little boy world. This time they are reading Calvin and Hobbs but it's always something that we have to bring them back to earth for. Since they are the only two boys, for now, they have to stick together!

From Summer to Winter to Fall?

So one day it's nice and warm.

A few days later we are building a snowman.

And a few days after that we are picking pumpkins.

And all within a weeks time.

K's 17th Birthday

WOW! Is it really possible? She's our baby? How we love having her in our family! Although we sometimes don't see her much since she is busy with high school, college, work, and having fun.

Her birthday was during conference so we didn't get a chance to do much. We went to Salt Lake so we could install a program on my parents computer and then KC, my dad and Jonas went to priesthood together while the girls hung out at Zildy's house and scrapbooked. C made us some yummy brownies. We came home and opened presents. The one she liked the most was the Carrie Underwood tickets. This is her excitement!

Sunday we got together and celebrated her birthday with dinner and and ipod cake. How much better can your birthday be when the prophet speaks to you!?

These are some of our reasons why we love K:

She is a great shopping partner. (C)

She makes a funny voice for G. (S)

She is a wonderful piano player. (CR)

She's my buddy. (Said by K in G voice)

She is outgoing and friendly. (KC)

She's always so happy and wants to do well in life. (L)

Homecoming

K got to go to homecoming this year which is really the only year that she has in High School being 16+.

We found this beautiful and modest dress. Only minor alterations this time. I like that a lot!

They played laser tag for the day date. Then they went out to dinner and the dance. She had a group of about 16 couples.

She was in the homecoming parade on the yearbook float.

Canning Salsa

We have a few ginormous tomato plants that are blooming a little late but I really wanted to make salsa. So I got as many from our plants and then at enrichment some sisters shared stuff from their gardens and so I got some more and was able to make a huge batch. I think I got 2 dozen jars. Yay. Homedade Salsa again. We love it so much more than the store bought!

S's 12th Birthday

We had a fun party for S. She wanted a castle cake so I looked online and made it.
She got a bike for her birthday but we have not gotten it yet.
S is our happy go lucky girl. We wish she would give a few more details sometimes but how can she when she has two older sisters?
These are a few of the reasons why we love S:


She likes to help with dinner. (L)

She is very motivated when she sets a goal. Once she sets her mind on doing something, she will usually accomplish it! (KC)

She is very random and cute and is always making me laugh. And she also loves lobsters. (K)

She is so hilarious and I love the western accent she sometimes uses. (C)

She is very creative and funny. (CR)

She lets me play in her room and destroy it! (G)

Labor Day Camping

We went to Tony Grove for our annual camping trip this year. K had to work late on Saturday so we didn't leave until that morning. And that was a good thing because it took us all night to get packed and ready.

We went on a hike on Saturday and everyone placed at the beach. That night we went out for our traditional pizza.

Sunday we went on another hike and K came up so I went to Logan to pick her up. After we got back it started getting cloudy and a storm came in. It started lightning and thundering so in the rain we decided to just pack up and leave. It's great fun to pack camping gear in the rain!

So we went and had our dinner at the Percival's and then everyone just went home. It was a shorter camping trip than normal but it was still lots of fun.