Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! We love Halloween around here. We have done a lot of fun things in October. We had our first annual pumpkinfest at our house. The night before the pumpkin weighoff we had some people over from our ward to celebrate pumpkins with us. Then came the weighoff. This year it was at Thanksgiving Point. The weather was nice--that is always a plus. Matt's pumpkin Large Marge came in at 311 pounds! Wahoo. It was so exciting when they called out the weight. He beat his last year wight of 286 pounds. After the weighoff we went to Corn Bellies. We all had so much fun. Before we knew it it was Halloween night. Matt carved Marge and some of his other big pumpkins with the kids. Then Tyler Quigley came over and carve a triceratops Dino in a pumpkin for Hyrum. Hyrum was so excited he couldn't stop jumping around. It was really cute. We had Farmer's, Quigly's and the Patterson's over for soup and homemade root beer. Matt Patterson is a science teacher and he brought over so cool science experiments for us to see. He made some really cool bubbles with dry ice. He also made this mixture that the kids got to blow in with a straw and as they blew in it the color changed from blue to green to yellow. I love having awesome neighbors! Then it was on to trick-or-treating. It is so much fun to hear the trick or treaters come up to our porch. They all are so excited to see such a big pumpkin. The kids had fun trick-or-treating this year. Matt took the kids around. Hyrum and Walt were in the stroller. Cute Walter fell asleep. Hyrum couldn't wait to start eating candy. This year, Jane was a black cat, Eli was Buzz Lightyear, Hyrum was a dino and Walter was a duck. Happy Halloween and Happy October.

Being Sick Stinks

Alright, well I am way behind on blogging. I got sick with a nasty cold/sinus infection that lasted three weeks. If I wasn't trying to take care of my family I was trying to rest. By the end of week two I really started to get stir crazy. I have had so many things I have wanted to do and our house felt so disgusting. My neighbor came over and there were old dishes in the sink, food droppings from the kids on the floor along with shoes toys, crayons, coats, you name it it seemed to find a new home on the floor. Oh even writing about this is making me feel uptight again. Anyways after she left I looked around at how gross our house was and thought I bet it is way stinky in here. Not to mention my sick dragon breath that happens to accompany a cold. Oh yes and my hair had not been washed in three days. Man, I can't believe I am admitting all of this. Well as if this story could not get any grosser, just hang on to your shorts. I had put Walter down for a nap, turned on cartoons for Eli and Hyrum, then climbed back into my bed. I was aware that Hyrum climbed into bed with me at some point, but I continued to sleep. After a hour had passed I slowly opened my eyes. Sweet little Hyrum was snuggled up to me. I layed there for a minuet wondering how much longer this sickness was going to have control over me. I was starting to feel like I do when I am pregnant. My poor kids get neglected because I am to sick and tired. then I noticed something brown all over Hyrums hands. Now lets keep in mind he has been in my bed with me crawling all over the place for a while before I decided to really wake up. "Hyrum" I ask, "What is on your hands?" his very to the point reply was, "POOP" Well that's just the icing on the cake. I just layed there. I was thinking how much being sick stinks, literally. I feel so bad for my kids and Matt and anyone who came to our house at that time and had to endure so many stinky smells. Thank heavens life is getting back to normal. I am slowly climbing the ladder again. Even though it is a slow going, I am so thankful for my health. I think about it every day. I am able to take care of my sweet children and my wonderful husband.