Turkey Trot

On Saturday, our neighborhood school had a Turkey Trot. Sarah and Andrew ran the mile with their dad and friends. I was so proud of them for running/jogging/walking it!!! Afterwards we had a yummy pancake breakfast.


Spencer and Benjamin cheered from the very COLD sidelines!!

Look Mom, No Cavities

The three oldest of our cute kids went to the dentist this past week and all of them can say, "Look Mom, No cavities!!" YEAH!!!!! Way to go, cute kids!!! Mom couldn't be happier!!!

We are Thankful

A couple of weeks ago we had a Family Home Evening on being Thankful. We made a poster and all wrote down a few things we were thankful for. I told my cute kids that they could add on to the list whenever they thought of something they were thankful for. Here is our list.

We are thankful for...

family home evening
Dad
my teacher and school
my home
church
piano teacher
webkinz
blue blankie
Heavenly Father
mom and dad (Spencer has learned how to write mom and dad so we are meantioned MANY times :)
Jesus
Bishop
sheepy
my food
cousins
praying
books
my family
Nonnie & Grandpa
Grandma & Grandpa
snuggle bunny
friends
neighbors
India

Disney On Ice

We had a FABULOUS time at Disney on Ice. We LOVED every minute of it. I wish I could have videoed Benjamin. He stood most of the show and jumped up and down, yelled, clapped his hands and oohed and ahhed. He was almost as fun to watch as the actual performance. Of course, all our cute kids thought it was the BEST, but it was especially fun to Benjamin see Mickey Mouse (and all his friends) for the first time. I can't wait to go to Disneyland again!!!



The pictures didn't turn out that great so here is one of us!!


(They all wanted to wear their matching Mickey shirts - aren't they cute!!)

Birthday Boy Benjamin II

Just a few pictures to show you what he did on his birthday.
Before we could even sing to him...he had sampled his cake...can you see where?

And then he blew...

and blew...

and blew...


and blew. He wasn't really interested in the cake as soon as the candles were lit. All he wanted to do was blow them out again and again and again and again.

Spencer and Flour

So, Spencer has this thing about flour. He LOVES it!! One time while I was baking, I spilled a bunch on the floor. He came running in the kitchen and said, "Sank you, mommy." Then he started licking it off the floor. (Not for long, though.) Today, I was putting 25 pounds of flour in another container and as soon as he saw it, he said, "Oh Mommy, can I have some?" I think flour by itself is SO disgusting, but not Spencer. He LOVES it!!

Birthday Boy Benjamin

Today is Benjamin's 2nd Birthday. His siblings helped him open presents early this morning. He got a Mickey Mouse ball, bat and mit, a Nick Jr. movie and Buzz Lightyear Color Wonder coloring book. He also got tickets to see Disney On Ice for the whole family. We will go see it tomorrow (we got tickets for tonight, but the ice wasn't ready and so they rescheduled us for Sunday, but I was able to exchange for Friday night) and will eat cake and ice cream tonight. I wanted to post this so hopefully Nathan can see it as he is on a trip in India. I'll post the cake pictures later.




HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENJ!!!!!
We love you!!!!

"The Best Night of my Life"

All night long, on Halloween, Andrew would say, "This is the Best Night of my Life"!!! If I think about it from his point of view, going to homes of people we don't know, ringing their doorbell and saying three words (Trick or Treat) and then they give you candy. Why wouldn't you think that was the BEST!!!!!


Our kids had a GREAT time Trick or Treating.


Sarah sorting all her candy. I remember doing the same thing with my candy.


Andrew trying to hug his candy because he LOVES it so much!!


Spencer is thrilled that he got TWO candy lipglosses.


Benjamin RAN from house to house - he rarely wanted to ride in the wagon. He would either admire or be scared of the decorations at each house. Maybe he will take after Nathan???


Can you tell which candy is Benjamin's favorite?