Halloween parade

Wednesday the kids had their Halloween parties at school due to conferences being Thursday and Friday. So corey and I went to see the boys. They were supposed to be Alvin, Simon and Theodor but I looked all over waterloo and could not find blue and green turtle neck sweaters!! Who would have thought. I did finally find some red ones so brandon and jared both went as Alvin. Corey was a skeleton cause we already had the costume. Thursday we had trunk-r-treat with our ward. The kids had alot of fun.

So proud of ourselfs

We have been busy making things around our house. Ben made bread tonight from scratch and it turned out great! He was so proud he wanted a picture. He also made yummy scones with honey butter!! I saw this thing on web site and deiced to try and make one. Its an exploding box you can put pictures in and it has a lid but mine didn't turn out so well but I think I figured it out. Don't know if you can see it but there are 3 different size layers to the box.

halloween fun!!

Saturday we got pumpkins and told the kids they could carve them Sunday after Church. So after dinner we let them go.. they had alot of fun and Brandon's little Friend was over to help get the seeds out before he had to leave. We cooked the seeds and other then Corey ripping off Brandon's pumpkins teeth. I did get them back on it was a fun night.

HUGE Recall of cirbs!

I got this email from Parents.com about 1.6 million cribs being recalled! They also had toys and clothes that had been recalled as well.Here is the link http://www.parents.com/ I think its worth the time to check it out and be safe!! I actully found a toy that we have that was on the list.

proposals

I saw this on a Friends blog and thought I would play along. Ben and I meet while working together in Utah. He was kind of like my big brother for a long time. He would tease me when I went out with other guys and stuff like that. So for my birthday my parents were taking me out to dinner and said I could bring a friend and asked him to come along. To hear him tell the story now my plate of ribs were the size of Texas! Anyway a few weeks later he asked me to go to a rodeo with his Friend and I went. We actually ran into my ex-boyfriend. I must we started spending alot of time together. I must say my dad hated Ben at first! He was 21 and I was barely 18 and the baby of the family. That being said Christmas was coming and he was going home to Iowa and had talked about staying. He gave me a promise ring before he left and said he would be back. My parents were selling their house and moving to southern Utah so I was moving with them. We were at work and talking about what we were going to do. We went to the bountiful temple open house and started talking marriage. Anyway he got a ring and a few days later He took me in the back of the store and kind of got down one knee. He was so nervous. And asked me to marry him. The rest just kind of fell into place.

My Baby is growing up way to fast!!

Alyssa turned 12 today!! I cant believe how fast the time has flown by... She will be going into young women's on Sunday. She has already had her first Jr. High dance. I know this is a big step and I am so proud of her. She is so smart and kind to everyone.

Long week

Corey desicd he didnt like his crib anymore so monday when ben got home he put up the toddler bed. Monday it took a while to get him to bed. Then the real fun stated. No naps Tuesday or Wednesday. So then he would go to bed good at 8:00 then get up and not want to go back to bed when we went to bed!! And with ben driving back and forth to Illinoes this week. Guess who got up with corey and sleept on the couch a few nights a well. Anyway its getting a little better but corey still want to come join us in the middle of the night. Any tips would be mcuh appriceated! Sorry no pictues til I get more sleep of the big boy bed!

FHE

We had some unexpected visitors this last week. Bens brother(james) and his wife and son came to Iowa! Tuesday we had a cook-out over at our house and then a family home evening. We built the City of Nauvoo. Way fun. IF you would like to try it its on LDS Splash.com. A little tip: Cut out the buildings ahead of time! I am so glad I did I had even built a about 3 buildings before as well. The Temple takes along time! And is kind of tricky! But is well worth it.