Christmas Shopping

December is always a busy month for us with holiday parties pretty much every weekend so this year I finished up all my shopping before Thanksgiving. It feels great. I'm so excited because I can just stay home on the weekends and make some memories with my kids. I'm obsessed with baking homemade goodies this year. I want to make sugar cookies, peanut brittle, cinnamon rolls, fudge(never done that before). I might try one each Saturday. That will fill the month. If you have any good holiday recipes, please share.

I'm Back

It's been forever since I've posted, I know. I've been a little lazy when it comes to the blog these days. I wish I had some cute pictures of my boys from Halloween but they were just not having the camera that night. I was going to dress them up one day when they're in a good mood and take some group pictures but that still hasn't happened yet.

Over the weekend Robbie competed in a grappling tournament in Orem and took second place. If you're wondering what grappling is, it's sort of like wrestling but there is no time limits or points kept. You just go until you get a submission hold and get the other person to "tap out." It was really fun. The next tournament is in May and he is ready to go back and win gold.

Long Time No Post

Sorry. We're having internet complications at our house. Our new puppy chewed up the internet wire. Come visit again in about a week.

Halloween Bash Was A Smash!

We had such a great time at Canyon's halloween party. He was so excited that all his friends were able to come. I was so prepared and had activities planned down to the minute but all that fly's out the window when you have a house full of little boys. It was insane when all the kids were arriving, they were soooo excited. So instead of playing Bingo first we played halloween twister to get our wiggles out. Next we played Bingo and Pratt won both times. A lot of the kids were more interested in eating their candy corns they were using to mark the game board than with playing. It was time for a treat next so I served some minnie PB&J sandwiches, chips, and punch with the ice hand. The fingers fell off the hand and all the boys wanted an ice finger in their cup. Now it was time for the witches lair. I took them into the lair in two groups. Half of the kids were a little nervous about the dark atmosphere so I took them in second with the lights on. After they seen it with lights on they weren't scared anymore and thought it was cool in the dark. They were also able to guess what everything was in the bowls. They liked the liver best. After that I broke out the balloons and we just tried to keep them all from touching the ground. Lots of fun, very loud, and I'm just glad no one got hurt. We finished up by playing duck, duck, goose, but we called it pumpkin, pumpkin, bat. It's funny how such a simple little game is so amusing to children. All in all the party was a success. As for next year, I'm taking a break.

Halloween Party Prep

So all week I've been planning this halloween party. I tried to go all out. I hung streamers from the ceiling and even turned our playroom into the witches lair. The witches lair was great. You'd have to see it with the lights out, the dry ice smoking, the candles burning, and the creepy music playing. I had all the ingredients for the witches brew. Fingers(carrots), teeth(broken chalk), intestines(spaghetti), brains(spiral noodles), nose(piece of hot dog), eyeballs(peeled grapes), and liver(jello, the grosest). I made some cupcakes for a treat and I used a plastic glove and froze a hand of ice to float in the punch bowl. It took a lot more time to prepare everything than I expected but the effect was worth it.

Bath Time!

The other day I let the boys take a bubble bath in the big bath. They loved it. I got some cute pictures. Unfortunately, the bubble bath irritated Sawyer's skin so no more bubble baths for him.

Robbie Details

Robbie's detailing cars on Fridays so if anyone is interested give him a call.
Cars-$90
Trucks-$120
Any with 3rd row-$140
He shampoos and everything.