Evolution of a Family Picture

Why is a good family picture SO hard to come by?

And finally...the only decent shot in the bunch. :)

Mmmmmm.....

Mmmmm...chocolate.

The Arboretum

We enjoyed a day at the Arboretum a couple of weeks ago and I'm just now posting the pictures. This place is like a little slice of heaven in the middle of a city. It is wonderful.

Turkey Treats

Todd and I made these darling turkey cookies for Riley to take in to his class today for a Thanksgiving treat. They caused quite a stir. We had a hard time keeping the kids away from them until snack time, and all the faculty were in awe over them...even though several of the turkeys looked like they had been through electric shock therapy! Here is the link to these cookies if any of you want to make them too.

Has Anyone Seen The Boys?

This is CLASSIC Riley and Tanner! Gotta love it :)

Little Buns

I just couldn't resist!

 

Boo at the Zoo

We had a lot of fun going to Boo at the Zoo on Saturday. We didn't know that kids were going to dress up and that there would be trick-or-treating, and I'm kind of glad. It was too hot for the kids to wear their costumes AND I didn't want to deal with trying to keep them clean. Blech! It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun.

Kindergarten Halloween Party

Riley had such a cute party in his class for Halloween. It is my first experience being a room mom and it was fun. I made delicious sugar cookies with spider webs on them and brought in a whole bunch of spider rings to pass out...which I did not get any pictures of. (Hey, I'm still learning how to do this room mom thing). All of the kids in his class looked so adorable, which you would know if I had taken a picture of the whole class (there's the learning curve thing again). The day started with a school-wide costume parade for the parents. (Riley's teacher is the slice of pizza) Then it was off to recess while we set up all the games and activities. It was a fun party.

We're Back

Our computer is finally fixed...hooray!!! Which, of course, means that I can start blogging again. Whew! I have a lot to catch up on. :)

Trunk-Or-Treat

The boys had so much fun at our ward trunk-or-treat carnival. So much fun in fact, that I did not feel bad in the slightest when they did not trick-or-treat on Sunday. The boys loved their costumes! They were so excited to dress up and go play and get treats. Our next door neighbor Joshua (Zurg) came with us. It was a lot of fun.

Ava was Dorothy, though we had some trouble with her ruby slippers. You see, our children are born huge. Everything about them is huge, including their absolutely adorable marshmallow feet. Every one of them had marshmallow feet when they were teeny, including Ava. The poor thing can't fit into any shoes except the Robeez leather ones. So, I fashoned some red fabric with red glitter onto her shoes...which lasted all of 2-minutes before they came off. Oh and don't even get me started on her hair. One of these days I'll get the hang of getting an even part on a girl who won't sit still for anything.

We took a lot of videos, but didn't take too many pictures. So, here is the token picture and one of my favorite video clips.