Happy Halloween

Well, Halloween is done and over. My kids were so excited today to go tricker treating. By the time the night came they were all pooped out they had been so excited all day long. So we went trick or treating and got lots of candy.

Here are pictures. Jacob was a clone, Joshua Darth Vader, Abigail dalmation and Wyatt a lion.

Happy Halloween.












Here is some of Wyatt thinking the candy bowl looks really good!!

Pumpkin Carving

Tonight for FHE we carved pumpkins. My camera was running out of batteries so I only have one picture. We will get more pictures on Halloween when we light them.

Wyatt's first day eating solids

Today, we fed Wyatt for the first time. He loved the rice cereal. All of my other babies have spit it out and didn't know how to swallow it. He loved it and didn't have any trouble eating it. Here are some pictures.

Wyatt's first sick day

Well, it has arrived. Wyatt has experienced (or should I say is experiencing) his first time being sick. He has croupe and a horrible cold. I took him to the doctor on Wedensday and they gave him a steroid so he could breath. He has breathed easier since then as long as we stay home. If I take him out then he starts not being able to breath. So we have been a little coupe up!!!! He is the most whinny of my children when they are sick. He sounds like a little puppydog. Just whines and whines.

Two days ago Wyatt rolled over for the first time. He hasn't done it since but I am sure it will happen.

Last night we went to a pumpkin carving party. Everyone brought soup and we had soup and carved pumpkins. My kids loved it. It was lots of fun.

Dutch Oven Party & Serena's Birthday

So last night was our wards dutch oven cook-off. It was lots of fun. John made chili, corn bread, and snickers cake. It was really good food there. John took first place for the Snickers cake and 2nd place for the corn bread and 3rd place for the chili. The food there was so good. I forgot my camera so I don't have pictures of the food, but I have pictures of the awards. Way to go John.




Today was Serena's birthday so we had her over for lunch. We had taco salad and Snickers cake. She loved it. Here are some pictures of her blowing out her candles and of Abigail eating her cake.

Happy Birthday Serena - I hope your wish comes true.

Tagged

OK, so I have been tagged by Desiree.

Here goes.

4 TV Show I love to watch
1. Biggest Loser
2. House
3. King of Queens
4. News

Four words or phrases I use Often
1. Stop that
2. Don't do that
3. Wash your hands
4. Please

Four things I am passionate about
1. No one walking on the carpet after I have vacuumed
2. My bed has to be made every morning or I cannot sleep in it the next night.
3. Dishes have to be done right after dinner.
4. Piano

Four things I have learned from my past.
1. Don't always believe everything you hear
2. Don't judge someone because as soon as it comes out of your mouth, you then get to eat it.
3. Even though life may seem crazy it always calms down before you know it. So enjoy the moment and don't stress!!
4. Laugh more

Four places I would love to go.
1. Costa Rica (again)
2. Disney world
3. Yellowstone
4. Anywhere in a camper!!!!

Four favorite restaurants
1. Olive Garden
2. Panda Express
3. Training Table
4. Iceburg Drive-in

Four things that happened yesterday
1. Took Abigail to dance
2. Went shopping to buy Abigail a new winter coat and snow pants
3. Took Wyatt to the doctor for his 4 mos. checkup
4. Went to Jacob's pinewood derby

I now tag:
Denette
Vicki
Kathy
Terry

Pinewood Derby

So Jacob participated in his first ever Pinewood Derby. He and John had fun making his car and painting it. Tonight they raced! Jacob had so much fun. Here are some pictures.






He also recieved his Bobcat award! Way to go Jacob!

Wyatt Sat Today

Today Wyatt sat for the first time on his own without any help. I didn't catch the it on my camera. Way to go Wyatt! But here is a cute picture of him that we took today.

First Snow of the Year

So today, we woke up and it had snowed the first snowfall of the season. (Yes, way too early in my opinion.) My kids were so excited!! Abigail and Joshua couldn't wait to go out in it and play in it. They hadn't even gotten dressed before they went out. They had fun for a few minutes in their PJ's. Then they came in and had breadkfast and put on a coat and went back out.

General Conference Weekend

This last weekend we went to visit my parents for General Conference. I was good to so them. My Dad has lost all comprehension. Sometimes it was funny to listen to him talk. Other times it is a very spiritual experience. I know his soul is trying to communicate with my soul. It is a neat experience.

Last night we went to the temple and did sealings. It was neat to hear the promises and blessings that are yours when married in the temple. On my wedding day, I don't remember even hearing the prayers. It is cool to be able to go back and hear them again.

Political Question

The other day I was thinking about the candidates running nationally and locally. I was wondering about how Heavenly Father inspires us and how we recieve answers. If we as members of the church, study out the candidates for election and come up with the person we think will do the best job, and then we pray about that decision. Will Heavenly Father inspire everyone with the same answer, or will our agency and the studying that we have done affect the answer we recieve? What do you think?Please feel free to comment because I would like to know your thoughts about this.

Primary Party

So,our ward had a Boxcar Drive Inn Movie for their primary activity. My kids had a blast making their boxcars. They enjoyed eating their hotdog and watching a movie. It was fun for them. They have even enjoyed their boxcars at home.

Zoo Trip

So today was Joshua's kindergarten class field trip. We went to the Hogle Zoo. He had a lot of fun. I took Wyatt and Abigail with me. Wyatt was an angel baby at the zoo. Abigail loved the elephants. When we were there at the elephants, they started snorting at each other. It was cool. I had never heard them snort before. Joshua loved the tigers. They were really good looking tigers. And of course we had to have our pictures taken by the ape. Joshua is so excited he is almost as big as the orangatang.





It was a fun day at the zoo.

Yesterday Keri Poulsen and I got together and bottled 28 pints of tomatoes. We still have a gazillion tomatoes coming off of our plants. If anyone wants any, let me know. We also have pears and peaches starting to get ripe. I love this time of year when everything is ready to eat, and you get so much produce from your garden and neighbors pass their extra on and you share your extra.

Well, that is all that is up with us.

Stake Conference

Well, this weekend was Stake Conference. We were privilaged to have Presidet Eyring come and speak to us. Saturday night was the adult session and the Stake Center was packed. Pres. Eyring spoke on temple attendance. It was very good. Today it was sort of like a zoo at the Stake Center. John went an hour early to get seats and we were on the second to back row of the gym. They had overflow rooms all over the stake center. People were sitting on the floor and in the halls. There were so many people there. Pres. Erying spoke about the trials that come in our lives, and just because we are doing what the Lord asks, doesn't mean that we will have trials. And just because we turn our backs on God doesn't mean that everything is going to go bad for us. But, we need to let our trials bring us closer to God and not turn our backs on him. He gave a good talk. It was neat for my children to get to see him, (sort of, we were so far back).

But boy were my kids naughty!!!! They were just horrible for Stake Conference today. They were all so tired this morning and they just had a rough time. I thought by the time we left I was going to leave my children at the church!!!! But I guess it is good to go and teach them that going to church is good.

Joshua's Birthday

Today was Joshua's birthday. John had to go to Bear Lake to work today, so we had Joshua open the presents from us last night. He got a radio and a Star Wars CD. He really liked it.



Then this morning he opened his presents from his Grandma. He had a friend come and play after school and this evening we watched the BEE movie and had his favorite orange chicken stir fry for dinner. He had a good birthday.



Yesterday, we went to the Utah State Fair. We went to the Ice Cream day. It iswhere you can have all you can eat ice cream. There are so many flavors to choose from. My favorite is BYU Creamery's Peanut butter cup, and John's favorite is BYU's marionberry.

I forgot my camera so I have no pictures.

Jacob's Baptism/Wyatt's Blessing

Well, this weekend was very busy. On Saturday, Jacob got baptized. It was a really neat day. He was very excited. We had lots of family here to attend. Grandma Muir, Sharolee, Grandma and Granpa Atkinson, Paul & Kim and family, Greg & Megan and Family, Jeff Olson and kids, Andrea & kids, Serena, Summer, Mason and Alora Gordon, The Hutcheon family, and the Laws family. Thank you all for your support!! This really meant a lot to Jacob to have so many friends and family there.





After the Baptism, we went to the park for lunch. After that the Atkinson's were having their reunion. That evening we all went to dinner at the Mayan restaurant. Over-priced food for the flavor, but the kids had a great time watching the divers dive into the pool.



Today, was Wyatt's blessing. During the blessing he started to cry, so John gave a short blessing. It was good. Guest who came were the same as yesterday, including Matt & Kelly and their family and Jason and Katie and their family. It was good to have you all there. Thank you so much for your support.

It is so good to have Jacob baptized. He is already acting differently. He wants to do what is right and so far he has done everything I have asked him to do. He is a very good boy.

I am glad the weekend is over and I can now relax! - - - Maybe, because Joshua's birthday is coming up on Tuesday, so not much relaxing for me.

More Fun and Another First Day of School

On Sunday, Andrea, Travis, McKayla, Kaden, and Serena came over for dinner. We had Chimichangas, and they were delicious. Well, Kaden and Wyatt of course were the main entertainment. We sat and watched them for a good long while. Here are pictures of the cute little buggers.



Here are all the kids hording over the two little babies.



Abigail had her first day of preschool today. Cool! Now I am officially the car-pool lady. I have Joshua and Jacob who go to school in the morning and then Abigail leaves an hour later and then Joshua comes home at 11:18 and Abigail at 11:45 and Jacob at 3:30. Cool. I get to leave my house so many times a day! But luckily I have some great ladies in our ward that I am car-pooling with so I don't have to leave quit so often. It is kind of sad that all my children are growing up.

First Day of School and Camping over Labor Day

Well, this has been a busy week. On Tuesday it was Jacob's birthday. So we all woke up early so Jacob could open up his presents and then John could go to work. Jacob got a pocket knife and a model airplane.




Then it was Joshua's first day of Kindergarten. He was so excited. It was fun getting ready for school. Then once he got to school and was standing in line ready to go in with his teacher, you could see the apprehension on his face. It was kind of sad for me to see my 2nd child leave for Kindergarten. He came home from school and had a great day! He loves Kindergarten because he likes to sit. He is already so excited to read.






Then this weekend we went up to John's parents house for a campout. It was us and his parents and Jackie and her kids. We met Jackie's new friend Preston. we had a great time. We had fried chicken and potatoe salad for dinner. The kids loved cooking smore's over the fire. The kids and John and Grandma slept out under the starts. Wyatt and I slept in the house. Then on Saturday we all went geo-caching. We found two geo-caches. It was pretty fun. The kids played in the sand box almost the whole time. They loved it. We all came home very dirty and tired. We hada great time!

First Day Of School

Well, Monday was Jacob's first day of achool. His teacher this year is Mrs. Ebert. I think she will be very good. Jacob likes her. He was so excited to go back to school. He is most excited to learn cursive writing and the times tables. After the first day when we were walking home he was disappointed. He said, "Mom, we didn't learn anything today." He was ready to just jump in with both feet. I am glad he likes learning so much.

Last Day of Fun Before School

So we decided to have one last day of fun before school starts on Monday. So we went downtown and saw the sights. The Declaration of Independance was on display at the Capitol building so we went there and saw it. Pretty cool. The building is neat. Joshua said that was the coolest building he's ever been too. We also saw the monument for the Mormon Batalion. I had an ancestor who we found on the wall. William Smith Muir was there. There is a picture on the left of his name. Then we went to a park up on 11th Avenue where John and I used to hang out when single and we had a picnic lunch. Afterwards, we went to the City Library. The kids loved exploring through the library. We walked on the wall outside and saw the marvelous childrens room. To bad we can't check books out there and return them to our library. Abigail was very leary of getting on the all glass elevator. She would hang on our legs and wouldn't move. It was a pretty fun day.

Wyatt

Oh boy summer is coming to a close . . .

Well, summer is almost over for us. School starts next week. We have been trying to make the most of what we have left. Each night the kids and I go for a bike ride. Abigail is getting very good. Saturday, John took of her training wheels and she didn't even crash. She just went like a wild woman, making tight turns and everything. Watch out every one!!! She doesn't stop for anyone.

Today we were outside and all of a sudden it started hailing huge pieces of hail. I have never seen it hail like that. All our neighbors all came outside to see the hail. Our kids thought it was great. They all started collecting the balls of hail.

We also got our first two ripe tomatoes today. Yah!!! Canning season will be upon us soon!! I can't wait.

Yesterday we went swimming at Serena's pool. I forgot my camera, so you will have to imaging it. We had fun. Wyatt just slept in his car seat the whole time. We had a great time.

John is back to going to Bear Lake working on the huge houses up there.

Saturday Cleaning Day

Well, this Saturday we have been busy. We moved the computers out of the computer room and now we finally got all the toys moved into the computer room. Which is now titled the "toy room". Now we will be able to move Wyatt our of our bedroom and put him in Abigail's room. Abigial is so excited. Ever since he has been born Abigail has said how scared she is to go to sleep because she doesn't want to go to sleep alone. Now that Wyatt is in there hopefully this problem will be solved.

Wyatt is now smiling and gooing and gahhing all the time now. He is sooooo cute. I love the cute little baby sounds that they make. He is just growing and being a wonderful little boy.

We had a BBQ last night. We had some friends over for Dutch Oven dinner. We let the kids play in the blow up pool. John made BBQ ribs and chicken and potatoes and berry pie. It was a huge success.