Football and Family

As Saturday was the big BYU vs. UofU game we thought we would have a little get together with some of Lorin's family that could come. We enjoyed homemade pizza thanks to my sweet sis. in law Kim who helped me. We won't even discuss the batch of pizza dough I had to throw away. Well the game didn't turn out too well. Ok let's be honest it was a disaster but the company was good.

Saturday marked 7 years since Lorin's Mom's passing and 3 months since Keith's passing. I am sure that they were aware of us getting together as a family and remembering them. Maybe they were even able to get in on some of the fun. We know how much Keith enjoyed sports. Things will never quite be the same without them. Get out a tissue and read Natalies post on the subject here http://natalieshumway.blogspot.com/2008/11/7-years3-months.html. Very sweet! We are so grateful to belong to such a strong, faithful family.
This is what was on the wall just inside our door as well as various signs around the house and outside which I discovered as we left for church the following morning. Megan is such a party person. Gotta love her!

Megan's Dance Recital

Here are some pictures from Megan's dance recital on the 13th. The class was a lot of fun for her. She learned a lot and she did a great job. Since the class was at the fitness center it was just for a couple months. There is no pressure and it is just for fun which I think is great. It was well worth the $60. It amazes me that I have children who are not scared to do things like I have always been. Megan is quiet like me sometimes but she doesn't stress about things. She doesn't seem to get too nervous and just does what she wants to do. I remember once asking her if she was nervous to do an oral report in front of her class and she replied "Why would I be? They are all my friends." Someday Megan will be a great entrepreneur as she is always trying to think of businesses where she can make money. She will go far. We are so proud of all our kids. They are amazing!

Dancing King

One of Logan's new favorite pastimes is to get out every single cd that we own and listen to bits and pieces of each disc. I never knew he would enjoy old '80s and '90s country music so well. His favorite at the moment is Bryan White. If only he could put them all away when he is done. I caught him dancing in this picture. What a cute little pill! Putting away the discs reminds me of an earlier day when Megan would get out the cds and break all the cases in the process. So maybe that is why Logan won't put them away. It is a pain to put broken cases back together.

Halloween

Every October one of the things our kids love to do is go past this house in our neighborhood that is all decked out for Halloween with all sorts of scary figures. Personally it doesn't appeal to me at all but the kids like to see it. I end up driving by the "Halloween House", even when I don't want to, about 50 times a day dropping off and picking up the kids, running errands ect. Occasionally the guy actually dresses up as one of his figures and stands outside to scare people. Kinda creapy.

Logan and I attended the girl's Halloween parade at school. Megan was a cute pioneer.

Cassidy made a cute witch! Her aide was a cute angel.

Logan got pretty bored watching all the kids and wanted to leave. As we were leaving he got pretty mad and didn't want to go to the van. Apperently he wanted to go outside to see the real parade. He didn't realize that watching the kids was the parade.

I tried to be creative this Halloween with ideas from various people. For dinner I made these cute hot dog mummies and soup in pumpkin shaped bread bowls as well as orange crush to drink. The kids freaked out at the two tiny dots of mustard for the eyes and almost wouldn't eat the mummies because of it. Ugh can't they just appreciate that I was trying to be fun. I can still remember one Halloween when my Mom cooked some soup in an actual pumpkin. I thought it was so cool. I probably didn't appreciate the work she went to as much as I should have but now I do.

And they are off!

Old pros. Trick or Treat!! Hope you all had a great Halloween! Now we can focus on the holidays that I love the best!

Family Halloween Party

We had a fun time on the 25th celebrating Dad's birthday and having a Halloween party. We had dinner eating various kinds of soups. Then the kids had a doughnut eating contest, fished in the fish pond for prizes and then went trick-or-treating to all the doors downstairs. It is a fun tradition every year. The kids were dressed up but my camera batteries were dead before I got a picture.