Little Indians

I had such good intentions for some fun Thanksgiving activities this week. Needless to say, most of them have not happened. This afternoon we had some free time to have some fun. We made some Indian vests and headbands with some thankful feathers. Adam said he was thankful for dinosaurs, big books, animals, and things that fly. Tessa said she was thankful for Cinderella, nursery, fruit snacks, big brother, and her "night night" (her blanket). It was so nice to spend some quality time together since Mommy School has been way off track since our move.

Random

Just a couple of random pictures to share....we moved and survived! A big thank you to all those who helped us! The kids came down with the stomach flu during the move and Eric and I got it the day after. Not the best move we have had, but we are loving our new house! Adam has already started asking for a pet and when I tell them to quiet down, Adam's response has been, "But Mom, we live in our new house. We don't have to be quiet anymore."

our little princess

adam got creative with his pretzels

watching curious george together

Happy Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween! Adam was a BYU football player and Tessa was his cheerleader. Trick or Treating was exhausting, but the kids loved it! We were grateful the rain stopped for us.

Tessa was NOT in the mood for pictures

Off they go!

They had lots of compliments on their costumes....some people even gave them more candy because of their costumes! GO COUGARS!!!

Examining their loot

Happy Halloween!

Week In Review

It's been a busy week...here is what we have been up to.

I catered a wedding. I cooked for 3 days and made tons of food. I think it turned out pretty well. I might have another wedding in a couple of months. I am excited to do it again!

We have been packing. Yuck! Adam decided he really wanted to help pack things, so I let him start packing his room. He did a pretty good job.

The Toys R Us Christmas catalog came in the mail this week. I told Adam to look through it and see if there was anything in it that he might like for Christmas. I found him with a marker circling literally every single thing in the book! I am afraid we are going to have one very disappointed boy Christmas morning. He went back and put an X on about 5 things he decided he could live without. Pretty cute if you ask me!

Pumpkins!

I desperately wanted to take the kids to a pumpkin patch this year, but I didn't want Eric to miss it. Between our work schedules, the wedding, young women's and moving, it never happened. So, this Monday for FHE we visit Macey's Pumpkin patch. (Macey's is our local grocery store.) The kids had fun climbing over all the pumpkins and picking out their very own.

(it was freezing, but Adam insisted his sandals would keep his toes warm. go figure)

The kids were so anxious to see what was inside the pumpkin.

The final product....our jack-o-lantern (Adam named him Adam), our Micky Mouse jack-o-lantern and BYU jack-o-lantern!!

Oh My Butter!

This weekend is my biggest catering job yet (thank you Kara!). I will be so proud of myself if I can do this!! These pictures are of shopping trip number one. 44 boxes of butter, 10 cartons of eggs, 24 boxes of cream cheese, 27 lbs of powdered sugar and 24 boxes of cake...just to name a few things. You should see my fridge! I was going to take a picture of all the groceries once I finished my shopping, but I decided I didn't have the energy to pull all that butter out of the fridge again:)

On the menu...cake balls, mint brownies, cheesecakes and pumpkin cupcakes. We are planning for 350 people, so that is a lot of food!

I couldn't do this without Eric.... I love you!!!

mommy's helper

Tess decided she had to sit on my lap while I was sewing the other night. She was very interested in what I was doing...it was pretty cute!