Trust Me

This place was Isaiah's idea. All he told us was "Trust me." So we followed his directions and ended up at this wonderful park, with an awesome bridge, and a "Globe" theater. (A VERY small Globe theater, but still. It was really cool!) We had a great time. 

Easter 2015

Scouts

Last night we went to a Scouting Fireside. It was the first time all of our boys attended as Scouts. Of course we had to snap a pic! Which reminds me... I have patches to sew.

Talker's 8th Birthday

For my Talker's 8th Birthday he decided he wanted to go to Chuck-E-Cheese. We went... a bit reluctantly, but everyone had a surprisingly great time!

He hit the jackpot on one of the games. Whahoo!

Being that he didn't really want any of the cheesy prizes, he allowed his brothers to share all his tickets. What a great big brother!

Talk about cheesy! Look at that great grin! Gotta love it!

Guess who ran out of tokens first? Yep! His brothers were great about sharing with him until everyone ran out. Yea for good sharing brothers!

Taking on the machines Team Style! Yea boys!

Skee ball is his favorite. He's pretty dang good at it too.

EATING THE TOKENS!?! (With a photobomber, of course.)

I'm pretty sure we were the oldest people in the whole place. I don't FEEL that old.

We ended the day having dinner and FHE with the Elders, and of course, cake and ice-cream.

Making his wish. (He almost said it aloud, but everyone stopped him.)

He was very specific about his cake. "I need a rainbow cake, with a big M on it." I got the big M part.

And he loved the rainbow part too. :D

Happy Birthday Talker!

Thanksmas

Dad's work does Thanksmas as a way to celebrate both Christmas and Thanksgiving. This year they set up a photo booth. I love the outcome! Gotta love my boys. (Dad had to leave early and go to Scouts, while Observer was at wrestling.)

Giving Thanks

Dad made the crusts I made the fillings. We make a great team!

It was a quiet Thanksgiving for us. We stayed here at home and invited several people to join us for dinner. In the end though we ate simply as a family. It was nice. The Sister Missionaries joined us for pie in the evening and we ended our day watching Muppets Christmas Carol.
(I did eat some pie and regretted it almost instantly. It tasted SO good, but I couldn't breathe and even after using my inhaler and taking medicine spend the night being miserable. Not eating sugar is too important to my health.) I am THANKFUL for my health!!!!

Another busy Saturday

I don't have a pic, but today was BUSY!
It started early as Seeker and I had to be at the school at 7:30 for some volunteer hours. Observer followed us quickly heading for wrestling scrimmages. Dad headed to the church for service there and then we saw our new neighbors raking the leaves in their yard.  Great way to get to know them! (Of course my 7th son had joined us by this point.) Being outside I figured we'd better get on with what we started last week. Several hours, four cut down trees, bulbs planted, a trip to the dump, and a bunch of tired boys later we have done GREAT things in the yard. Come spring I think we will really be off to a great start. Maybe I'll take a pic tomorrow. Tonight it's too dark and cold. It's time to wind down. *whew*

Landscaping

Yesterday we decided to re-landscape the front yard. Yes, I know. This isn't exactly the time  of year to be working on that kind of thing, but it turned out to be a perfect day for it. A little chilly at first, but as we worked it felt super good to be outside. We worked for about four hours on leveling a piece of ground and moving the dirt to another part of the yard. Our 7th Son joined us. (He's usually with us on Saturdays.) And Mover's best friend came over to help as well. So, we had 8 boys, plus Dad and I. The work went fast and the boys really liked it. Boys are meant to dig I think. What a great day!

Costumes

I told the boys they could go through our old costumes and find something or make their own this year. (We have a million costumes.) They totally ran with it! I love what they came up with. My little Talker however was SET on Optimus Prime. We bought his.

I DID get a lot of guff for making mine though. "Mom, you actually cut up a BOOK!?!"  I like the finished product though. No regrets!

In his world this is an assassin.

Wearwolf

Dog Knight

Blue Crayon

An assassin. (Do you think they hang out?)

Optimus Prime

Book Fairy (Wings view)

Book Fairy  (Front view)
 

Pumpkin Carving

Phase one: Buying the pumpkins.


That's a lot of pumpkins. We should save the seeds and grow our own patch.

Phase two: Carve the pumpkins.

It's a good thing we don't mind making a mess.

Phase 3: Show off your pumpkins!

My Talker had a sword and a shield carved into his.

Like a good companionship should do, the Elders cooperated and made one super cool missionary... with a mustache?

Dad... the devil.

Mom initially went with simplicity.

My Thinker showed off a symbol from his world. Cool!

My Seeker went with a more traditional look.

My Observer carved a sun, moon and star. I love it.

My Mover went with a knight, complete with arms holding a sword and a shield.



My Planner went with the comfort of traditional along with the spookiness of one missing piece. o.O

 

All on display outside our home. What a fun FHE!