Monday, October 27, 2014

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!
 

 
 
 
 
 
 


Friday, October 24, 2014

4 Year Olds

My husband and I both have darling little black and white pics of when we were 4 years old. So, I wanted to put together some pictures of each of my boys at the same age. I have been working on it for quite some time but forgot about it as I waited for my two youngest to pass the "golden" age I wanted. Finally, a few years late, I've put together the pics. Enjoy
My Thinker
 
My Seeker

My Planner

My Mover

My Observer
My Talker


Me

Dad

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Back with the program

I promised myself I'd get back into blogging because I do better at keeping a journal this way. So, we start again. Wish me luck! In no particular order here are the players in our Kingdom.
The Thinker
(There is always something going through this boys head.)
The Planner
(Give him a goal and he makes a plan. And if he doesn't have a goal, he will make a plan to make a goal, or two, or three.)
The Mover
(This one doesn't slow down! There is too much to do, too much fun to have for him to stay still.)
The Observer
(I love how this one just watches and silently analyses the world.)

The Talker
(A moment of silence? What is that?)

The Seeker
(This one is always looking for something to do or someplace to go.)

Friday, May 31, 2013

My Birthday 2012

I am another year older. Ouch. But Grandma Crimson eased the blow with a beautiful cake.

 Grandma and Grandpa brought us all gifts from their trip to Hawaii. Whahoo! (We'd rather have them than the stuff, but we will take what we can get.)

2012 Christmas

We had a lovely Christmas here at home.
 Our outside décor reminded us of the reason for the season.
 We loved having a train around our tree!
Traditional Pajamas on Christmas Eve
Mom sent me an elf hat. I LOVE it.
 Where did all of these presents come from?
On Christmas Eve we read the scripture story and put the pieces of the nativity in place as we read. 

2012 Thanksgiving in Kittery Maine

For Thanksgiving all of our plans kind of fell through at the last minute. When my husband asked me what I would like to do, I told him quite frankly that I wanted to spend the holiday with our good friends up in Maine. We apprehensively called and asked if we could bring our little army to invade their home. And MUCH to our surprise and pleasure they were thrilled. How we loved spending time with them and enjoying Maine. My boys still, months later, still ask when we are going back to visit.  

 Our awesome friends are both photographers. I enjoyed capturing this little moment of both of them taking pics.
 It doesn't matter how scary those rocks were, that pop tart never was put down.
 It was so hard to keep a coat on Music. He loves the cold!
 One of my dreams came true. Me in Maine, with a lighthouse.
 Taking the boys to the beach and telling them not to get in the water was a little silly.
 Doesn't matter how cold it is for these water babies!


 We have a lot of family history in this part of the country. We found a graveyard in which one of our ancestors was buried. Dad told stories of her and then sent them off to find her tombstone. Right found it! Cool!






  
We loved our Thanksgiving in Kittery.