Halloween, I know I'm a little late

We really did celebrate Halloween around here, I'm just really slow about actually posting about it. We went to several parties and got lots of candy and had a great time. Les and I were party poopers this year and didn't dress up, but here are the kids costumes:

Brooklyn was a witch.

Kenzie was Hannah Montana

Kaden was a cowboy.

Cody was a hobo.

Pictures were nearly the death of me!!!

As you can see, we finally did get pictures of everybody this time around, but not without more drama of course!! I got the kids all dressed up exactly how they were the week before and set out for Layton Park. I decided to start with a picture of all the kids together and then move on to individuals, but unfortunately the kids were not being very cooperative and that was taking forever. As soon as I decided that I had a good group picture and was ready to move on my camera battery died. I was so mad!!! We have an extra battery, but it has been missing for quite some time. Lucky for me we had the battery charger in the car, so I charged the battery while the kids played at the park. I had called Les to vent my frustration and he felt bad and left work early to help me finish the pictures. We were finally able to get the rest of the pictures and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

My next project was making a new blog header. I knew what I wanted, but wasn't exactly sure how to get it. I finally got something close, but I'm still not super happy with it. I don't know why I took it upon myself to do the blog header considering my husband designs web pages for a living and could have probably done it in half the time and had it looking fabulous. Actually, I do know why, it's because I'm very inpatient and didn't want to wait around for him to do it. He has promised to clean it up for me and make it look more how I had envisioned it, but until then I'm just going to leave my version for everyone to see. I'm so glad pictures are done!!!

I forgot one of my kids!!!!

Now, before anybody gets worried that I left one of my kids home alone or at the store or something, rest assured it's not that bad!!! However, we went up to Beus's Pond on Saturday to have some family pictures done and to also take individual pictures of each of the kids. So, kids being kids, they weren't all that cooperative with the picture taking, which of course left us quite stressed out. We left the individual pictures until the end and also took pictures of the girls together and the boys together. Well...as I was going through our pictures yesterday to pick which ones to print, I noticed that we didn't have an individual pictures of Kenzie. We got her picture taken with Brooklyn, but never had her pose by herself. I asked her about it yesterday to see if she realized we hadn't taken her picture and she said she didn't realize we had taken a picture of Cody and thought that we were only taking pictures of Kaden and Brooklyn. How sad is that!!! So, since the kids get out of school early tomorrow and I wasn't overly thrilled with any of the pictures that I got of them anyway, I am taking them all up to Layton Park to try again. Hopefully I will get better pictures of each of them since they won't be posing for family pictures and maybe I won't forget any of them this time :) Wish me luck!!!

Corn maze

We went to the Black Island Farms corn maze in Syracuse today and had a blast!! Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so no cute pictures to accompany this post, but I figured I could tell about what we did. We went as a ward so that we could get the discounted price, which definitely helps out when you've got four kids you're paying for!!! So the activities included a hay ride where everybody got to pick out a pumpkin, the corn maze, which is huge, the courtyard which had slides, a cow train, see-saws, pumpkin bounce house, animals, etc. There was so much to do, we ended up staying there for 4 hours. Brooklyn really liked the big slides, but of course couldn't go down them alone, so I got to experience them as well, which actually turned out to be pretty fun. We only did one part of the maze since it is pretty big and the kids were having a lot more fun in the courtyard then getting lost in the corn, go figure!! All in all in turned out to be a great day and I'm so glad we decided to go!!

Happy Birthday Cody and Kaden

Cody turned 12 on Oct. 2 and had a party with his friends on the 3rd. Les took them to Toad's Fun Zone and did go carts, miniature golf, and laser tag and then came back to our house for pizza and cake and ice cream. They all had a lot of fun.

On Oct. 5 Kaden turned 4 and we had our families come over for cake and ice cream to celebrate for both of them.

My kids are growing up so fast!! I really think we should be able to stop them at a certain age. I'm so not ready for the teenage years and yet they'll be here before I know it. Also, I love 4-year-olds. I would love it if Kaden could stay 4 forever!!!

Kenzie

Kenzie has now been tagged in Kiddo Tag, so here are 5 things you may or may not know about her:

1. She loves animals. It doesn't matter whether it's stuffed or live, she loves animals. She could care less about Barbies or dolls, she would much rather play with an animal.

2. She loves to dance! She has been taking dance for 6 years now. She is on the competition team at Syracuse Dance Academy and goes to dance three times a week. She is also in a tumbling class once a week.

3. She is very creative. She loves to draw pictures, write stories, and make up songs or poems. She enjoys writing in her journal as much as possible.

4. She loves little kids. She is so good about playing with her younger brother and sister. She loves to teach them how to dance and they like to show off for us. She loves it when other little kids come over. She is going to be a great baby-sitter when she gets older!!!

5. She loves to talk. She always has a story to tell about something. Sometimes she gets so excited about something she's telling you she has a hard time getting all the words out.

There are so many things that I admire about Kenzie. She has a very loving personality and is always willing to help out. I love you Kenzie!!!

I'm not sure who else to tag, so anyone who hasn't done this for their kids, you've been tagged!!

The 8s

8 tv shows I love to watch:

Survivor
Dancing with the Stars
Lost
Fringe
Amazing Race
Bones (I'm a season behind)
Desperate Housewives
Samantha Who

8 favorite restaurants:

La Ferrovia
Mimi's
Macaroni Grill
La Choi (new favorite, I've only been there once)
Gandolfo's
Applebee's
Red Robin
Olive Garden

8 things that happened yesterday:

Fixed waffles for breakfast
Watched conference
Baked 2 cakes
Laid around being lazy
Fixed dinner
Had a birthday party for Cody and Kaden
Visited with family members at the party
Watched Desperate Housewives

8 things I'm looking forward to:

Getting my nails done this week
Halloween
Possibly a weekend trip with Les for our birthdays
Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's
Kids going off track (I'm not a morning person)
Christmas
Trip to Disneyland
Spring (yeah I know it's not even winter yet, but I hate being cold)

8 things on my wish list

Losing weight
Getting food storage
Being more patient
Going on a cruise someday
Buying new clothes (once I lose weight)
Getting caught up on housework
Getting a new calling in my ward
Getting more sleep

I tag:

Shawna
Linnell
Linda
Allison
Kellie
Cortney
Patrice
Kady