TRICK or TREAT!

We had so much fun tonight!
First we went to our Neighbor, and friends The Rhodes and had a delicious Soup dinner, with so many yummy Halloween Desserts! Thank you Jane.
Then off to the Neighborhood trick or treating.... One house had an Indoor Trick or treat where you had to find in every room Candy, it was like a Spook Alley! The kids had a great time!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN & BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Boston at his School.

This is his teacher Mrs. Whitaker, She is so Great!






Ok , So it is my Birthday today! YIPEE...... It is pretty much the craziest day ever, but I love it!
I had Boston's class Party to do, So we were Quite busy, following a halloween Parade and Singing! His Teacher was dressed like a Harley Rider, and they had so many cute costumes. We are off to Carve Pumpkins and eat Bread Bowls with soup before the night begins....... Of coure TRICK OR TREATING!!!

So can you tell how much Candy I have had already, WOW.....

Jane, You are so AWESOME!! Thanks for thinking I am so Cool! You ROCK!


HAPPY HAUNTING..... I will Post some Pictures of tonight later!

TRUNK OR TREAT!

Tonight was Grandma Hansen's Halloween Party! We ate Pizza and had a costume Parade, to see everyones Hilarious & Cute Outfits, Then we had a fun TRUNK OR TREAT!
This is one of my favorite parties! Cory's Family is Huge, he has alot of Cousins and Aunt's and Uncle's that all live here so it is a Blast!
We of course were the "Star Wars" Theme. Hayes and Olivia were so darling as Princess Leia & Chewbacca, and Boston a Stud as Anikan Skywalker, Cory dressed as a Jedi Knight, and Me Queen Amidala, I forgot my mask in the picture. (OOPS)

I made all of the Halloween Baskets for Boston's class tomorrow and we are doing Witch's Brew and Bobbing for Donuts in my Section, so we will have loads of Hyper, crazy kids tomorrow, I LOVE IT!

See you tomorrow for some more Halloween Pictures!

Busy Weekend!

Wow, I have so much too say, but way too tired to write it all!
So in a Nutshell, John and Tasha Curry came for the weekend with little Carson, who is a cutie!
We took the kids to Convergys' little Halloween party. They had trick or treating for the kids, Coloring contest,(which Boston entered), and Costume Prizes.... where Hayes threw up all over his costume! Wiped it up and still had fun.... We wanted some candy.

We went out to "The Melting Pot" MMMM My new favorite resteraunt! It was so Awesome, we had the full Course meal.
Then Sunday we had Boston's Primary Program it was so darling, their are not alot of kids in our ward so the kids Sang Solo's and gave short talks, It was so cute, Then the Bishopric sang to the kids "Dearest Children".

Cory and Boston let me have a 2 hour nap today,(it was my Birthday Present) and then suprised me with a Clean kitchen, House and Presents!
I told them I didn't want a Cake....Otis Spunkmeyer will do! So I got a Cookie for my Bday cake! I love it. I have the greatest little family ever....
I know my Birthday isn't until Tuesday but we always have so many things going on!

Boston got me Hot Pink NANO.. Thanks little buddy, it matches my Phone!

Tomorrow I am going to Lunch with my Friends, Achievement Day girls are coming over after School, Trunk or Treat Halloween party @ The Hansens, and Carving our Pumpkins!

We are going to be a little crazy these next few days!

Thanks for our cute little Halloween Basket Jenn! Boston is in Heaven.
He said "Gosh, Chase really is my best friend Huh!" ha ha

Pack Meeting!

Last night we had Pack meeting for Scouts! Boston got his Baseball & Soccer belt loop & Pin, his Bean Museum Patch and some Beads to put on his Tiger paw.
He got a whole lot of stuff and it was so fun to watch.
All the kids made their own ships and traveled around to alot of countries and they learned about the Culture and the Food and stuff. They loved it , it was actually very Educational for me too. We had a great time.

Chicken with Lemon & artichoke sauce

Ok, So We had one of our "Dream Dinners" tonight, it was Fabulous!
We had Chicken with Lemon & Artichoke Sauce, with Mashed Potatoes and Steamed Carrots! It was SO YUMMY!
I have loved these meals they are super easy to make and Delicious!

I would post the Recipe, but I can't find it. OOPS....
Oh and For Dessert... Dirty Dessert!
This is one of Candy's and it's Cory's Favorite!

DIRTY DESSERT
CRUST: 1/2 C. chopped walnuts, 1C. flour,1/2 C. melted butter. Mix together and press into 9x13 baking dish. Bake 15 min. at 350 degrees. Cool.

MIDDLE: Cream togeether 8 oz. cream cheese & 1 lg. Chocolate pudding with 3 to 4 cups milk total.
Spread over cream cheese mixture and then top with more cool whip, nuts, and Chocolate or cherries!

"THE BLACK PEARL"!

This is the Ship I was talking about! You can't see it very good but their are cannon's on the Bottom ,and Will Turner hanging on the Rope! Cory and Boston spent all weekend on it. It's such a cool Pack meeting this month, they all made their own ships and of Course Boston picked the "Black Pearl". Then they go to different countries and learn about the culture and try new food. Boston is so excited.
He is getting alot of awards this month too. He is just loving Scouts!

Boston has one more Baseball game, He played Tonight and lost, but had a Great Hit. He Plays again this weekend. He has become a good little Baseball player, and he loves it.

"Super Dad" Sunday

Sunday's are my favorite, you stay home with your family, you have a big Dinner, Eat lots of Treats, you get to be spiritually uplifted and you get to NAP! (which I did)

Cory is always Super Dad! But today he really was! Boston has been wanting to play Catcher for a long time, & Today Cory geared him up and Showed him how. They have also been working all weekend on their ship they have to make for Cub Scouts Pack Meeting on Thursday, It is so sweet.

He also was playing outside for a long time with Hayes & Olivia...He's the Best!!

I did however make Caramel Apples with Boston for our "make something new on Sunday"
& they were Delicious!

CRAZY Hair Day!

Here are all the Kids this morning waiting for the Bus, with their out of CONTROL Hairdoo's!

Happy "1"st Anniversary Candace & Judd!

Baby Rayne was born this morning @ 5am She weighed 8lbs. 8oz. and is 21 1/2" Long.
Congratulations Chris & Cassy!

Pajama Day!

Today is Pajama Day at Boston's School! This is his friend Aubree who was waiting at the bus stop with him this morning in her Jammies too!
This week at school is Red Ribbon Week... Drug Awareness!
They had Tues- Backwards day, Wed-- Purple and Red day, Thurs-Pajama Day,& Tomorrowis Crazy Hair day! I will definatley post a picture for that one!

We are off to get our Passport pictures taken, for when we go on the Disney Cruise in November! YEAH!

PUMPKINLAND!

We went to Pumpkinland today for Boston's Field trip! It is such a cute place with a Corn Maze, Playgrounds, and a Petting zoo. (well really just rabbits and ducks hehe)
I love that he still loves me to come to his School stuff, All of the girls are so cute, they just love Boston and Hang around us the whole time! The little girl in Blue is Maddie, & then Jacob & Boston. Maddie's mom told me today that she has a Crush on him! Who are these kids!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAD & WITNEY!

To Witney.... Welcome to the TEENAGE World! You are going to be good at it!


To my Dad... Who loves to wear his Cowboy hat, Loves The Gospel,Loves being a Grandpa, Loves to Watch Western movies, Loves His Children, The outdoors, and living on a Beautiful mountain.....Your my HERO!

I LOVE YOU GUYS! HAVE A FABULOUS DAY!

The SWEETEST Things!

I Love that saying:
The Best Things in life are not "Things"....... Here are just some of my Sweetest Things.......


1. When Hayes Kisses Olivia! (because he does not give kisses).

2. When your child cries to the words of an Old Country song.

3. Olivia....When she see's her daddy.

4. Family Prayer, Olivia & Hayes Fold their arms.

5. When your dog lays around the house and sleeps!

6. The love my "7" yr old has for The Prophet, Pres. Hinckley!

7. Olivia saying " I Love You & Jesus.

8. A Loving Husband! Who still takes my Breath away When he walks through that Door.

9. Cooking time with your Kids.

10. Sleeping Babies.

11. When Olivia points to the Picture on my fireplace and says..Parker.

12. Family, Family, Family!

13. Cousins, Cousins, Cousins!

Happy Birthday GABBIN!

OK, so his name is really Gavin,& he just turned "1" Yesterday! My Little Niece Brynn always calls him Gabbin, I just love it!
Happy Birthday Gavin!

Olivia is our little talker latley. She is saying so much, my favorite one is
"No...n't" ok so that's not a word, but its two words combined, and it's usually to Hayes! And she says "mommy's Eyes" "Pretty Bow" "Sausage Hot""Jacket on" and then when you put her jacket on she says "hat" (to put her hood on) "Hayes" "Botty"(Boston) "Sorry" "Thank you", and lots more, i won't bore you! It's just so adorable. She says them so clear too.
We need to help little Hayes-er Boy! JK ~ he understands everything, he just says the first syllable. But says "baby" "dog" "Hot" "ball" You know the little things that count! He is just too busy to talk.
They are so much fun! I love this age, even though they are all over the place.

Boston is a little "Heeley-er" He Heeley's all over the place, and is so good! Thanks to Brookie, who got him back into it, now he is all wheels!

We are awaiting the Return of Degun (our dog) tonight! He has been in Jackson Hole, with the Dog Whisperer (John & Tasha ~haha) So he is so much more calm and listening better! ( I know, I am a loser I can't even train my own dog)

John and Tasha ROCK! We Owe you big time!

INDOOR SOCCER

I played on my sister mindy's Indoor Soccer League tonight! I am dying.... Holy cow that game can kick your butt! I didn't play so good the first Half but then I started feeling Aggressive and played forward and did good. It was fun to play. I haven't played since Boston was a baby. It was fun.

Boston is in Sleepover Heaven, Last night Charlee stayed the night, and tonight he was with me at my game, and was dying to have someone stay over, So now we have EsDee staying the night. We had a late night last night too and played with our neighbors "Disney's Scene it" Which we love! & WON!

I can't belive it is only Saturday tomorrow, This is like Spring Break! Tomorrow we are going with Cousins to the Pumpkin Patch, to get our pumpkins!

Sleepover!

This is a 100 Piece puzzle we did this morning!


We had the funnest sleepover last night with our cousins, Brooke & Brigham... We made a Movie Theatre and snackpacks and Watched "Akeelah and the bee"! They were so great, then this morning we had French Toast and Waffles, and off to the Skate Park and the Mall. We had a blast!

I also went tonight to "DREAM DINNERS" it's where you go to make your own dinners and Freeze them. I haven't done it before, And it is AWESOME! it's so something Jane Taylor would LOVE!
The Dinners are so Fabulous, I made 6 dinners
Steak Gorgonzola, chicken Enchiladas, Chicken with Lemon and arichoke sauce, BBQ Braised Beef with Buttermilk Bisquits, Arroz Con Pollo, & Pesto Cheese Ravioli.

I can't wait to try them out!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BRODY & CHRIS!

Brody just came over to get his Haircut! So heres the "2" year old Hairdo!
Have a great day Guys!
In my family we have lots of shared Birthdays. It makes it more fun!

BIKE RIDE!

Here are some Pictures of our fun bike ride up to South fork yesterday! We are nearing the end of biking season, for me anyway, it's too dang cold outside! We had so much fun! I think we are all going again on wednesday with Judd and Candace, C'mon candace come with us!

Heather I know you will love this cute one of your Hubby!
Your welcome.

FALL COOKING!

Wow, It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon! The weather here is 65 degrees, I just love this time of year. We are getting ready to go up through the Canyon and do the Alpine loop. The colors are just amazing right now.

Boston and I are cooking something "fall"-ish every sunday! (We just decided)
So today we baked this Yummy Pumpkin Dessert....It is one of my favorites.
Here is the Recipe:



PUMPKIN DESSERT
1 yellow cake mix (reserve 1 C.) 1/2 C. melted butter or Margarine
1 egg 1 29oz. can of Pumpkin
3/4 c. Brown sugar 1 1/2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg 2 eggs
2/3 c. evaporated milk 1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. soft butter or margarine

mix cake mix,(except 1 c. ), melted butter and egg. Press into a 9"x13" greased and floured pan. Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, 2 eggs and Milk together. Pour over the crust. Make topping of reserved cake mix, sugar and soft butter. Crumble over filling.
BAKE 375 for 50 min.


Happy COOKING!

Before & After

I woke up this morning ready to Organize and Clean my Pantry, Fridge & Freezer!
The Pantry was the worst. I had so many boxes of gatorades, Propel, Waters and everything just put anywhere.
So here is my Before Picture!



And Here is the After!

This picture does not really do Justice to how nice it really is!

Boston's game was cancelled due to the rain, so now we are going to a Matinee to see The Movie OPEN SEASON!

Rainy Days......

I love these rainy days.....Baseball practice is cancelled and we all get to stay inside! We were sitting in the Hot Tub tonight when a Huge thunderstorm came. It was so fun to watch. You can see it in the background starting to come our way.

I just got done DE Junking my Play room. I went through all of the Cupboards and got rid of all of the junk toys or old ones! I love how clean and bare it is. Now I can start in the downstairs cupboards tomorrow.

Boston has turned into our little Jump Roper! He is always jump roping, or Hula Hooping. He is really good too. He wanted me to time him on his watch and he was hula hooping for 51 sec. Which is actually pretty long for me.

I am off to bed, I have to wake up at 6am for my run.... Oh that is soooo early.

GoodBye Grandpa & Grandma

Olivia has the Little Mermaid on DVD and the Eric & Ariel doll that come with it and she walks around the house asking for "ERIC" more like "EWICK" It's so adorable. She is such a little talker latley she loves to copy everything you say and it's sounds pretty good. She loves "Fruit Nacks" and "Drinks". She is definitley our little Piggy..... as for Hayes he just likes his "BA BA" and loves to tease his sister, (and he's really good at it too.) He likes her blankies only because he knows she will just freak out! It's Funny!!

OH They have the cutest little girls Dresses at Costco, Our Costco in Orem.... They are worth the drive over! We got Her a Christmas Dress there.


We took Grandma and Grandpa to the airport this morning. We had a whole lot of fun with them.
Then Hayes and Olivia went off to Play with Nana and I went to the Temple!
I have been going every wednesday, It's been so great!
I also am so proud to say I ran 4 1/2 miles this morning! It was not so bad actually!
We, My friends and I .... think we are going to run the St. George Marathon next October, so we need to start training for our Half Marathon in March. I just want to Say I did it One time, That's all!


Boston has School Pictures today! He is excited, and going to smile very nice for his Picture......Here is a sneak Peek.
Cory & I have Parent Teacher Conference today at 4:30 then we are off to a Wedding Reception for my old neighbor Witney Renslow... She was one of my YW in Pleasant Grove, I actually saw her this morning when I came out of the Temple, She had just been Married and Taking her pictures! It was so fun to see her there and now Tonight.
Cory thinks we don't need to go to the reception now, since I already saw her.
Isn't he Hilarious.

TUESDAY

Last night we went to see the Joseph Smith movie at Temple Square, It was still so good the 2nd time seeing it!
We took our family with Grandpa & Grandma and then they treated us to dinner at the Garden Resteraunt.
It was extremley Windy and wet. Now today is Sunny and Beautiful... this is Utah weather.

Boston & I went to the Dentist this morning and he had 1 filling and I had none! Then we went to lunch with my sister and now the kids are napping. I am off to do some Laundry, It's so nice with Madge here, she does Laundry non stop and all I have to do is put it away, I just love it!!!!!

I just got their Halloween Baskets with their names on it, They are so fun!
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GOOD MONDAY MORNING!

Everyone is still asleep this morning in my house. I have already been running and Laundry is going and The Kitchen all clean. So I played with Boston this morning on his Scooter!
These are the Bus stop kids, we were missing Connor this morning and Maddie!

On the Agenda for today- Costco!
& Lunch at BAJIO!
We are still trying to get tickets to see the Joseph Smith movie up in Salt Lake!
Grandma and Grandpa have never seen it.


Have a Great Day!

Conference

Today was so Amazing! We (witney and I) went to the 2nd session of General Conference this afternoon. It was fabulous, The talks were amazing, I especially love the Talk by Jefferey R. Holland,He ended it Perfectly! What a great Opportunity for me to be able to be in the Presence of the Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley. I can't even explain the Feeling that I felt when he entered the Room. He is so Sweet, and I Just Love him.
The greatest, was when we sang at the end of the session "We thank thee O God for a Prophet" When the Choir sang, It was beautiful, but when the Audience started to sing, and then one by one , everyone stood up to sing to the Prophet. Everyone was crying, I couldn't even sing. The General Authorities were even wiping their tears. As He was leaving he kept lifting his cane to wave to us and Blowing Kisses.
The Spirit was so strong, that's probably one of the Greatest memories I will ever have.
And the closest I will ever be able to get to the Prophet.
What a wonderful experience for Witney too, We will always remember the 176 semi-annual General Conference.