Where do Pirates hide their booty?

Adam is in pirate mode or something lately. Things were going missing over a period of a couple days until one morning while doing my hair Adam was coming in and out of the bathroom several times. I didn't notice at first that he was reaching into my 'hair drawer' and pulling out bobby pins, elastic bands, clips, etc. I could hear a little tinkling noise and went to investigate and found Adam hiding all his loot in the perfect hiding spot. I think I may start to hide all my valuables there so robbers don't get them! (I know my awesome wood paneling in my house makes everyone so jealous)



The tinkling noise was the sound of dropping bobby pins in the hole of the guitar. He's a smart kiddo, he hid some things from me for a couple of days...like my credit cards. Here's the list of his pirate booty.

2 credit cards from my wallet
1 insurance card
1 hastings gift card
13 bobby pins
2 metal hair clips
1 magnet
1 small plastic pony
1 mr. potato head part

I also caught him red handed eating my homemade cinnamon rolls right before dinner, he must have eaten a lot because he didn't eat hardly any dinner at all.





He was pretty proud of himself when he turned to find me watching him. Adam has been keeping me busy lately, he's turned more mischeivious and makes me laugh on a daily basis. Kids are the best!

Halloween Festivities

Halloween was great this year! I love this holiday though I'm kind of a scrooge because I don't like dressing up. I love to see others costumes and join in on the games but for some reason I hate when I have to think of a costume and wear it. But this year we went to both of our parents house and ate at both so we were pretty full by the time we got home. It's the kind of fullness that you wake up and you're still full and so you skip breakfast and by the time lunch comes around you can start to think about food again. This year Adam was a dinosaur (or a dragon according to Matt) So either way he was some sort or reptilian animal, but he absolutely loved it! We were worried because he doesn't like anything over his ears, but through out the week I made him wear it to get used to it and he wore it all night long! It was so much fun sewing his costume this year and a whole lot easier than last years. I've decided that if possible I want to make costumes each year. (We'll see how long that lasts for)



Ready and roaring to go trick or treating! (his spikes wouldn't stay up so he looked like a rooster alot of the night)



After the Dino/Dragon had a yummy tasty treat.



This cute little girl is a family friend and Adam and her were pals all while she was there. Adam kept smiling coyly and was trying to give her kisses, and he was practically sitting on her lap on the couch. Looks like he goes after older women. Halloween was a hit this year!

So my mom got after me for not posting for a while. I guess she wants to see her grandson or something. Kidding Mom. But I didn't have anything cool enough that I felt it was worth posting about, so I hadn't posted anything yet. But I thought that maybe if I post about a couple semi-cool things that it would add up to be awesome and I would impress all my fellow family, friends, and blog stalkers.



First things first. Here's our new ride. We replaced the Jeep because it couldn't pass inspections for many reasons and we couldn't afford to fix it. So here's our Subaru. We love it.



Here's Adam's ride. He loves his too, but he didn't have to trade anything in because he's a first time driver.



I've been watching babies lately. Here's Adam, Elle, and Dallin. I usually have Elle a couple times a week, but my sister usually has Dallin. But Meg moved last week and she needed some help. We ran out of diapers unexpectedly that morning and we made a trip to Walmart. The kids were all great! I got some pretty crazy stares. Good thing to know that 3 carseats will fit in my car in case I have twins ever. Kidding.



Adam and Matt hanging out on our walk down the Riverdale parkway.



We showed Adam how to throw rocks in the river. Side note, Adam loves rocks! At Yellowstone we got a carseat and floor full of rocks. He likes to have them in his hand and he'll carry it all day if you let him. When I showed him how to throw the rocks in the river, he started to cry. Probably thinking that I was wasting the good rocks. But once I showed him how many rocks there were, he was okay and joined in on the fun.



Adam watching his rocks splashing.



Adam and his cousin Luke at his favorite park up in Perry. It's awesome! It's pretty low to the ground so I don't worry about him.



Adam and his cousin Beau being pals.

It's been a couple lazy, laid back weeks and I love love love that it's fall now. I just can't handle it. Has anyone seen 'You've got Mail'? Tom Hanks is writing an email saying that he loves the fall and it makes him want to buy school supplies and give Meg Ryan a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils. Those are my thoughts, I'm just not cool enough or original enough to think of that first. We're pretty boring up here in our corner of the world, so I don't know how long it will be until I blog again. I might have to save up the coolness of my activities again.

Time for Jam

Since we lived in Wyoming my mom has made freezer jam, raspberry, peach and strawberry. Since that moment that I tasted it's delicious sweetness, I could never go back to store bought jam. I just won't. Each year I tell myself that I'm going to make some for Matt and I since we love both of our mom's jam, but I always wait too long or forget or have some other lame excuse which I always regret a couple weeks later when my stash of my mom's that I take runs out. So...Tada! I did it. I found a great deal at Lee's for raspberries and I made three batches today in just a couple hours! I was especially excited that I did it all by myself, since I don't usually take initiative on things I've never done before. I was surprised at how easy it was and it was enjoyable! So now throughout the winter we get to enjoy this amazing jam! (I'm a bread lover, so jam is big condiment) And this just cost me $21 !!!! I'd do more if I had more room in my freezer! If I run out of jam, Mom I'm coming for yours!!

My Jeep

I have a love/hate relationship with my Jeep. I love it for many reasons, it's fun to drive, we can take it to Moab, it doesn't get stuck in the snow even if you try, and it's a Jeep. I love stepping up to get in, rather than a stepping down to get in our car, but SUV's are just too much of a gas-guzzler. If you know my family then you know we all love Jeeps! At one point I think my parents and all 4 of us married siblings had Jeeps. But slowly we've all sold them except for Matt and I. I think it's time. The hate part of the relationship has been renewed this week, I took it in for the safety and emmission tests and it failed safety. Not for one or two things, but seven!! I think the guy was a real stickler but I knew deep down it was going to fail even before I took it in. The sad part is that I don't think that we will get more than a couple hundred bucks for it because of all the things that are falling apart. A car dealership just offered us $500, and I think the guy thought he was being generous because he really wanted us to buy one of his cars. So hopefully KSL will be my friend just one more time and help me sell this baby to some Jeep loving person who doesn't mind fixing it up. (I heart KSL, it's helped me sell so many things!!) I'll miss my Jeep because it has so many fonds memories!! Matt bought it I think to please me and to help convince me to marry him, but it was our first car and the only one for almost our first two years. Oh, good times, good times.



I was cleaning the inside and Adam found the steering wheel and had a ball in there. Don't all kids love to play in cars? As kids Megan and I played alot in our suburban, we played James bond and she always made me be Money Penny and she got to be James Bond. Go figure, she older. (random I know)



My Jeep.

A Very Funny Video, At Least According to Matt

Instructions....First, make sure you pause our blog music, and that you have your sound up. No, this is not one of those scary videos. You may even want to make this full screen. Tell us what you think and enjoy!

Lazy days of Summer

We've been having a lot of fun just hanging out this last month of summer, I guess we're just trying to fit in as much as we can before fall begins. Friday we went to the Splash pad out in South Ogden, which I love since it's not a pool and so the kids can just go play. I was surprised at how well Adam did here. He doesn't not like it at all when his face gets wet, but I'm trying to get him more used to it. So I'm glad that he found a toy that he loved. He even ventured out in the middle and got sprayed right in the face and no tears or shreaks!



Adam's cousin Luke was showing how to play, he showed him how to drink the water from it and spit it back out.



Here's Adam on his tippy-toes and trying to get the water in his mouth, but just isn't big enough.



So I thought it would be a little while longer before I experienced the whole 'bullying' thing. What do you do as a mom? It really wasn't that bad of stuff, but it happened three times while we were at the splash park and I just know it made me angry. When it happened the first time, I was Infierno!(I know it doesn't mean angry, but that's what I mean when I say it, so say it with a Spanish accent) and I just wanted to boot the punk kid that was picking on Adam. He definitely knew better, he looked about 4 or 5ish. So I'm getting heated up again just thinking about it, I guess because Adam is such a little guy still. The kid was kicking water in Adam's face and wouldn't stop when Adam was obviously trying to turn away from him. The next time he was running past Adam at his little toy and just stopped, turned and pushed Adam down and then kept running to where ever, and the last time, he came over to the same toy and got water in his mouth turned his head about 3 inches from Adam and spit the water in his face. What are the rules on the playground for the Moms? When it happens more than a couple times, do you do something or just remove your child from the situation? There were no tears or words exchanges, so it's not that big of a deal, but I'm just curious.