Funny kids

Well the kids said a couple of good ones again.

Kelsi as we were on our way home from the gym.
Kelsi: "I'm hungry, what are we going to eat for dinner"
Me: "Dad cooked us dinner tonight"
Kelsi: "Oh man, when we get home our house is going to be on fire"
Me: "Why do you say that"
Kelsi: "Cuz dad cooked and he's not a very good cook"
Me: Laughing all the way home


Gabe as I was watching Dancing with the Stars, we were watching Derek Hough and Brooke Burke.

Gabe: "What are they doing"
Me: "Their dancing, do you want to dance?"
Gabe: "No, but I want her to hold me"
Me & Jeff: Lots of laughing!

Crunch Crunch Crunch

As I have been walking Kelsi to school she has been so excited to see all the leaves changing and all the fun fall colors. She was telling me that her favorite sound in the whole world is hearing the crunch crunch crunch sound of the leaves as she walks on them. So she has been very anxious for the leaves to fall off of our few little trees so she could make a "big" pile and jump in it. She has been watching out the window and watching the few leaves on our little tree out front fall off. So when our friends the Moore's got out their rakes on Monday morning and started raking up all their leaves Kelsi was over in a heartbeat. She ran and jumped and threw leaves everywhere. She was so happy to finally have her favorite sound all around her! I stole these pictures from Makele (thanks Makele) and wanted to show you how much fun they had. I love that these kids are able to play together and have so much fun!

Trappers Loop

Saturday afternoon me and Jeff got a break and got on a nice date. We took a really nice motorcycle ride up Ogden Canyon and over through Weber Canyon. It was gorgeous! The temperature was perfect and it is so much nice to be ridding on a motorcycle through all these places then in a car. We got a better better look at all the scenery. To top it all off we found this fun little cafe snuggled into the trees and stopped for hot fudge sundaes. I forget my camera, but I found some shots of what we saw via google images.
I have got to say there is something so nice about being on a motorcycle together, it is so much easier to leave the world behind and just enjoy the ride!

Husband Tag

Amanda tagged me on this one, and I am excited about it, I love bragging about my husband!

1. Where did you meet? We meet at a group get together through our friend Ryan Rose. We went to quick wits and both me and Jeff had brought a friend with us and they ended up getting married as well... double whammy for the match maker!

2. How long did you date before you got married? We dated 3 months until we were engaged and 6 months until we got married.

3. How long have you been married? 8 years, we got married in 2000, so it is always easy to tell how long it has been.

4. What is your favorite feature of his? He works so hard to keep his body in shape it is hard to narrow it down to one feature... maybe arms and chest.

5. What is your favorite quality about him? Jeff is a really hard worker, he works so hard to make sure we have everything we need without complaint. He is also very caring and wonderful with our family. I know that he would do anything and everything for me or our kids.

6. Does he have a nickname for you? Not that I can think of off the top of my head, probably bean like everyone else.

7. What is his favorite color? I dont know, if I had to take a guess it would be earthy colors, greens, browns ect.

8. What is his favorite food? He has a lot of favorites, some of his recent favorites are lasagna, chicken fried steak, oscar steaks & sweet pork burritos

9. What is his favorite sport? Football, definitely.

10. When was your first kiss? I was teaching him how to country dance, which he was just humoring me with and he busted his move then.

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Jeff is my best friend, I love doing everything with him... sappy I know. We like to go to the gym together and do classes together. We also really enjoy going on motorcycle rides together. It is really nice. Tomorrow is probably our last one of the season :(

12. Do you have any children? Kelsi 6, Gabriel 3 1/2, Victoria 7 months.

13. Does he have any hidden talents? I am going to steal Amanda's answer, he puts up with me, that takes a lot of talent!

14. How old is he? He hit the big 30 this year

15. Who said "I love you" first? Jeff did, but I replied pretty quick.

16. What is his favorite type of music? Rock

17. What do you admire the most about him? Jeff is such a great man, I love him so much. He is determined to be his best, physically, mentally and spiritually.

I tag Kami, Amber, Angela and Amie and anyone else who would like to brag about their husbands

Portraits

I took the kids in to get some pictures of the three of them together, here are some of the shots

Pack's Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday Amber and I decided to take the kids to this fun pumpkin patch. They had this super fun hay maze for the kids and I think they played in it for at least an hour. They had a blast getting lost in it. Best of all it was free and fun for the kids. It is not to long like the corn mazes and there was nothing scary in it! Next they had a scarecrow exhibit with fun pictures pose moments for the kids. The sun was not cooperating with me as I was trying to take the pictures! Then we got to go pick out the perfect pumpkins! Here are some fun pictures of our outing.


Kelsi and Lexi running through the corn maze

Gabe running through the corn maze

A birds eye view of the corn maze, darn sun in their eyes.

Scarecrows! Darn sun again

Kelsi's newest crush, kissing the scarecrows!

All I could think was Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin

Mommy's Little Ghoul



Where the pumpkins ended up!

Fun Friday

Today was a fun day for me. I woke up this morning to the kids bringing me breakfast in bed. Cold cereal and a glass a water. It was really thoughtful of the kids. Then we decided once we got the house cleaned up we would make cupcakes and decorate them for Halloween. I was overwhelmed with the response from the kids. They wanted to do everything and they did most of all the cleaning. It was awesome. They cleaned up the house in record speed, vacuumed upstairs, downstairs and the stairs. The washed windows, helped with mopping, cleaned toilets. It was so excited to see them so willing to help. I usually spend hours getting after them to just pick up their rooms.






So after 2 hours of cleaning, that's right they cleaned for two hours! We made some chocolate cupcakes. We were in a chocolaty mood so we put chocolate pudding inside as well and they set to decorating. They made a flower, a ghost, 2 scary dinosaurs a skeleton man and vampire. Good luck guessing which one is which! Gabe is covered in chocolate and very happy. I am very happy I have a clean house, chocolate cupcakes and awesome kids!

We have a BYU fan

We were watching BYU vs TCU on Thursday night and discovered we had a BYU fan. Gabe was sitting and watching football intently with Jeff and with each play he would cheer or groan with Jeff. And boy was there a lot of groaning going on at our house tonight. But on top of that Gabe has figured out the players names. As they were playing Gabe's remarking there's Maxy, where's Max, he's good. When's he coming back to play. Maybe good ol Max will have a better game next week :(

Baby Doll

Here are a few pictures of my baby doll... such a beautiful girl!

Angry Mobs?

So right after I shut off the computer for Gabe's comments on conference Kelsi said one. I cant remember who was talking but they were talking about hardships and the pioneers with the mobbing and still staying good honest citizens. Anyways we had a bag of halloween candy and if they kids could tell us who was speaking ( I know ironic I cant remember his name now ) or if they could tell us what the speaker was talking about they got a candy bar. So Kelsi is watching with great interest because snickers are a really good motivator. She looks over as they are talking about the mobs and says I got it they are talking about angry moms, points her finger at me and starts laughing... gee thanks... needless to say Jeff gave her a snicker!

President Eyring's talk

Gabe was watching Sunday morning conference with us. We were watching President Eyring's talk on the Holy Ghost. Apparently Gabe connected with President Eyring for a couple of minutes and he got through to him. Here is what Gabe got out of his talk.
Gabe: "He's talking about the Holy Ghost, he says the Holy Ghost is good, not scary"
"He (President Eyring) is nice isn't he?"
"He is teaching me and he dosent take away my toys"
"I better hide my truck so mom dosen't take it away from me"

Brotherly Love

Tory the other night was throwing a massive fit because she had to be in her car seat. This was Gabe's and Kelsi's reaction to her screaming in their ears. Kelsi tried to soothe her, sing to her, rub her tummy or face. She was trying her best to comfort her and reassure her that everything was ok. Gabe had his fingers plugged in her ears and was saying over and over there are no monsters, stop crying, there are no monsters, I will protect you from the monsters. There are no monsters!