Carnefel

What did you do on Halloween Eve?
We had a Family Halloween Carnefel.

Each family member was in charge of an activity.
We made a witch craft, courtesy of Luke.
We had a Mummy Wrapping Contest courtesy of Megan, (to which Joshua kept saying, 'No, I'm a dad.'),
and we played 'Tape the Broom to the Witch' also courtesy of Luke. (Ellie wasn't feeling well and opted out of planning.)

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Mom and Dad provided the treat!

Better than any carnival we've been to before!

Happy Halloween!

Simple Pleasures

"Tan you tet my no boots pease?"

Letting Go

I found myself STEAMING mad this morning. Luckily, the family member I was mad at, had already left home. Otherwise, unfortunately I believe my 'weakness-that-I-couldn't-give-up-for-thirty-days' would have been displayed in all of it's fullness...

A little background.
We are all uptight about different things. What matters to one, does not to another.
In my house the floors may not have been vacuumed for a week, but watch out if your blinds are left closed once daylight is here...

Or perhaps there are dirty fingerprints all over a light switch or wall, but if your towel or dirty clothes are on a floor you better get them picked up. F.A.S.T.

Not only were the nameless individual's blinds closed... The towel was on the bedroom floor...Dirty clothes were left on the bathroom floor... And we won't even mention the state of the closet floor.

On Sunday, the sister giving the Relief Society lesson mentioned several times being able to 'let it go.' Though, I am sure this sister was referring to 'more important' things in life, I couldn't help but think of the 'little things' that drag me down and prevent me from "Being of Good Cheer."

I am in a quandary. What can I 'let go' while still maintaining some household standards and ultimately, teach my children to respect our belongings and our home and all that other stuff we are supposed to be teaching?

Is it just me, or are you uptight about certain things too?
What do you do?

Help!

No Ordinary Interview

Luke had his baptism interview the other night. When questioned about what kind of questions the bishop asked him, Luke simply shrugged his shoulders and only talked about when he could go down to the bishop's house...

Luke has always liked our bishop. But now, our bishop is more than 'just a bishop' in Luke's little mind... On Sunday night, Luke finally convinced Daddy to ride down to the Bishop's house with him...

They returned with THIS!!! (It is the skull of a javelina.)



I don't think my response was as enthusiastic as Luke would have liked. Instead, Luke was quite offended when he asked me,

"Why do you call all my stuff dead animals?"

PS-Luke did get his Baptism Recommend, so I am assuming they discussed more than dead animals!

Random Thoughts on Random Shots

Dark evenings and Sundays-this is Daddy, Joshua and Drew's favorite positions.
Joshua doing tricks on his 4-wheeler.
Joshua found the camera. (He got a pretty good shot of Drew, however.)

Megan and Ellie performed their Halloween dances at a Care Center recently. This was Ellie's first 'performance.' She did a great job.

Problem Solved

A solution for keeping crawling baby brother from playing with the toys?
Put crawling baby brother in the toy container!

Birthday Synopsis

Even though...
I had a child home sick from school.
My sick child threw up in the car, despite my yells to grab the bucket.
My mother just had major surgery and didn't fix a fabulous birthday dinner.
My BFF was out of town and so I didn't get my favorite chocolate cake/chocolate frosting birthday cake.
The Husband was thirty minutes late to the restaurant...

I did...
Get lots of phone calls, visitors, text messages, blog comments, Facebook remarks, gifts and cards.
Get a Baskin Robbins ROCKY ROAD ice cream cake courtesy of my parents.
Remember to give my mother flowers on MY birthday.
Have a FABULOUS birthday.

Until next year...