Cookies for Santa

Blayne decided the other day that we needed to make Santa some cookies, hoping that the plate full of cookies would make Santa come quicker. I made some sugar cookie dough and let Blayne do the rest. He rolled out the dough but didn't want to use the cookie cutters, he thought that a big glob of dough would be just as good. So, he put in on the cookie sheet and we baked them. I let him keep them for a while until he forgot then carefully got rid of them. He was pretty proud of his culinary masterpiece. I'm sure Santa would have loved them.

So Thankful

We have so much to be grateful for this year. I feel so thankful for my wonderful family. We have so much fum together. This year Holly and her family came to visit from California. We haven't seen her or her cute little boys since last December. It was fun to see how much they have grown. We had a pretty low key Thanksgiving Day. Blayne was able to play some football with Stephen and Bristol. (thankful for the warm weather)

I took some pictures of the kiddos. (thankful for cameras I don't have the best memory) Then we ate sandwiches for our big Thanksgiving dinner. Holly's family made it late on Thursday, so we ate our traditional Thanksgiving dinner Friday afternoon. (thankful for food, although I ate way to much) What would Thanks giving be with out a trip to BYU to see the BEAN museum. This has become a place we visit often. We had just gone the week before for our Saturday family time. Still we never get tired looking at the animals. They never move so you are sure to see every animal.

We had a great time over our long weekend. I love spending the extra time with my family. It seems like there is never enough time to get everything done and sometimes I am so busy I forget how important it is to spend time with those I love.

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Halloween Time

I guess I need to post pictures of the kiddos on Halloween. Mostly everyone I know already up picture of their kids on their blogs. I know I'm always a little behind. Halloween was such a busy day for us. In the morning the school had a costume parade, then Blayne had his party. After lunch I had Kristyn and Kaley's parties, then finally Sydney's after that. It was a busy day, but so much fun. I enjoyed seeing all the kids classes in their costumes, if was fun to see how creative some parents are with the costumes. Everyone looked great. Someone asked me why I am helping at the school so often. she said there were better things I could be doing during my day. I told her that I want my children to know how important I think school is. If I just tell them it is important to participate in school but I myself am not willing to put forth any effort I don't think that is such a great example. anyways if you wonder why I am always there I just want to show them I care. enough rambling from me. Here are the kids all dressed up.

Kristyn wanted to be Martica for the Adam's Family, Kaley was a good witch, Sydney was of course a princess, and Blayne a firefighter.

More testing (again)

Sydney had another day of testing this week. Her tests had to be done without her having much sleep. She was only able to sleep a total of four hours for Sunday and Monday nights. It's not that easy to keep a 6 year old up for two nights straight, but she did her best. On Tuesday morning we went to Primary Children's for a fun day there. She met first with the ENT then the respiratory specialist and the the sleep pathologist. She had to have another EEG done, this time she needed to fall asleep. I have never remembered the camera when we are at her normal appointments, this time I was very proud of myself for remembering. She always asks to see herself in the mirror after they hook her up for her test. I think she looks pretty dang cute. The white gauze on her head will be forever known as her spider man hat, thanks to Blayne.

Special Weekend

I had the special opportunity as did others in our ward of attending my dear friends baptism. Pricilla Gale, one of the sisters I visit teach was baptized on Saturday. It was such a beautiful day. Her husband was able to perform the baptism. The sprit was so strong as she entered the water. Her testimony of the gospel is nothing more than amazing. Her faith as never waviered. By visiting with her over the past few months she has taught me so much about the truthfullness of the gospel. I would try to address specific areas of the gospel that she had questions about during our visits. By preparing ahead of time and wanted to present a message to her in a way that was easy for her to understand, it helped me gain a greater testimony of the simple truths of the gospel. I know Pricilla will do amazing things for the church, she is a great example of a follower of Christ. I was so blessed to be a part of her baptism.

Blayne's new job

Blayne just got his first job. He is still trying to earn money for his new lawm mower, so Brother Mc Grath hired him to mow his lawm with him. Brother Mc Grath has a riding lawn mower, and he picks up Blayne on it at our house, then they drive over to his house to mow the lawn. Blayne truly thinks he is doing the Mc Grath's a service by mowing the grass. He is sure that Brother Mc Grath wouldn't be able to mow with our him. Everytime we drive by their house Blayne checks on the lawn to see if it is time for a mow.