Halloween Celebrations

Last night we went to our Ward Halloween Party. After eating chili, we went out to the parking lot for "Trunk or Treating." Ruth had so much fun. She was a beautiful princess. Gareth was a leprechaun. Tonight we are going to have them wear their costumes to story time at the library. Trunk or Treating was enough so we won't be going Trick or Treating. (Don't tell Ruth!) Hopefully we can get some better pictures tonight and I'll post them tomorrow.

This is Princess Ruth with her best friend Ninja Daniel

Here is our little leprechaun.

Princess Ruth with her friend Elvis and his wife.

Pumpkins

We had a little pumpkin carving family night with some friends on Monday night. It was a lot of fun. Kate and I sat and watched the babies while Jones and Brian carved the pumpkins. Ruth and Daniel ran around in circles, taking the occasional break to help get the guts out.

Adventures in the Dollar Tree

We spent the afternoon at the dollar store today. As you can see, we had a lot of fun.

Sleeping in the Road

We were driving home from some friends' house tonight about an hour past bedtime and this is what Ruth told us:

"Daddy you need to hurry and drive fast so we can get home in time to fall asleep in our beds because if we didn't get home in time, we would have to sleep on the road and then a car would drive over us and it would be a huge axdent and then a fireman would come and give us a ticket and say 'you have to go to jail for what you did' and that would not be good so go fast!"

I am pleased to report that we did make it home in plenty of time for Ruth to fall asleep on her bed (an hour after we got home). I am so glad we didn't have an axdent--whatever that is, I'm sure it would not be fun.

To Germany We Go....

I had a dream last night that Kate, Sarah and I were taking a vacation together to Germany. When we got to the airport, I realized that I didn't have a passport. So I went to a place in the airport and got my picture taken and they made me a passport right there. But while I was waiting, this man came up to me and took my suitcase. I chased after him and hit him really hard and he dropped the suitcase and ran. So I went back to get my passport and while I was signing some papers, the man came back and successfully ran off with my suitcase (and somehow my passport was in my suitcase). So we couldn't go to Germany. Sadly, we returned home to continue our less exciting lives.

On another note, I was at volleyball last night and I threw out my back. Yay me... I can't move. I feel bad for Gareth because he wants me to hold him and I can't. Ruth keeps getting hungry and I can't really get up to get her food. Today is TV day. I think I need to get my back checked out because my back has been bothering me off and on ever since I had Gareth. Ugh.

Fall in Logan

I stole this picture off of a friend's blog. It is a picture of sardine canyon right outside of Logan. This is right about where Jonesy and I met (working at a Haunted Forest) at exactly this time of year five years ago. This is what I miss most about Logan, Utah.

A Nightmare

So we had to speak in church today and it was like my worst nightmare! We got there and the microphones were not working! Ugh.. I can't project my voice worth anything and there are a million kids in our ward who chose today to be loud. So I stood up there and gave my talk and everybody acted like they heard me but I know that they couldn't. It was embarrassing (especially when everyone kept saying "you gave a great talk!" and I KNOW they couldn't here me at all so they were fibbing to me (which didn't make me feel better, only more embarrassed (oh well))). Parenthesis are fun.

A Conversation At Bedtime

Ruth: "To do a magic trick, you turn toys into different toys."
Mommy: "That's right! Do you want to be a magician when you grow up?"
Ruth: "Yes, but I still want to be a cook."
Mommy: "Do you want to be a mommy too?"
Ruth: "Yeah, I want to be a mommy too."
Mommy: "You can be anything you want to be."
Ruth (thoughtfully): "I want to be a giraffe."

Climbing Kids

(Sorry it's blurry, I was using my phone to take the picture) I should have taken a better picture so you could see that they have climbed up onto this shelf in Ruth's closet. Ruth and Daniel love to play together. They were pretending to be at a restraunt of all places while they were up on the shelf. Oh to be young again!

Homework...Or Not

So I'm supposed to be doing schoolwork right now. But the pages are taking so long to load! I could have been done an hour ago, but I'm not. This is a screen shot from my Film class. It's a very fun class. I get to watch movies (fun) and write about them (not-so-fun). And that's all I have to say about that. So....seen any good movies lately? Please recommend some in the comments section!

Oh Deer

We went for a nice Sunday drive yesterday to look at the fall colors. Ruth was so excited to see her first real deer. The leaves were beautiful. I have to admit that we live in a beautiful area.

Art On the Go

Our children have made very large strides in their development this week. Two days ago, Ruth was showing very little interest in drawing. She would scribble a few seconds, then request a fresh paper. I will admit, I was starting to worry. Then yesterday, we were sitting down about to start another session of paper-wasting when she decided to show me her hidden talents. I drew a ghost on my paper and told her to draw one on hers. This is what she drew:

Then I drew a pumpkin and told her to draw one on her paper:


After that, a witch!


Then a sun...


And finally, a mouse...


Isn't she amazing?! The most amazing part was going from scribbles to these in one day. Yay Ruth!!

When I mentioned that our children had made strides this week, I meant it. Yes, it's true, Gareth is absolutely crawling now. I can't decide if this is good or not; tonight while Ruth was supposed to be going to sleep, Gareth slipped away and went to visit her in her room... she thought it was hilarious. I guess it's time to start keeping a closer eye on him.