FIND JOY IN THE JOURNEY

2009-10-26T18:34:00.004-06:00

Halloween Festivities 2009

So it's NO secret that I love Halloween! Not only do I love Halloween but I love this time of year....FALL. Pumpkins, decorating for fall, new fall candles, and dressing up for Halloween just gets me all giddy. This year is no different. We have been busy with lots of fun things. We picked out our pumpkins from grandpas house, I put all my fall decor out, lit up my pumpkin spice candle, and I was set. Except for the decision... what to be for Halloween?? So browsing I went and like every year nothing in the stores caught my eye mainly because I think the costumes in the stores are over priced and cheaply made. So to Hancock fabric I went and yes I saw several patterns that I fell in love with. But I narrowed it down to one and I bought the pattern for ONE dollar and I was on my way. Well here it was the end of September and I decided that with everything going on there was no way I could make 5 Halloween costumes in time. So back to decision time it was.................................................
and this is what I decided

SHREK, FIONA, PUSS n BOOTS, GINGERBREAD MAN, AND DONKEY

We had our annual Sakota Halloween Party on Saturday and we had a blast! Everyone that came had great costumes. I must say I do have the funnest family...even my cute little grandma who is in her 80's even dressed up. We had a potatoe bar, the kids played Halloween Games,and we had a haunted house in the shed. My dad makes our shed into a haunted house and boy did he do awesome!! My dad, us siblings, and our spouses help him with all the scariness. This year our young womens came through it and it was so fun!. My dad definetely out did himself, I must say for an amateur he did not disappoint!!

Here is the clan:

WITCHES NIGHT OUT...

We also had our Witches Night Out this week and boy was it a hoot. This was the invite we used, I thought it turned out so cute. One of my friends sister made it for us and I love it!! We had 30 witches show up this year. I think the owners at New Hong Kong thought we were all crazy or drunk...one of the two :)

We gave out prizes for the scariest witch, cutest witch, and best cackle.

SCARIEST WITCH

CUTEST WITCH

BEST WITCH CACKLE

We have had lots of fun Halloween Festivities and it's not even Halloween yet! Stay tuned for more posts. We still have our ward Halloween party, school carnival, and trick or treating.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2009-09-09T15:22:00.009-06:00

I am......

I found this on one of my friends blogs and thought it was a fun way to reflect some things in my life....Thanks kim. :)

Outside my window.... I see the new sod Brian layed last night, we took out our island in the front yard and it looks much better. I see black plastic in our flower beds waiting for bark or rocks. I see fall approaching soon.

I am thinking....about alot of things going on in our lives right now. The decision to move is a thought that never leaves my mind. Is it the right decision? Will our kids be okay? Will I be okay? Will our house even sale?

I am thankful for....ALOT!!! I am so blessed with an amazing husband, who is the hardest worker I know. My kids they are healthy and strong and they love me. My family.

From the kitchen....a big zucchini from my neighbor that needs to be made into yummy brownies.

I am wearing....capri's and a short sleeve shirt. Hoping I can wear summer clothes for a little bit longer.

I am creating....haven't created anything all summer. But am excited to start creating. I bought our halloween costume pattern and will soon be working on that.

I am going....to the fair tonight with my hubby and some friends. I sure do love the food at the fair. Who doesn't?

I am reading....nothing at the moment. I need to finish reading Breaking Dawn but can't seem to make myself do it.

I am hoping....that Brooklyn will have a great year in 4th grade. McKenzee will enjoy the new dance studio that she will be taking at. Ty will continue to love to go to pre-school and learn lots of new things. Brian will enjoy his new job.

Around the house....laundry is finally done. The upstairs is all clean, windows are cleaned, and it's ready to have paint touch-ups. Downstairs.....is another story.

One of my favorite things......is my new fall scentsy. I love the smell of fall. Pumpkins. Cinnamon. Vanilla.

A few plans for the rest of the week....Brooklyn's soccer game on thursday night. Feed the missionaries. Lunch with friends on Friday. A day with my hubby on Saturday.

A picture to share....I love this picture of Ty and Scout. Ty is so excited because Scout is coming to visit next week. Brian and I are going to Seattle for a few days and Brian's parents are coming here from Montana to watch our kids and they are bringing Scout. They are the best of buds!!

2009-08-31T16:36:00.007-06:00

First Day Of School

I can't believe school is already in session.....where did the summer go? I feel like we didn't really have a summer, maybe because we still had crappy weather in June. Anyways, there has been lots of excitement, saddness, and anticipation for the school year to start!! When the girls got home from school they both were so excited. Brooklyn loves her teacher Mrs. Lines and is so happy that she has two of her good friends in her class. McKenzee loves Junior High and thinks it's fun to have a locker and seven different classes.

McKenzee- 7th grade

Brooklyn-4th grade

Ty- Pre-school

Ty actually started school today. He went for an hour and the parents got to stay and watch. He did so good, I have to say I have been a little nervous about how he would do but he loves it. Ever since the girls started he has been so excited to start and asked me every day for a week when it was his turn to go to school. It makes me so sad to think that my baby is in pre-school......and then I think wow I have 3 days a week for a few hours that I can do what I want. :) Whats a girl to do?????

2009-08-05T20:10:00.017-06:00

Ty's first Primary talk......

Ty gave his first talk in primary two Sundays ago. I must admit I was really nervous that he wouldn't do it. He can be pretty shy, so I thought there was no way he would stand up there and speak in the microphone in front of all the primary kids. But he was such a brave little guy and stood right up there and said his talk. We were SO proud of him!!! This was his talk..........

I love Daddy, he loves me

We love mommy, Yeseree

She loves us and so you see, We are a happy family

I love Kenzee, She loves me

We love Brooklyn, Yeseree

She loves us and so you see, We are a happy family

Sometimes it's hard to be nice. I have to say I'm sorry, Sometimes twice. They say it's okay and we play some more .........

We're a happy family evermore

Father in Heaven smiles to see, When we are nice and try hard to be,

Kind to his children both you and me,

We have Eternal Families.

He did a great job!! He got right up and held the pictures and talked in the microphone so everyone could here him. Good Job Buddy!!!

2009-05-12T12:56:00.008-06:00

Hoppers.....Hop from one watch to another

My sisters have started a business called Hopper watches. I am sure you have all heard about Bumble watches, these are like them but alot cheaper and the quality is just as good as the Bumble watches. The designs are so cute and they even have some for little girls that are adorable. I am having an open house and you are all invited!!

Where: My house

When: Wednesday, May 13th

Time: 6:00- 8:00p.m.

If you need directions to my house email me at blmartinson@msn.com If you can't come and are interested in seeing them let me know and we can arrange something. Hope to see you all there!

Here are some pictures of some of the watches:

2009-04-26T22:29:00.007-06:00

BIRTHDAY GIRL

Brooklyn turned 9 on April 11th. She invited a couple friends to go see the Hannah Montana Movie and boy were they excited!!

After the movie we came home and had cupcakes and ice cream and opened presents.

She had such a fun day! I can't believe she is 9 years old, time has gone by so fast.

Here are 9 things Brooklyn likes:

soccer~gymnastics~lipee~family~back rubs~the color pink~watching movies~jewelry~lotion

We love you Brooklyn!!!

2009-04-01T18:25:00.004-06:00

MAIL.......

I went and got the mail yesterday in the FREEZING, COLD, WINDY weather. I was so grouchy because it felt like winter. I put on sandals that morning thinking that might help mother nature get us people in Idaho some SUN. Nope sure didnt. So as I am freezing and grouchy I get the mail and to my surprise I find this:

Boy was I EXCITED and it made me so HAPPY. I love recieving fun things in the mail. I won this DARLING table runner made by a very talented lady. It is so cute and I LOVE the fun colors, it just screams SPRING. Check her blog out (michellehollis.typepad.com) she loves to quilt and has made some AWESOME quilts. Thanks so much MICHELLE I love it!! I am praying that it will help get SPRING here.

2009-03-16T13:22:00.022-06:00

CRAZY LIFE.........

I can't believe it has been 3 months since my last post. I don't really have an excuse other than I think I spend to much time on facebook :) Since I am using this blog as a journal I wanted to go back and post what we have been up to in our CRAZY LIFE.......

OCTOBER

I know your thinking holy cow she's gonna take us ALL the way back to October, I wanted to post our halloween pictures since I hadn't yet. At the last minute I decided to do a Cat In The Hat theme I tried to find costumes and had no luck so I got out the Ol' sewing machine and sewing I went. I thought they turned out pretty cute.

December
We went to Disneyland for christmas and we had a blast! It was VERY busy, next time we go we will go later or early than we did.
January
My brother was featured in the Rexburg paper in the cooking section. He makes the best Sushi and so they wrote an article about him and put his picture in the paper. Brooklyn and Ty love to help and watch him make it so they were in the picture too.

February
Brian and I went to some friends of ours cabin with some other couples. We had a blast we went snowmaching, played games, ate good food, and just relaxed. Thanks Jason and Michelle for a wonderful time! We had a fun Valentine's Day. We had heart pizza for dinner and frosted cookies with our cousins.

These were the shirts the girls wore to school.

We took the kids sledding to the Ucon pit and boy did they have a blast!! We met Brad, Karri, and their kids there. Candice and Nate came later with Linkin. Just as we were all sledding and having fun Candice and Nate decided to go on a big jump. They flew so high off their tube and when they hit the ground Candice couldn't move. We ended up calling the ambulance and they came and took her to the hospital. She ended up being very bruised and sore.

Before the BIG jump.

It seems like life can get so crazy with things but I wouldn't change those moments with my family for anything.

2008-12-01T21:45:00.007-07:00

{thankful}

…the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by family and friends.

…the taxes I pay because it means that I am employed.

…the clothes that fit a little to snug because it means I have enough to eat.

…my shadow who watches me work because it means I am in the sunshine.

…the spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking.

…all the complaining I hear about government because it means we have freedom of speech.

…a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.

…the lady behind me in church who sings of key because it means that I can hear.

…my huge heating bill because it means I am warm.

…the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that I am alive.

…weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means I have been productive.

…the piles of laundry and dishes because it means my loved ones are nearby.

I found this on one of my friends blogs and I loved it, it really made me think of the simple things that I should be thankful for. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Brian's family, my parents, brother, and grandpa. Good food of course and just relaxing. Later that night my sisters came over and we scoped out the ads. We woke up at 3:45 on Black Friday and shopping we went. We got everything on our lists and had tons of fun!!

2008-11-24T20:11:00.003-07:00

I AM THE COLOR........

You Are a Purple Crayon

Your world is colored in dreamy, divine, and classy colors.

You hold yourself to a sky high standard, and you are always graceful.

People envy, idolize, and copy you without realizing it. You are an icon for those who know you.

And while it is hard to be a perfectionist, rest assured it's paying off!

Your color wheel opposite is yellow. While yellow people may be wise, they lack the manners and class needed to impress you.

What Color Crayon Are You?

2008-11-17T15:24:00.009-07:00

Happy Birthday Ty....... I can't believe my little boy is 4 years old. His birthday was on Sunday and he was so excited! We had a little party for him on Friday. We took him and a few friends to Leo's and they had a blast. I think he was a little confused because he kept thinking his birthday was on Friday. When Sunday rolled around he was ready for his "real" birthday. We went to church and they sang Happy Birthday to him in Primary and he thought that was pretty neat. Later that night we had family over for cake and ice cream. He had a wonderful day! Here are a few things about him:

He's such a sweet little boy
He asked for a bath robe and an ipod for his birthday. So funny!
He loves to watch Dora
He says the funniest things, one day he came home from his friend Talia's house and told me that they broke up. I didn't know they were together! Too cute!
He has more energy than I know what to do with.
Right now he is very shy.
We have so much fun, just the two of us during the day.
He loves to fold the little towels and his pants.
He is very smart (sometimes to smart)
He can't wait for Dad to come home, he loves it when he hears the garage door open and runs to meet Brian at the door.
He dances and does gymnastics all the time. (Brian's not a big fan :) I tell him he has to get his energy out somehow)
He has been such a fun, good little guy.

We love you so much!!!

So Excited....

2008-11-12T17:14:00.001-07:00

2008-11-09T17:08:00.002-07:00

POISON CONCERT

I am trying to catch up on some posts and wanted to make sure I posted about the big POISON concert that we went to. It was at the Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot, when we heard they were coming we were so excited. Who doesn't love some 80's music to rock to!? We also decided to dress up for the concert. The crazy thing about this was that we all pretty much had things in our closet that would work for 80's attire. And did you know the stores have alot of the 80's clothes. So all 10 of us hopped in Brad and Karri's Suburban and off we went. There was Me, Brian, Brad, Karri, B, Mandy, Nate, Candice, Nick, and Pam. Let's just say when we got there we were quite the site and we had lots of people stare. I think they were wondering if we really dressed that way, cuz ya know we fit right in with alot of the fair goers (if you have been to the fair ya know what I mean). We got there in time to eat some yummy, greasy food and then went to the concert. It was an awesome concert and we had tons of fun. Poison really did put on a great concert! Heres a picture of all of us. Don't you love Brian's mullet? HAHA!! Good Times......

2008-11-08T10:33:00.005-07:00

Turning 34..........

So yesterday was my birthday and I had such a perfect day! So to celebrate another birthday I thought it would be fun to list 34 things I did yesterday.

Woke up to my husband singing Happy Birthday

Received hugs, kisses, and birthday wishes from my kiddos

Picked up the house

Received texts from my friends and family saying Happy Birthday

Received a text from Renae making sure I would be to my birthday lunch :)

Checked e-mail

Checked facebook- received birthday wishes from friends

Took a shower

Got dressed and ready for the day

Received a Birthday Message from my Aunt, she's awesome she remembers everyones birthdays
Gave Ty a bath and got him ready

Went to the school and got Ty's picture taken
Received text from my young women (love those girls)
Went to Jakers for birthday lunch with friends
Had great food and lots of fun with awesome friends
Got a way cute magnet board from Michelle (thanks,and thanks for lunch)
Went to get my license renewed (dont you love when they ask you your weight and height, with lots of people right behind you)
Kids came home from school took McKenzee to piano
Went with Brian to run errands
Picked McKenzee up from piano
Checked bloglines
Trisha brought over a gift, way cute necklace (thanks so much! i love it!)
My parents and sister and brother called and sang happy birthday, the whole song! Dang funny!
Brian's parents came over and gave me a card and some money
Brian's parents took Ty and Brooklyn to dinner and then they slept over (they are awesome)
McKenzee went to Morgan's for the night (thanks Sueann)
Went christmas shopping with Brian
Went to the mall and bought my favorite lotion and spray at bath and body
Went to dinner at Olive Garden YUMMY!!!!
Did more christmas shopping
Went to Coldstone and got a YUMMY treat!
Came home and got into sweats
Spent a wonderful night with hubby!! Love you babe!
Had a FABULOUS day, thanks to everyone who made it great!!!

2008-10-29T22:25:00.005-06:00

I've been tagged.......

The tag- go to your fourth picture folder and post the fourth picture in that folder.....tell the story.

This is Ty and Makiya (Ty calls her KeeKee) at Pam (Brians sister) and Nick's wedding reception. KeeKee is Nick's little girl and she is adorable. She calls Ty- tyty, it's so funny. These two are the best of buds. At the reception when you would ask to take their picture together they would hold hands and give these cute little smiles. So CUTE!!

I tag Tricia, Karri, Shelley and Lisa P

2008-10-15T21:45:00.022-06:00

COSTUMES, COSTUMES, AND MORE COSTUMES.......

Over on Tip Junkie's blog the topic is family themed and couple halloween costumes, that got me thinking how fun it would be to do a post of the past years costumes that are family has done.

So it's no question that I love Halloween and I come from a family who loves it also. Every year my parents have a Halloween Party at their house and the whole family comes. Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and yes even my gradparents. We have soup and bread bowls, play games and my dad does a spook alley in our big shed that our farm equipment used to be in. I will admit I do get a little scared going through it, but the funnest part of the night is seeing what everyone dresses up like. We have had some great costumes.

Last year.....(2007)

I made mine and Brians costume and added hair to the girls's hats.

2006

These were the funnest costumes to make, it took some time but it was worth it. I made Brian, mine and Kenzee's.

2005

I also made mine and Brian's. These were alot easier than I thought.

2004

p.s. I was 7 months pregnant

D.I. was an awesome place for granny and grampy's attire!!!

2003

2002

2001

2000 - This was the first year that Brian and I dressed up and it was a last minute thing. We just used stuff we had around.

2008
STAY TUNED..........

2008-10-13T20:30:00.006-06:00

Just FYI....

I found this information on a blog and thought I would pass it along. I didn't know about this until I saw it on her blog.

Cell phone numbers go public tomorrow! REMINDER....all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies tomorrow and you will start to receive sale calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS. To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 1-888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL List. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number..... HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS. It takes about 20 seconds. Please pass around the information.

Or go to this website: http://www.donotcall.gov/

2008-10-08T22:17:00.012-06:00

FALL......

I love, love, love this time of year. I love the colors, the smells, and the crispness in the air. Today I finally found the time to put up some decorations and here are a few of my favorite:

This harvest plaque I got from a good friend and it sits on my mantel.

This iron pumpkin is one of my favorites. I got it from Roberts a few years ago and I just love it. It sits on my entry way table and I get lots of compliments on it.

This wreath I made and I think it turned out really pretty. I love the way it looks on my black front door. The colors just pop out.

This decoration I whipped up today. It started with a white bowl and plate from the dollar store, little plain wire pumpkin, and sprig of berries and beads.

I wish I would of taken a picture of the plate and bowl before I spray painted them, but hopefully you can get the idea. I found this idea on the internet. You take a bowl and plate (i bought mine at the dollar store and I spray painted mine because they didn't have black) put the bowl upside down, put a little hot glue on it and place the plate on top. Walla!! You have yourself a cute stand for only two dollars. I have seen them used as cake stands, cupcakes, or whatever. The dollar store has all sorts of colors so the possibilities are endless.

Happy Fall Ya'll!!!!

2008-10-05T23:00:00.005-06:00

"Find Joy in the Journey"

While watching conference and listening to President Monson's talk this morning, "find joy in the journey" it really got me thinking about my children and how I should find more joy with them and cherish every day because one day they will be grown and out of our house and on their own. I loved his talk so much and I also loved the quote he said several times "find joy in the journey" that I decided to change my blog name from "enjoy the journey" to "find joy in the journey". For some reason when Preident Monson said that I just loved it and could not get it out of my head and now every time I blog it will remind me of what he said. He also said "Do not let those precious moments pass you by". I thought about how my three children are growing up so fast and I want to remember all those precious things they do and say. So I decided I needed to start blogging again and recording those precious moments. So here I am almost one year later after my last post.....

If you haven't had a chance to listen to his talk you should it is so great! I love general conference and the feeling you get when you listen to the leaders of the church. I enjoyed listening to all the talks and have such a desire to be better, to do more, and try harder. I also loved listening to the choirs sing. I was filled with such joy listening to the primary children sing during the saturday session. Ty and his friend Talia were downstairs playing and when they heard the primary songs I heard them say this is our song and they came running up stairs and sat on the couch and sang the songs. My eyes filled with tears and I had a big smile on my face and goose bumps all over my body. It was such a precious moment to hear these three year olds singing as loud and reverent as they could just like they do in primary.

Precious moment......

2007-11-18T20:00:00.000-07:00

High School Musical Ice Tour....
Brian and I and Brad and Karri took our kids to High School Musical Ice Tour on Saturday in Salt Lake. We were so excited, we got the tickets along time ago and decided to surprise our kids. So at the begining of the week I told my kids that we had a surprise for them so they better be good (dont you love how sometimes we have to bribe for good behavior) So of course Brooklyn asks me like twenty questions a day about what the surprise is. So on Friday I tell them that we are going to Utah but I wouldnt tell them why. Saturday comes and we get ready to hit the road. Karri and I stopped at Walmart first and picked up these cute High School Musical shirts for the girls. And off we go. We get to Salt Lake and check- in at the hotel and hang out for a bit. Karri and I decide to give the girls their shirts but still not say anything so we told them that we found these way cute shirts that were on sale and wanted them to wear them. It was funny because they really didnt say much about them. So we go to the Gateway Mall to meet my brother for dinner before we go and there are all these little girls wearing High School musical shirts and hats and stuff. Our girls are wondering what is going on( I think the older ones may have a clue) but we tell them that its High School Musical Day. When we were in one store a lady asked Hailee if they were going to the High School Musical on Ice and she looked at her funny and said "Um I dont know" Karri and I were laughing. We ate dinner and then walked to the Arena and when they got inside and saw all the stuff they got so excited. I think I was more excited than they were it was Awesome and we all had a great time! Enjoy the slideshow, some of the picture came out blurring, but my girls wanted to use them anyways.

2007-11-18T19:25:00.000-07:00

LOOK WHO TURNED THREE......

Ty's birthday was on Friday and we had a party for him with the family. He was so excited all day he kept singing happy birthday to himself it was so cute. We made taco's, spanish rice, and tator tots for everyone then he opened his presents. He was so excited about each present he didn't know what to do with himself.

After he opened his presents we had cake and ice cream. He has been loving the show " CARS" lately so we got him a "CARS" cake. He absolutely loved it, he had to show everyone as soon as they came over!
He had a great day and was exhausted by bed time. I can't believe he is three! Time goes by so fast.

2007-11-14T14:08:00.000-07:00

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!I definetely got all I wished for. I had a wonderful day, It started off with Brian and the kids waking me up singing Happy Birthday and then the kids gave me a gift from them (Brian took them to the store the night before while I was at young womens) I was so surprised and to see them so excited was priceless! Brian took me to lunch and we just chilled for the rest of the day it was wonderful! On Friday, Brian had told me that he had made reservations to one of my favorite restaurants at 7:00 so I was way excited about that. At about 5:30 my friend SueAnn called and asked if I wanted to go look at some furniture that she saw so she came and got me and we went to a couple furniture stores and then she took me home. When I got to the door it was locked so I rang the door bell and Brian answered. When I got in the house he had made a candle light dinner with candles and music playing, I was so surprised. While I was gone with SueAnn (which he arranged) he cooked steaks, teriyaki vegetables, salad, and shrimp. He even had dessert!! It was so romantic. He arranged for the kids to go to his parents house for the whole evening. So we ate and talked and danced. I cant remember the last time we danced, but it was awesome. Then we watched a movie. It was the best birthday present! It was just what I needed, a relaxing, romantic night with the hubby. Priceless!!

2007-11-03T15:58:00.000-06:00

Family Halloween Party.......

Every Halloween it's tradition that our family has a party. We eat soup in bread bowls and the kids play games. The funnest part is seeing what costumes each family will come in. I decided that Brian and I would be Raggedy Ann and Andy, the girls would be rag dolls and Ty would be a teddy bear. I made mine and Brian's costumes and then bought the rest. I thought they turned out cute, even our wigs I made which was very time consuming! I have a trooper of a husband to dress in some of the stuff we have dressed in. :) The kids had alot of fun playing the cake walk game and the fishing pond. My dad also had a spook alley in our big shed that use to hold farm equipment. The 3 older girl cousins thought they were brave enough to go through and it didn't turn out so good, they were scared to death!! I actually was a little scared. But, we had a great time.

2007-10-29T14:19:00.000-06:00

WITCHES NIGHT OUT

Double, double, toil and trouble

Fires burn and caldrons bubble

Calling all witches, ugly ones the most

We will be your host

Meet at Sol Rio for plenty to eat

And later we will have a trick or treat

Be there by six-thirty and meet your fate

Wear your witch costume and don't be late

Friday, October 26th at 6:30p.m.

at Sol Rio

Don't be a creep!

RSVP

This was the invitation that we took to everyone in our neighboorhood. We ended up having about 20 witches come. It was so fun. Sol Rio was pretty busy so we had alot of people looking at us and coming to talk to us, they had their kids come say hi to us it was cute. We ate and had door prizes and then we had a big prize for the witch that had the best cackle it was pretty funny! We have done this for 3 years now and it is so much fun!! I was able to get a few pictures before my camera battery died, I was so stinkin mad.

I was able to get a few more picture from my friend so here they are.

2007-10-25T13:48:00.000-06:00

Halloween Fun....

I love this time of year cooler weather, changing colors, pumpkin candle burning, fall decorations and most of all HALLOWEEN!! I come from a family that just loves halloween and we have been busy with all the halloween fun.

Monday night we were invited to a family halloween party with some friends. We ate chilli, bobbed for apples, made some cute crafts, and had a pinata. It was really fun and our kids had a blast. Of course I forgot my camera.

Tuesday night we had Brian's family over and ate pizza and carved pumpkins. McKenzee couldn't be there because she had dance but, Brooklyn and Ty had fun. They dug right in and got all the guts out .(as Brooklyn would put it)

They made some really cute faces on them, Ty liked to use the poky thing that came with the pumpkin carving kit that we got. Brooklyn wanted me to help her with a scary guy face that we found in the book it turned out pretty cool!

Wednesday night Brian and McKenzee had Pumpkins with Papa for achievement days. So McKenzee didn't feel to bad that she missed our pumpkin carving. Brian said they had tons of fun and he was so glad that he got to spend some quality time with McKenzee. They ate sloppy joes, played the cake walk game but with candy bars, they decorated a sugar cookie, and then they decorated their pumpkins. Mckenzee's pumpkin turned out really cute.

Friday night is our annual Witche's Night out so I am excited about that. I have been busy getting prizes and things ready so stay tuned for some pictures of that and also our Sakota Family halloween party is on Saturday. I have been sewing our costumes and boy are they a hoot!

2007-10-14T20:50:00.000-06:00

busy weekened.......

I can't believe another weekend has come and gone, it seems like they go by so fast. We had a great weekend filled with lots of fun. Brian has fridays off which is so great we get to spend the day together doing whatever.It is so great. I am on the PTO board at our school and I am in charge of teacher appreciation. I do something for them once a month and so on friday I took different kinds of breads (oatmeal, banana, pumpkin, and poppy seed muffins) and juice. I found cute halloween plates and cups at the dollar store and decorated the table. I also made a cute sign that said, For never "loafing" on the job and no matter how you "slice" it you are terrific teachers. I wish I would have taken a picture but I totally forgot.

On saturday Brooklyn had a soccer game and then Karri and I took our kids to the harvest fest at freeman park.

Our kids thought it was great and it was something fun to do. They had some fun games for them, good food, live entertainment which was good, and they loved the face painting. And again I didnt take my camera. Later that night I went to Thriller with one of my friends. It was awesome!

It was very entertaining and the dancers were amazing. I had never heard of it but, my friend said she saw it in Utah and thought it was awesome. It was way cool.

Then today it was my turn to teach, the lesson was on Hold fast to the Lord's standards. I wanted to do something a little different since I teach the Laurels and they hear what the lesson was about so much (which is so needed) that I wanted to put a little fun into it so we played Jeopardy and all the questions came out of For the Strength of Youth. It turned out to be a great lesson.

2007-09-24T21:37:00.000-06:00

Why is she blogging?

Your all probably wondering why I even started a blog, right? I am actually wondering myself. It has almost been a month since my last post. I have been so busy, with what you ask? I am not quite sure but boy have I felt like I have been just running around. For the last 2 weeks I have been a little stressed about a lesson that I taught on Sunday. I am the Laurel Advisor in Young Womens and the lesson was on the Sacred Power of Procreation. Let's just say I was really nervous and what a tough subject to talk about. It actually went alot better than I thought. I gave each of the girls a ring pop that symbolized marriage and then I read a talk by Boyd K. Packer he words thing so perfect and it really touched the girls. The ring pop kept them quiet and I had their full attention. Later that night we had a Stake youth fireside and our Stake President talked about the same thing and he read the exact talk that I did, I couldnt believe it. So now that that lesson is over I'm hoping to be a better blogger but, I can't promise anything :) But, stay tune for a post about how my husband and I met. My sister Karri's post about how her and Brad met inspired me. Thanks sis!

2007-09-06T16:31:00.000-06:00

IT'S OFFICIAL.....

It's official I have really entered the blogging world. But please bear with me while I learn the ins and outs of this new adventure. It might take some time...as you can see I started working on this in November of 2006 almost a year ago!! I am so not computer literate. With my blog I hope to keep in touch with my family and friends, make new friends and use it as my own little journal to remember all the cute things my kids say, the fun we have together as a family, and just my great life as a mom and wife. What really pushed me to finally go with it was that I was reading a blog and it said that she found that you could get your blog printed into a book? How cool would that be? Anyways, I hope you all enjoy.

2006-11-05T22:18:00.000-07:00

Here is a pretest