Frightmares

This was our first year going to Frightmares. During Halloween the amusement park opens and you can ride the rides, go through haunted houses and eat yummy food! The weather was good and it was fall break so we went 2 seperate times. I love those season passes!! One night we went with the Davies Family and Madalyn brought a friend. It wasn't very crowded and we had so much fun. The next night we went with our friends the Ogdens while Charissa went off with her friends. I have never seen Lagoon that crowded it was ridiculous so we didn't stay too long! Here the girls are posing with the "Adams Family"

Silly boys...
My ride buddy...
AHH :)
It was hilarious to watch the kids get spooked with all the creatures roaming the park! The second night we went it was so funny to watch the girls giggle and scream when the "chainsaw guys" would chase them, the funny part being when they kept going and finding the "chainsaw guys"...basically beggin for them to chase them :) Silly girls!
I love hanging out with my kids! Aren't we silly?

With the Ogdens

Project Complete

Lumber, Sheetrock and Supplies $300+

Paint and Supplies $200+

No more fighting from Maddy and Anna sharing a room ....PRICELESS!

So the long awaited day is finally here!! When we first moved into our house each child had their own room...I know they are spoiled! But when I started to work from home we did some rearranging with the bedrooms. We moved Carson into Annas old room, turned Carsons old room into my office. Unfortunately Anna had to move into Madalyns room for what was only supposed to be a few weeks but turned into a couple months! The rooms are small so putting two beds in that room has been a challange and fighting occured pretty much every night! Thankfully we had Uncle Jerry finish a room in the basement next to Charissa and Madalyns rooms. It was fun to have Great Grandpa Randall come with Uncle Jerry as the room was being finished. And yes, I did help with the mudding and taping and even some sanding. When Uncled Jerry was done I, by myself caulked primed, sanded and painted and painted and painted the room and the hallway that we had to extend. I love doing that kind of work, but I am SOOO glad that it is done!! Who would have thought one room would be soo much work and cost so much? But Anna loves it and I am so happy that the girls are all downstairs together. Has the fighting really stopped? A little ~ but this time when the fighting starts I can send them to their own rooms!~

General Conference

I Love Watching Conference...

This year Conference was great! I am so proud of my children, they sat through all four sessions of Conference. My sister Jen emailed me this great 14 page packet with questions, crossword puzzles, bingo games etc. for the kids to use while watching conference. This kept them very busy and later we discussed the talks that they liked the best and I was impressed with how much they actually listened. It also helped that our Bishop offered to give each child a giant sized candy bar if they wrote a paper about what they learned during conference! My kids took him serious!!

I remember when they were smaller we used to make tents in the living room. Just like in the Book of Mormon when King Benjamins people pitched their tents with the doors facing the tower, we would have it open infront of the TV as we listened to our prophet. This year we pulled carsons mattress out and it was a great sitting/lounging spot. I should have gotten a picture of Charissa at one point taking up the entire mattress with the others sitting on the very edge :)
We had a very nice relaxing, spirit filled weekend! Thanks kids for making it so nice-you're the best!!!