Pinterest

If you haven't heard of pinterest, then you are missing out. It is a  website where people post crafts, recipes, idea, etc. You can repin them to your account and also click on them to see more about them. I absolutely love it! I am finding so many wonderfully clever ideas for cards, recipes, sewing projects, holidays, home remedies, kid stuff, etc. I am finding so many that I am overwhelmed of what to do first. I decided that I need to print out pictures and instructions of each I want to do and put them in sheet protectors in a binder under categories so I can flip through and see what I want to do .   If you haven't checked it out, do it. ;)

New Family Tradition

I have heard of other families having family dinner once a month. I wanted to do this too. So when my mom and Dad returned from their mission to Peru in September I discussed this with them. They thought it was great! I volunteered our house for the first one. We decided on the 3rd sunday of each month at 6 pm. We will have waffles each time and everyone will bring their waffle irons to make the dinner faster. We got together last night. A few  families didn't make it  and we missed them. Hopefully they will make it next time. We enjoyed our waffles and eggs, talking, and  having a lesson on what we are thankful for since this week is Thanksgiving. It went great and it made good memories. It also made us clean our house better for the occasion. I'm pooped! 

you can only crash on the phone

   My kids  like to  play on my phone to play games like Angry Birds, Asphalt 5 (racing game and can crash), art games, etc. Matthew is really good at the asphalt 5. Today while driving Erika to  school, he told me to crash into the car in front of us. I had to explain that we only crash on the phone.  

Catching up!

I have been meaning to blog forever. I don't know if I can catch up so I will just do what I can.





















Candace at piano recital. She does amazing!




















Heidi at piano recital. She does really well.




















Heidi had her 12th Birthday. She loves Young Women's.



















I had my 37th birthday.












I made this tie rack for Matthew. He is getting so big. He is so fun!

Family

Matthew being silly.















Cute Candace.














Daddy carrying Natalie to bed.














Mommy















Heidi with her Cultural Fair Project.















Heidi with straightened hair.















Matthew licking yummy chocolate out of mixing bowl.















Silly Erika with a backpack on.















Curly Mommy.















Erika and Matthew.














Matthew asleep. :)














All 5 kids on our bed watching TV or movie.

Erika's 5th Birthday!

Erika turned 5 on September 27. She is so tall that people have thought she was 5 a long time ago.















Erika enjoyed licking the bowl with cake batter
in it. Who wouldn't?
































Natalie gave Erika a barbie doll.

















She got a fairy play outfit.

















Erika's birthday cake.

















mmmm yummy cake!

















I turned 5 and I am so happy about it!

















Erika at the play place in the mall.















Kids by the conductor of the train.
















Erika being silly!



We had spaghetti for dinner and then opened presents. We then went down to South Towne Mall and rode on the little train. She loved it! We came back and sang and had birthday cake. We love you Erika. You are such a sweetheart!

Discovery Gateway Museum 2010

Last school year Heidi received a coupon good for 6 people to get in free to the Discovery Gateway Museum. I was way excited when she got it and really wanted to use it because without that it would cost our family probably around $70 to go. I magnetized it to the fridge and noticed the expiration date being August. 31. 2010. I thought, "no problem, we have plenty of time to use it." Well, every once in a while it would get knocked off of the fridge and I would look at it and put it back up noticing the date. Finally in July I decided that we were going to go on the first Saturday in August. Well, soon that Saturday was full so we decided the next saturday would work. Well, sure enough that Saturday started getting plans that took over the museum. Well, it turns out that we were finally able to go the last SAturday of the month which was Aug. 28. Erika had a primary class party that day so we weren't able to stay as long as we would have liked but we all had fun anyway. Thanks Heidi for receiving the coupon.















Me and my handsome hubby.
















Candace pretending to be a fairy .
















Matthew in the toddler area climbing.






















Natalie pretending she was a mom
with an apron.
















Matthew sitting on a swan.

















Candace sitting on a horse.





















Candace climbing the rock wall.






















Heidi pretending to be a cashier.
















Matthew playing with the balls.
















Erika carrying the balls.