Halloween 2008

Today Josh left to go hunting for 10 days... yes 10! I am not sure yet how I feel about this... I mean I am really happy for him he gets to do this but that also means no break for me at all for 10 days. I have lots of things planned out to keep me and the boys busy.

When I got up this morning Josh had left me a letter... this is HUGE for Josh. He never does things like this... it made my day, made my month... heck it made my year!!! It was real simple and had a little part for the boys but I was so happy he did that.

Jace is off to school in his Batman costume... he has a party this morning which I have volunteered to help out at. Then this afternoon my SIL and I are taking the kids around town to the safe and sane trick or treating and then this evening it is just to grandparents and friends houses. I love Halloween... mainly because the boys love it so much, but it is always a really good day!

The boys and my super cute nephew (or super cute peanut).

One of my favorite times of the day!

This really isn't my favorite part of the day but it is high on the list! And not just because they are finally quiet and I have some me time but because I am reminded how precious they are. I really do know that they are gifts from god and I try not to forget that... but sometimes it is hard!

I love to watch them sleep... I can go sit on there floor and just watch them sleep. They never know I do it but I do it every night and then kiss them on the forehead. I sure do love these little guys and I have no idea what I would do without them ( I really can't remember what it was like before I had them... must have been pretty boring!).

Craft Day

I have decided to start a craft day with the boys 1 time a week. We are here at the house so much we really needed something creative to do with our time. Now let me start by saying this is NOT easy for me... I am the least crafty person you will ever meet. SERIOUSLLY!!! Luckily there is a thing called the internet... with lots of neat crafty ideas.

Now the 2 we did today I did actually do on my own... no help from the internet. BUT... they were the simplest things in the world. I really really wish I was more creative and crafty!

Even Uncle Jake came by and did crafts with us!!

And... the finished product.

I just noticed in the pic above it looks like Jake has a cigarette in his mouth... it is not! It is a sucker.

Ry's Halloween party

Today Ry had his preschool Halloween party... those kids are so darn cute!!! This year she did more games and prizes like pumpkins, pencils and granola bars. I thought that was so great... they get so much candy as it is.

This pic below is a pic of Rylan and his friend Jeffrey.... Jeffrey and Rylan started daycare together when they were about 9 months old and they have been best friends ever since. When they were still in daycare together they would eat together, sleep together and play together. Jeffrey started calling Rylan... Riley Roo.

This is a pic of another one of Rylans good friends Cameron... Cameron is the son of Joshs best friend Randy. Randy and Josh have been best friends since they were in 4th grade. It is really cool that Rylan and Cameron are only 2 months apart.

A super fun girls day!

So I will start off by saying I remembered to take my camera with me.... but totally forgot I had it and didn't take 1 picture.... ugg!

Yesterday was my SIL's baby shower... it was alot of fun. She is due the end of Novemeber and does not know what she is having... that always makes it so fun. I didn't know what I was having when I had Jace, it was so exciting. We played games, opened gifts and had really yummy cake!

After we left we decided to get some Christmas shopping in so me, my 2 SIL's, MIL and grandma in law all went to Target... Grandma in law got on one of those riding things and for some reason we really found it comical. I think we all laughed pretty much the whole time we were in the store. It was so much fun.

After that we were hungry so me and 2 SIL's headed over to Olive Garden and had a super yummy dinner.

All in all it was just a really fun day!

The Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday my SIL and I met up and took the boys (hers and mine) to the Pumpkin Patch. They have this really cool little pumpkin patch and corn maze over outside of Marsing. The corn maze was really cool it was interactive and you got clues from Nursery Ryhme characters along the way (although we soon found out those characters were liars most of the time and led us to dead ends). It was alot of fun though. The second corn maze had signs inside of it that told you different facts about the counties in Idaho... pretty cool!

We got to take a hay ride around the farm and with all the fall colors in bloom is was so beautiful and very peaceful. We even got to meet a horse named Riley... My Riley was pretty excited about that.

After all that we got to go into the pumpkin patch and pick out a couple of pumpkins... this is a super hard decision for 2 young kids. But they ended up getting a couple really good ones.

All in all it was a really fun day and I was shocked my 9 month old super cute nephew did so well... it took quite a while to do all those things and not once did he fuss... he is such a good boy!

I've been tagged....

A- Attached Or Single: Attached
B- Best Friend: Julie and Mellisa
C- Cake Or Pie: Cake
D- Day Of Choice: Saturday
E- Essential Item: cell phone
F- Favorite Color: Green
G- Greatest Accomplishment: My children
H- Hometown: Homedale, ID
I- Indulgences: getting my hubby to go to the movies with me... that is a chore in itself
J- January Or July: July... I do not like Winter
K- Kids: 2... Jace is almost 6 and Rylan is 3
L- Life is Incomplete without: All my boys and good friends
M- Marriage Date: Like the day I was married??... 9/25/99
N- Number of Siblings: 1
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges
P- Phobias or Fears: Spiders and heights
Q- Quotes: "Laugh when you can, apologize when you should and let go of the things you can't change"
R- Reason to Smile: my healthy boys
S- Season: Spring and Summer
T- Tag five friends: I have no friends that blog
U- Unknown Fact about Me: I have a seriously strange obsession with cash registers
V- Very Favorite Store: Old Navy and Target
W- Worst Habit: chewing my nails
X- X-ray or Ultra sound:If I had to choose... ultrasound
Y- Favorite Food: Pizza
Z- Zodiac sign: Gemini