Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween!


We enjoyed some delicious chili, cornbread, and pie at the church Halloween party last weekend and today we celebrated Halloween all day! I think Halloween is probably my least favorite holiday. Not that I don't like it, I just like the other holidays better. But this year was sure fun! I think kids make holidays even more enjoyable.


I put up a few decorations last night so when the kids woke up they would be able to sense the excitement of the day. And boy did they love it! Peter thought the ghosts were the coolest things ever. I love it when it cost me nothing to make my children smile. The ghosts were made from a recycled grocery bag and some thread. And I cut some pumpkins out of construction paper and threw them up on the wall too. Simplicity is great!


I served them ghost bananas along with their Cream of Wheat this morning. I broke a banana in half and made a ghost face toward the pointed ends of each half. The eyes were mini chocolate chips and the mouth was a normal sized chocolate chip. My children rarely get sweets so those chocolate chips were the first things they ate! In fact Peter didn't even eat the banana part of the ghost, he did eat all of his cereal though.

We made these earlier, but I had to share :) This is Peter's spider cookie!


The next big festive activity was pumpkin carving! David was able to participate in the pumpkin carving! We were lucky that he had a little break from school this morning.







Of course we took the kids out Trick-or-treating! They had a blast! We went down to The Square here in Bolivar. It was great! I love small towns! Most of the little shops, boutiques, and businesses were waiting to give candy to little trick-or-treaters. The fire department even cam down to The Square and parked one of their firetrucks there with the lights flashing. They had their fire dog there too! He was a beautiful dalmatian. There were a few fire fighters dressed in uniform handing out candy from their hats! The kids loved it! I'm sure as much as I did ;)




We Love Fall!

We had the opportunity to visit the Rutledge-Wilson Farm in Springfield, MO. The kids loved seeing the animals, going on a hayride, and exploring. We will definitely make a trip out to this amazing farm/ park again :)








The kids have also enjoyed the amazing weather we have been having. Up until this week it has been beautiful and not too chilly. Here are some pictures of them enjoying the weather as we played outside. Goodness! I love these kids!







Sunday, October 6, 2013

Families Are Forever


"I have a family here on earth. They are so go to me.
I want to share my life with them through all eternity.
Families can be together forever 
Through Heavenly Father's plan.
I always want to be with my own family,
And the Lord has shown me how I can.
The lord has shown me how I can." 


I have been feeling overwhelmingly grateful for our little family. I am humbled that our Heavenly Father entrusted David and I with the nurturing and teaching of Peter, Evelyn, and Hannah. Each of them have their own special, unique spirit. They each have helped us learn and grow in our understanding of true love. As a mother I have been able to experience a glimpse, a small taste of the profound love our Heavenly Father and our Savior have for each of us, his children. I am so very grateful for the opportunity I have been given to be a mother and I am especially grateful to be Peter, Evelyn, and Hannah's mother. I am grateful for the knowledge we have of the Plan of Salvation and for our temple marriage. I know that I can live with my family forever. Isn't that amazing?!