Happy Halloween!

We all dressed up this year. Me as a cheerleader (I can't believe I still fit into my highschool cheerleading uniform), Regan as a sports fan :), Regs a lion, Kiri a witch, korbin one of those guys from star wars (can't remember the name, you can see what a big star wars fan I am) and Jakob as spider man.
Our ferocious lion!

I love our kids!

We love Snow College football games! It is so great living in Ephraim!

Trick or treat!

I think this was actually the most fun that I have had with Halloween ever (I wouldn't say it is my favorite holliday) The kids were so excited for everything and that made it fun for me. We did a trunk or treat on Ephraim Main St., went to Snow Colleges football game in the rain, went trick or treating and had a family Halloween party when we got home. Regan was a sports fan, I was a cheerleader (I haven't put my uniform on for about 15 years!), Kiriauna was a witch and a mermaid princesss, Korbin was a character from Star Wars, Jakob was Spider Man, and Regs was a little lion. It was a fun day.

We love science!

getting everything ready for the big experiment.

Korbing making his hypothesis.

We love science!

The other day during school Kiriauna said to me "I want to do a science experiment". I asked her what she had in mind and she told me some ideas that she had. I told her to make a list and to gather and prepare everything she would need to do it, and I would be there if she had any questions. For the next hour she dilligently worked. She labeled 5 small cups with numbers 1-5 and labeled them with different food items from oatmeal to baking soda. Then she filled one cup with water (labeled with a "W") and one cup with vinegar (labled with a "V"). Then she made 3 coordinating sheets of paper with sqares and numbers on them for Korbin, Jakob and I to write down our hypothesis on. The idea was to mix each food item with water and then with vinegar one at a time and decide what we thought the reaction would be. By the time we got to the vinegar and baking soda they had decided that they "really love science!" I was really impressed. Korbin loved writing his hypothesis, Jakob was on the floor with Regs most of the time (except when things got really exciting!) and Kiriauna did the whole thing herself with little help from me. I love seeing our children love to learn. They are wonderful examples and motivators to me.

Carving pumpkins

Showing off our beautiful freshly carved pumpkins.

This one is the kids favorite!

This has been a lot of fun.

First we drew what we wanted to create. Then we got to work!


For family home evening we decided to carve pumpkins. The kids had already had so much fun decorating the front porch that we decided we could use some jack'o'lanterns to finish it off. They each drew a picture of what they wanted to carve and then we voted. Each of them got a turn at carving. We had so much fun together. I think they turned out pretty darn cute!

Happy Birthday Korbin! 7 Years old!!

Legos! Korbin loves Legos!
Mom and her birthday boy Korbin. Wow 7 years old.


Korbin was very specific. He wanted a soccer cake with a soccer ball. This is their new favorite sport for now. He is so cute!

The funnest part, making your own birthday cake.

Happy Birthday Korbin. Breakfast in bed as usual.

King of the Day!

I can hardly believe that our Korbin in now 7 years old! He has grown up and changed so much in the past year. We had a wonderful day that began with breakfast in bed and ended with a late night date with mom and dad. He kept saying throughout the day "this is the best birthday ever!!" We are so thankful for Korbin. He is such an amazing boy and special part of our family. We love you Korbin!