Carving Pumpkins

Last Monday (for FHE) we carved our pumpkins. All the boys were eager to play with the knives, but only Mommy and Daddy did, although Levi did get one try.
Riley especially liked the feel of the pumpkin guts.

Pizza Party

If you were having a pizza party and knew that 20 adults and 30 kids were going to be there, how many large pizzas would you order?? Really, I'd like to know. Thank you.

Blank post?

Apparently my last post was blank? So sad. I hope this one isn't, although I don't have anything to say.

Before I had kids, especially little boys...

I'm copying Aunt Hannah's post idea (thanks Hannah).
Before I had kids, especially little boys:

I figured I'd have tons of little girls (like 8 of them) to dress up, thankfully I don't. I wouldn't trade my boys for anyone or anything.
I was pretty selfish and focused on me because, let's face it, the world revolved around me.
I didn't worry so much about commercials on television. They are horrible now!
I didn't know what monster trucks were.
I fit into my skinny size 4 jeans. Now... Ha!!!
I would take the time to make a healthy salad.
I didn't have to sweep the floor 3 times a day and vacuum constantly.
I wondered why everyone said I talked too much as a kid... I couldn't have been that bad. (I TOTALLY get it now!)
I had no idea how fascinated I would be over simple things.
I stayed away from dirt, mud, bugs, flea infested kitty cats, spiders, etc. Now, I still try to avoid all of those as much as possible.
I imagined they'd be so obedient and sit quietly at church. How do people manage to train their kids to do that??
I wore nylons, solid black or white, and high heels. Now I have to make sure I'm completely covered and wearing fast shoes, and something to hide the goobers they're going to track all over me.

The list could go on and on. You get the idea. My little boys are a true delight and I am so very glad that I am their Mama. They are funny little boys who need lots of love, and I will happily give it to them. Matt's super fabulous too, so we'll count him also! Love you boys!

So pretty!!!

Yesterday Matt put me in charge of getting the boys ready for church. I doubt he'll have me do that again. Isn't Dylan pretty????

Aunt Jane came to visit! She lives in Japan with her Marine husband. She brought her sweet daughter, Samantha. She is a very good friend and aunt!! She's always fun to play with!

Updates please

I'll update my blog soon.. really. In the meantime, maybe Isaac and Amy could update theirs. :-) And Jeanette, and Karen, and anyone else that needs too... I just don't want to list everyone... there are so many! Okay, that's all.

It's been a busy day

I can't see what order my pictures are in, so I'll just summarize and hope the pictures correspond with what we've been doing.
Today (Saturday) Matt went paintballing with the guys. I needed a diversion and some form of entertainment to save my sanity whilst he was gone. Soooooo... we invited over a bunch of friends (10 total showed up) and had a massive play date in shifts. There were 3 groups: 8-9:30, 10-11:30 (that actually went until 12:45), and 1-2:30pm. Wa-la! The day was solved. I like things like this because I have to have constant stuff to do so that no one gets bored (I think that stems from being a teacher.... you can't give the kids a second or they'll take over). We colored very large halloween pictures, decorated cookies, colored robots with googly eyes, jumped on the trampoline, played on the swingset and slide, built a marble run, played spaceship, trains, and whatever else was in the bedrooms and livingroom. Oh ya, we also did bubbles and had music on during it all. We also ate watermelon and had lunch (for that middle group). It was a fabulous day and my children are exhausted and in bed. Sweet!

Soccer season is almost over. I hope we are playing Caro, Carson, Tanner, and Isabelle's team this week or next. (They are our friends). Levi is pretty good and he has thoroughly enjoyed it. Dylan has too. He always dresses up in cleats and shorts and takes his soccer ball so Daddy can play soccer with him. It's a great family bonding activity.

Oh, did you see the picture of Dylan asleep at the table? He was eating dinner, and the next minute he was asleep. Hilarious!
Anyhow, that's our life right now. I did just have my dear friend Jane visit, but I'll post about that when Matt gets my pictures off my phone. (Thanks Matt!).
Happy day everyone!

Pictures

This is the picture the boys took to put up in Matt's office. There were actually two different poses and he has the other one which was less posed and they were more into the phones... (Matt does telephone systems for businesses, among other things such as network cabling, background music, music on hold, video surveillance, etc).

The picture is super fabulous and the boys were so cooperative.