Halloween Cuties 2010

Marvelous Medusa

Glamorous Goth Fairy

Miserable Mummy

And the cutest little witch

Our new dining room

Since David's accident, this has become our kitchen table.  I don't think the kids are going to like it when we make it back to the "real" dining room...

Little Women

My Little Woman read Little Women!  What 4th grader do you know that reads this?!  In parent/teacher conference her teacher commented that Skyla is reading WAY too fast for her age and so she was equally shocked when she realized Skyla was comprehending it all!  That's Skyla - our little reader!     

Mad

I'm not sure who is more upset at the demise of the FJ...

We are currently waiting to hear if it is repairable or not.  Our fingers are crossed! 

Wrapped in Love

This year for each of my kids' birthdays,  Nana (my mom) made them a beautiful quilt.  My kids love them!  They grab them for every movie.  They sleep with them.  They are warm and cozy and snuggly and made with love.

And the best part is, this year for my birthday I got one too!  I, too, am now wrapped in love.  In the most beautiful quilt I've ever seen.  Thanks Mom!!

 

Apricot the Get-Well Trout

Life can change in a second.  One minute we're worried about sleep-overs and mowing the lawn before it gets too cold and the next we're suddenly so grateful for the little things in life that we take for granted each and every day.  Why can't we appreciate them without bad things happening? 

Here's what I am grateful for this very second:

David can walk.  

Medical second opinions

Prayers

 Wonderful wonderful friends 

Priesthood Blessings

And don't forget Apricot the get-well trout.  :)

Hero

This is the face of a hero.  My hero.  Here's the story:

While driving to work one ordinary morning, a teen-ager rushing to school turned left without even looking and crashed right into David.  For some reason in that split second as it was happening, David had one single thought and he knew he could not "t-bone" into that car.  He somehow managed to turn his car slightly, hitting the car in the front rather than hitting it straight on the passenger side.  This meant that his car, thus himself, took the brunt of the impact.  Immediately after the crash, he got out of his car to check on the passengers of the other vehicle.  The driver of the other car was fine.  He said there were no passengers.  It wasn't until he knew everyone else was fine that David realized he himself wasn't fine.  That would later turn out to be a broken neck.  And it would turn out later there WAS a passenger in the car.  Because the driver had only a provisional license and wasn't suppose to have other passengers, he had lied.  An unbuckled female had been sitting in the passenger side.  

If David wouldn't have turned his car, she would have been severely injured.  Or even dead.

And without even knowing, or questioning, and putting himself at so much more risk, 

he followed his instinct and saved a life.  

Because that's who he is.  

And he's my hero.

Love

What a wonderful little family I have.  I am blessed... 

WE are blessed.  

Hyper

I always thought that Karsten would come home from all day kindergarten just exhausted.  All day kindergarten?  Too long!  But instead, everyday he comes home and heads straight to here:
























And it's even better with some of his buddies! 

One day picking up Karsten from school he was so hyper!  I told him to settle down and he said, "I can't!  I've been paying attention all day!!"  I didn't realize, but it's hard work sitting and concentrating all day.  And I'm so proud of him!!  He's taking kindergarten by storm!

I got me some runners!

All my kids have been doing cross country running after school, and this weekend was the Jamboree!  Skyla and Karsten decided to give it a try and ran a 1 mile trail run!   They did awesome!!!  I am one proud mommy. 

 

What's in the air...

Domestic Diva

You can go ahead and call me that, because I made these...

All by myself...

Parental Rite of Passage

David and I are quite proud to have survived our first official SLEEPOVER!  It was a fun filled night of movies, spa treatments, matching pj's, silly string, cake decorating, and lots and lots of giggling.  It was exactly perfect for Sierra's birthday party.  She's officially a tween!!!

 

Let her eat cake!

 Twelve cakes for twelve years.  Now that's what I call a party!!!  

Look who's 12 !