M&M’s - melts in your mouth, not in your hands

For some reason when it comes to Halloween costumes we always seem to go as food. What can I say, we like to eat around our place. And what's better than chocolate?

Saturday we went to our ward party and had a great time. We had a BBQ and trunk or treat. There were also small pumpkins to paint and trick or treat bags to make. Some people went all out for the car decorating and that was fun. Jensen enjoyed trick or treating but the whole time he kept asking if he could have a donut yet. There were some donuts in the church to eat after we went trick or treating. I guess he likes donuts more than the candy.

Happy Halloween!!

Family Pictures

We got family pictures taken his week and they turned out wonderful. I had the hardest time trying to decide what ones are my favorites because they are all so cute.

Happy Birthday Derek!

Jensen and I made birthday hats for him early that day. That was a fun craft project. We used almost a whole container of Elmer’s Glue on the four hats. Jensen also enjoyed using scissors to cut up the paper for the hats.

For dinner I made Chimichangas and of course we had cake and ice cream. Jensen was very excited all day(really all week for his birthday)when Derek walked in the door Jensen ran up to Derek and said “ daddy I’m making pizza” What?! I guess by the time Derek finally got home he was tired of this birthday and had moved on to bigger and better things like pretending to make pizza with corn and macaroni and cheese on top according to Jensen. Derek got a manly drill, a watch, socks, gift card to home depot, a shirt, a tie and ten new songs from i-tunes. For two hours Friday night we partied to music as Derek tried to pick his favorite ten songs. I must say it was definitely a flash back to the eighties.

Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to get some pumpkins for halloween. At the pumpkin patch there was a petting zoo(but you couldn't really touch the animals, go figure), we also went on a hay ride, looked at snakes and other reptiles and got the perfect pumpkins. The weather was perfect and we had a great time.

Curls or Straight?

For the first time since Jensen was 12 months old I have let his hair grow. Usually I cut it every 3 weeks. I didn’t even know that his hair was so curly because it has always been very short. So what do you think curly mop top, or short and straight? The Young Women in our ward think curly but I can’t decide if I like it.

Teeth, teeth, teeth

Siesa’s teeth came in a month ago but I finally got a picture of them. So cute. She’s been drooling and been very irritable for a few days, I think she is getting more teeth.

6 months

That’s right Siesa is already 6 months old. (She actually was 6 months September 12) She is 24 ½ inches and weights 15 lbs, 11 oz. The biggest change in Siesa over the last few months is that she is mobile and loves it. She loves to be on the ground exploring and eating anything she can find. She is still a very quiet baby but very happy and smiley.

Camping

We went camping on Hunting Island in South Carolina this weekend. We had a blast! It was about a 5 hour drive but both the kids did great.


Our first stop was at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon Georgia. It was sooooo fun. It was a lot more fun and interesting than we thought it was going to be. If we had known how fun it was we would have started out earlier on our journey so we could have spent more time there. There are a lot of famous musicians who are from Georgia like the Indigo Girls, REM, Ray Charles, Trisha Yearwood, Alan Jackson, Gladys Knight and many others. Jensen was so excited to see all the instruments and was quite entertained. After we had been there an hour we found the children’s section. There were lots of things to do. One room had musical instruments that you could play. Jensen saw the drum set and was thrilled when I told him he could play it. He jammed out for as long as our ears could stand it. He loved it.

Jensen loved the ocean. From the moment he saw it he didn’t want to leave it. He always wanted the go play in the water. The weather was good. It rained at night and was sunny during the day. The storm that first night really put our tent to the test but it passed with flying colors.

Siesa and Jensen were dirty from the moment we got there until we left. Siesa ate so much sand I am surprized she isn't sick.

Jensen was sooo excited to go camping. This was when I was trying to pack he was pretending to body surf. Once he saw the ocean and saw me and Derek body surfing he said that he was too little to do that.