An exciting and busy weekend!

Friday, October 26th

We've had a pretty busy weekend the last few days. On Friday we had our neighbors over who live directly across from us to make Halloween cookies. Perla, Alex andLeo came over and the older boys fought the whole time and Blakey cried a lot too. Leo was great. Anyhow, we made cookies and then decorated them but somehow I always forget to bring my camera out until the end. Here is Blake who snuck up on the chair and got a hold of some cookies covered with frosting.

That night we went to our ward Halloween Party which was fun. Beau, Klorissa and the girls came out for it too. We had Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Minnie and Miny Minnie. I was wishing that I had bought the costume and dressed up like Klorissa. She looked fabulous! And of course the little couples were so cute walking around and holding hands together. We had many stares and compliments and we could hear people say "oh, look how cute Mickey and Minnie are!" Someone in our ward has horses so they brought 2 for the kids to ride which was a lot of fun. We didn't even try to put Kalli up there but Blakey, when offered the chance, immediately let us know that there was no way in Arizona he was going to get on that animal. :) We played a few games and then had the trunk or treat. Klorissa took Mickey and Minnie around to fill up their punkins while Rick, Beau and Kalli passed out candy at our car. I tried to take Blakey around but he was so happy to be set free that he ran around in the middle of the street like a drunken Donald (see the video- it's worth it!). It was hilarious to see him doing ring-around-the-rosy with a big tire bottom and a duck hat on his head. It was like he was in his own little world. The kids scored lots of candy and we all had a great time.

Saturday- October 27th

This morning I went to Super Saturday for Relief Society and got some fun projects done (even a few Christmas presents are done!) While I was gone, Rick took the boys to the Zoo where they had a blast together. Some of their findings were monkeys, crocodiles, deer and goats. Rick said that Bubba would ask "where is Shere Khan"? I love how his little mind thinks. Apparently they had a petting zoo area and somehow they got separated. One of the goats stood up and put his front two legs on RJ's shoulders and scared the living daylights out of him at the same time. Blake looks like he's getting his hand eaten but he came home with 2 so we're okay. They also got to ride a choo-choo train which the boys loved, of course! They ended the afternoon with Burger King and then refused to go to sleep afterwards. Figures!

Sunday- October 28th

Today Rick and I were assigned to speak in Sacrament but we had a change of plans due to the fact that the boys were both throwing up every 15 minutes. There was no way we were going to try to make it through church like this. Instead I gave my talk and Rick stayed home to take care of the boys. Then we traded and he came back to church to play piano for Primary. We let them watch their church cartoons and curl up in front of the tv. It was a hectic day but our home teacher came over to give us all blessings. We had toast out of homemade bread and cocoa for dinner- easy and good!

Monday- October 29th

We're all feeling better today. I was doing my Monday cleaning and came out to find Bubba reading scrichpers to Blakey on the couch. He was pointing to a picture and I heard him say "look Blakey, that's Alma the Younger. He made trouble for the church but then the angel came and scared him." I then heard Blake rattle off something in Blakey language, as though he had some comment to make about it. These are the moments that warm my heart and remind me why I love being a momma to these little boys. And then a minute later I hear RJ "no! don't touch me! I'm trying to read to you. Listen. Sit still. Look at Alma the Younger! (note the exclamation point!) Are you listening to me?" Blake: "No! no! no! bcixgwrl;oiweksld;fsd . (Blakey language). It was tender and then suddenly not so tender. :):)