Dale and I went to our first Halloween Party since we've been married. Our neighborhood has a Halloween Party every year and we finally decided to get brave and dress up to go to it. Dale wanted to be Batman and I was fine matching him with something to go with Batman. I looked at Batgirl costumes, but since my size or religion wouldn't allow those kind of costumes, I went with Robin. I thought that Dale looked very cool. I felt more like Peter Pan than a super hero but oh well. Dale's costume was made out of rubber so it was kind of difficult to put on. It kept sticking to itself. Once he got it all on I bet you can't guess what he said....I'm HOT! We were at the party for about 20 minutes and he was dripping with sweat. He finally took off the mask to eat dinner. After about and hour, we went home just to put our little kids to bed. Dale decided he couldn't stand it another minute in this costume. He took off all the rubber and every single piece, including the book covers, were wet with sweat. When we went back to the party he still wore the cape with black clothes under it. We decided he was Jammy Batman. He says the good thing about wearing that costume was he lost 5 pounds. We really had fun at the party. Next year I think we'll pick something more comfortable!

Jake's thoughts about the zoo

When we went to the zoo Jake asked me why there were so many frozen animals at the zoo. (refering to the fake animals all around the zoo)

Taeya (Kyson's mom) is 3!

Today was Taeya's birthday. She is 6 weeks older than Kyson and they are great friends! They play so well together and it is very fun to spy on them. They have recently started calling each other mom and dad. If you ask Taeya where Kyson is she says "He's not Kyson, he's my dad!" The other day Taeya told her mom that she was going to marry her dad. Kris said you mean Daddy? Taeya says "No, my dad!" So Kris says "Oh, you mean Kyson." They really do love each other. We all went to Park City a few weeks ago. Taeya and Kyson were sitting next to each other in their car seats. I looked back and saw that they were just sitting there holding hands. It was so cute. They are always helping each other and are very concerned about each other. It's too bad that they can't really be "mom and dad" someday.

Tonight when I was putting my kids to bed, Jaxon (almost 7) said the funniest thing to me. He asked me if I had any pasta bake in our stroller. I looked at him very confused and asked why I would put pasta bake in the stroller. He said so we could have it when Jesus comes again. By this point I'm even more confused. I asked him if he really meant the stroller. He then said a few more words that sounded like stroller and he said "You know, the place where we keep food for when Jesus comes." Jadon was listening to our conversation and he said "Mom, he means our food storage!"

Mom's cooking!

This is kind of embarassing to actually put out there for anyone to see but if I don't then I'll forget it when I'm old. Ok, I'm making baked potatoes for dinner tonight. I decided I would try to make the best of my time while I wait for my oven to preheat (which takes way too long) and go pick Kierra up from dance while it's preheating. Dale is downstairs working so I leave Jaxon and Jake home playing the computer. I get back with Kierra and as soon as I get out of the van in the garage, I hear our smoke alarm going off inside the house. I know that the reason it's happening is because there is some cheese that spilled in the oven last time we made pizzas. The sad part about this story is that the shrill of the smoke alarm didn't faze anybody in the house!!! They were all just staring at their computers. To top it off, as soon as Kierra gets in the house she automatically opens all the doors and starts fanning out the smoke. They know the drill. Mom's trying to cook again!

My sweet boys!

Now that I have my 3 oldest kids in school full time, I have been able to spend a lot of time with Jake and Kyson. I have really been enjoying them. They are the best of friends. I'm thrilled about this because not too long ago they didn't get along very well together. Now they rarely fight or argue. My house is pretty quiet until about 4:00 in the afternoon. My sister, Lisa, and I took our little ones to the zoo last week. What a perfect day. We got there shortly after they opened and there was only a handful of people there. It pretty much stayed that way all day. The kids had so much fun! This was the first time Jake and Kyson had been to the zoo. They had a great time together. I really am going to enjoy this school year with them!

My Favorite Time of the Year!

Fall is, for sure, my favorite time of the year. The only bad thing about it is that it doesn't last long enough. About a month ago our family went for a drive up Butterfield Canyon to look at the leaves. I knew they would be pretty but I had absolutely no idea how amazing that canyon really is. It is not a heavily populated place so there is only a very narrow road that can barely fit two cars that are passing each other coming up and going down. About half way up the canyon we went around a bend and saw the most beautiful portrait of red, yellow and orange leaves. They were everywhere. We all got out for a few minutes to take some pictures. All the kids were amazed. The ride down was terrifying! I was in the passenger seat of the van. On the way up it was no big deal but on the way down I was on the drop off side of the road. Since our van is pretty high, I really felt like we were going to drive right off the side of the road and roll down the canyon. Other than that, it was a wonderful night. Dale wanted to go back on his motorcycle. A few weeks later, we finally got time to do that. He and I went up one evening. I couldn't believe how many of the leaves had fallen. It was still pretty but not quite the same. Luckily, the ride down wasn't as scary because I had a motorcycle helmet on so I couldn't kind of hide behind the side wall of the helmet. I'm very thankful for the place that we live. I love the season changes, especially summer to fall. It's so interesting to me that one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen is practically in my back yard.