for sense of humor

The other day Corbin and his friend were begging me to print out a picture of a two-headed cow. I thought that was weird but finally agreed to do it. I didn't realize what they were up to until they came up, trying to hold back their laughing, and told me to go look on the street sign across the street.  Totally took me by surprise. (those two kids ran off before I could get a picture of them with the sign)

I come from a family with hilarious sense of humors. Justin makes me laugh everyday. And our boys are following in those same foot steps. I need to laugh, I love to laugh, and I get to laugh all the time. 

to remember gratitude

The more I see things the more it is on my mind. My hope is that I can really notice those things I love and appreciate them even more. This month we have put several things throughout our home to remind us to think more about our blessings. 

Remember this turkey? (scroll down the post to see his name) I laughed when I pulled it out again this year. But the boys love finding the feathers each day to add to this turkey.

After dinner we write what we are thankful for that day.

We are hoping to have this jar full by the time thanksgiving comes.

For the next couple of weeks I want to also share some of those simple blessings right here. Care to join? 

last scenes from halloween

We got some before pics of our pumpkins. Then we carved them and they were pretty awesome. But, I forgot to get pictures of them. A few days after Halloween I thought we better get pictures, but they were totally moldy by then. So straight into the garbage they went. Too bad. 

We grew our own pumpkins this year. We will definitely continue to do this. Next year we want to grow white pumpkins.

Rudger wanted nothing to do with getting pictures taken with his cute little pumpkin. This is where he was instead.

Halloween day we headed to Brigham to visit an awesome witch. Trick or treated to a couple favorite homes there. Came home and started dinner. Our new baby cousin came over and went trick or treating with us. We all decided to go together because the weather was quite pleasant. When we got home we watched 'Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein', while the boys quietly drifted off into a candy coma. 

Favorite picture of the night.

It's been a fun month, but I'm ready for something better. Seriously is the best time of year!

packer halloween party with lots of pictures

We look forward to this party every year. Makes me so happy to see the boys creating bonds with their cousins, and even more so with their grandparents.  

We have the traditional dry ice root-beer, donut eyeballs, Halloween-fun lunch, teasing from Grandpa, and decorating sugar cookies. This year we threw in donut eating contest and an impromptu leaf fight. Seriously epic. Grandma rocked it and got every grand kid there good. (except the babies of course)

Best picture of the day. 

After that epic leaf fight

Poor Cami is probably still cleaning up those leaves that got scattered everywhere. Everywhere. Thanks so much for hosting! 

Can't wait for next year!

Have Fun

 Happy Halloween!!

I'm off to make our house a little more festive, make some spooky food, then to class parties, a visit to see a 'real' witch, then Halloween dinner, trick or treating, and then probably fall asleep watching something kind of scary. And as I fall asleep I am going to be feeling extra grateful that tomorrow our kids don't have school! Whoever planned that was genius.

Hope it's a good night for all of you! 

daddy's work never dissappoints

In so many ways, dad's work has been so good to us. Every now and then they take their employees to the movies. When Corbs and Tay were our only boys, we met daddy for one of those movies (Harry Potter...in case you were wondering). At that moment the boys figured daddy worked at a movie theater. They thought he had the best job ever.

Every year we get to go to his actual building, where he actually has to work, and go trick or treating. This place goes all out for this family activity. It's one of the boy's favorites of the year. They love walking, skipping, and throwing their hands up in the air in downtown Salt Lake. 

Love looking forward to this every year. 

(I wonder if the boys now figure that dad and his co-workers play Halloween-themed games and go from office to office collecting tons of candy all day long?)

we are super and drug-free

It's red ribbon week at school. It's all about super heroes and being super. I think these kids are just that. (but sometimes even super heroes will forget to bring their shoes...)

Today is crazy hair day and it is ca-razy. There are some 
pretty awesome moms that do some pretty amazing things to their kids hair.  This is as crazy as our kids want to get, and I'm totally good with that. Levi had pretty much the same hair style as his brothers when I sent him to school later in the day.

These super heroes have been extra protective and soft with their baby brother. 

A couple of days ago he fell down our whole flight of stairs. It breaks my heart. Justin had taught him how to go down the stairs and our baby has done amazing. Neither of us were right there when he went down. But the moment we heard that terrible noise we were both there in half a second. (I was in the laundry room and Justin was downstairs working). The brothers were there another half second after us. After a good hour of crying, a restless night, and a middle of the night blessing, I took him to the doctor's. The cute lady doing the x-rays was so impressed with our little guy. She said that he was the youngest patient she has ever had to sit so well during an x-ray. He was a trooper. Luckily, no broken bones. The doctor thinks he just got pretty bruised up.

He still whimpers when I pick him up or move him the wrong way, (mainly under his left arm) but he's being super brave.  

Yup, I think these boys are pretty super.