New Moon

All I can say is I loved it and now I feel as giddy as a 15 year old girl.  But I did not scream like the 15 year  girls in our theater, that was so crazy.  It was funny, sweet and romantic.  I'M a sucker I know.  It was fun to see it with friends because I know Mark would of made fun of it the whole time.   I liked it a lot more than I thought I was going to.

My little artist.

avannah loves to draw, and yesterday she saw Taylor's cornicopia and said she could draw one. So while she watched a movie this is what she drew. I thought she did a pretty good job. She even has shadow's.  sorry it's sideways.

Cinnamon Eggnog Scones--YUM!

So  felt like baking this week, so I made cinnamon eggnog scones.  Very good.  I've never made scones like this before, just the deep fried kind.  If you do check out the recipe I used cinnamon chips that I found at alberston's.  My kids liked them too.  Something fun to try.  It was hard either.  This is from the website Baker's Banter, it's in my blog list.  The have so many yummy baking recipes.  The kind that makes my thighs growing just looking at them, but every now and than it ok right?

A Visitor

This is my Friend Alison, we haven't seen each other in 5 years.  But it felt like just yesterday.  We met in Boston both of our husbands where in Dental school (two different ones.)  It was so fun to see her.  We laughed, talked about memories and kids.  It just happens that Her 3rd Child and Mine have the exact same birthday and we each have two boys and two girls, all very close in age.  She is one of those genuinely sweet people.  It was so fun, my cheeks hurt from smile so much.  WE both talked about how Boston really help strengthen who we are and our testimony's.  Being surrounded by feminist their we learned a lot (of Good things.)   I remember being so intimated when I moved their all these sisters who where getting PHD or Masters or had really good career, and I was only a housewife.  But I do not anymore feel small because I am a stay at home mom.   I'm proud of it.  We had some great experiences there.  The sisters I was intimitated became some of my friends.  One espeically was such a great listener and someone I could just go and talk to.  Our ward was really diverse.  My testimony grew so much there, I really miss it.  I can't really explain the change that took place there, but it was good.  I made some good friends there and it is still the place we lived the longest.  It was so fun to visit with her.

The Temple

So Mark and I went to the temple yesterday.  It was really nice to go.  Well let me just say don't ever bring an expired recommend, that is a year expired they treat it very suspiciously.  Good thing for computers because they show your new recommend as well.  Actually someone else in the temple has a computer with this information on it and he printed it and brought it down so we could go in.  So they confiscated the old and let us go, we later found the new recommend in the temple bag at home (we did Initiatories so no bag needed.) 
Well the funny thing is while we are waiting a man and lady come in wanting to know how to get into the chapel, because they couldn't find a way in.  So they could pray.  She didn't speak very good English.  When they tried to explain this is not a chapel, so said, "Oh is this a Hotel?"  They explained no it's a temple.  But that's Mark and I's new inside Joke, "we really should get reservations at that hotel sometimes."  It was funny.
The fun thing was doing family names that I have been working on. 
We also did a little christmas shopping too.  It was a great day together.  Which is so very rare. 

Two Student of the Months.

So Savannah and Michael where each a student of the month in their class last week.  I was very proud.  They didn't want any other pictures taken, and my battery was running low so sorry for the poor quaility.

I love how happy Michael looks, he always feels good when accomplishes something.  I'm just happy that they are each doing well in school and mostly problem free children in class.  Michael was really cute the night before he had to wash his favorite clothes to wear.  And than he said, "mom remind me to practice my smile in the morning."  He's so funny. 

Trick-or-Treat

I have to say I normally don't mind trick or treat time, but yesterday I was not looking forward to it at all, Mark and I are both sick with really bad head cold, the kind that makes you exhausted, feels like your head will explode kind.  Basically we are miserable.  We'll Mark seemed to be worse than I and so I took off with the four kids to my friends house.  We had planned to have dinner and go in their neighborhood.  We had a great dinner of chili dogs (not something my stomach was totally ready for.) It was actually nice to get out in the night air, I felt a little better but was wiped out when we where done.  That being said...We did have fun and the night was full of drama.

This is drew after our first house.  Let me explain, we went to my friends condo complex because you can hit 10 times more houses in the same amount of time than in our neighborhood.  So he didn't have to walk far.  This his him saying.."I don't want to walk."  He planted himself and folded his arms.  Thankfully he soon got into it and had a lot of fun and last most of the night, until like the last 5 minutes and I had to carry him. 

Here's the group sorry it's blurry and red eyed. 

Wigs and hats came off, and I had to carry those.  Than poor Savannah dripped on her dress on the way back to my friends house and screamed like she broke her leg, I am not exagerrating.  She was so mad she was screaming, "I hate this dress."  Thankfully she was not really hurt, a couple of scratches and a small bruise, but was soon forgotten when we got back into the house and shrek 2 was playing.  So all in all it was a pretty good night, and kids where good and had a lot of fun and of course came home with lots of candy!

Now can I get better?  I have been sick for way too long!