Sept/Oct Update

The end of September we blessed Hadley. Pauline(Weston's Mom) once again did a gorgeous job on the dress. I decided to go with a long dress this time and I was very happy with the results. Weston did a wonderful job with her blessing, I only wish that I could remember more of it. My sister usually gets most of it written down, but this time she wasn't able to.
Our sacrament meeting starts at 9:00 and so to have a lunch after that was a little early. We thought about doing just a brunch with muffins, bagels and cream cheese, etc. but in the end we decided to do a full breakfast. We had homemade waffles, biscuits and gravy (thanks Pauline), eggs, sausage, OJ, milk, basically the works. Although it all tasted really good, I wouldn't recommend it or do it again. It was a lot of work. It was a very special day and I would like to thank everyone who helped. Especially my Mom and Dad who helped prepare and cook so many of the delicious things that we ate.

October started out slow enough, with Sydney starting her first day of Pre-school. As you can see from the smile on her face, she was super excited. Actually, I think that it was just because she got a brand new backpack that is bigger than she is. :)

We attempted Witchapalooza(?) at Gardener Village with Trenda and her kids, but after just a couple of photo ops we decided to head to a nearby park instead.

Our next adventure was Trick-or-Treating at our local grocery store. I hadn't planned on letting the girls dress up, but I knew that if I didn't and we got to the store and there were other little kids dressed up I would never hear the end of it. They had a great time and got some really good treats. Macey's mouth was so full she couldn't smile. We probably wouldn't have wanted her to anyway.

We celebrated Weston's 31st birthday by taking the girls Trick-or-Treating at the zoo. It wasn't the funniest Birthday that he has ever had, but the girls enjoyed themselves.

Sydney's costume went through several phases. She started out wanting to be Tinkerbell. One weekend we were in Richfield and G.Barney had some old dance leotards from one of the girls. Sydney found one that she really liked and was able to bring it home. Anyone who knows anything about Tinkerbell knows that she wears Green, well this leotard was purple. So, Sydney was now going to be just a fairy. I was able to find her a cute pair of wings that matched quite well and I made her a tutu to go along with it. With the wings came a set of antennae that she insisted on wearing and her costume was now a butterfly. Here is the final result.

Macey's costume also has a story. From the beginning she wanted to be Cinderella. Somewhere along the way she decided that she was going to be a "Mean Witch". I honestly don't know where it came from, but I can handle a witch. After her costume was all done and pieced together, she saw Sydney's tutu and decided that she was going to be a princess again. Only, she wanted to be a "Mean Princess Witch" hence, the purple tutu for her as well.

For actual Halloween night, Weston was hunting with his dad so my little brother came up from Snow College to go Tick-or-Treating with us. Thank You Uncle Matt!!

If you didn't get to bored with my ramblings, it is midnight, check back in a couple of days and I will update you on our Nov./Dec. months. Until then, sleep tight. I know I will. :)

Poop Power

This afternoon my little sister Becky was here playing super powers with the girls. Sydney had Lava power, Macey had fire power and Becky had ice power. It was quite entertaining. After she left, I was in the back room feeding the baby and Weston was out changing Macey's poopy diaper. This is the conversation that I overheard:
M: I have super powers dad.
W: What are your powers?
M: I have poop powers! (Very Enthusiastically)
W: Poop powers huh? How do those work?
M: I can stink the bad guys out.
W: So instead of super girl should we call you poop girl?
M: Yeah, I'm poop girl.
So, there you have it folks my two year old has super powers. And boy she isn't kidding about stinking out the bad guys. She has been on an antibiotic and her stench is unbelievable.

I have not only been a blog posting slacker, but I have been very bad at keeping up with everyone. I was trying to catch up the other day and noticed on every one's blog that I haven't posted since the beginning of October. We have had so much going on! I do plan on posting a catch up blog, so check back in a couple of days. That is, if you haven't already given up hope. :)