Up to our eyeballs!

Wow,we are in Halloween up to our eyeballs this year. We made crafts, carved a pumpkin, went to a library party, dressed up and even made yummy candies!! Hehehe hahaha!

The trouble with rain!

For some reason I am really excited about Halloween this year. I am not dressing up and I am not having a party, but something about cute/sort of scary things makes me happy this year!
Well this weekend was going to be fun. The Highland Springs homecoming parade was going to be tonight and we were going to represent the North Airport Drive Civic Association in the parade... until the rain came and it was canceled. So we thought...well, we can go to our ward Fall Festival then instead... nope, canceled due to rain! Well, I grew up in a state where rain didn't cancel things. You still had the parade even if it was going to be cold and rainy. You still had the parties, just moved them inside if it was just too wet. So this is kind of frustrating to me! Now I don't know what I am going to do tonight?! :)I am sure that we will find something fun to do!
At least Halloween day is supposed to be nice and dry! Maybe the Disney channel will play Halloweentown again! :) HURRAY!

Fun times!

Here are just a few pictures of things that have been fun for our family in the last month or so. It is so great to see the girls grow. Elaine has gotten so big and can talk very well. Except now that she is so good at it, she can tell us all to go to time out or don't do that, probably becuase that is what she hears a lot. Miriam goes to time out a lot and we have to tell Elaine to stop doing stuff often, she is constantly into mischief! One of her favorite things to do is bother Miriam...and for our drama queen it is so easy to do!! Miriam's favorite thing to do is whine and complain so they make a great couple! Actually they get along amazingly well and love eachother too!! They are very affectionate, we have a great family!!!

Primary Program!

Today was our wards primary sacrament meeting program. Miriam worked on her part all week and had almost memorized it. She just needed a little prompting. I had a dream one night about her part. It was her turn, and she was getting up to say her part and stopped...turned around to look at me, got a sad scared look on her face and made me come up there with her. So I did and she wouldn't repeat anything except the very end. Well I was sure it was going to come true. Those of you who know Miriam, know that she is a major ham, at home or with family...but put her on the spot...FORGET IT!!! So today when it was her turn she got up looked at me before starting her part, and did it with help from her teacher! She did GREAT! She didn't get scared, she said it and smiled and sat down.
During the songs, she sang, conducted the music and did some of her own hand movements to each song. I thought it was very cute..Daddy, however, thought HIS little girl should behave better. At one point during a song, I noticed her stop and hang her head and I knew it was probably becuase Dad told her to just sing, not make a comotion! LOL Sure enough I was right. But she kept doing it after that and it was cute and I loved it! Daddy thought she did very well also.
When we got home, Miriam had memorized her part and can now say it all by herself with proper pronunciation and everything. She wants to do it again next week so that she can do it herself! :) Oh well, next year! (we have video of her saying it and when I can figure out how to put it on her, I will)
It is wonderful to be a part of the Primary presidency and be able to plan and teach and have it all come together in the end. The children did great, and the songs were loud and good, and I really am pleased with them all!

Hmm??

Well I guess I needed to start a blog. I really don't know what I will say in here but maybe I will have some interesting stuff to share! :) I have some family members with blogs, website addresses etc and I will link them here. Ok then, well that is all I have to say for now, but just so people know I have a blog here it is! Hurray!! :)