Ward Halloween Party

Our annual Ward Halloween Party is always a hit. We fill our tummies with Chili and fresh made scones & honey butter. The Young Men and Young Women put on a mini carnival for the kiddos and then we go out to the parking lot for "Trunk Or Treat". Always lots of fun and plenty of treats.

Halloween part III

First Snow

Our first snow came October 27, 2009. I always enjoy the first snowfall of the season. It's always so peaceful outside when it's snowing. I love that we live somewhere where we can enjoy all four seasons. I do however hate the fact that I can't wear my Crocs anymore. They don't do very well if I have to walk through any water. I also don't care for the days during winter where it's just plain cold and there is no snow. I would rather have 3 ft of snow then no snow at all and COLD.

Halloween Part II

We did pretty good this year for Halloween. Kaitlin was able to re-use my costume from last year. Doesn't she make the cutest scarecrow? I'm not sure she would be very successful at scaring all the crows away.

Halloween Part I

Tyler was very innovative with his costume this year. He came up with it all by his self and the only thing we had to purchase was a $1.99 bottle of red hair spray. He had such good luck he went to the SUU Trunk or Treat and was selected as the scariest costume so he got to go out onto the football field during the halftime show and show off his costume. Then he won a cake during the cake walk at our ward Halloween party.

Gus, Gus

We have mice in our house. Enough that they can get really creepy, I used to give them names so that they didn't seem so bad, but lately I've been getting really tired of them. So off to the store to get some mouse traps. I got the basic spring loaded traps and was told that peanut butter was the best bait to use, so I loaded 8 traps with peanut butter. After strategically placing all of the traps, I go to check to see if we've caught any and all I find is traps with no peanutbutter left. Stupid, or smart, mice. So off to the store to get something different. Tyler and I find these traps.
We caught 3 the first day. The only problem is that it doesn't kill them so we put them in a bread bag and then WHACK them on the sidewalk to kill them. I know that might seem horrible to some of you but I think that the mice are dirty, creepy things. Last night there was one in my bedside garbage can keeping me awake, I figure if they can get in the garbage can, they can crawl on my bed while I'm sleeping. It's so embarrassing when we have people over and I can hear them squeaking, I always hope that they either don't hear them or else think that we still have our Guinea Pig. So here I am, on a quest to kill all the mice around.

Crazy Hair Day

During red ribbon week, the kids have themes every day of the week. This day was "Crazy Hair" day, which is always one of the funnest. Kaitlin looks like a WHO from WHOVILLE.

Mummy & Daughter night

We had a great time at our Mummy & Daughter night. We saw who could wrap the best mummy in two minutes with a roll of TP. And then we un-wrapped the mummy wrap and found fun and creepy prizes. Of course there was plenty of yummy treats to eat, mummies in a blanket, mini mummy pizza's and mummy cookies.

LNO

I work with some great women at Robert's. Genevieve and Angie, are two that I work very closely with, and we decided a couple weeks ago that we needed to start having Ladies Night Out together. So our first time together we all brought snacks and just visited. This last time was Genevieve's birthday so we met at my house and had grilled chicken salad for dinner and then took her to DQ for a treat. Angie made this awesome corsage for Genevieve to wear which had a little tag that said "it's my birthday, wanna spank me?" and then a little tiara for her to wear. I was so funny, there was this old man there at DQ that kept volunteering to SPANK her. We had a great time full of laughs. It's so wonderful to have great friends that you can have fun with and talk about anything.

Pretty little angel eyes

This was one my favorite pictures of Kaitlin. I loved all the hair that she had, it was so fun to do her hair when she was a baby. She was probably three months old in this photo.

Papa

I have always loved this picture of my "Papa" Richardson. He died when I was about 7 I think, so he wasn't around for very long. But I loved him, he was such a tease, he always saved the last of his water in his glass so that he could flip it on someone. He was bow legged from riding horses his whole life, he was a true cowboy. He would tell us we were eating skunk for dinner. He loved my Grandma and took care of her wonderfully.

Great weekend with my family

The kids had UEA break this week, so on Thursday after work we drove up to Lori & Sean's. The kids had a great time with their cousins mainly glued to the TV whether it be playing video games or watching the Lord of the Rings series. On Friday, Uncle Greg came up and took all the kids bowling. Lori and I got our cameras out and then rounded up all of her scrapbooking "Doo Dads" and took pictures of them to use in our Digital scrapbooking designs. That evening Brett, Andrea & Jaron came and we had Navajo Tacos for dinner and just visited. When my parents left on their mission they were worried that we wouldn't get together with each other. I'm really proud of us because we have been able to get together every three months or so.

Kirk wasn't able to come with us because of work but he kept himself busy helping some people in our ward move, helped his parents clean out their garage and built shelves for them. And then he made our kitchen spotless. What a great thing to come home to. Kirk is such a wonderful example of service. He has arranged probably 5 wood cutting projects for people in our ward who need wood for the winter. It has been great because Derick and Tyler always go with him to help and they always come home having a great time and happy that they were able to serve.

One other thing, Bella, our dog does the funniest thing. She takes her bone, and then she tries really hard to dig a hole in her pillow in the living room, and then she sticks her bone in it and walks away. Then she'll go back over to the pillow and repeats the steps to get her bone again. Funny!

Achievement Days

I just got called a the Acheivement Days leader. I have such a great group of girls that I work with. We have had two meetings so far. Right now we are working on our Mother & Daughter night. We are doing a "Mummy & Daughter" party. This week we made the invitations for their Mom's.

Pitiful

Doesn't she look pitiful? Bella got a sore in her eye that we later learned, via the internet, is cherry eye, she kept bothering it so we made a homemade cone to keep her from bothering it. I had a "Cricut"mat that I didn't use, since I don't have a cricut, so I didn't feel bad at all cutting it up. So with the mat, scissors and some duct tape we were able to make one. After we put it on, she just hung her head, it was so sad. She got used to it pretty quick even though she would run into alot of things because she didn't have any peripheral vision. She loved getting her head scratched, because she couldn't reach it, she would just move her head from side to side while we scratched it. After about a week we took it off and gave her a bath and she hasn't bothered it anymore. It still is there a little, but the only way to fix it is with surgery. Surgery is not necessary unless there is a risk of infection. We will just keep and eye on her and see.

General Conference October 2009

What another amazing General Conference.

Hook Line and Sinker

Tyler is our fisherman. He loves fishing, eating them is another story. He goes every chance he gets. This time our neighbors took him with them. They ended up catching 18 fish. Pretty good day I would say.

Pretty close to heaven

We went up Cedar Mountain today to see the fall pictures and take some pictures. It is so beautiful up there. The kids had fun watching the squirrels and chipmunks stuff their cheeks with acorns, preparing for winter.

What I've been doing while sitting at my computer

I definitely spend ALOT of time at my computer, but I'm not just messing around. Here are some couple more kits that we've created.This was just a mini kit we did for a Speed Scrap participation prize

These two are our next ones coming up next



We've also been taken on at a new store. Pretty Scrappy has asked us to sell our kits at their store also. The layout above is the packaging for their store.

Tyler & Grandpa at Lake Erie

I just love this picture with Tyler and Grandpa. The sun was setting and it looks so peaceful.

a little catch up

Last time we met with my Brother's and Sister, we celebrated Jaron's first birthday. What a fun time we had. Andrea made the cutest bear cake for Jaron to dig in to.

Football season is here!

We went to the first game of the season at SUU on Thursday. They played against Dixie and whomped them. What a fun time we had as a family, the weather was perfect.

DQ with Derick

Since I have Fridays off I made plans to pick up Derick from High School and take him out for lunch. He had shortened schedule today so I had to take him at 10:30, which is more like breakfast to me. We ended up having a few of his friends join us at our table. I'm glad that Derick doesn't mind being with his ol' Mom around his friends. I had a nice visit with him and his friends and even a few more said Hi. When Derick came home he told me that he was talking to one of the guys who said hi while we were eating, saying to him, "Yah, my Mom felt kind of wierd being there with my friends for lunch" The kid said to him, "That was your Mom? I thought that was your older sister in High School that was just driving you to lunch!!!" Talk about make my day!

What Scraps N Pieces has been up to

Here's what we've been up to. These are the latest kits we have put in the Stuff to Scrap store.

This one we did for a Christmas in July Sale:


Lori and I are going to be the spotlighted designer this Monday and everything in our store that we have created will be on sale for 30% off. We will be introducing this "Eternity" kit during that sale.
This one her is our part of a Collab kit that we did with one our our Creative Team members, Maria.
And this is our next kit that will be released Sept. 1

This is for Kirk

Kirk always reads my posts after I post them and then tells me that I have horrible grammar and typos. He tells me that I need to reread them a few times before I post them. So for him and all of you that have to endure my writing and typing skills, I apologize for torturing you. At least you get to look at cute pictures most of the time. I've reread this several times and didn't catch anything so I will go ahead and publish it.

Sometimes I wish I knew everything!

Tyler, on Monday night started having severe abdominal pains by his belly button. So the next morning Kirk, took him to the Dr. to see what was going on. After examining Tyler, he ordered blood and urine samples because it looked like a possible appendicitis. The tests came back ok but the Dr. said that if the pain gets worse or doesn't go away to come back in. So Tuesday night was an even worse night so we called and got him right in in the morning to see the Dr. again. After examining Tyler again he ordered a CT scan. Our insurance required a bunch of crap and by 4:oo in the afternoon we were finally approved to have the scan done after getting a not so happy call from both Kirk and the DR. I HATE our insurance! Anyway Tyler drinks the drink and an hour later is ready for the scan. I got to go in and stay with him while he got an IV and the scan. Turns out that his appendix is very healthy and surgery is not required. WHEW! Now he is being treated for acid problems. Poor kid, he's inherited his Mom's anxiety, so I'm sure his stomach problems must be attributed to that and all the stress from the first day of school. So now we're dealing with how to destress his life. LOL. Is that possible?

School's Back In!!!

The kids were so excited for school to start this year. They are all in different schools this year so that will be interesting. Kaitlin is in Mrs. Sherratt's 4th grade class this year. She heard quite a few mixed impressions of her teacher but is just listening to the good ones because she is loving her class so far.
Tyler was so excited to start middle school this year, it was almost like Christmas morning for him. I was anxious to visit with him after work to see how his day went. He had an absolutely horrible day! Poor kid, spent the first day of school with a teacher who yelled at the class the entire day. He would say "When I say CLASS I want you to say YES back" So he would say CLASS and the kids would say, yes, and the teacher would yell, say it louder. He would say CLASS again and they would say YES back and then he yelled at them for saying it to loud. Needless to say this went on the entire day. Tyler takes things internally and feels that he is the one being yelled at even though he is doing nothing wrong. So Tyler spent the morning of day two in the Vice Principles office with us switching his class. He is now in Mrs. Haggerty's class and absolutely thrilled and excited to be going to school again.Derick is in High School this year as a freshmen. He also was so excited to start high school. He is loving his classes, and has some great teachers. It will be a great year for him I'm sure. I will try to list the ones I remember for this semester.

• computers
• geography
• algebra
• earth systems
• english
• german
• seminary
• welding

Father & Son's part 1

Kirk and the boys had a blast on the Father & Sons outing this year. They went to the Foley's land out in New Harmony. They have a huge barn, and a zipline that they put up over a little pond. Brother Maurer built a potato launcher and a balloon sling shot.