Giant Cupcake

Yummy Breadsticks

For achievement days the girls made breadsticks. There were two different flavors, Parmesan cheese and Cinnamon & Sugar. They were Delicious! This is one of my favorite recipes because they are super quick and easy.

• 3 c. flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 T. sugar
• 1 T yeast
• 1 1/2 c. warm water
  

Mix the above ingredients and let rise for 10 minutes. Roll out to 1/2 inch thick and cut into strips with a pizza cutter. Melt 1 stick of butter and dip the strips of dough, place on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with parmesan cheese or Cinnamon & Sugar. Let rise for 10 minutes and then bake @ 350 for 20 minutes.

Bella

Bella has been such a fun dog to have in our home. She has been taught to sit, lay, shake, speak and dance. We are still working on her staying in the yard and not running off but we’ll get there. She hasn’t gotten Dad’s liking, maybe someday. The rest of us love her though.

Derick's Patriarchal Blessing

Derick made the choice to receive his Patriarchal Blessing a little while ago and today was the day the he was able to receive it. Our wonderful friend, Patriarch Craig Jones, was able to be the one to give Derick his blessing. When Kirk and I were first married we lived behind Craig and Bonnie Jones in a little house for about four years. Derick was almost two when we moved from there. They are very dear to us so it was extra special to have Craig give Derick his blessing.

April 2007 catch-up/Braces off Oct 2009

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.