Chloe's 6 Year Check Up

Chloe was so nervous to get her well child exam.

She was sure she was going to get a shot... Chloe has grown 5 1/2 pounds and 4 1/4 inches since 2007.
Not exactly a spurt but definitely growth!!!

Dr. Kathy said she is strong and healthy and looked great! Seth was waiting patiently watching Cars on my iPod.

I don't know if it is fortunate or not but our Pediatricians office was out of flu shots,

so none of us got a shot!!!

This is a cut owl lotion dispenser we saw a Kohl's. Any owl lovers out there that are going to rush right out an buy it? It was on sale 40% off...

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Monster Bathroom

Today I went to Kohl's with Seth while Chloe was at school. He loved that my hair kept blowing out the sun roof! We found a shirt for him that was on sale for $11, it came with a skate board! He see's big boys riding these scary rip sticks and tells me thats what he wants for his birthday... I also found a pair of shoes for me on clearance for $12. Sunday's paper had a coupon for $10 of any $20 purchase, so I got the skate board for $5 and the shoes for $6! SCORE!!! I also found these:

I loved it when I first saw it but it is so expensive

{$44 for the shower curtain alone}

I love the lotion dispenser and the toothbrush holder.

The shower curtain hooks I could live without.

The rug is cute but the theme could be over done!

I have had this sitting in my project box for years:

If I bought the right colors of flece to match the shower curtain

I could pull it off with just buying the shower curtain for $21.49!

{on sale for $31.49 then $10 off}

I could make monsters out of the same colors of flece in the rug and could finally have a children's bathroom that is decorated. I have had such a hard time trying to find the right theme that isn't too girly for the kids bathroom. I can't wait to make this happen!

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Pink is the Color of the Day

Mimi Mouse, Mimi Mouse,

Minds her manners in the house.

When she sips her milk, she never makes a mess.

Mud pies never stain her dress.

She came home singing this song about a new AlphaFriend for the week. Surprisingly she can't remember the pink song. I can't believe that she can remember the song she learns each day!

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Saturday is a Special Day

Friday night after Erin left, I headed over to My Young Women's Presidents house to make necklaces for all 48 girls for the up coming young women in excellence. I thought we would be using the 7 colors and stringing beads or something... But no, I learned how to use a soldering iron!!! We made most of the gorgeous necklaces and even though I can't show them ~ they are a surprise, I can't wait for the girls to receive them. I stayed until about 12:30 and got home and was still not ready for bed, but

We got up at 5:30 AM to go fishing. I finally fell asleep around 1:30 and was surprised that I was able to wake up and was willing to be blindly lead to strawberry reservoir. But, alas, it was so windy we didn't even put the boat in the water. So I napped a little more and we drove to deer creek, I launched the boat at 10:30 and Dan fished until noon, while I slept a little more.
We had a picnic lunch at the parking lot of the marina and Dan was telling us that this mountain is the back side of Timpanogos Cave all covered in snow! Can you see the remaining red and orange leaves on the lower half of the mountainside? So long fall, hello winter!

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Only Finished FOUR Pages!

After two nights of Erin's kids not wanting to sleep without her snuggled up next to them and two nights of my kids wanting to help and join in the scrap booking, I finally finished this four page layout from our trip to Fish Lake last year. I am exactly a year behind and it is killing me!

I think I am going to ask Mr. Claus for a 12x12 printer & scanner for Christmas this year. Does anybody have any clue how or where to purchase one?

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Testing Wide Photo's

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Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D

We took the boys {and Maggie} for a little break during our scrapbooking party. Hopefully I will have some pages to post soon. We haven't got much done...

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The Color Red

Chloe has been learning a new song each day this week so that she can learn and remember how to spell each color. Her kindergarten teacher invites all of them to wear the color of the day, if they have it. Today was the color red and she was so glad that she has red pants! She said everyone was wearing a green shirt on monday and a blue shirt on tuesday. She wanted to be different and today only a couple of kids also had on red pants!

Seth was very happy to have gotten a sneak of more halloween surprises.

We got into the rubber rats this morning. Can you see his?

I made the mistake of sticking it down his shirt ~

he tried doing the same to me all morning!!!

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Farmer Dabb's

If you've never heard of him and never bought wreathes from him, you are missing out! Just google Lyle Dabb in Ogden, UT for directions to his stand. He makes these fabulous wreaths and they are so affordable. He picks pumpkins each day and has hay bales and corn stalks from his fields ready to go. He is so fun with the kids, too!

I thought it was so funny when he donned this funny jack-o-lanter head and posed with my kids. I about lost it when he sneakily put the carved pumpkin on Dan's head:

Tai wasn't sure what to think about it, but the blogger in me decided that I needed a picture of me as Mrs. Pumpkin Head and even though it was hard to get the blasted thing over my pigtails:

Farmer Dabb didn't give up!
He even entertained the kids with magic pumpkin tricks including

pulling a mini pumpkin out of Gwen's ear!

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Fall Decorations

I love Fall, I love the cooler weather, I love the colors, I love Halloween and I love Thanksgiving. I haven't had time to put out this season's decorations because of our fish lake trip. I remembered that we have the Davis Family FHE on the first Monday of each month and that today was our turn to host it some time Saturday night. I started digging through the boxes of crafts in the basement and was able to get everything set out and the house cleaned just in time for Dan's family to arrive:

Spooky Treats:

Love, love, love gourds! {They are not balls to be thrown, Dan!!!}
I try to have areas that change with seasons instead of spreading all over the house,
there isn't a picture of Jesus in my kitchen as well as any fall decor {Laura}!

And even though it doesn't really go,

I proudly display Chloe's Frankenstein that she made last year in Pre School:

This picture is mostly for Laura, as well:

Eat your heart out!I can't believe you left all of these pumpkins at Farmer Dabb's

They were so lonely and sad without you, we had to bring them all home!

Here are some of them on our front porch steps:
The Biggest ones are safe on the porch by our wicked witch

who is brewing up some scary potion {I need a fog machine}:

I love Halloween, I can't wait to take the kids trick or treating, I can't wait to

celebrate Josh's 25th birthday, I can't wait for Chloe's field trip, I just love Fall!

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Splake ~ That's Right ~ SPLAKE!

At fish lake, and every other lake, Dan is a catch and release kind of guy. He makes sure they swim away and live to be caught another day. On Saturday morning, Dan and Bry went out early again and were hooking 'em in left and right {I still haven't seen any pictures to prove it...} but when Dan came stomping in our little rented cabin with a real life fish, I was shocked. He showed the kids the fish he kept and explained that this one died before he could let it swim away. They were troubled, to say the least.

"Why did he die?"

"What will we do with him?"

"What should we name him?"

We decided to name him dinner. On the drive home I was telling him who would enjoy eating this poor fish. My friend Cindy gets a real kick out of the fact that he bought a boat, spends hours fishing and doesn't bring any trophies home to eat! His sister Kate has also mentioned that she would love any of our spoils. He then tells me that he thinks it would be good for the children to learn that we eat what we kill and then he threw in that they might actually like it!

So today, after enjoying conference, Dan found a recipe on-line that sounded good to him and he prepared and baked this splake fish with the best french fries {like they make them at 5Guys}.
I baked up some biscuits and some chicken nuggets for the kids and I would proudly like to whisper that the fish didn't taste like fish. It didn't taste like anything but the spices and bacon that were part of the recipe. And in a very, very quiet whisper ~ It was kind of good!

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Fish Lake 2009

This is what you get if you choose some word, other than CHEESE!

We had such a good time, the weather was wonderful with a bit of wind, and we caught quite a few fish. This was the first time we have ever actually brought fish home to eat!

We'll be back soon, Fish Lake!

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Dan's Dream Fishing Trip

This morning we woke up to a quiet cabin, with no men! They left to go freeze their toes off ~ before the sun began to shine! We got dressed and ready for the day and were waiting and waiting for them to get back for some hot breakfast. After sitting in a 12x24 foot box with two restless munchkins we went for a walk.


This is The Fish Lake Lodge, it is huge and very old. We were looking for textures to make rubbings of and they loved how the old logs felt.

It was so cute, Chloe kept saying they were protection! "Oh mom, isn't this a great protection, feel it!" By the end of the day and by the time for her to tell Grandpa all about it she had it right, So many TEXTURES!

We found lots and lots of leaves and they posed for me ~ a little bit!

I loved the deck on the lake side of the lodge. The old wood slats were making Chloe very nervous. She was walking very carefully, leery of the differences in the planks. Seth just wanted to find more sticks and bugs!

On the boat, while the sun was shining, the kids kept bugging grandpa. Chloe helped rearrange all of his lures and Seth kept trying to borrow them, while almost snagging Grandpa each time he cast... When the wind picked up it was very, very chilly and we would hunker down trying to get out of the breeze.
The leaves were so beautiful on the mountain side. The many colors of orange, yellows, reds and browns were in abundance and it seemed we were alone on the lake.

Grandpa must have taken all of the pictures of people actually catching the fish... Hopefully I will be able to share them soon!

Munchkins or Monsters? You decide!!!

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