Two funnies

I forget to write down the funny things they say all too often. So, before I forget, here are two funny sayings from a couple days ago...

Brennan, while eating a sour piece of Halloween candy: "Mom, sour things make my eyes want to fall out." Good description.

Kaeleb, talking to his friend Mason: "Yeah, my mom is a yoga master." Yes! A master! This is what happens when you live in a house full of martial artists. :)

Veteran's Day

Kaeleb woke up sick today and was very, very distraught to not be able to go to school today because his teacher had told them it was Veteran's Day and that she had a special surprise for them. They were all supposed to wear either camouflage, green, brown, or gray (hence the picture above in military green).

I emailed Mrs. Bell to ask what the surprise was and if there was any way Kaeleb could still participate. She emailed me back, and I had such a good feeling that I had to write about it, even though Kaeleb wasn't there.

One of Kaeleb's friends in his class, named Jay, has a father serving in the military, stationed in Afghanistan. There is a big picture of him in a tank hanging on their classroom wall. He has been there since the summer and will be there until March. Today Mrs. Bell surprised him by arranging a Skype session with Jay's dad over the internet. He got to talk to him "face to face" and introduce his classmates.

I don't have any friends or family in the military, so it hits home to have a child that is close to mine having the experience of sacrificing time with his Daddy for the benefit of our country. I am pretty sure I am much too selfish for the military and I am grateful for those who give to me in this way. It warmed my heart to imagine the way Jay's dad felt today to be honored in that way and to be able to see his son, happy and surrounded by friends.

Kaeleb is going to write a letter and send this picture. :)

Stuff I Forgot

My mom & Grandpa Gary came to see us on her birthday so we would have an excuse to eat chocolate cake.
Baby Gracie was born last Thursday (Kris and Barbi's 5th). She was 5 weeks early but 5 lbs 8 oz. and very healthy. She has been in NICU for observation and hopefully will come home tomorrow. She is a little sweetie who squeaks and wrinkles her face every few seconds. We had the other 4 kids at our house Thursday and then took them all to the hospital on Friday. We had so much fun!! The girls let me do their hair. :) I have a picture I need to download of Brennan and Krystal snuggling. Neither of them would sleep without me so I ended up with both of them in my bed (poor Kwint slept on the couch).
This is the Jack-o-lantern Kaeleb drew and Kwint carved. We called it the happy pumpkin.
My painting projects... I have long forgotten to post.

Halloween

This blogging once a month thing doesn't work so well for me... I can't remember what happened this morning, much less last month, so here are a few pics to jog my memory & get something in.Kwint & Kris wore these while trick or treating. In the dark all you could see was the floating skull.


Here are the rest of us trick or treating from the back of Grandpa's car.
On Halloween day the boys made a fort and Kaeleb read books to Brennan.
Here is McKay, our favorite little friend, the weekend we saw Thriller.
Brennan came downstairs wearing this get up-- the knight-pirate-ninja-superman-Jones (He also had the Indiana Jones whip two steps up).


We went to the Cornbelly's corn Maze and got lost.


But we found ourselves.
Brennan and I went on a filed trip with some neighbor friends to the Jordanelle Fire Dept. I thought he would be super excited but he was really shy. This is me trying to talk him into spraying the firefighters hose.
This is a picture of a beautiful hike we went on.
Our Halloween Family: Harry Potter, Sneaky Ninja, Vampiress & Vampire.