It never feels like we do much as a family until I look back
over three weeks of pictures and realize we have done a lot. I have a pics that were taken just because
they were cute and others really do have a purpose. I read about doing Sunday Stations with your
kids to help them keep the Sabbath day holy. One of the pics where the kids are
in Isaac room was one where Joseph and Ben were assigned to entertain baby and
sister and then switch. It works really well and they love getting to play with
their siblings.
We set up Halloween on the first day of the month. We found
old costume and surprisingly the boys were more interested in hanging up
decorations than trying on their past costumes. However, Emily tried on her past
costumes, as well as a dance costume from when I was 15.
We had the best general conference at the beginning of the
month. It was the first time in 4 years Eric had the weekend off. I got some
great idea on pinterest that really helped and I will be doing this again. I
have never been able to convince my kids to stick around for all 4 sessions
until this go around. We had candy that we set up and every time they heard a
word they got a piece of candy. They loved it, especially when they had a theme
that was talked about a lot in one talk. I was really happy I didn’t do a candy
jar on Missionaries J
We went to the pumpkin patch this year and the kids loved
it. They enjoyed racing each other in the hay maze, climbing the hay towers, and
looking at the animals. They even enjoyed picking pumpkins, even though they
got rained on. It was a fun trip.
We also participated in the howl in scram. Emily, is
Pinkalicious, Ben is the green ninja from ninjago and Joseph is a G.I.
Joe. They participated in the Halloween costume
but the three prizes won, were all characters from Dr. Suess. Emily ran first, ¼ mile. Mom ran with her and
she wanted to turn around when the kids passed her but we ran the entire way
and she loved running to daddy when she was almost to the finish line. Then Ben and Joey ran, they ran ½ a mile. Ben
came in 2nd place and Joseph ran his little heart out. All of the kids
won shirts (which mom and dad buy but they don’t know that). Emily wanted to
run again after the boys ran, so daddy ran with her to the car. The kids had
fun. It was a good day.
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