Denver and the Soup and Scoop

This is my nephew Henry. I hope it's okay that I took this from your blog Hon. I just want to eat him up. Last weekend we went to Denver for Clay's baptism and Henry's baby blessing. He is such a snuggly baby. He has a very "familiar" look to me. He kind of looks like my kids did when they were babies. Henry is a big boy. He is 3 months old, but he looks at least 6. He is so cute. While we were out there I got him to do a belly laugh. It was so cute and he was cooing a lot. I loved holding him and having him snuggle me with his cute little baby head. Can you tell I am a bit baby hungry?

Blake lost his second tooth while we were in Denver. Thanks Honey for encouraging him to pull it out.

Blake, Henry and I.

The kids with their faces painted. I LOVE Kaycee's expression. Those are play earrings Ashley has on. :)

My pretty girl.

Ashley coloring her pumpkin at the soup and scoop.

Getting the guts out.

Jeannie don't kill me! This is my oldest sister Jeannie. She can still fit in her 9th grade graduation dress after 6 kids. That is AWESOME!!!

Ashley posing for some pics. Ashley told Uncle Spencer that she wanted a mustache so he gave her one!!

Blake and I carving his pumpkin. I was so dead tired, we had gotten in from denver at 12:30am the night before.

Ashley and my niece Cassy with her Lady Gaga wig and glasses on.

Two Gagas.

Ashley's pumpkin on the right. Grandpa Allen grew Blake and Ashley's pumpkins in his garden.

All done! Thanks Micki for the pictures.

Now I am all caught up on my blog. While I was typing this Blake and Ashley are sitting on the floor of the living room sorting halloween candy. Ashley said, "Wow Blake that candy (bottleheads) looks like medicine." Blake replied, "Ashley we never take medicine unless we need it, if you do, that is called doing drugs. Miss Hansen taught us that." My kids make me laugh every single day!!

Halloween, Block Tutorial and Random Stuff

Optimus Prime and Tinkerbell. I was so glad the rain let up so we could go trick or treating. The kids and I were in the car during the day and it was just raining and raining. Blake asked if the rain would stop before trick or treating and I said I hope so, and then Blake said if not we might not be able to trick or treat. After hearing that Ashley put her fist in the air and looked out the window of the car and said, " Curse you rain!!" It was hiliarious!

Ashley tired of taking pics, so she is pulling faces. :)

Blake before school with his face painted, masks weren't allowed. I am grateful my mom is such a good face painter. Ashley with a puppy face.

BLOCK TUTORIAL:

I have had lots of people ask me how to make the vinyl blocks and they are super easy. Buy a 8 foot 2x4 at a hardware store. I got mine for free thanks to my parents shed. I made the "Give Thanks" and "Believe" from 8 feet of wood. Next you cut them into segments. The first block is 8", second 6", third 5", fourth 6", fifth 8", sixth 7". For the "e" for the end of believe that was 5".

Next you sand and paint the blocks, leaving one side not painted where the craft paper will go. Leave them to dry on the non painted side (obviously :)). Next, once they are dry, trace your block on the chosen craft papers. Hobby Lobby has really cute paper that is usually40% off. Helpful Hint: trace the block on the back of the printed paper that way you don't have to erase lines. Once the paper is traced and cut, glue it on the block with a glue stick make sure the sides are well glued. I then sanded my edges, this is optional. My mom has a great vinyl letter machine that made the letters. The font is Font Sparkly. Then for the "believe" I used a sparkly glue, you can use sparkly modge podge. For the "give thanks" I used matte modge podge. These are super easy. I am telling you, if I can do it, anyone can.

Ashley is now in a booster seat with a back. This is her old car seat. When I made the change I almost cried. Good thing my sister Micki was there or I would have. My kids are growing up way too fast.

Ashley didn't want to brush her teeth one night so she hid under her bed. This is what she looked like when I found her. I just put the camera below her bed and pressed the button. I love this picture!

Reverse Trick or Treating. The YM and YW of our ward are awsome. Matt (far left) even took my garbage out for me. Such a nice kid!

Blake's pumpkin. A spider. Ashley's pumpkin is on my sisters camera.

I was going through pictures and found this one that I had missed. The kids and I on Blake's first day of kindergarten.

This is Shirley. I forgot to mention that we had Shirley for a week and then she ran home. (I hope.) She was in heat so who knows where she went. :)

The kids feeding her cheetos. We miss her.