my kids

Not much as been going on around here, however we did stop by the Temple grounds the other day. The kids didn't cooperate too long, but we got a few cute shots.

While Chase was at school, I took Kardyn outside to get some fresh air for a few minutes, so I brought my camera along and took some pictures, just for fun!

Snacking on her Halloween treats, she LOVES smarties

I took down my Halloween decorations...

What do you do with un-carved pumpkins leftover from Halloween? I guess having no friends yet has led to some good, see here and here. Thanks for the idea's Martha!

Ghosts and....lambs

Chase had a blast on Halloween. Here is Mr. Incredible himself...and a little lamb. For those of you who don't know, Tim's mom makes all the grand kids' Halloween costumes. Kardyn was a lamb that Indianna wore when she was her age and Chase and a few of his cousin's were the Incredible Family.

Tim's mom went as Edna who created the Incredibles costumes in the movie. Indianna was Storm and Collin was Wolverine and Abbie was a Pirate.

Kardyn wanted to try on Grandma's crazy eyes glasses, it was funny because I don't think she could focus her eyes!

Spooky Spider Web cookies for a pre-school Halloween Party

We made a Halloween dinner for all the kids this year, I think I had more fun making my stuff then they did eating it! Anyway, I made this fun ghost cake. Thanks to Amy for the marshmallow fondant recipe! It was really yummy, much better tasting then regular nasty fondant!

The kids loved the dry ice punch...I mean witches brew!

mummy dogs

scary eyes

banana ghosts

Overall the kids had lots of fun trick-or-treating. And now....let the holiday weight gain begin!

PS-Kardyn has been sporting a nice bald spot on the back of her head! Let's hope she gets some hair there soon!

My favorite time of the day

I absolutely love it when the kids wake up from their afternoon naps. Kardyn is super cuddly and Chase will actually sit by me for a few minutes.

Just a random picture of the kids playing this afternoon

Pumpkin Walk

Not much has been happening around here, but now days, that's normal I guess. Kardyn has learned to climb, which is weird for me because Chase never did. This is how she keeps getting stuck. Even with the chairs pushed into the table, she still tries to climb up there!

Chase's preschool took a field trip last week and so we went along for the ride. It was a pumpkin walk at a local place. All different schools put out pumpkin displays and then you can vote for your favorite one.

My niece Abbie is in the same class as Chase...they also got to decorate a cookie

I'm not too sure what Chase decided his was after he decorated it, but it still tasted good!

This is his whole class, I think they have 8 kids all together

This was the class display of pumpkins. They pained rocks to look like pumpkins, they were super cute

Chase picked the biggest rock to paint, it's the huge one in the back

We also had a fun week with some friends who visited us from Oregon, of course I didn't take pictures because I still can't find my camera when I need it. I still feel all out of place at our new house. But we're sad to see them leave and we already miss them! {Happy 5th Birthday Jack}

hide & seek?

Can you find my TV?

The only place in this house for a tv is here. Which has left us no space for our stereo or anything else. It's really annoying, our tv looks like it's being eaten by everything else. It's kinda ghetto but what else are you gonna do!?

PS- I made this YUMMY soup-here's the recipe- it was really easy and I just cooked it on high for less time. It was perfect for a chilly evening!

correction

I guess I should have been a little bit more clear on the last post...we are in a RENTAL for now, which is why we can't paint. However, I'm kind of enjoying not having the responsibilities of a home owner, I don't have to fix things and spend hundreds of dollars any time something goes wrong. It's kind of a nice break. Anyway, I have some more pictures to post, so keep checking up on us.

our new place

We are so excited to be in our own place again, it's nice to have our own space back. We've been so grateful for our family who has been letting us live at their place for the past 6 months, but it's time to move on! We're also happy to have a much bigger place than our tiny little house in Oregon. We've got 5 bedrooms and so much closet space, I actually don't know where to put all my stuff! So these pictures were taken last week, I'm still working on things, I haven't hung any curtains in the downstairs living space yet and things like that, but at least you can get the idea!

I've made the decision to put our kids in separate rooms, and they are adjusting well. This is Kardyn's room. I'm really having a hard time with not being able to paint the walls. I REALLY dislike white and boring colors, that's one reason why I've starting to hang things up quickly. I have some plans for things to go on the walls in the kids rooms so they are a little more interesting, but I'll share that once it gets done.

This is as you walk into the house...sorry they are kind of out of order and I don't want to take the time to fix them right now! To the right is a hallway with a 2nd bathroom, Kardyn's room, a closet and the Master bedroom. To the left there are two more closets and the garage.

This is Chase's room upstairs. We gave him the biggest room so that he can have lots of room to play in here instead of having a toy room. It's been pretty nice, and when kids come over, they just trash this room instead of a toy room and his bedroom.

As you walk up the stairs..this is a 3rd bathroom and Chase's room and a nice big closet upstairs.

This will eventually be the office/craft room. I decided I would scrapbook more if I was able to keep my stuff out all the time, hopefully I can finish more projects this way.

This is just part of the upstairs. It's nice because we have some room up here. I've put the kids' bookshelf in that little nook and that's working well for them, they've been good at keeping the books and puzzles in that area.

This is the guest room upstairs.

More space up in the hallway, I put our big over-stuffed chair up there in hopes of a reading area for me while the kids play or something. I think I need to hang some photos and maybe put a rug over there or something.

Well that's it, we hope to be in this place for a few years, and so far it's working out nice for our family!

I know....I'm a slacker

So things have been pretty crazy recently, sorry for the lack of blogging! This past few weeks we've been trying to move into our new place and that's always hectic and finding time to blog is not easy! Anyway, Kardyn is turning into such a little copy cat...she's talking a lot more than Chase ever did at her age and wants to do everything that Chase does.

Including playing with his cars

and making the noises that go with playing with cars...it's pretty cute though

This past weekend we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of my Mom. She brought her Young Women to Utah for Conference so we stole her for a night. We went out to eat and Chase discovered chop sticks...well, the kid-friendly kind. I took some home for him, so he loves them now.

We also took my mom with us to a reception in SL of friends of ours from Naperville. It was fun to see everyone!

Chase and Kardyn have been playing a lot more together recently, and this is their favorite thing to do. I think it's hilarious because she actually lays there and let's him do this to her! She just giggles and laughs.

She is such a girl

1st day of school

Tuesday was Chase's first day of Pre-school....where has the time gone! Granted he is still only 3 but if you know my son, school will hopefully be good for him! I'm so excited that he's excited about school!

Oregon Trip

We made a much needed trip back to Oregon this past week. The kids were great in the car! Ok, they didn't really sleep the whole 12 hours, but I thought this picture was too cute not to post.

We were able to spend time with friends, and missed the ones we didn't get to see. How come it always is that your vacations are too short!!

Jordan had fun playing with these, he's so silly!

This is how we ate at my house....well the kids at least! Since we still have our house, we stayed there, but it's empty. We had friends bring us an air mattress and sleeping bags for the kids. It was kinda funny because it was like camping in my own house, I had to bring bath towels (not to mention a shower curtain that I bought once we arrived!) toilet paper, and weird things like that. It was fun to say the least!

One of Chase's favorite parts of the trip was driving the tractor! Some friends of ours have a lot of property so they had some fun playing on the equipment. This is like his dream!

We also had a fun time out on the lake with Debbie and Bill. They just got a boat so we had some fun out on the lake!!

Here's Crissy & Steve getting ready to tube it up!

We had so much fun visiting friends, it was nice to be back. We miss you all so much and thank you for everything you did for us while we were visiting!

Fishing on the Rogue

DJ and his Dad took Tim fishing on Thursday on the Rogue River, they had a great time. They caught over 20 fish including ths 21" Steelhead.

Crawfish

When Tim used to live here as a kid, I guess they used to fish for crawfish all the time. Tim has been wanting to take the kids, so we went out a few nights ago.

I guess you have to wait until it gets dark because we only caught a few at first. Staci and I left before it got dark because Kardyn and Brandt didn't have jackets.

This is how many they came home with!

Brandt thought they were kinda funny looking

Staci and I were making fun of the little ones who had lost claws and started growing new ones back. This was after they were cooked, we found like 5 like this

Anyway, the kids had a lot of fun, and those little scary things actually taste pretty good!

you know your in Utah when...

your in line at Wal-Mart and the 2 teenage girls behind you are trying to get their mom to buy them Bumpits.

randomness

So I just have a few random pictures from what has been going on, which is usually nothing, that's why I never post anymore! On that note, I had my camera out taking pictures of the kids while we watched "ellie the dog" this past week, and Chase wanted a picture with his mom.

This is the only cute shot I could get of Ellie, so I had to sacrifice Kardyn's eye's being closed. We watched my sister-in-law's dog all week while they are having a sprinkler system put in their back yard. It was fun to have her around!

Also last week I was able to get together with some girls that I grew up with in Naperville....I'm telling ya, everyone comes back to Utah at one time or another! Anyway, we had lots of fun catching up and visiting, we'll have to do it again!