Bucking Broncos

I took a little trip to Gardner Village with the kids this morning.

More on that will follow in another post. (Right after I finish the mountain of laundry, cleaning the house, Halloween, Sunday RS lesson, feeding children who just keep getting hungry. . . ) I just wanted to get this video posted.

It shows that Ian has a future in the Rodeo.

(Not just as a Rodeo clown, either.)

I just thought to put one more bit of explanation. There was a fence between me and the ponies so that is why I just kept filming, in case you wonder.

she's gonna make it after all

This was the picture for top story on the front of The Post Register, Idaho Falls newspaper, today. Two questions are in my mind after reading the caption: how did my sister get to be such a celebrity and why didn't she tell me she now goes by "Chrissy?"

I also have the theme song from the Mary Tyler Moore show going through my head after seeing that picture. I'm sorry, Tino, I mean, Chrissy, you just look ready to take a little spin and toss your cap into the air. Maybe your scarf. Too much Nick-at-Night for me in my impressionable years.

I looked out the window and what did I see?

SNOW.

Tonight is the ward trunk-or-treat. Kimi's been wearing her costume all day. It may need to move inside the church.

what my house smells like right now

The title of this post may worry you because of the amount of diapers I change every day, but never fear. I just baked up some of those lovelies with some of my supply of canned pumpkin.

Luckily, I have a party to take them to so I won't eat them all, because I think I could.

why they love Elizabeth more than mommy

For conference weekend I packed all the kids in the van and drove 6 hours with them to visit Elizabeth. Can you tell I was desperate to go visit some family? Thank you, Elizabeth for letting us invade your house. The bonus was that Grandma Cracken was there too. The kids thought we had found heaven.

Elizabeth not only let us come, she had plans to make it fun for them during conference. I would have just locked them in their rooms if we had stayed home. Just kidding, kids.

I had to post that picture of Kimi wearing a ponytail. That happens maybe twice a year.

little girls, little girls

In the words of the immortal Miss Hannigan, "some women are dripping with diamonds, some women are dripping with pearls. Lucky me, lucky me, look at what I'm dripping with: LITTLE GIRLS!" Maybe that should be my quote of the week. Though I do actually feel lucky to have my little girls.

I needed to play catch-up on some pictures to post. So here we go with some random pictures from the last few months.I vowed to overcome an irrational fear of cooking with yeast. After making successful dinner rolls a few weeks ago we made some cinnamon rolls. These were just getting ready to rise and bake. They were YUMMY. All thanks to my great helpers.This is not Natalie's reaction to cinnamon rolls. It was her reaction to all foods put in her mouth. She is getting a little better. She doesn't make faces anymore. Now she just spits it out. Except if that food is bananas, grapes, or pork & beans. Pork & Beans being her favorite so far.

C'mon, Natalie, I promise I'm not trying to poison you.

would you like s'more?

A few weeks ago I saw these fire pits on clearance at Walmart. This is when the weather was still warm so for a few nights we had some great fun with it. And some great desserts. For those who haven't tried it, making s'mores with striped shortbread cookies makes a very easy and VERY yummy s'more.

Ian had flaming marshmallows a few times. Watch out, Scott.