Halloween party

So I haven't put pictures of our family up here since April so here you go.
We had a Halloween party on Friday with some of our friends and family. I hope everyone had
fun.

Missing Bike

I just saw this and had to post it. I don't know what this kid was thinking, but its pretty amusing.

I messed up 42% of my teenage life

As a teenager, I....
[x] Kissed someone before dating (yes, I just barely met him, but ended up dating him.)
[ ] Had a phone taken away at school (It was very rare for kids to have cell phones in my day.)
[x] Got caught chewing gum
[ ] Got caught cheating on a test
Total so far: 2

[x] Arrived late to class more than 5 times (I'm sure I was since that's a 5 year span)
[ ] Didn't do homework over 5 times
[ ] Turned at least 2 projects in late
[x] Missed school just because you felt like it
[ ] Laughed so loud you got kicked out of class (My teacher threatened to kick me out of class my Junior year in Algebra II, but I never actually got kicked out of class unless you count Sunday school. hehe)
Total so far: 4

[] Got your mom, dad, etc. to get you out of school
[] Text people during class (Again, didn't exist yet.)
[x] Passed notes
[ ] Threw stuff across the room
[x] Laughed at the teacher (not to his face)
Total so far: 6

[] Took pictures during school hours
[ ] Called someone during school hours (I didn't have a phone to call anybody on)
[ ] Listened to iPod ,CD, etc during school hours (iPods didnt' exist back then. MP3s were just starting to kick in.)
Total so far: 6

[ ] Threw something at the teacher
[x] Went outside the classroom without permission(Once to throw up. I had an awful migraine but I don't think the teacher minded)
[x] Broke the dress code (I was wearing a spaghetti strap shirt with a jacket over it and had taken off the jacket before going into the hall to get a drink, and the hall monitor caught me.)
[ ] Failed a class
[x] Ate food during class
Total so far: 9

[ ] Gotten a bad call from school
[ ] Been called the worst student
[ ] Punished on a school trip because you behaved badly(no but I was in the same room with girls that allowed boys in our room without an adult. The boys fell asleep and ran out of the room early in the morning. They were put on probation, but the 2 other girls and I that had nothing to do with it didn't get punished.)
[x] Didn't take your stuff to school
[ ] Given a teacher the finger when they weren't looking
Total so far: 10

[x ]Faked your parents signature (My friend Amanda would forge a signature for me all the time. Her handwriting looked like an adult's. We sloughed all the time and never got caught.)
[x] Slept in class (probably multiple times but the one I remember was when my History teacher woke me up by saying"wake up sleeping beauty")
[ ] Cursed at your teacher behind their back
[x] Copied homework (I'm not proud of this)
[x ] Got in trouble with the principal/vice principal(this was for a lame reason in Junior High. I crossed some sort of line outside at lunch. I guess this was because Junior High students were not allowed to leave for lunch.)
[ ] Thrown food in the lunch room
total so far: 14

Multiply by 3
Post as "i messed up --% of my teenage life"

Tag 10 people, they have to do it too. I don't ever do these tags but I thought it was funny.

Follow up Post (2 in a week!)

Its nice to know that we do have some readers. You haven't given up on us. I'm going to write here more often, but I'm usually at work, so there won't be pictures on my posts. Lindy typically does the pictures; however, our newer computer (which contains all the pictures) is in Salt Lake waiting for our friend Norl to give it a look over. It likes to periodically shut down because of over heating, /sigh. Lotsa fun right there.

 

I can't believe just how quickly our children are growing. I was looking at some pictures from just 2 years ago. Wow, Savannah is so much bigger, and she has soo much more of her curly strawberry blond hair. Logan is shooting up like a weed as well. He loves to say "yeah, yeah, yeah" its coot, and we can get him to repeat on different consonants like "da da da da" (my favorite). He's so stubborn and determined. He loves to unplug our lamp in the living room. We'll move him away and he'll just go back over and over and over again. Oh, and its no fun having him on your lap when you are on the computer. If you don't let him have full reign over the mouse or keyboard he'll start getting all upset, squirming, taking my glasses off, etc. Lotsa fun again.

 

So, what have y'all been up to this summer? Any fun vacations? Anything fun in Utah to do?

Many Happy Returns

Well, Pauline pointed out to me that it had been awhile since we had update our blog. It has been sadly gray on many of your blog readers out there. So, to quickly catch y'all up.

The kids are cute, but they're driving us crazy.

Our AC isn't working so we are hot all the time.

We went to Texas in the beginning of July, good times, pictures will follow, but not on this post :( .

Summer is already over for me because I work at a year round school, but I'm happy to have a built in summer job that pays well.

Our backyard is about waist high with grass and weeds, but I should be getting our lawn mower from the shop on Friday.

Our Bateman/William firework show at my brother's house only had one injury, and no fatalities.

We've made an investment in fans and have them through out the house.

Logan is walking and loves to get into things. I'm thinking of making a poster of him entitled "determination" - the boy who never quits.

Sydney turned 4 while we were in Texas, she's growing up too fast.

Savannah is cute as a button. When something's hot she says "its tot!"

Anything else?? I can't think of anything at the moment. Hope this gives you an idea of what interesting and exciting things are going on in our life at the moment.

Why Men Should Never Make a Wedding Cake

So, when Lindy posts you get cute pictures of our kids. When I post, you get something random. I normally wouldn't want to post an email I got, but its just to precious to pass by.

By the way Danny White is the exception to this email (of course).

Why Men Should Never Make Wedding Cakes

Here are a few examples:



I especially love the one with the jeep driving up the cake, classic.

FHE: Noah's Ark & Blondies

So for family home evening the girls made blondies for our treat and let them bake while we were doing the lesson. They must have the magic touch because they were the best batch of blondies we've ever made.









Savannah had to snitch the chocolate chips. The chef always has to taste their product while making it.
























We had a Noah's ark lesson. I found two of different kinds of animals, printed them out, and cut them out. We let the girls color them and bob drew the ark. Here they are putting the animals in the ark.

My Handsome Boys

Sunday March 22 (Logan's 10 months old)

Random March Pictures

He's just so cute looking through those bars. I hope this isn't foreshadowing. j/k

This was right before Logan dived off the bed and I barely caught him.

St. Patrick's Day

Well, I had a difficult time finding some green for the girls to wear for St. Patrick's day. We went to the park for playgroup and the kids followed green leprechaun footprints to some green shamrock cookies he had left for them. Thanks Lisa!

Logan's Hair Cut

Well, we finally cut Logan's hair on Sunday. What do you think?

Before

After

This is most of his hair in a baggie. The rest got of Lindy and the floor.

Beans, Beans the Magical Fruit

Well Friday my friend Wendy came up and helped me can some of my beans. (Yes, I have a lot more than this!) And now my house is a disaster again. (I kept it clean for a whole week!) Anyway, the girls had a lot of fun helping me put the beans in the jars. And yes there were lots of beans on the floor because of this.