Random pics from this weekend...

We did Halloween sugar cookies with friends. The kids had orange and green frosting and all sorts of sprinkles and candies to have fun with. Sam used a whole bottle of green sprinkles before I saw what he was doing, but he sure was proud of that cookie he made.

We made chocolate spiders. Marshmallows on a skewer stick with pretzel stick legs, dipped in melted chocolate, with red hots for eyes. They were devoured immediately. Yum.

Jared had to go to St. Louis for a business conference on Thursday and Friday, so boy did we have a ball while he was away. I moved a mattress into the family room and we snuggled up and watched a movie and ate dinner down there. All the kids know it's party time whenever Dad leaves. (Sorry hun)!! It's our tradition to do fun stuff, and most importantly, everyone sleeps in the master bedroom with Mom. It is GREAT FUN!

I bought some sharpie markers and let the kids draw faces on a pumpkin. I think Isaac's is my favorite.

We spent hours and hours outside on Saturday raking up leaves and let me tell you-- it is a tough job. The kids helped so much, I was delighted. Of course they had to jump in the leaf pile a few times.

Soooooo Cute! He did this on his own. I just love having kids.

Here's my little Sam and Tom. All dressed up for church! They are so handsome, aren't they? We had a pretty good weekend.

School's Out...until tomorrow.

This is my lab group from biology, working together. Going clockwise: Shahid, Jessica and Amanda, Matt, and me. It was so nice to have a group of friends to work with. The work went a lot faster that way, except when we made mistakes and ended up the last ones in the room with the teacher! I really enjoyed my time in Biology, and here are some of the things I learned about:
*How the cells turn oxygen and food into a useable form of energy for the body.
*How to make beer! haha
*How the food chain works, and how plants make food and oxygen for everybody.
*How to use a microscope (How embarrassing that I didn't know this and I'm 32 years old!)
*How plants reproduce
*What causes genetic disorders, and how genetic inheritance works.
*How to count the kernels on an ear of indian corn (don't ask)...
Overall I had a great first semester, and I'm looking forward to next session. I will be taking chemistry online, and Anatomy lecture and lab on campus. Hooray!
Hope everyone is having a beautiful and peaceful sabbath day.
HUGS!

We've been having some fun...

We had a girls night out last week. My friend Dana and I took our girls out to see the Toy story movies in 3D. We all had a great time. Aren't they cute?
We like to go down to the creek at the end of our street back in the woods. Here we are playing with some of the neighbor kids.

Sam is starting to love the water. He fell in and got wet, so I took his clothes off. I made Mary take off her leotard under her outfit and I put it on Sam. He was cute dressed in purple and stars. LOL

Here is Mary with her little stuffed animal riding in her shirt. She's going to be a great Mom, she already takes great care of her stuffed animal "babies".

Here we are playing at Cosmo park. It is pretty close to our house. We are playing in the volleyball sandpit. We made a castle and a pyramid together. I wanted to do something fun before I had to go to school that night. I feel like I need to be a good Mom so much more now that I'm going to school.

Notice how Isaac is trying to keep Rusty from demolishing the pyramid before we could get a picture of it.

I hope everyone is doing well. I'll try to post some more stuff tomorrow. I'm cramming for finals. I have two final exams next Thursday. Pray for me! I have to get good grades to get into the nursing program next year. xoxo