Halloween

We spent Halloween with my sister, Sue and her family, in Springfield. They kids had such a great time and I am so glad we have family close by. What a treat it is to be close both in distance and in relationship to your family. For dinner on Friday we had fingers made from string cheese. We used a small piece of green pepper for the fingernail. We also made peanut butter and jelly and tuna sandwiches and then shaped them with halloween cookie cutters. Then we made spiders using ritz crackers with peanut butter in the center and then pretzel sticks for the spider legs and raisins for their eyes. The kids had fun. Then they all got dressed in their costumes for a fun night out going door to door in Sue's neighborhood. I can't believe how many times Mayah fell down. Then we ended up losing Zach and Sara for a bit. They had gone on ahead because Zach thought I said it was OK. Sue had to go back to the house and get the car to drive around to see if she could find them. There was another mom with us that ended up finding them a ways ahead. We also went with another dad and his kid. He sure was quiet and I am sure our large SLOW crowd scared him. :) All in all the kids had SO much fun. I can't believe how much candy they brought home. I got sick from too many candy bars and I think I am going to get rid of their candy. I can't have it here. But I can't have them hide it from me because then they would get into it all the time. I can't hide it from them because then I would get into it all the time. Anyone want it?

I have a new calling in our new ward. They don't waste any time. They are so grateful for the 7 or 8 new families that just moved in. They needed people and they needed alot of help to fulfill callings. I am the asst. nursery leader. That was a bit of a surprise for me. I have never been in the nursery. I was only in primary shortly and have always been in Young Womens or Relief Society. Mayah is so happy to have me as her teacher but today in class she got mad and she said, "you be Ethan's teacher". The nursery leader got a kick out of that and laughed. Mayah has this thing where she ALWAYS wants to say the prayer. I am talking ALWAYS. So when I get ready to choose someone for prayer I always tell everyone I will choose the one that is being the most reverant. But if I choose anyone other than Mayah, she has a fit and will cry the entire prayer saying "I WANT TO SAY IT". So last week in church when the Sacrament Prayer was being said she threw a fit. After the prayer on the bread she was crying and saying "I want to say it" "I say it". I had to distract her and get her mind off of that. She is such a stubborn child and unlike any of my other kids. It was a bit easier to try and talk my other kids into things. But with her, NOTHING works. I have tried MANY things but she is a toughy. But a cute one.

YEAH so Don has been gone two weeks and we have six left. We are getting closer and Caleb keeps track on the calendar. He marks off the day with a pen and then counts how many days we have left. It has actually gone pretty fast. We have alot to keep us busy here. Now if I can get brave enough I can maybe start painting. OOHHHH scary even typing that.

We are so excited because last night when we got home from our Halloween weekend we noticed we have new neighbors moving in. We are going over to introduce ourselves and hopefully not scare them too bad. :) I hope they have some kids for Caleb and Zach to play with. FINGERS CROSSED.