Very busy day

I have to put on here first that Rachel lost another tooth. It took alot of time for us to get his tooth out. It was so bad it was like pulling teeth. LOL. But finally....finally....it came out. Her second one on top that has come out. The tooth fairy left her a note and some money. How lucky is that?


Here is Ethan. Doesn't he look mean? Caleb did everything with this costume except the cutting of the white shirt. If you look close you can see what he drew on his head thing and on the pocket of the shirt.

Here is Rachel. She is very much into anything princess. I think this is her third or fourth time being a princess. The girl at the school that did her face painting said it took her 18 years to grow out of the princess theme. :)

Zach and his hunter costume. Zach has really been into hunting lately. They will be going hunting (him and Don) next month. He has been spending alot of time watching the hunting channel and then he gets so excited to tell me how many points a deer has or how one hunter killed a turkey.

Here is Caleb and his black hair. He didn't want to use the face paint we bought to do his face as a vampire because he is saving it for Halloween night. He just wore his black and red cape. I have more pictures but they are on Don's camera. For some reason the pictures I were taking with my camera were a bit blurry. Don tell Don this but I really HATE using his camera. He took a camera with him to Jordan a few years back and someone accidently bumped him while he was holding it and it dropped and broke so he bought a new one while he was there. I can't figure it out.

Today was one busy day for us. This morning I had a Stake Relief Society conference/meeting. I had to be there at 9:45 to check in the kids for the childcare portion. I helped out in there for an hour and then was able to go to the classes. I loved them. My favorite was on learning about our individuality. The teacher talked about how most women compare themselves to others. But she wanted us to realize our potential and to truly see how important we each are in the sight of the Lord. And that we all have talents and that they all are different but that the talents we are given are given to us for a purpose. And that we should not look at someone else and try to 'be like them.' WE need to put blinders on just like the ones they put on horses during a horse race. We should not look from side to side to see how others are doing or to see if they are running faster. We need to look within us and see our own potential and to realize it really is a gift from God. WE really need to stop comparing ourselves to others. We usually take our weaknesses and compare it to someone's strengths. It was a great class and I really learned alot.

I got home about 3 and then started helping the kids get their costumes on for the Fall Festival at their school. That started at 5. We left and had a lot of fun at the school. The kids participated in a book walk, scary story time, face painting, jumping thing, bingo, and more. We stayed until about 6:30 and then headed over to the church where they were having the trunk or treat. Since it had been raining they just set up their candy in the classes of the church. They had a chili dinner with cornbread and then a ton of dessert. The kids participated in a small costume parade and then did a pinata and then went around to each room to gather their candy. WE finally got home at 9 and sorted through some candy. The kids picked out the candy they wanted us to send to the kids in Iraq. They did this last year when Don was working there. We will now have to find a different address to get this to the kids. I was very surprised and happy to see how much candy the did give. I am so appreciative of my kids and their big hearts. When they were doing the pinata it seemed like alot of the older kids were jumping in for the candy and the little kids got left with much less. Zach got some candy and gave it to some of the smaller kids. I love it when they can see and realize how to help others even without prompting from an adult.

Caleb spent a bunch of time helping Ethan get his costume ready. I was helping Rachel and trying to get her ready. I was so grateful that Caleb took extra time to help Ethan. He looked GREAT and alot of people at their school LOVED his costume. The only thing I did for Ethan's costume was cut the white shirt. Caleb did everything else.

After we sorted the candy we had to hurry and do bath time. Had to get all the color off of faces and hair. It was such a mess. WE had family scripture reading and then got the kids to bed. It was 10:30 but to bed they are. Now Don, Caleb and Zach are watching Lord of the Rings.

On the way home I asked Don if he had fun. He explained to me that his whole idea of fun has changed. He said fun used to be actually doing something and getting joy from it. But now his fun is watching his kids have fun. What better answer is that? And fun they had. It is so exciting for them to do things like this.

I have to say Mayah was probably the cutest one there. Does that sound partial? LOL. But ofcourse the pictures of her are on Don's camera. I will post them once I figure out how to lighten them up a bit. So I didn't get any pictures of Caleb or Mayah from my camera.

I gave Mayah some choices of what she wanted to be and after looking at some ideas online she chose to be a bubble bath. It was super easy and I LOVE anything super easy and CHEAP. WE got it all from the dollar store. SO you take a round laundry basket and cut the bottom out. It said to use felt around the outside but I got a white shirt from the dollar store and cut the arms off and slipped it around the basket and super glued it. Then you use pink and white balloons as the bubbles and put them in the back. And with thick ribbon you make straps that go over their shoulders so they can carry the basket. And then she wore a shower cap. Hard to really see how cute it is but she got a TON of compliments. Hopefully pictures are coming soon.

LONG BUSY DAY BUT OH SO FUN.