Happy Halloween...

Yay! It's time for Halloween! Mark got a helmet for his birthday and loves to wear it.

 

I wanted to be Little Red Riding Hood and convinced Merril to be the Big Bad Wolf. I loved how his wolf constume turned out! Sorry it was so hot babe!

That furry material was super annoying to cut and sew. It had to be combed so one didn't cut all the fur off. It looked like I skinned an animal in my bedroom. I ended up making my shirt, skirt, and vest. I purchased a red cape. I end up making Halloween costumes because it's almost impossible to find anything modest enough.

Mark was a ghost.

Mikayla was Shine from a cartoon about genies called Shimmer and Shine.

Mark's had too much candy.

Juliet wore an inflatable unicorn costume that made her look like she was riding it. Jack was an auto mechanic with awesome looking coveralls and Maxine was a member of the Hufflepuff house from Harry Potter. They were all super cute and I don't have a.single.picture. #momfail 

Baby ghost pumpkin...

After all these years of gardening, I've finally grown a pumpkin I could carve! I had to catch and relocate 4 squirrels to make it happen! 

Birthday #5 for Marky Shark!

Mark is 5 years old today! We woke up early to open presents so that no one would miss anything by catching the early bus.

Mark requested that we go to House of Jump for his birthday.  We had the place to ourselves!  Unfortunately, Mark hurt his leg after being there a short time and had to sit out for a while.  After some Tylenol, he was jumping again, although he kept favoring his hurt leg. 

 I can't believe what a sweetie he is sometimes.  He always says, "Thank You." which is so nice for a Mom to hear. Life just keeps getting better and better!

Update on my SI joint...

Update on my SI joint: I've done my stretches twice a day for about 3 weeks and I'm experiencing slow but steady improvement. Driving the car caused a lot of pain and so did getting up first thing in the morning.  I had a few really bad days and then the pain slowly started to improve.  Driving became easier and then getting out of bed. I'm hardly experiencing any pain at all but I'll continue my stretches because I feel like they are doing me good! I'm glad I have a body that recovers and that I feel pretty amazing most of the time. 

Owl City Concert!

The kids and I went to an owl City concert. We've been waiting for Owl City to go on tour for quite a while. When I finally saw that he was coming to Salt Lake, I got tickets for me and the four older kids. We hopped in the car Tuesday afternoon and drove up to the concert. We got there just in time to stand for our general admission seats, there were no chairs.

A concert without chairs presented a problem because with everyone standing, Juliet and Mikayla could hardly see anything. So I had them stay put and I walked around the side to see if I could get a better view. I walked clear to the front on the left hand side. There was room for us and it was a clear shot of Adam Young. I went and got the kids and with us repositioned, we enjoyed the rest of the concert. He was so close, maybe 30 feet away. Mikayla got tired quickly and ended up falling asleep on the floor. The rest of us listened with our earplugs! I don't know why they have to make concerts so loud.

Adam was a lot of fun to watch because he plays so many instruments. He would loop an instrument and then go play another one and loop that until he had all sorts of sounds going.  Then he would sing and play the guitar or sing and play the drums. He's a really good musician and we had a great time!

My Boys in Moab

Merril and the boys are in Moab this weekend for Search and Rescue Training. It looks like they're having a good time!  This picture of Merril and Mark is my new favorite. I'm ready for them to get home because I miss their silly faces.