Say "PLEASE"!

We have been working with Roscoe to get him to use his nice voice and ask for what he wants by using "please". This is a conversation that Mike and Roscoe had tonight.

Daddy: Roscoe, will you watch football with me tonight?
Roscoe: Um, no. Say "PLEASE"
Daddy: Roscoe, will you PLEASE watch football with me?
Roscoe: (with no hesitation) NO.

I couldn't stop laughing!

Update!

I set up a blog for the Book of Mormon Challenge. If you would like to be an author, so you can post on the blog, just let me know. I just need your email address. If you don't want to be an author you can still check up on the blog and see how everyone is doing or leave comments. The link is on the sidebar with the workout blog link.

http://ourBOMchallenge.blogspot.com

A Major Award!

Michaela and Abby both entered the PTA's Refelections Contest this year. The awards ceremony was tonight and they both received "a major award".
Michaela won 3rd place in the 4th grade visual arts and photograpy category. She got a trophy and $20. She took a photo of Farmington Valley from the trails above Lagoon, it was very beautiful.
Abby won 1st place in the 1st grade visual arts category. She got a trophy and $50! She painted a picture with acrylics of a butterfly, it was really cute.
Since they both placed high enough, their projects go to the region level to be judged.
We are so proud of them and how hard they worked to get their projects done (well actually how much they bugged me until I finally let them do it.)

S'more Please

While Becky and Harold and their kids were down Papa wanted to use his fire pit. We had fun making (and eating) s'mores.

Sugar Hang Over!

The day after Halloween we decided to take the kids to Discovery Gateway, it was fun, but the kids were so cranky after the sugar rush from the night before.

"Can you say OCD?"

Roscoe asked me to help him get some balls, but got really upset when I just started throwing them in the bucket. He showed me how the red balls had to be in a line, the orange balls in a line, and the yellow balls in a line. When Mike saw this he asked Roscoe "can you say OCD?" and Roscoe answered "OCD!"

Paula playing in the baby bed


Michaela and Abby trying to get the marble through the maze

Trick-or-Treat

This is all the kids waiting on the front porch to go Trick-or-Treating. We had fun going around the block, and then went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the soup cook-off. Mom's Cream of Cabbage Soup was the winner, it was so good!

Mr. Pumkin Head

The last couple of years we have used the Mr. Pumpkin Head kits instead of carving or painting pumpkins. I love it because I can poke the holes and the kids can put the parts in. It is so much faster and easier!

Paula's Princess Pumpkin

Roscoe's Ninja Pumpkin

Abigail's Rock Star Pumpkin

Michaela's Clown Pumpkin

All the pumpkins (orange and human) in the patch.

Pumpkins!

Uncle Zack and Aunt Shaunna grew pumpkins in their garden this year and the kids were very, very exctied when Zack brought them each a pumpkin a few weeks before Halloween.
Thank you Zack!

Mike?

Mike was trying to find a good costume for Halloween, but he ended up not dressing up at all. He is really a spoil sport!

Mullet Mike
Super Mike

Roscoe's new friend

The kids talked me into decorating for Halloween the Monday before, so while we were getting some stuff put up Roscoe found this skeleton that I had hung up. He loved shaking its hand and even told me that it was his new friend.

BOM Challenge

Well we were up to 1 Nephi 22, but haven't been reading for the past few months. We decided to start over and give everyone else a challenge to read the BOM as a family with us. I will periodically post where we are at, so if you want to start with us you can, if you have already started let us know where you are starting, and see if you can get back to the same spot before we can finish. We are open to ideas on how to keep the kids interested and anything else you want to share!

"They are eye glasses"

Roscoe has been wearing his sunglasses and pretending to be a "super spy", so yesterday we had this conversation...

Roscoe- Where's my glasses?
Mom- Here you go super spy.
Roscoe- I am not a super spy, they are eye glasses! They protect my eyes so they don't fall out!

It was so funny, I don't know where he comes up with half the stuff he says!

Frightmares

Saturday afternoon we went to Lagoon for Frightmares. We had a lot of fun even though it was very busy and Michaela didn't get to go on any of the "big" rides.

Sisters

Roscoe on the Kontiki, if you can't see it, he is holding the lap bar with his armpit so he can raise his arms like the girls.

Paula and Abby on the Kontiki, yes Abby is a little over-dramatic

Michaela on the Kontiki

Paula and Roscoe waiting in line at the trick-or-treat house

Bed time!

Paula has figured out that she has Mike wrapped around her little finger! She likes to get out of bed and come out to the front room, she likes it even more when Mike gives her piggy back rides back to bed. Just look at her face, she knows she is getting away with whatever she wants.

Daddy Daughter Date

Michaela had her first daddy daughter date for acheivement days last week! It was a costume party and from what I heard they both had a lot of fun. Michaela went as little red ridding hood, and Mike went as a super hero.

Pee Wee Sings

This is Mike's brother Matt (Pee Wee) singing with American Idol on PS2. It is so funny!!
Be sure to stop the music at the bottom of the blog before you play the movie.
We love you Pee Wee!

Workout Blog

Hey everyone! Mike has wanted to start a workout blog for a while so we finally started one. I added the link on the side bar under "other links", so if you are interested check it out. Here is a before and after of Mike! I don't have the most recent pictures, but Mike is down to 195 lbs!

Feb 2007, 385 lb.

July 2008, 210 lbs.

Baby Blessing

We drove up to Pocatello today to see Matt bless baby Kaiya, and we love seeing Jen also. She is such a beautiful baby! We had so much fun seeing all of the family and can't wait until we can get together again.

Jen, Matt, and Kaiya

Ben, Becky, Matt, and Mike

I loved this picture of Mike and Roscoe

"Sneaky P" doing what she does best

Fun Times

Last weekend we were going to go for a hike, but it started raining so we decided to have some fun at Chuck E Cheese's. They just built a new one in Layton and it was sooooo busy, it was crazy. The kids really had fun, and they talked Mike into taking us to Krispie Kremes after (sucker!!).

The kids at Chuck E Cheese's (I know they look excited, but it was the only pic of all of them looking forward)

The kids at Krispie Kreme

Roscoe with his "pirate eye" that he got with his tickets

Happy Birthday Dad

I know it's a little bit late but. . .

Happy Birthday Dad

October 2nd