Man, I didn't realize how busy our October has been until I downloaded our pictures! So, here's an update- in pretty much reverse order...Last weekend, we went to a pumpkin patch by our house. It was a beautiful October day. We did everything and then Larry came back with the kids to do the corn maze. It took them almost 2 hours to find all the clues to get their prizes. (I'm glad I wasn't there!) The kids were so tired by the end that they just laid down in the dirt, while Larry would ask other people in the maze for help.
The kids were SO excited to be there.
They had this fun little train attatched to a tractor. We filled up half the train ourselves.
While the kids had school off for conferences, we went to Wolf Lodge- a hotel with an indoor waterpark. The kids were so excited to try everything out. Of course, once we got in there, Lindsey didn't want to do much and Kara was tired and wanted to be held most of the time. Larry and I took turns with the kids in the wave pool, water slides and another pool with things to climb on.
After dinner back in the room, they had a short trick-or-treating trail inside the hotel. The kids were thrilled to get some candy. They got even more the next day when they visited the arcade. A few different people gave their tickets to the kids, so they got a ball, candy, and a Halloween decoration. (I was reading my book in the van- so we both got something nice out of it).
Last week, I took Miranda in to get her braces. She did SO well, and they were quick. It took less than an hour. She loved picking out her rainbow colored elastics. She will have these upper braces for about a year and a half, she will also have reverse head gear in about 6 months (she doesn't know about this yet), then retainers until she is older. Probably when she is around 13, "phase 2" will happen with a full set of braces and who knows what. She has adjusted really well, except she hates how it feels when I floss her upper teeth- and she doesn't like that I check to make sure there's no food stuck in there.
We had our Conference Breakfast to watch the Sunday morning session of General Conference as usual. (You all need to live in Oregon so you can come too.) It was fun and yummy, and I even managed to stay awake during all 4 sessions.
I just love this picture. Larry was doing a simultaneous tickle on the girls.
Don't you just hate it when you suddenly realize that it has been "too quiet"? When I realized that I hadn't seen Kara in quite some time, I went exploring and found her in the bathroom sucking on the kids' toothpaste tube and their toothbrushes. She was loving it.
Earlier this month, I decided to be ambitious and make applesauce. I went to a local farm and bought some MONSTER apples. They were almost as big as Kara's head! I had never seen anything like them! It only took 2 1/2 apples to make a quart of applesauce. I ended up with 44 quarts, and I still had a box leftover. After 2 1/2 days of making the stuff, my neck/back muscles freaked out, so I stopped. With a few long massages, heat, and Tylenol, I was finally back to my old self after a few days.
September and October were filled with soccer for the oldest 3 kids. Larry coached Miranda's team (notice that Kara is quite comfy sitting amongst them, looking for snacks). Miranda enjoyed it more than she ever has, but likes playing defense- she's just not aggressive in sports. Spencer loved it, of course, even though I had to ignore him most of the time. He was fun to watch when I got a chance, though. He loved to run around the mob of kids going for the ball, humming to himself, then zeroing in to kick it away when it got close to the goal. Derek enjoyed being with his best bud, Kyler. He liked it, but most of the time when I watched him, he was either playing with his ear or talking to himself or someone else.
The kids were SO excited to be there.
They had this fun little train attatched to a tractor. We filled up half the train ourselves.
While the kids had school off for conferences, we went to Wolf Lodge- a hotel with an indoor waterpark. The kids were so excited to try everything out. Of course, once we got in there, Lindsey didn't want to do much and Kara was tired and wanted to be held most of the time. Larry and I took turns with the kids in the wave pool, water slides and another pool with things to climb on.
After dinner back in the room, they had a short trick-or-treating trail inside the hotel. The kids were thrilled to get some candy. They got even more the next day when they visited the arcade. A few different people gave their tickets to the kids, so they got a ball, candy, and a Halloween decoration. (I was reading my book in the van- so we both got something nice out of it).
Last week, I took Miranda in to get her braces. She did SO well, and they were quick. It took less than an hour. She loved picking out her rainbow colored elastics. She will have these upper braces for about a year and a half, she will also have reverse head gear in about 6 months (she doesn't know about this yet), then retainers until she is older. Probably when she is around 13, "phase 2" will happen with a full set of braces and who knows what. She has adjusted really well, except she hates how it feels when I floss her upper teeth- and she doesn't like that I check to make sure there's no food stuck in there.
We had our Conference Breakfast to watch the Sunday morning session of General Conference as usual. (You all need to live in Oregon so you can come too.) It was fun and yummy, and I even managed to stay awake during all 4 sessions.
I just love this picture. Larry was doing a simultaneous tickle on the girls.
Don't you just hate it when you suddenly realize that it has been "too quiet"? When I realized that I hadn't seen Kara in quite some time, I went exploring and found her in the bathroom sucking on the kids' toothpaste tube and their toothbrushes. She was loving it.
Earlier this month, I decided to be ambitious and make applesauce. I went to a local farm and bought some MONSTER apples. They were almost as big as Kara's head! I had never seen anything like them! It only took 2 1/2 apples to make a quart of applesauce. I ended up with 44 quarts, and I still had a box leftover. After 2 1/2 days of making the stuff, my neck/back muscles freaked out, so I stopped. With a few long massages, heat, and Tylenol, I was finally back to my old self after a few days.
September and October were filled with soccer for the oldest 3 kids. Larry coached Miranda's team (notice that Kara is quite comfy sitting amongst them, looking for snacks). Miranda enjoyed it more than she ever has, but likes playing defense- she's just not aggressive in sports. Spencer loved it, of course, even though I had to ignore him most of the time. He was fun to watch when I got a chance, though. He loved to run around the mob of kids going for the ball, humming to himself, then zeroing in to kick it away when it got close to the goal. Derek enjoyed being with his best bud, Kyler. He liked it, but most of the time when I watched him, he was either playing with his ear or talking to himself or someone else.So that's about it for us. Larry has two more weeks of waterpolo coaching. The kids are SO excited for Halloween- and I'm going to bed.
3 comments:
Lakeview farms is so fun. We went there last year. Love the tickle pics. Brandan sure had fun playing with Derick last Friday!! And Jessi loved babysitting! You've got such cute kids. :)
The toothpaste thing is one of Carter's favorite tricks too. Love the huge apples! Way to go with all that applesauce. What a project.
looks like alot of fun!
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