Cody and his Soccer Trophy

Here are some pictures of Cody and his soccer trophy. He said he really liked playing soccer and that he wants to play again in January.

My NEW watercolor picture

This is my new watercolor picture. I have titled it

"You know what they say, about an Apple a Day"

I really enjoyed making it. I have really learned so much in my art classes and I'm always excited about the next one. Enjoy

Fun around the Fire Pit!!

We just got this new fire pit the other day and I got to take some pictures of us enjoying it. We roasted marshmallows and some hot dogs, the boys had fun. Hunter ate 4 marshmallows and one hot dog and then he was done with it all.lol
Cody stayed out there a little longer and we told ghost stories. His ghost story was from Sponge-Bob and he even acted it all out for Hal and I. Then Mom, Dad and Kami came by and we sat and talked for awhile. All-n-all we had a great time and look forward to the next time we get to use the fire pit again.
-Enjoy

Tough Love vs. Spanking - Good A rgument

My Sister-in-law sent this to me and I just had to share!!

Tough Love vs. Spanking - Good A rgument

Most people think it improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have one of 'those moments.'

One that I found effective is for me to just take the child for a car ride and talk.

Some say it's the vibration from the car, others say it's the time away from any distractions such as TV, Video Games, Computer, IPod, etc.

Either way, kids usually calm down and stop misbehaving after our car ride together. Eye to eye contact helps a lot too.

I've included a photo below of one of my sessions with my son, in case you would like to use the technique.

Sincerely,
Your Friend



This works with grandchildren,
nieces, and nephews as well.

Mean MOMS

Mean Moms


Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent,

I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
I loved you enough . . .
to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time
you would be home.
I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that
your new best friend was a creep.
I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while
you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken
15 minutes.
I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment,
and tears in my eyes. Children must learn that their
parents aren't perfect, but human.
I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility
for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh
they almost broke my heart.

But most of all,

I loved you enough . . .
to say NO when I knew you would hate me for it.
Those were the most difficult battles of all.

I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won,too.

And someday when your children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates parents,
you will tell them.

Was your Mom mean?

I know mine was.

We had the meanest mother in the whole world!
While other kids ate candy for breakfast,
we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.
When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch,
we had to eat sandwiches.
And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that
was different from what other kids had, too.
Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times.
You'd think we were convicts in a prison.
She had to know who our friends were, and what we
were doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we would be gone for an hour,
we would be gone for an hour or less.
We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to
break the Child Labor Laws by making us work.
We had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to cook,
vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the trash and all sorts
of cruel jobs. I think she would lie awake at night thinking
of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth.
By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds
and had eyes in the back of her head.
Then, life was really tough!
Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn when
they drove up. They had to come up to the door so she
could meet them.
While everyone else could date when they were 12 or 13,
we had to wait until we were 16.

Now that we have left home, we are all educated,
honest adults.
We are doing our best to be mean parents just like mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today.
It just doesn't have enough mean moms.

School Awards for Cody

Cody had his first awards program today at his NEW SCHOOL. Cody got several awards and the one award that we are so PROUD of is the "A HONOR ROLL" award. Cody has worked very hard this year and is enjoying school to the fullest. Way to go Cody!!

Cody is accepting his awards from Mr. Z the Vice Principle.

Way to go Cody!!

SOCCER TIME!!

Cody has done such a great job in Soccer this year. He only has 1 more practice on this Thursday and 1 more game this Saturday. I have learned that it is hard to get a good picture of Cody in action as he is moving fast. So here are some pictures of him in Soccer- Enjoy!!


The next few pictures are from "Picture Day" and I will be sending some of them out to you as soon as I get them in!! My Cody is growing to fast. He looks so grown here.

Halloween Night

We went to a Halloween Carnival, at a local church before we did our traditional door to door Halloween trick-or-treating. So here are some pictures from the Carnival we went to. Ohhh yea! We had Cloe with us as well. I don't have any pictures of the "door to door" part of the night but it was great. Hal had to work that night and so we decided to go "trick or treating" with Shilo's family in his neighborhood. Chad, Brooke and Cloe came too. Wyatt was at a party with his friends. We had a really fun time and it was great to be with family. So here are the pictures I promised to show ya!
Here is Cody, Cloe and Hunter on the tricycle race. (going and coming)
This is Cloe and Hunter doing the toilet paper toss!! Very Funny
This is Cody and Hunter fighting as Gladiators!! As you can see in the 2nd picture Cody is the winner because Hunter is falling fast!! They had tons of fun in this one!!

All three of the kids played "Twister" and had lots of fun. In the end Cloe won, She did SUPER as you can see in the last picture!!
Hunter did great but he really just wanted to jump up and down. He did jump one time and messed everyone up and so we had to start a new game. Funnyand........ the winner is Cloe "she won by a split" Great job Cloe!!

Happy Halloween- Church Party

Here are some fun pictures of the boys and their church friends at the
TRICK- R- TRUNK party at church.



Cody wanted to be a "Evil Wizard" this year and I think he did a great job at it!!
Hunter of coarse is "Captain America" and he had a great time at the party.

Hear are some of the Primary kids. The pumpkin on the end is one of Shilo's girls "Cumorah."

This is "Stormy" a Gothic fairy. She is Shilo's oldest girl. They are growing so fast.


These are my little Primary girls that I teach at Church. So cute!!



This is Kami and Hunter!! Kami is dressed up like "Link" and she and the young women in the church did the face painting booth at the party. Hunter wanted a happy face and so... here is Kami painting his face. She did a great job and ever did it in green- Hunter's fav. color.

"Crazy Hair Day" at school

Cody and Hunter both had crazy hair day at school and I wanted to share some pictures with you all. Enjoy


Cody got to color his hair PURPLE- one of his fav. colors!!


Here is Hunter with his CRAZY hair. Cute

Halloween Video from Us!!

We had a great Halloween, I hope you all did to.. Hear is a Video of us having a great time at a party. BEFORE you watch it go to the very bottom of the blog and MUTE the music and then click on the title.- Enjoy Kristel

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