Thanksgiving Pies

Finley making pie. She was very into it as you can see!

Harper had a great time too. He was covered in flour at the end of the day. He insisted on keeping his Batman shirt on. He looked down and said with a smile, " Look I am not Batman anymore, I am Whiteman!" He laughed and laughed. We did too!

A few of the finished products. Every year us women in my family get together to make pies.

We usually make about 20. Our record a few years ago was 28. This year we made 15, coconut cream, chocolate cream, banana cream, pecan, cherry, apple, and of course pumpkin! Yum Yum!

Finley Kaye

Fin just happened to get a stool and make her way onto the counter the other day. As I was scolding her that this is a dangerous maneuver, I decided that she looked pretty cute sitting in front of the window. I had to snap a few pictures as fast as I could because her next maneuver was to stand at the edge and yell "mama" as she was stepping off! Luckily I grabbed her just in time. She is so much more of a climber than Harper ever was. She may have even shown him how to climb on the counter. I can see this is just the beginning with her. Love you Fin.

4-4-4 Tag, Thanks To Amie!!!

This picture is from our camping trip this past 4th of July. Our family goes camping up to Hope campground above Squaw Peak every year on the fourth. This would be Finley taking a bath in yes,............a storage bin. Supplied with water that was warmed over the fire. The kids had such a great time! Ok well I am tagging Aunt Boogie, Aunt Catherine, Misty S, and Emily H! Lets see your fourth picture in your 4th folder then tag four others!

Look Out Lehi City!!!

Harper only responds to Batman now. Well..........now you can see why.
His very own "mommy made" Halloween costume. You all better watch out on Halloween night!

Hey, thats cool!

So for the first time, I logged in and there were comments posted! How fun. I just need to be better about posting, and need to figure out how to make them look as cool as all yours. Thanks for the encouragement!

Catching Up a Bit

I am not posting as much as I would like. There are several things that have gone on since my last post. Ben just turned the big 31 on the 20th! I had to work that day, but we did have a big breakfast with his family at Jim's in A.F. Harper made daddy a green Birthday card that he had drawn Batman and The Joker on. Every time I asked Ben what he wanted for his Birthday, he insisted that he wanted Harper to have a new bike and a helmet. So that's what he got, along with some new clothes for fall. Pretty exciting stuff when you turn 31.

Harper has now had 3 weeks of preschool and he still cries when I drop him off. I was the teacher this week and it turned out to be pretty fun. We learned about the letter "C", Autumn, and the number 2. We made caterpillars in the shape of the letter "C", fall trees with red, orange, and yellow tissue paper leaves, and had candy corn, crackers, and cheese for snack time. If I ever think that one three and a half year old is hard to handle, I will think again. Trying to keep seven of them on task, happy, and away from each others candy corn, was like trying to swallow seven saltine crackers with no milk. It was impossible, but we all lived and I believe we all had a good time.

Harpers First Day of Preschool

So just as I expected, Harper was super excited to go until we actually got there. He clung to my side and repeated, "I don't like preschool mommy." So after pictures were taken and the kids started sitting in a circle for story time, I handed him off to the teacher and he was still in tears. I told her he usually will cry for a minute and then he is great and and joins in the fun. That is how it usually goes with nursery every Sunday. So Fin and I took off and went grocery shopping. I have to admit that at Wallmart I was in a bit of a rush because I knew for sure they would be calling to come get him early. Well, they never called, and I got back to the neighbors house to get him exactly an hour and a half later. I went to the door and there he was. He had a huge smile and said, "mommy, you came back!" I asked him if he had a great time and he happily said, "yes, I did!" So we will hope that things go smoother dropping him off on Thursday. Emotionally I was great and excited for him, I think because he is just at the neighbors house for a short time. Kindergarten will be a different story for sure,.............I can wait another 2 years for that!

Some of my favorite photos of Ben that I found and dusted off. Ain't he handsome.

At Brandon's Homecoming dinner.

This one is an oldie from a trip to Bear Lake in 1998.
This is from a camping trip to Yellowstone.

Ker Plunk!

So Finley is officially a fireball as of today. It was nappy time and I put her in her crib. She cried like she always does for a brief minute then it was silent. No more than 1 minute later I hear a loud ker plunk! Oh no, as I ran to her room where the silence had turned to a loud cry. I pick her up off the floor and with big tears she cries "oght ohhhhhh!" Darn I thought, because Harper never even attempted to climb out of his crib in a whole 2 1/2 years and here she did it at 14 months. Then.......she did it again when she woke up from her nap, she cried for a minute then had a prety proud look on her face as I picked her up again. Needless to say daddy put her mattress down a few hours later! No more jumping Finley.

I Did it!

So I am not the smartest person to be playing around on the computer, but after a year or two of wishing I had a blog, I finally did it! So thanks to Ben and some friends it doesn't look half bad. I am going to enjoy posting pictures and various stories about my babies. So the goal is to put up a post a few times a week. We'll see how it goes!