Mr. Mustache Man

We were deep cleaning the kids bedrooms and switching furniture around today and Ben found a sticky mustache.  He was so excited to wear it... and he wore it half the day!  Even when we stopped in to the library!  ha! ha!  He definitely got the comments about it.

 Ben was excited to make a 'project' with Lennard at the hangar.  He has big ideas of what he wants to make, and thankfully, Lennard has some scrap metal and the know how to help him!  I love this picture of them together.

Spoiled Kitty

Buddy has quickly become part of the family.  The kids are still getting used to him and Emma will climb furniture to get away from him when he starts to pounce and get a little too playful.  He can be found on my lap most mornings while I work on stuff and I've been enjoying our quiet times together.

 He can get pretty wild at times.  I came home one day and found Lennard and Buddy like this... such a spoiled kitty!

Halloween 2017

The kids were SO excited to get to wear their costumes to school today.  I was able to go to the school to watch all the students parade around and show off their costumes.

Ben - Power lineman (like his daddy)

 They had a huge assembly in the gym after the parade.  Emma had a hard time with some of the scarier costumes and wanted me near her, so I sat with her class in the gym.  When they started a few dance songs, she wasn't handling the noise and costumes, so I took her out for some quiet time in her classroom.

Cutest little witch!

 Emma had dance in Mountain View after school, so by the time we got back it was time to go trick or treating!  Emma was way too excited to go, so she didn't even stop to get something to eat.

 We surprised the kids and 'dressed up' this year.  They had no idea we had anything until we came out of our bedroom in these silly outfits.  Lennard was a Minion and I was a Care Bear.  The benefit was that they were nice and warm!

Emma and Ben had so much fun running from house to house.  Ben made it most of the night wearing Lennard's climbing harness (so heavy!).  He finally asked if he could take it off and then he had a second wind to keep running!  ha! ha!  They definitely got lots of candy!

Martial Arts Tournament

Ben had his final martial arts tournament tonight.  He's worked hard to get his green belt this semester and was excited to compete.  He got a gold medal for his form!  In his group form, they got bronze.

Primary Halloween Party

The kids were slightly excited for the Primary Halloween party tonight.  They asked for three hours if it was time to go yet!  Ben was thrilled to get to be a lineman (like Daddy) for Halloween.  We found a vest at Value Village, he had little work gloves already and then Lennard let him use his climbing harness and his NB Power hard hat.  Ben walked around with a swagger and informed Lennard that he could boss him around now!  Too cute.

Emma was the cutest little witch out there!  We'd bought her the shirt and skirt while we were in Utah and then with the Dollar Store finds of her hat and broom she was off!  She even found orange socks to wear which just completed the whole outfit.

 She was happy to get black lipstick and purple eye shadow, but when I drew spider webs she was ecstatic!

 The youth put on the activity and had booths with activities all over the church.  The gym was being re-done, so we were in hallways and classrooms instead.  Ben loved using the glove bag to put all his candy in!

They had such a fun time and got LOTS of candy!  Emma even ended up winning the jar full of candy for being the closest one to guess how many candies there were.

High Priest

After Stake Conference today, my dad was made a High Priest by his brother, Bruce.  I was glad we were able to be there for it.  It was neat to hear the blessing Uncle Bruce gave him.

We had dinner out at my parents house with Uncle Bruce, Uncle Lance and Uncle Scott & Aunt Beatrice.  We didn't stay too long as we were all tired, but I sure love living close enough to be there at a moments notice.

One-on-One Time

It was my niece's baptism last night, so Emma and I got to have a mommy-daughter date to Cranbrook!  Ben had Champs this morning, so he and Lennard stayed home together.

They decided, since the girls were off having fun, that they'd go have fun too.  Lennard took him to the Emoji movie at the Movie Mill and out to dinner.  He also spoiled him and bought him a Lego set!  Daddy can't say no!  lol  It sort of backfired though because Ben woke up at 4:00 this morning asking if it was morning yet so that he could build his Lego set!  

Emma and I had to meet Shauna and Melissa in Pincher Creek by 4:00 so that they could drive out with us.  We got on our way from home a bit late, but still had enough time to get there... until I realized that I'd forgotten my purse at home!  Thankfully we were only 10 minutes from home, but by the time we drove back, got my purse and headed out again, we were late!  We managed to get there just in time though! (might have driven a little fast... just maybe...)

We had so much fun visiting on the drive out.  Emma thought it was great fun to be the only kid with the grown ups.  She also got to see how crazy/fun it can get when sisters get together.  She and Melissa made licorice mustaches and duck lips out of Pringles.  We were singing at the top of our lungs and even had actions going to some of the songs.  Emma was absolutely thrilled.  She informed me afterwards that, "That was the best time I've ever had with my aunts."

Lauren's baptism was beautiful.  I'm glad we were able to be there to support her.  I love that Emma has a cousin so close in age to her.

We got to have a sleep-over at a hotel together!  The hotel was a little older and Emma kept asking me if it was safe!  Thankfully, after watching a bit of tv together, and her feeling lucky because she was up way past her bedtime, she finally fell asleep!

She'd informed me that our schedule for today was to wake up at 6:00, get ready by 7:00, have breakfast at 8:00 and go shopping at 9:00.  I tried to convince her that she could sleep in, but she wasn't convinced.  At 5:50, she was awake.  So much for a vacation day.  lol

I let her watch a few shows on tv to keep her entertained until it was time to actually get up.  The mall wasn't open until 9:30, so we had some time to kill.

 We went to Denny's for breakfast.  Not my favorite, but she was thrilled with her meal.  She was hungry and ate almost every bite!

We still had a few minutes to wait for the mall to open, but eventually we were able to go do some shopping.  Emma found a witches hat and broom that she loved, so she's going to be a witch for Halloween this year.

We didn't shop for too long, but she was happy with our purchases.  We got on the road and I was glad we were driving in the day light as we hit snow part way home.  It was a fun night away together.