Busy-ness.....

Well, this weekend was eventful....Saturday morning we decorated the house for Halloween. It is an ongoing project though as I still have lots I want to do to it. My neighbor and I are going to do a haunted house in between our houses for Halloween night. So fun! Well, Saturday afternoon we went to the music store and finally bought David his guitar. He had his very first class this afternoon after school. He seemed to really enjoy it and I don't think he is too young. He is going to try the free taekwondo class this thursday to see if he wants to do that too. Anyhow. saturday night I went to the General relief Society Broadcast. It was nice. I enjoyed all of the speakers but the quote that stuck out to me was Thomas S. Monson encouraging us to pray not for "tasks equal to our abilities" but to pray for "abilities equal to our tasks", which I needed to hear. I get so overloaded sometimes with running a home and raising 3 little boys and sometimes I feel overwhlemed and discouraged. I know that I am nowhere near the type of parent I would like to be.
Sunday was mostly relaxing and then I had a cake order for today. I am posting a picture here and more on my cake page. I enjoyed making this cake but it got a little hectic down to the wire when sammy wouldn't stop crying and Ikus wanted to help and help and help. But it got done and David made it to his lesson and then he and daddy got haircuts tonight from Tori.
I am beat though and the house is a wreck and I need to make my to do list for tomorrow....

Ahem....

So there was a painter who put in a bid to paint a church. He underestimated how much it would actually cost to paint the church and so his bid came in the lowest. Of course, he got the job. Once he got there, he realized just how much paint he would actually need and realized he wasn't getting paid enough for the job. So he thought about it and decided to add some water to the paint to thin it out. He started painting and continued to add water to the paint. So later, after he had finished the job, it started to rain and all of his paint started to run off of the building. Well, he felt really bad about what had happened so he decided to pray about it. He said, "Lord, I've made a mistake and now I need you to tell me how to fix it." The Lord replied, "Repaint and thin no more."

Teehee. Get it?

Oktoberfest...

So we went to Oktoberfest tonight. We went for the brats and the jump-a-roos(moonwalk) for our brats. :)
Nathan got a 96 on his test today. Very proud. He has been "flying" in the copters this week. They are learning how to hover. I think he actually finally got the hang of it better today. He has been stressing about it this week.
We are gonna put out our Halloween decorations this weekend. I usually do it on the first weekend in october but since the 1st is monday, it'll do.
That's all. :) Not much interesting news....
If anyone has BBC America, you must search out and watch Little Britain! Heehee! Love that British Humor.

Fresh Clean Sam

I know it's excessive, but he's just so darn cute!!! :)

Costumes!

I like this one!! If I wasn't set on doing Harry Potter, which I still have to convince Nathan of, I would sooo do this one!

Halloween...

Ok, so I am a toal sucker for Halloween...my favorite holiday! I am getting the fever....
So...we aren't going to do a family costume thing this year cause David has said he wants to be a vampire. I don't really wanna be all vampires...so I am thinking about being Bellatrix LeStrange (From HP). So what do you think? Bellatrix-Department of Mysteries or Bellatrix-Azkaban??? And should I get a blond wig for Nathan to be Lucius? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ok, seriously though....I found this website where you can get all kinds of silliness, even madeye moody masks. I think we will make Hercules Mad Eye moody.... heehee! And Isaac's still young enough I can make him what I want as long as he agrees and it's simple enough that he will wear it...maybe he will be Harry...a blond curly headed harry? No Lucius and Draco!!! HAHAHAHA!! tee hee....
Mom may come over too so I told her she could be Professor Sprout and Sammy we'll dress up as a mandrake! Heehee! I think she would rather be Trelawney. We'll let David be a vampire but I may add a touch of Snape... heehee...yeah right, he'll never go for that...
I need candy corn.....

Sunday...

Well, not much news. Yesterday we were going to run some errands and Isaac decided to play in the front yard before we left. Next thing I know he is screaming and I ran out to see what was wrong. His legs were covered...COVERED in fire ants. I ripped his clothes off of him and ran him in to the tub. Poor little dude. Today he has 27 little yellow-headed bites on his right leg and 40 on his left. We counted. It's crazy. He actually hasn't been scratching too much thankfully. We have tried to put stuff on them when he lets us. I just hope none of them get infected. As long as he doesn't scratch them open we should be ok. I ought to take a picture...
David has to take an apple for school tomorrow. Johnny Appleseed day is this week and they are using the apples for stuff. He was so worried he would have to eat it. I don't think they will make him but perhaps peer pressure will encourage him! :p
Sammy hasn't been sleeping well at all. He is so stuffy that he can't keep his binky in and it makes him mad. I suction his little nose and it really makes no difference. His little face just runs and runs. He projectile spit up all over me at church today. I was covered and so was he. The girl next to me got up and left after he did that. I wondered if it grossed her out or she really just had to leave early...? heehee
Nathan has to be up at 4 tomorrow. He is early flight tomorrow. He will actually be going up in the copters. (Isaac calls them Happyters.) He was suppposed to go up last week but we have been having a lot of rain. I think he is glad to go up but not glad to have to get up so early.
Anywho...that's about it. Not much else exciting going on. We are going to Oktoberfest here on post on Friday night! Whooppee!

Heehee

Ask not for whom the Fangirls squee, for they squee for you....


Lucius: "Severus, what in the name of all things holy is that?!"
Snape: "Run! Run you Fool!"

Oh well...

Might as well post though there's not too much to share....
Isaac practically fell over asleep in his rice tonight at dinner and now I can't get the child to stay in his bed....
He and David were out playing in the front yard this afternoon...they were playing "Adavbra"...which is based along the lines of Avada Kedavra. The had sticks were pointing them at each other and yelling, well David was yelling "Adabra" and Isaac was yelling something like "aaaaaahhhhbaaaa" and then they would both fall down dead. Over and Over. (Harry Potter death curse for those very very few out there who don't know what I'm talking about...) Amusing to me at least though I am sure the neighbors were wondering what the heck they were doing...pooping on the side walk and now shooting death curses at one another....
Nathan has been studying hard and he has been working in the simulators this week. I keep wanting to call them stimulators....hmmm....no.
He said they haven't made him sick but some others have gotten nauseaous nauseus naseus nauseas whatever in them. I was nauseaus enough during all 3 pregnancies, you'd think I could spell it...
Anywho....David is out of school for 2 days for Parent Teacher conferences. I really like school.......

Good times!

This is me and Leah! It was so great to see her this weekend! It had been a long time...those were some of the toughest steaks I think I've ever eaten......

Life or something like it...

Well, Let's see...where to begin? Well, we'll start at the littlest...
Sammy now has officially two teeth! Both bottom teeth have finally come through. I don't think he's quite realized it yet that he doesn't actually have to scream all the time anymore...
Unless it's just become a habit.
Ike Ike got some sharpie and drew all over himself...
David has been sneaking out of the house. Early this week was pretty furstrating but he's actually been better yesterday and today. Telling us where he's going.
Last night our wonderful friends decide to watch the boys for us so we could go out on a date! It was so nice! We saw the Simpsons Movie...(yeah.) and went to eat at a Japanese hibachi restaurant. The movie was pretty funny but I had more fun listening to people's reactions to it. It started slow but got better. Our chef at the restaurant was great. He made, as he said, "Japanese rice, from Walmart, made in China". :)
Then we went back and played a few rounds of Rummy with our friends. All the boys were passed out at their house. It was so nice of them to do that for us! We needed a night out!
Mom has been back in the hospital this weekend. Complications from chemo, they think. She may have to start something else again. I am not sure how much else there is out there. She has done so many treatments already. I hate that she's alone. Well, she has friends, and wonderful ones at that, but I hate not being there. She doesn't even have a home phone. She has a borrowed cell phone that she worries about using cause someone else is paying for it. And she can't hardly drive her car because ...well... anyways...I just worry about her.
Enough.
Today my wonderful roomie from BYU, Leah, and her very nice hubby, William, drove up from Tallahassee to visit us! It was so nice to see her! It had been way too long!! She took some pics and hopefully she'll post em on her blog so I can steal them and post them here! :) It was so good to see you Leah!!!

A quiz.

A quiz on Beliefnet.com referred to me by my sis in law. Under Faith and Practices. Go figure my results!
My Results:
The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.
Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.
How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.
1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (83%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (80%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (80%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (71%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (67%)
8. Sikhism (67%)
9. Hinduism (66%)
10. Seventh Day Adventist (65%)
11. Islam (59%)
12. Liberal Quakers (59%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
14. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
15. Jainism (57%)
16. Roman Catholic (57%)