Halloween Dessert Party

I love Halloween! We had are annual dessert party again this year! It was fun and we had a great turn out. I decided not to do a children's craft, but it ended up being just fine. Most of the kids played outside. All the adults sat around chit chatting with one another. It was fun!

Here is Mr. Brig's before the party eating a cupcake. Who I'm kidding, he ate 3!

Here is the gang! A military man, A ferocious lion, Winnie the Pooh as a bumble bee, Superman, and Batman!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Family Photo Shoot

YUMMY!

Here are a couple of our family's favorite dessert recipes. Now, if you make either of these and you think yours is yummy, then PLEASE try my recipe and let me know which is better! With the lemon bars I use real lemon juice, not that concentrated crap! For both you need to use butter. (maybe margarine but none of that low fat nonsense!) ENJOY!!


Lemon Bars

2 sticks butter
1/2 C powdered sugar
2 C flour
Press into a slightly greased pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minuets in a 13x9 pan.
4 eggs
5 T lemon juice
2 C sugar
4 T flour
Beat well. Pour over hot crust. Bake 25 minutes at 350.


Here is another goody!

Snicker Doodle Cookies
1 C butter
1 1/2 C sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 C flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp salt

Add above ingredients in order. Roll into balls the size of walnuts. In a separate bowl mix some sugar a cinnamon together. Roll ball into mixture. Bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes.

I heart Nana!

This post is brought to you by Nathan Thompson:

My Nana couldn't make it to my birth, but she was listening on the phone the entire time my mom was in the delivery room. Almost everyday of my short little life my mom puts the phone to my ear so I can hear my sweet Nana talking to me. My Nana wants me to hear her voice so I can get use to it. Silly Nana, I know your voice! You're my Nana!

It sure was fun having you come and visit me over the weekend. It was too short of a visit, but my mom told me you only like to stay a couple days at a time. I hope to see you again soon. I miss you already!

I love you Nana!!

YEE HAW!

Over the weekend Jackson and Tyler had a cowboy birthday party....Yes, we crammed a ton of stuff into a short weekend, but Nana and Papa were in town and wanted them to share in on the fun! Some of the kids didn't dress up, so we handed out bandannas and sheriff badges to them so they wouldn't feel left out.

We had 18 cowboys and cowgirls in attendance to the party. It was real fun to have a lot of Jack's and Ty's friends and family come and have some fun with them.

The kids had shooting competition on the wii. We made a huge poster with their names and score. It was a shooting tournament.

Each of the kids drew a self portrait of themselves for the wanted wall. Scott helped them make up cool western names.

We also had a rodeo where Scott was the wild n crazy bull. He put a belt high on his chest so the kids could hold onto it while they rode Scott. We timed each kid, and it was sure fun to watch Scott. What a character he is! His back and knees were sore after, but all the kids loved it! Jackson was the only kid who flew off....

What's a party without a pinata? I had that thing stuffed with candy! The boot fell off like 3 times it was so heavy!

The boys opened their gifts which was a lot of fun! They received a ton of fun toys they really liked. It was a fun party!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER!!

Tyler's Tiger

Tyler has been involved in the scouting program for a little over a month and has really enjoyed being part of a fun pack. A few weeks Tyler received his Tiger. He has been working pretty hard on getting that award and others. It's been fun to help Will, Jackson and Tyler in the scouting program. Gavin and Brigham participate as much as they can and are excited about being a real cub scout soon. Gavin asks me every week where his uniform and book are. He's so cute.

An extra special THANKS to Jarom for taking Tyler that night for me!!!

Fire Safety Day!

At Home Depot there was a huge fire safety day. There was a fun and creative craft the boys made. It was a fire house money bank. There was a jumper, cotton candy, popcorn, carnival games, police cars, a firetruck to tour, and a fake house that the kids were able to practice escaping if it caught on fire. We met some of our other friends from our ward there. It was a fun and an informative event, especially with Nana and Papa there. Nana helped Jackson built his piggy bank, Papa helped Tyler, Scott helped Gavin, and Will made his himself. They got a few stickers and other little fire fighter trinkets.

Jackson's Baptism

Today was an extra special day for our family. We've been talking about it for months. Jackson has been excited for this event and anticipating it for some time now. When our boys turn 8 years old a couple things happen before their big day. Jackson and I went shopping for a brand new suit. It's a black pin striped one. It looks so sharp on him. Jackson also picked out an adorable bow tie to go along with it. It's so him. Nana and us bought him his first set of scriptures that we had monogrammed with his name on it. We arrived at the stake center where 7 other little boys and girls met to be baptized. Jackson was the only child from our ward. We all met together in the chapel and then moved to an individual room where the baptism was performed by Scott. Jackson had a pretty good turn out of family and friends. Nana and Papa had flown in and some of Scott's family drove in, his primary teacher, cub scout leader, primary presidency, close family friends, cub master, Bishop, and children from his primary class were all there to show their support and love for Jackson. Jackson looked so handsome in his white baptismal outfit. When Scott and Jack walked into the water all the other children were able to sit in the front to watch. Brigham and Gavin almost went in. (Jumped in really!) Tyler kept telling me he wanted to be baptized too. That is so cool! What a great example Will and Jackson are to the other little brothers.

Congratulations Jackson!!

Baby Shower!

Some of my good friends in the ward here in Mesa threw a diaper baby shower for me! It was so nice that they thought of me and the newest addition to my clan. Usually a mom of 6 kids doesn't get another shower. So, I was very surprised that they wanted to throw one. It went really well. Shaleen made adorable invitations and decorated it all so creatively. What a great friend! All my boys went and were excited when the present opening time came. Will and Jack were like, "mom, why are you getting so many diapers?!" I had to explain it was a diaper shower. I still acted surprised opening every gift, which just confused the boys even more. It was cute of them.

I had a great time! THANKS everyone!

Halloween Vinyl Lettering

The sisters in my ward are doing a couple of these fun Halloween vinyl lettering crafts projects. If any of you are interested in ordering some, let me know.

If anyone is interested call or email me! The prices are on my facebook also...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!