let the fun begin: its Halloween again!

This IS ONE OF my children's favorite holidays!!! They love everything about it, mostly the picking of the costumes, which we began a tradition years ago when we only had 2 kids; we picked out the costumes the last week in September....that was by accident, and they still (5 kids later)
never let us forget going the last week in September. this year was no exception! One of the funnest things for my preschoolers is the annual Joy School Halloween party and parade. This year it was Kazzlyn's turn to be in the "Hallowed" spotlight! And she ate it up!

Not to be left out of the spotlight is our resident jack-o-lantern himself: tman pumpkin. I have never had a child at 15 months delight in their halloween costume as much as he did today...he loved every bit of it...even the hat and those are usually off in 2 seconds over here. when we walked to the joy school party, he was yelling and smiling and have a great time telling me all about how fun his costume was....except i wish i could understand angel babble.

BUBBLE CAR BOY

I JUST LOVE FALL!

MY DAUGHTER, MCKELLE WANTED A PICNIC RIGHT AFTER KINDERGARTEN. oF COURSE, TODAY I REMEMBERED TO HAVE HER LUNCH READY FOR THAT PICNIC. THE WEATHER WAS THE FRIENDLIEST ITS BEEN IN A LONG TIME!

CAN YOU SAY CHEESE? OR SHOULD I SAY, IS THAT CHEESE ON YOUR FACE KAZZ?
KAZZLYN AND ME POSING FOR MCKELLE AS SHE DELIGHTS IN TAKING OUR PICTURE AND WE DELIGHTED IN POSING FOR HER
THEN I TOLD THEM, " OK, GET CLOSE SO I CAN TAKE ONE OF ALL OF US!" THEY WERE SO EXCITED! IT WAS SO FUN TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT AND TO TAKE THE TIME TO EAT OUTSIDE IN THE BEST WEATHER EVER WITH MY WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS!

GOTTA LOVE CONFERENCE

This post is for anyone seeking to know how you can get through these rough times. After hearing our church's semi-annual conference session today, it certainly is TIMELY to have reaffirmed that the Lord speaks today through his servant, the prophet; just like He did in every dispensation that had prophets. I had lots of favorites, but my first favorite was L. Tom Perry's talk on stress and finding ways to cope with whatever life is handing you. He gave some very soothing counsel and one talk i can't wait to hear again and read. Also, another favorite is the angel apostle, Jeffrey R. Holland. It was just the thing I needed. I loved listening to all of the talks and I love the REAL lift they always give me... to keep on going, everything will be just fine and my favorite line...the best is yet to come! In these very troubling times, that is just the kind of pep talk I needed! If you were able to listen to all the talks, I'm sure you were spiritually well fed. If you did not, and you hunger spiritually, i'll bet you can't wait to read them. If you are not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, please read the articles or listen to the talks anyway. I promise you, you will not be disappointed! The one thing we have been promised is that the Lord guides this church and the prophet will NEVER LEAD US ASTRAY. The prophet will ALWAYS LEAD us towards God...not away. Those are great words of comfort, especially when we look around and see and hear chaos coming from our government leaders.