Recital

We had Livee and Aleena's first recital tonight.  They are in a gym class.  The gym classes were first and then the dance classes.  I wasn't going to stay but Livee was so into it.  She asked "How come I can't do that?"  and "How do they do that?"  She said her favorite one was the "pillow pet" one.  It was cute.  I think she will be my dancer...

http://youtu.be/oeaeD7a5x1A

Here is a video of Livee and Aleena.  It's kind of long, but I know there are 2 grama's out there that will love it.  Watch for Livee waving. It's a quick wave so watch for it.  Livee is on the end of left side, Aleena is the 3rd in from the right side. 

Halloween 2011

Halloween was great.  It wasn't extremely cold, but cold enough I didn't forget it was October.  Aleena was a skeleton Princess.  Livee was our lil' stinker, Hallie a cheetah, and Jase was our clown.  When Livee got her costume on she walked around spraying everyone.  She would put her hips forward, like a boy standing to a toilet going pee, and would make a "psst" sound.  I laughed so hard, and then I told her that a skunk doesn't spray out the front but the back by her tail.  Then she walked around spraying everyone the back way.  Savanna didn't dress up this year.  I didn't even get a picture of her because she was gone working on a school report. 
The school started out the celebration with a parade.  The parade has been around since I was little.  Everyone gets their costumes on and they go walk to the High school and walk the halls and then walk the halls of the elementary.  After the parade they each have their class parties. 

I made my traditional cheesy potato soup for dinner.  I know the kids are so excited that eating is a hard thing to do.  Especially after treats at school and everywhere.  So the soup was ready right after school so when anyone was hungry they just ate. 

Kaydee and her kids came and hung out.  We headed over the church parking lot for the trunk or treat.  It seemed a bit strange that the school puts on the trunk or treat but it is in the church parking lot.  It was still nice though. 

Savanna had to miss the trunk or treat but we all met up and hung out at the house.  We actually had some trick or treaters.  We don't live near town, but I think it helps that I have 2 beautiful daughters.  Well all my kids are beautiful but I remeber seeing quite a few boys knock on the door =). 

Another great year of candy and costumes.     

Aleena, the skeleton princess.

 Lil' Stinker, Livee

 Hallie and a good friend T.

 Jase, my clown.  He doesn't have to try very hard to fit the part.  Just like his dad.

 Aleena, Cooper, Livee, T, Faith, Hallie, Gracie, Jase.  Quin was at art and missed the photo shoot.

Trunk or treat, smell my feet, give me some thing good to eat.



Great mini vacation...

So I decided to read a book. It has been a while. Savanna had checked out THE HELP from the library the other day. I don't read books very often unless I have lots of free time because I get glued to them. Again I was glued to it. I started last night and finished a while ago. Yes, I read all day. Well, I had Livee here so I did still care for her, but took a mini vacation from everything else; cleaning, cooking... It was really incredible. It really made me think about what kind of person I am behind closed doors to my family and how grateful I am to those brave women that lived through such horrific times so that we could be equal. Any one else get a chance to read it? Now I need to go see the movie and see if it did the book justice...

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Cookies

So I may have mentioned before, but I love recipes.  I love to try different twists on recipes until I find the perfect one.  Right now I am on the hunt for a new cookie recipe.  I have a favorite choc chip cookie recipe, and I recently found a new favorite of a molasses cookie.  What other cookie does everyone like?  I am on the hunt for another favorite cookie.  This cold weather, and Christmas season shoots me into baking land.

I made these little recipe cards for a friend and wanted to share it with you.  I forgot how much I loved to digital scrapbook.  I thought my chocolate chip cookie one was here but can't find it.  I will add it later.

Moving

Today I got to spend the day with Kaydee in Twin Falls. She is officially moved. They are sleeping in their new house tonight. I drove the kids and the dogs. They are as big, if not bigger then the kids. And she drove her car packed with stuff. She has movers coming to help move their other stuff tomorrow. We spent most of the day getting basics that she needs for this house. Livee ran around with the kids all day. She didn't want to come home. She fell asleep minutes after leaving. It took about an hour to drive there. Not terrible at all. It did make me miss the convenience of city life with stores just minutes away. But not enough to move back to the city.

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Annual Christmas concert

One of my dad's true loves in life is his Christmas Choir. It is a volunteer choir. The first weekend of December is the performances. They start practices the first sunday of september and practice every sunday night. This year I decided to join and sing with. Practices were fun cuz my sister Kaydee was there too. We had the giggles so many times. I am gonna miss her singing with me since she is moving-talk about that in a minute. So yesterday was our first concert. It was in a theater in Rupert. It was nice except for the furnace wasn't working so it was only about 55' in the auditorium. Brrr. I play 2 numbers on my violin. It is a little hard to move frozen fingers...Tonight was a concert in Oakley. Brad and the kids came. Aleena and Jase actually sang one number with a childrens choir. So cute. We have one more tomorrow night and then there is a small party here at the house after. So we have been madly getting christmas decorations up at the playhouse, decorations for house, lights hung, house cleaned, playhouse cleaned. Kell came up last night to help me clean. Very nice of her. She stayed the night and did more today while we were at church. It is also Faith's birthday tomorrow, and since they will be in the middle of moving, we did birthday today. We decorated cake this morning. Came home from church and had birthday lunch, and then had concert. Poor Kell was here to help clean and it was like shoveling snow while it is heavily snowing.
So yes, Kaydee's family is moving to Twin Falls. It will be hard to not have her right next door, but I am very excited for their new place. Twin Falls isn't too far to go and visit...

Oh yeah, Hallie had her last basketball game for tbe season til tournament Saturday morning. They finally won by one point. Hallie actually scored one in there. She was so excited. It was a super intense game. Neck n neck the whole last quarter. Good job Hallie. U rock. U too Quincey. They are on the same team.

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Confessions...

So I have a bit of a problem.  I am letting my computer/phone take over me.  It is wonderful, today's technology, but at the same time it is addictive and is preventing me from doing the things I need to.  Pinterest.com has become quite an obsession of mine.  Looking for new ideas or recipes is not getting me anywhere but stuck in this chair.  Facebook, well I don't spend a ton of time on there, but more than I need to.  I truely don't really love facebook.  It is just something to do.  SO I am going to make some changes.  I think those places are ok, I just need some balance.  I am going to try once a week.  Probably one of the weekend nights.  No pinning, or posting til then.  Blogging I don't really count as a waste of time if I am journaling my family's experiences.  Does anyone else have this problem?