Kids

Where did my baby go? All I can find is this grown up girl...Dallin and I made brownies on Friday for Daddy since my mom and I were going to Time Out for Women all weekend (which was SO good!!!). Dallin REALLY enjoyed cleaning up! Oh...and the black eye is courtesy of Elise. But that is another post all together.

The other day I walking into my very messy living room to find this:

It was so cute that they were just laying there cuddling with each other. I love these moments...

Daddy and Son Bonding

For Dallin's birthday, Jon took him for a special night time date to an observatory (since he has been really into space) to look at the stars and learn about black holes. Jon was a little nervous when they got there and it was too cloudy to look through their telescopes since he figured he would be so excited about the lecture part. But after an hour lesson on black holes Dallin actually loved it! Jon said he was quiet and listening the whole time. They went out for ice cream afterwards and when they got home Dallin told me all about it. He asked if he could go back so we know it was a hit! And here is a picture he drew on his new Art Easel of Daddy and him with their coats and hoods on going to the observatory. What a cute boy!

Happy Birthday Dallin!

My little boy turned 4 today! I can't believe it has been 4 years since I gave birth to that sweet 5 pound baby! He is such a sweet boy! He has a genuine heart and is always trying to be a good big brother. He looks out for his sister so well. It really make a proud mommy! He is so affectionate! He tells me a million times a day, "I love you mommy. You are my best friend." I love it! He is a great helper and such a smart boy! We just feel so lucky to have him!Dallin doesn't request much for his birthday. It is always hard to know what to buy him because he doesn't really"want" stuff. He just seems so content with what he has. But we figured out a good gift and planned a family party for him. He loved it! He also helped me make a pinata for his party. He did such a great job! It is a space pinata with all 9 planets (yes, I am counting Pluto!) and the sun. It was definitely "homemade", but he loved it! He has been really into space lately so it worked out well. His party's theme was Spiderman. He had a blast with his cousins and his sister!

A few of the Partygoers:

I made 4 homemade pizzas (made to order) for dinner with a salad. It was yummy!

Pinata Time! We always go youngest to oldest.

You didn't have to tell Elise twice what to do with the stick!

We decided to blindfold the older two to make it more challenging!

But Cole busted the pinata! Good job Cole!

Spiderweb cupcakes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALLIN! We love so much!

Fall Happenings

I can't believe it has been so long since my last post. So what have we been up to?.... Here we go.

• Jon is taking a graduate level class once a week at UMKC.


• We are both in the Sheriff's Citizen Academy every Wednesday night. That is such a fun class. We learn all about what the sheriffs office does and we get to do some fun stuff. We got to shot machine guns, do a mock crime scene, do a firearms simulations (AWESOME!) and more! So anyway, it is way fun! It is an 8 week academy and we have 3 weeks left.

• I made lots of applesauce with 2 bushels of apples.

• I celebrated my birthday.

Jon and I went to St. Louis for a conference and a temple trip.

• I have found a recipe I really like for wheat bread and make it every week.
  

• With the cooler weather, I started to make lots of yummy soups.

• My girl is turning into a lady! Look at those heels. She INSISTS on wears these princess shoes EVERYWHERE!

• And a drama momma!

• Jon made a new holster for his gun that is AMAZING! He does better every time he makes one and this one is his best yet! He has shown it to a few gun shops that are interested in selling them!


• I decorated for Halloween.

A Chance for Children 5K

Our anxious before shot.

Smiling at the start!

Very happy aftershot!

My friend, Lisa, and I decided it was time for another 5K. I really love doing 5K's but even more, I love doing them when they are for a good cause. And this one was no acceptation. It benefited children with cancer at KU Medical hospital. The day was absolutely perfect weather (low 70's) and the run was GORGEOUS. It was in Corporate wood which is just a bunch of street that go from one huge building to another covered in the most beautiful green trees I have ever seen. It was a pretty flat run with few small hills. We got there right before they started (lucky us!) and we got our MP3 players ready and we ran. This race is our first to have a timing chip on, so that added an element of excitement (although I was wearing my new heart rate monitor Jon bought me that had a timer). There were tons of sponsors for this race too. After we ran there was bagels from Panera, egg sandwiches and breakfast burritos from McDonalds, Chick-fil-A samples, granola bars, fruit, milk, gatorade, and a massage guy. It was a ton of fun! I will definitely do this race again. And... I achieved my personal best time of 28 minutes 11 seconds for the 3.1 miles! I was so surprised by my time; I was shooting for 30 minutes. I was extremely happy with my run. And I did 9 minute miles! How exciting is that?! I shaved 5 minutes off form my last race! Here are my stats that they sent out:

"There were 40 finishers in the Female 26 to 30 age group and 211 finishers in the race. Your overall finish place was 70 and your age group finish place was 13. Your time of 28:11.6 gave you a 9:05 pace per mile. "

Craft time

Thanks to my friend, Shays comment, I realized I forgot to blog about my latest crafts. There are so few, I guess they just slip by. I did these great vinyl crafts at church and I love them. They turned out so nice. The middle one has been edited for privacy purposes, it has our last name and then "Families are Forever"across it..

These are silhouettes of my kids. I saw them on Nie Nie's blog and loved them and then I found a step by step how to make them on this blog. So I decided to try it out. It was super easy and I think they are really cute. Even though Dallin completely disagrees. He tells me to flip them over to the "pretty" side... So funny!