The longest Halloween ever....

When you have the most costume loving five year old in the world, everyday resembles Halloween in our house. Is it just me or does in seem like Halloween has lasted a month already and its not til tomorrow. Jaxon dressed up for three days in three different costumes. He said, "mom, did you you know that some kids only have one costume"? every year I'm starting to feel more like a "grown up mom". It's official now. I made my little girls Halloween costume! If that doesn't make me OFFICIAL... I don't know what does. She was the cutest little poison Ivy. I did a witches brew thingy at Jaxon's school where I was dressed as a ugly green faced witch in the morning. Never again will I paint my face green. NEVER! It is still sorta green and nasty in some spots. Rachel came and helped control Poison Ivy at the school carnival. Thank goodness she did because lately this little girl is outta control. She used to be so sweet. I'm praying it's a short phase. I miss the sweet version.. More Halloween pictures to come.

The weekend

While sweet baby Laynie was at Primary Childrens Hospital working on getting better so she and her mom could come home....

We were having such a great time with her big brother Drake. Ivy and Drake became the cutest little buddies. There were a few fights and lots of laughing....

MAKE THIS TONIGHT...

Dinner in a pumpkin


1 medium pumpkin
1 chopped onion
2 pounds ground beef
4 Tbsp soy sauce
4 Tbsp brown sugar
2can cream of chicken soup
4cups cooked BROWN rice (or you can use white…I prefer brown since it’s healthier)
2 can sliced water chestnuts drained(optional)
2 can slice mushrooms(optional)

Cut off top of pumpkin and thoroughly clean out seeds and pulp. If desired draw a face on outside of pumpkin with permanent marker or acrylic paint. (This is a great thing to let kids help you with)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large skillet cook onions and hamburger until hamburger is cooked and onions are tender.
Drain drippings. Add soy sauce, brown sugar, and soup.
Simmer 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnut, and mushrooms.
Spoon mixture into cleaned out pumpkin shell.
Replace pumpkin top and place entire pumpkin with filling on a baking sheet.

Bake 1-2 hours (depending upon the size of the pumpkin) It will be done when the inside of pumpkin is tender. Put pumpkin on a plate. Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat and some of
the cooked pumpkin.

Listening in on my kiddo's

Ivy can pretty much say anything these days and I love watching her put words together now. Besides this new awful high pitched growl she does now at anything that does'nt go exactly her way these are some of her favoites...
* "Ivy do it"
* "push play momma"
* "no pee pee in the potty"
* "Diaper on please"
* My favorite is when I catch her talking on her play phone and says,"hey,baby"!

Jax is so full of new ideas and insights into the ways of the world.
here's a few of my favorites......
* Jax told my mom the other day that there is a boy at his school that washes his hands and they are still black. (Only in Idaho).
* "When I grow up do you think I'll have hairs on my nipples like dad"
* He looked at me in the eye yesterday and said, "Seriously, mom. Who do you think you are".

Why I can't make mom friends

We are so glamorous....

Drakes birthday was on Friday. These little cousins are becoming the best of friends.

I realize that most pictures you try to take of yourself are most likely going to turn out hideous. That's just why I keep on trying to get a good one. Maybe next time.

Today I painted Jax up like Frankenstein. I can't believe how scary he looked.

So......While there is no target store, most women my age are a little hairy and pimp out their Subaru's,people still say,"Ain't", and last week several people called my car an, "OUTFIT". It sure is a beautiful little spot in the world.

So beautiful that I have resorted to making homemade mouse traps. This is very advanced indeed. All you need is a bucket, coke can, peanut butter and a couple sticks. Thanks Deseree for sharing your mountain mama wisdom with me.
This is the before picture of Roscoe's hair. I forgot to take the after when I finished cutting it into a semi normal looking coif. You get the idea....

just look at her

I just had to show the world how gorgeous my little niece Sophie is. STUNNING