A fun box in the mail.

I got the best package in the mail few weeks ago.

My swap sister Sherry sent me the most beautiful Zombie Bell doll.

And cookies.

I love these cookies they are made of felt so I wont gain weight and I can keep them forever.

Ben had fun setting them on Bells quilt.

This made me smile he thought of it all on his own.

I would have left them on a plate on my counter.

My Benny boy is so cute. 

And yes he was in the same shirt he was wearing the day before if I would have taken pictures the next day he would have still been in that shirt.

I think he wore that shirt for 5 days strait because he did not have school.

Yes I am the mother of the year!

A fall walk with Ben!

I realize I have not posted in about 2 weeks or longer.

Why you may ask?

I will tell you in a few post for now I am playing catch up.

Ben had the day off a few weeks ago and the big kids had school and Ben had the day off.

Ben loves taking walks when it's just him and I.

The day of our walk was amazing.

Beautiful blue sky's and green lawns.

I wore my trusty slip on sandals. 

(Yes I needed a pedi) 

Ben put on his helmet then blew a spit bubble then we were on our way.

We walked down to the fountain then knowing that it would be turned off and drained soon.

Ben then proceeded to skate around the fountain one of his favorite things to do.

We then sat down a moment.

(Don't mind my face.)

Ben had fun taking pictures of me.

Help help a monsters after me.

Take that monster.

After my  photo shoot we started home.

Part of our way home was up heal so instead of skating  Ben balanced his solo skate.

I love my walks with Benny he is getting so big before I know it he will be in middle school and then no more alone days with mom.

Fall colors in pictuers!

I went on a color nature Safari with Ben yesterday we wanted to go up in the mountains but we ran out of time so we just walked around the neighborhood.

We got some beautiful pictures.

This is my favorite pictures of the day I love the red leaves against the bark of the Aspen .

( I think its an aspen maybe its not)

Enjoy!

Construction

Since we moved in we have been dealing with construction we were the only house done on the block when we moved in.

The workers come every day but Sunday at 7 am with out fail the pounding starts and the back hoes and bobcats make there noise.

It gets so annoying that we cant even sleep in on the weekends.

This is my back yard and soon these cinder blocks will be a house.

what you cant see is the two lots next this house are in the same state.

What dose this mean to me  you might ask?

Let me tell you No more construction I am so excited.

I am also excited because I was sad when we bought the lot that we weren't going to have neighbors.

Now I have 5 have that have already moved in and the rest will move in by the end of the year.

Burlap Chic

Yesterday I was feeling a little crafty .

I remembered seeing an easy burlap wreath on you guessed it PINTREST!

I went down stairs found some orange burlap I had bought for something else a while back.

I also garbed what ever I thought would look good on the wreath.

I went upstairs and garbed a wire hanger of on of my husbands shirts that had just been dry cleaned.

So here is what I used 

One yard of orange burlap cut into 3 inch strips

hot glue gun

scrap fabrics 

a pearl spray

lace

hanger 

and a owl pic.

I cut the burlap into 3 in strips bent the hanger into a circle and snapped off the hook.

I then started threading the burlap on to the hanger I threaded it like you would folded the burlap like a fan as I threaded it.

Once I was done I secured the hanger together by twisting it.

I then made some rolled flowers.

I then put them on the wreath together to make it look pretty.

Then I took a picture so I would not forget how it looked then glued it all down.

I love the way it turned out it was easy and quick to make.

I like how it looks on my door.

I love working with burlap and I am already thinking of the next project to make with it.

The 5 Stashes

I was upstairs and my kids called Mom come down stairs.

I came down and saw this.

My kids found some mustaches that I had a bought a few weeks ago for maddie.

I laughed hard.

My kids had a lot of fun taking pictures.

Ben was cracking us all up with his facial expressions.

Haa haa haa

More laughing

I love that my kids know how to fun and do it together they are getting so big and wont have many more times like this.

The last Game of the season.

Garrett is a little grumpy in this picture and rightfully so .

They had just lost the game by a filed goal .

They should have won by 6 points but because of a bad call by a referee they lost the game.

The game started with such promise.

The boys came out strong and they were pumped up.

They scored right away.

2 QTR they had another touch down and one referees called it good and the other said it was not good too bad they wouldn't look at the video one of the parents took it was clear that it was good.

The boys continued to fight hard we thought for a while it was going to be a shut out then the last minute of the 3rd quater the other team scored and made the extra points. In the whole season I have never seen any team make there extras points.

The boys watered up and made a game plan the still had the 4th quarter to try and win this thing.

We sat and watched them.

Dale and I did some kissing.

Ben did some snuggling on the bleachers.

The boys were still fighting hard .

Despite there best effort they lost the game.

The coaches told them they did their best they fought hard and played good all season and that they were proud of them.

Their team captain Beau gave a good speech, pep talk and prayer I think this boy will go far in life, I was impressed how he lead the team.

Now that football is over we can have a break yeah right! Wrestling season is now in full swing one day break and practice begins.

  

Fall bucket list 2012!

I decided to make a bucket list for fall this year.

Here is what I cam up with.

Take tons of pictures of Fall in Colorado. Make all the new soup recipes I have found on pintrest.

Go apple picking. Make homemade apple sauce. Go puddle jumping with the kidos. Make Halloween costumes. Make carmeled apples.Create a fun Halloween menu. Go to a haunted house. Make a fall wreath. Take a family picture. Lay back and watch the sky for owls and bats. Watch a Halloween themed movie as a family.Jump in a pile of leafs.

Randim acts of kindness

I had the coolest experiences Today I was at Walmart taking my big cart of grocery to the car
when 3 young men collage aged came up to me and asked if the could help put my grocery in my car. I said yes please! One of the boys pulled out of his backpack a ukulele and start playing one direction beautiful then all 3 boys in perfect harmony started to sing while unloading my grocery into my car, when they were done I tried giving them a tip and they smiled and said no thank you and went on their way. I was left in tears and touched, I swear I was visited by angels . I really wanted to go out and by my boys a ukuele.