so little time, so much to blog!

Wow! I have gone from having nothing to say, to having too much to say to blog all at once. We had a crazy, fun, frantic weekend last week. It was incredibly busy, but very rewarding. We are halloweenaholics! We love Halloween! We spend months preparing for Halloween. We visit every thrift store in town searching for just the right pieces to make our costumes perfect. This year we decided on vampires. The boys love the idea of being bloodsuckers! Although Halloween isn't until tomorrow, we have already gotten to dress up more than once. We attended the "Monster Mash" for Jakes school on Friday night, Then Chris and I enjoyed attending the Saunders annual Halloween party on Saturday. It is always so much fun! Chris and I flew to Utah early Sunday morning for the blessing of our Nephew Cohen Dustin Vohs. It was a crazy quick trip, but so worth it! We were exhausted when we got back Sunday night, but we wouldn't have missed it for the world! Isn't Cohen adorable?! Tonight we went to the "trunk r treat" at the church. The children came home with a boat load of candy, and we even got a few decent pictures. Scary aren't we?!

A wonderful fall Friday!

The weather has been just beautiful here in Colorado for the past several days. Nana's birthday was on Thursday, and she was lucky enough to get away from the office on Friday! We were invited for a special birthday lunch with Nana at the park. Thank you mom, for choosing subway at the park over Macaroni grill. Macaroni grill might have had better food, but I am sure everyone had more fun at the park. The cousins had a great time running around in the sunshine. The moms had a great timing sitting in the sunshine not having to entertain the kids! Happy birthday mom, you are great! Thanks for a spectacular sunny afternoon!

A little bit more Logan

Just a few more pics of my silly little man!

Isn't 1 fun?!

Sometimes I think Logan is going to make me crazy! Being 1 means getting into absolutely everything, and throwing fits about anything. Logan's favorite thing to do is wait until I am not looking, and then get into the cereal cupboard and eat some cereal while emptying the rest onto my kitchen floor. He also loves to make a mess of whatever he is eating. One morning he got a hold of Brayden's oatmeal while I was upstairs. He decided it would be more fun to wear it then to eat it. What a mess. Even though he makes a mess of my house and himself at least three times a day, I just can't help but love him! Those eyes, and a smile that lights up any room! Isn't 1 fun?!

What A Day!

Well, it's finally Friday, but that doesn't mean much this week. I am overloaded with schoolwork, and Brayden is sick. Factor in my attempts at "eating well", and I find that this Friday stinks. I am at home (probably for the weekend) with sick kids, a ton of homework, and no good food. To top it all off, one of my classes is a cooking class (I had to balance out math and psychology some how), and today alone I have made butterscotch brownies, chocolate cake, Peppermint bark, toffee, and an apple pie. It figures that I would finally get around to baking all of this yummy stuff, when I can't eat it. The bright side? The kids are in heaven!

OUR NEW NEPHEW

Ok, So I have taken WAY too long to post the exciting news that I have a new nephew! I have been wanting to blog about it, but I was having trouble getting access to a picture. Our beautiful new nephew is Cohen Dustin Vohs. He is absolutely adorable, and we are so sad that we haven't been able to see him in person or hold him yet. We can hardly wait! Congratulations Dustin and Lisa!

One Year Ago

I was sitting at the church tonight watching as our primary children practiced their primary program. That got me thinking about our last primary program. I was lucky enough to be in the primary presidency then, and I had just found out that I was being released to be called to be the president of the Young Womens organization. I was so sad to not be able to work with the sweet little children anymore. Looking back I can hardly believe that it has been a year! The time has flown by so quickly! As much as I miss the primary children, I absolutely love working with my amazing young women. I feel so blessed to be able to be around the amazing youth of our ward. The teach me everytime I am near them. I only hope that I give something back to them! Here is a little look at what my own beautiful children looked like about a year ago!

So Sorry

I was with a group of friends today who not so subtly brought it to my attention that I do not update my blog enough. I made several excuses, mostly that I am too busy. I have to say that I could justify that comment, because I do work 15-20 hours a week, have a busy church calling, and I am taking three college classes right now, one of which is a math class. The busiest part of all is that I spend my days chasing three crazy little boys. Of course, I do find time for other non essential activities, so I have to ask, why is it that I don't keep up on my blog? I think the real answer is that my life just isn't exciting enough! What is there to say? Even now I am struggling to find anything to say that would be of any interest to the rest of you. None the less, I vow to try and be better! One funny tid bit, I was at a totally awesome baby shower today. It was really fun! Anyway, when I came home Jake asked "mom, how was the shower?", I answered, "It was fun Jake, thanks." I could just see the wheels in Brayden's little head turning. After a few moments of silence he looked up and asked "well mom, how was the drying?" You see Braydens favorite part of a shower is when he get's out and daddy gives him the "car wash" hair dry off. I can only imagine what Brayden must have thought when he heard I was going to a shower. I wonder, who do you suppose he thought I was "showering" with?

Two First Days of School

Wow! Did summer fly by or what?!





Jake has already been in school for over a month now, and Brayden started preschool last week. The time goes by so quickly! Jake is now a big first grader. He rides the bus to and from school, and has homework every night. Monday is his favorite school day, because the school cafeteria serves Domino's pizza for lunch. It is a bit strange having him gone all day every day, but he is enjoying school, and doing well.



Brayden started preschool this past Wednesday. After being excited for school all summer, he got nervous on Tuesday. He decided school wasn't for him. He got a fathers blessing Tuesday night, which seemed to help, but Wednesday morning he was still looking for excuses to stay home. He chose to take his Rockies backpack, but became convinced on the way to school that Rockies backpacks were not allowed. Once I assured him his "pack pack" was ok, he became convinced that you couldn't wear crocs to school. When I said crocs were ok, he said blue ones with fishes on them (what he was wearing) were not allowed. When we got to school he was very quiet, and I became very nervous. No phone calls from his teacher, so I returned to pick him up 2 1/2 hours later. He was all smiles, and his teacher even informed me that half way through school Brayden looked up and addressing the class asked "does anyone miss their mom, cuz I don't!" Seems Brayden will do just fine after all!

The House of Grey

Hi all,

As some of you might know, my brother-in-law Collin Earl wrote a fantasy novel, "The House of Grey". I am producing the audiobook version of the novel at www.podiobooks.com. The site has hundreds of audiobooks all produced in podcast novel format (you download each chapter of the book through iTunes, or another podcatcher). Subscritption to the site and each and every one of the books hosted there are completely free. So, click the link above and go subscribe to the book. I'll be releasing an episode each week until the book is done, so enjoy!!