Halloween

I know... it's still two months out and I'm usually the kind of person who thinks of a costume the day of... but something's gotten into me this year... I don't want to spend a lot of money but I want to dress my kids up... Here are a few ideas that I've had... we'll see which one of them if any I end up with.

I thought these would be fun since Jer is such a cute geek... And when else would our kids let us dress them up like this than now? I Could make the Yoda or Leia costumes... my favorite is the R2D2. Jer thought it would be fun to all show up together as a bunch of storm troopers... As long as Ada gets to hold a blaster she'd love it.



This would be cheap and Ada would have fun. We'd borrow the toy car from Judy and Ada could be the UPS driver and I could make Sammy's suit out of felt.


This one isn't really connected but they were my two favorite random costumes... I should make the superman one but I'd have a hard time with the Mulan one... so this is a moderately expensive option.

This is another one the whole family could do... I have a princess dress from Halloween several years ago that a friend made me... I'd just need to make Fiona ears...Ada would love being Puss'nboots and I could make ears for Jer to wear as Shrek and Sammy could be the dronkey baby... Or Jer could be a donkey, I could be a dragon and both kids could be dronkeys.

This one is probably what we'll end up with... I could make the money sack out of felt or burlap and Jer and I can be robbers and Ada can be the Sheriff. This would be the cheapest option because Ada has a stick horse already and I have a cowboy hat in our dress ups... we'd just need a badge and the time to make Sammy's costume.

We could all go as Kisses...Or one go as a kiss and the other as a hug...

Ada's favorite fairytale character is The Big Bad Wolf so I think she'd love this one... She could go as the wolf and we could go as the three pigs... I could make the pigs... but I think I'd have to buy the wolf costume.

I've asked Ada a couple of times what she wants to dress up as... each day it changes... so far we have milk, a car, a pig, and Rocket from Little Einsteins. I'm not entirely sure she'd notice whether we dress her in something that she asked for or not... especially two months after she asked for it.

If anyone would like to put in their feed back I'd love it. Thanks!

Ironies

I was making some no bake cookies with Ada yesterday and I started thinking about ironies...

It's ironic that my sister that has never made a successful batch of no bake cookies makes the best tasting and most beautiful wedding cakes and desserts.

It's ironic that Jer... who didn't ever run when we got married... and I who did switched places... now I don't run and Jer is preparing for his second marathon.

It's ironic that I graduated in art when I don't like to draw. (To clarify... I love sculpture, photography, and design)

It's ironic that I used to take my dog everywhere... but now that I have kids I rarely see her more than once a day.

It's ironic that my favorite Disney movie growing up is one that I don't want Ada watching because it might give her ideas.

That's just life!

pictures

I promised so here they are...

She wanted to do this by herself, but that scared me stiff! She's not two yet and what if she fell off and the horse stepped on her?

This was a little kid village. This one is called "Kitty's dance hall" and someone must have told their kids because all the kids were in there dancing around on the stage. It was pretty funny.

Baa...

Thanksgiving Point

My mom and I took the kids to the last $2 Tuesday at Thanksgiving Point for August... I'm so glad there were two adults! I wouldn't be able to make it fun and keep track of both of them at the same time. It was a lot of fun. We saw all the animals (Ada loved the baby cows) and took a ride on the wagon and then later on the ponies. The line for the pony ride was at least two hours long... which is another reason why two adults came in handy... one stood in line while the other took Ada to play and then we'd switch places. Ada was a little unsure about being on the pony at first, but by the end of the ride she cried when I took her off and kept saying, "Again, again!" Ada also learned that geese say, "Honk." And that all the little petting zoo animals like corn. There was a really aggressive goat in that area. Any time the pony would try to eat the kids corn the goat would ram it and then try to eat the corn itself. I'd like to post some pictures of it, but my camera is downstairs and I'm upstairs... I don't really want to carry the baby around at the moment and he's tired enough that he'll cry as soon as I leave... so I'll post pictures later.

Cute kids

I must say that kids are dang cute. Sammy is sitting in a bouncer on the floor next to me just cooing at the toys and smiling whenever they move. And I took Ada to the library the other day... there was a kind of rough looking man with a white lab sitting on the bench just outside the door. We've been working on colors so I asked her what color the dog was... she immediately got excited and said, "Green!" I said, "No silly! That's not green, what color is it?" "Pink!" Oh well... I guess it's hard to decide what color it is when you just remember the names of the colors but not what they look like!

Deficiencies

So here's my latest take on all my research for PCOS... my particular symptoms have led me to taking an Omega-3 supplement, making sure that I get enough vitamin C, B, and D and taking Cinnamon every day so that my body will recognize the insulin that it is producing. Just by doing that I have lost 5 lbs in 2 weeks. I think that even though I was eating healthy foods before, I wasn't getting the right things for my body... Now that I'm figuring it out my body is starting to recognize what it's doing. YAY! I just hope that I can figure out if I need something different or if I need to stay with what I've got.

Pictures

Here are some fun pictures from this last family gathering at Jer's family's house...

This was my favorite picture that Jer took during our Timp hike. I didn't make it up that high... I only hiked between 3 or 4 miles... When the lightning started, I stopped.

These are the 5 babies that were born this summer... I think they are all within a 4-5 month time period. There's Maisy, Sophie, Sammy, Joseph and Rockwell. Sophie's the oldest and Maisy's the youngest... all the boys are sandwiched in the middle.

This was when the neighbor's irrigation flooded the yard, garage, and driveway. All the grandkids grabbed buckets and did what they could to help out!

This is a picture of 26 of the 28 grandkids... We're just missing the two boys from Georgia. We missed you guys a lot!

Busy Week

I just had to acknowledge all the people who were there for me during this week! It was a lot of fun... don't get me wrong, but it was very busy. I think it would have been terrible if I hadn't have had help from the wonderful people in my life... especially Jeremy. Besides getting ready for our house to get appraised, put together paperwork for various things, hike Timp, do my regular work, teach piano lessons, visit with family while they were here from out of state, get ready for and host a game night for a few of the couples in our ward, and take care of my two kids.... I also baby sat/hung out with several others... I'll explain...

• Tuesday I had four kids... one aged 3, two ages 1 and one 2 month old... I had them for 5 hours. This was actually pretty easy... the highlight was Ada and the 3 year old reading books together on the floor for most the morning and the 3 year old "eating" sugar cookies. She ate one and asked for another... I gave it to her and gave her one to give to her sister... then she asked for a third... I gave it to her and said it was the last one. After they'd left I was picking up the house and found a blanket outside the door... When I picked it up... out fell 3 of the 4 sugar cookies that I had given her... she'd wrapped them all up nice and warm to put them outside!
• Tuesday night and Wednesday I had 6 kids... ages 2 months, 1 year, and one about 14, 2 about 12 and 1 about 10. This was a lot of fun... we played on the Wii Fit, they helped me clean my house for the inspector to come on Wed... and we played a vicious round of Run for your Life Candyman and Curses. Thanks for letting them come Mary!
• Friday (all day and night) and all day Saturday I had... one 3 year old, one 1 year old, a 4 month old and my 2 month old. I was terrified that they wouldn't sleep that night... but under the conditions... everything went as best it could. A couple of highlights from this experience. We went out to eat for dinner because I was out of steam... everyone looked at us carrying in the two boys that looked the same size in their baby carriers and they all got these dreamy, happy expressions on their faces like "oh look twins!" And I'm pretty sure that they thought the two girls were too... Ada and the 3 year old are the same height and Ada weighs 27 lbs while the 3 year old weighs 26... they both have blond hair and are the best of buds. Jer and I fed two kids each, then we went to Walmart to grab some eggs... So here we are in the middle of Walmart with two "sets of twins" and we got some pretty amazing stares. My favorite things about going to Walmart was showing the girls the bikes... they both climbed on and looked like they'd never climb off again. And Jer made a new game. He walked with the cart with the car seats in it and I walked about 10 feet behind... Then he had the girls run to me and tag me turn around and run to tag him. We were probably quite the sight, but it kept them both busy enough not to pull things off of racks and shelves... and they both stayed between the two adults where we could see them.

I discovered that if I were ever to have two sets of twins I wouldn't die, but I would definitely need help... and I think I'd be okay having 5 or 6 kids... after having this second one I said that I felt like I was done...

Here are a couple of the pictures that I took of the two girls while the boys were asleep... I thought they were being dang cute...

Just had to share

Funny story...

We finally got a copy of the Blessing Certificate from Sammy's baby blessing... Here's what it said...

Samuel Parker, son of Jeremy Scott and Elizabeth Catherine... Now I didn't know that my name was Elizabeth Catherine! I'm pretty sure that I carried and delivered Samuel myself... that or I just gained all that weight for nothing. Actually what happened was that there is another family in our ward with the same last name. Elizabeth is the wife in that family... I wouldn't have known it was her though because the name on the certificate was her maiden name and she doesn't go by Elizabeth... she goes by Libby. I only knew it was her because I went to High School with her and knew her last name. Otherwise I would have thought that they were just pulling a random name from somewhere! Congrats Libby, you're a new mom. Does that mean that you're supposed to pay me child support for raising your son?

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication

Wow! I've been blessed to be able to participate in a number of temple dedications, but I was absolutely amazed at this one. It was neat that the church tried to make the dedication available to anyone who had the desire to go. They held 9 dedication sessions, cancelled ALL meetings in the Wasatch area, and broadcast it all over! I have to admit that I almost didn't want to go though. It's been a tough week, and I've been to 5 dedications and a couple of open houses. I felt like I'd had my share. Then we got to the Stake Center. It was really neat because our bishop met us after having our ticket checked at the door. He talked to us in a whisper which really reminded me that the Stake House was acting as an extension to the temple at the moment. The talks were all wonderful, but I don't think I'll ever forget seeing Pres. Monson. We've seen him talk several times and you can predict the layout and tenor of his talks usually. This time... about half of the way through it you could see a physical change. He hesitated, then he proceeded to tell part of the story of how the temple was built in the 80's on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Just watching him marvel at the absolute miracle that it was that they had given permission to build and operate a temple! I feel that this is where his true testimony lies! He saw first hand how the faith of many people and how his own actions were answered with a blessing. I could see that he is still reminded of the power of God on this earth in day to day actions that result in marvellous outcomes. He also said that we people that live with so many rooms... a room for eating, a room for sitting, and a room for TV and entertainment need to make sure that we are making room for Christ. A thing that also struck me was that he said that during the dedication that we needed to touch the temple... and to let it touch us. That was neat for me because the Mount Timp temple dedication. My dad was a bishop at the time so we were able to sit in the Celestial room with President Hinckley while it was dedicated. I sat right next to the wall and he said that the young children needed to touch the walls of the temple and remember and return. I did return. I returned to receive my endowments before my mission, I returned to be sealed to my wonderful husband, I returned to serve others in their covenants, and I returned to hear Pres. Monson bare testimony of the same thing. I don't know if he planned that or not, but it is important to me. The spirit felt so strong during the dedicatory prayer and the Hosanna Shout. I'm blessed that we could attend such a great occasion.

Videos

Just a couple of videos off my phone. One is of Ada and her cousin reading books the other day while I was babysiting. One is of Ada and her cousin Emma's best friend doing the Wii Fit together, and the other one is when the neighbors irrigation flooded the driveway and the garage at Jer's parents house. Jer said I should name that one "Do it yourself wave pool".