Step Aside Everyone, and Just Hand Me the Mom of the Year Award NOW.

My kiddos loved these!

First, take canned biscuits or crescent rolls and cut into thin strips like this:
Then, wrap the strips around the hot dog like THIS:

Bake as directed on the biscuit or crescent roll can. Use mustard or ketchup for dots for the eyes, and viola! A mummy!!

Happy Halloween to all!

I Dare You Not to Laugh at This

Soccer for One. WHAT??

I'll admit - it's a little odd to just have one kid playing soccer this year.


Only one game to attend every Saturday.


No "divide and conquer" so kids can get to different games on different sides of town at the same time.


Weekly practices for ONE kid, two nights a week, instead of two kids usually on separate days, basically taking over our lives.


Less crock pot cooking during the week.


In other words, I kinda LIKE this! Thanks for deciding NOT to play this year, Dylan! He will make it up to us by playing basketball in the winter and baseball in the spring.


Here's Zack, playing forward, a member of the Destroyers, at a game where they actually destroyed the other team. Nice.



There they are. Don't they look like a bunch of Destroyers to you? And can you tell which one is mine? Hmm?


Go Destroyers!

Scary!

There are ZOMBIES living in my house.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Come to Mama

Jelly beans and bacon all rolled into one. Two of my favorite things. Now THIS I've gotta try.

You're welcome.

Run Run as Fast as You Can...

It's jog-a-thon time! Each year our elementary school holds a jog-a-thon as a very successful fundraiser for the school. It is always fun to go and cheer the boys on as they go round and round the track.

Zack, like his mama, is not a big fan of running. He walked (briskly!) most of the way, but managed a slow trot when he went past me and my camera on the sidelines. Doesn't he look HAPPY?

Just the opposite, Dylan LOVES to run. Just look at the joy on his face. He speeds past many kids and gets LOTS of laps in. (This is why I pledged a flat fee this year, instead of a per-lap donation. This kid would BREAK me with all his laps.)

Simply Glorious.

Kristin Chenoweth, I love you.

Perfect.

Dylan was baptized on Saturday. He was practically jumping out of his skin with excitement. All went just as planned.

It was pretty near perfect.

Dylan and his Dad in their whites...


Dylan and one of his Primary teachers. He loves her!


Z and D with Aunt Sarah, who made the trip for the baptism all the way from Las Vegas. We love you, Sarah!