Happy Late Halloween!!

We had a fun Halloween season this year! Here are some of the fun things that we did...

One of the ladies in my ward taught us how to make these super cool bug cupcakes. So, when my sister Emily came to hang out with us one weekend, we attempted making them.

We had centipedes and ticks, and many other things.


But my favorite had to be Emily's creature. Can you guess what it is supposed to be?


If this is what you guessed, you were right...a scorpion!


We sure had fun!!!

We also went to the pumpkin walk with my sister, Julie and her husband, Doug, and their cute little boy Zach. Good times!

Like father, like son...


And now for the cute costumes.

At the ward party, we went as Peanut Butter and Jelly.
Ben was a Pea
Sheri was a Nut
Brooklyn was Butter
McLain was Jelly
We were Pea, Nut, Butter, and Jelly.
Sorry, no pics of that one.

But here are the cute kids on Halloween night.

Ben was a rugby player, and he loved going Trick or Treating.


And Brooklyn was a cute little bumblebee!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Ben's newest trick

Every day, Ben does something new that just makes me laugh.

For example, when I looked over and saw him eating his "raisin patty", I couldn't help but laugh ... and almost gag.


But I think this newest trick of his tops them all.

And of course, here are a couple pictures of Brooklyn, just because she's so dang cute!!!

Burning Cakes, Hikes, and Parmesan Cheese

So Ben turned 2 last week!!! CRAZY!
Here are the before and after pictures of the airplane cake that I made for him.

BEFORE we ate it

AFTER we ate it and McLain got to it

He sure had lots of fun with the fire!


So, this last weekend, we went to Moab to see our beautiful niece be blessed. It was so fun!!!
We took Ben on a little hike while we were there.

Good times!


And yesterday, Ben was eating his breakfast. We kept hearing him say "Parmesan cheese." What??? Did he want parmesan cheese on his Tootie Fruities? That's gross!!!

So I went in to see what in the world he was talking about. There he was looking out the window and repeating "Parmesan cheese on car!" Huh? So, I took a peek out the window and this is what I saw.

That's right, it was snow. You've gotta give it to him though...it does look like parmesan cheese.

I just want to let everyone know

that...

MCLAIN IS THE BEST!!!!

and I love him so much!

Good times!!

Here are some pics of some of the things that we've been up to lately.


Here we are.

Here's McLain's beautiful car at the Preston car show.


Ben loves airplanes, and he was so excited to ride on one at the park!


Brooklyn is so so cute!!




So, in hopes of getting Ben more excited about sitting on his potty, we put his hand prints on it with paint so it was not just any potty, but Ben's potty. He loved painting it.


But the question is...did it work? Absolutely not. Now the only thing he gets excited about is giving his potty high five!!!


And of course, last but not least, here is a video of Ben's sweet dance while listening to music through the headphones.