Halloween... Trick-or-Treat

Once again Halloween has come and gone, and once again we have to learn the ways of a new place. In Iowa they had beggars night where you went out trick or treating on the 30th. Here you don't go out unitl it's dark. Every house we hit we got the comment, "my you're early" or "You're our first trick or treater's." Needless to say it got a little ridiculous. On our way home we still hadn't seen any other kids out trick or treating, but we were able to get home while it wasn't cold outside and it was just getting dark. The boys hit the jack pot with their treats this year and unfortunately I had to sample a few to make sure they were okay.

One of the houses we went to was really decked out in decorations and they had this pirate ship. My boys thought it was the coolest thing. So like the poor kids we are we used it as our back drop and snapped a few pictures.

By the time we were about half way done my kids were getting a little tired. So if there was a bench or steps they would sit down after ringing the door bell and wait for someone to come to the door. Once someone came to the door Porter would yell, "Yay, they're here! They're here!" Their bags that they carried started to get too heavy that it would throw Porter off balance. He was falling all over people's bushes and the ground. It was a good Halloween, next year we'll know better and go out at the right time.

I finally got some pictures of the beautiful fall leaves out here. Isn't it pretty?? I think so!

A Funny...but the truth

I saw this on a blog and thought it was hilarious, hope you can laugh at it whether your republican or not.

Trunk-or-Treat

Last night was our wards Halloween party and Trunk-or-Treat. It was so much fun. The boys were so excited and wanted to wear their costumes all day long. Our ward went all out, doing a little carnival, haunted house, skit and dinner. Then we did the trunk-or-treating. Logan was Buzz light year and was so excited when he found out that his lights on his costume really turned on. Porter was a dragon, but he was a nice dragon and not mean, (until he didn't get his way).

While the parents went to go get their cars ready the kids paraded all around the gym. Of course both of my boys when walking by the food table would grab some kind of treat and eat it as fast as they could, so I wouldn't take it away. So the car ride home Porter talked at hyper speed the ENTIRE way home. Luckily he did go to bed once we got home.

Killing time while we waited for dad to be ready to go with us. BYU had like a minute left that of course lasted like 1o minutes. Luckily they won and looked a little better than when they played TCU.I saw this fun thing in Family fun magazine. We put magnets on the back of a bunch of nuts and bolts and other little knick knacks. Then while I made dinner they made "robot" faces on some cans of soup and had a ball. Yay for family fun's ideas.

My Mom According to Logan and Porter

My sister in law did this little questionaire with her son and I thought it looked fun. It's funny to see what they say and the pattern of some it. Obviously my kids know I want them to listen and be good. Just something fun to do, try it out with your kiddo's.

1. What is something mom always says to you? Listen (Logan) Be Good (Porter)

2. What makes mom happy? When I listen to you (Logan) When I be good (Porter)

3. What makes mom sad? When I don't listen to you (Logan) When I don't be good (Porter)

4. How does your mom make you laugh? when you do funny things (Logan) You make me funny (Porter)

5. What was your mom like as a child? I don't know (Logan) We hugged you (Porter)

6. How old is your mom? 4 (Logan) BIG (Porter)

7. How tall is your mom? small (Logan) Big? (Porter)

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Doing what she wants to do (Logan) Get the dirty clothes (Porter)

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? Come and pick me up (Logan) When grandma's here and you talk to her (Porter)

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? For being mean (Logan) Nothing (Porter)

11. What is your mom really good at? Really good at choosing the right (Logan) Reading books (Porter)

12. What is your mom not very good at? not one of our tricks (Logan) being naughty (Porter)

13. What does your mom do for her job? watch us (Logan) Get the dirty clothes (Porter)

14. What is your mom's favorite food? pancakes (Logan) Beans and Pancakes (Porter)

15. What makes you proud of your mom? be happy (Logan) Because I miss you (Porter)

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Mrs. Eddison (Logan) a baseball team (Porter)

17. What do you and your mom do together? When Porter's not around we just play (Logan) We do something and we watch t.v (Porter)

18. How are you and your mom the same? We have the same head and the same skin (Logan) We're not the same (Porter)

19. How are you and your mom different? You have brown hair and I have blonde hair (Logan) We're not different (Porter)

20. How do you know your mom loves you? Because your my mom (Logan) Because you love me so much. (Porter)

Another trophy, a visit from momma P. and I won...

Yep, here we go again. Porter finally was able to get his trophy and there was peace in the land once again. He played his last soccer game on soccer and actually scored a goal. Once he realized what he had done it seemed the idea of soccer finally kicked in and he wanted to be the one to score every goal no matter which way his team was going. If the ball wasn't going the way he needed it to he would just gently push it into the goal. It was a lot of fun to watch. We're definately glad this soccer season is over, but will probably be excited for it again next year. Logan and Porter will then be able to play on the same team and we'll only have one game once a week, yay!
My mom was able to come out here and see us for a few days this week. It was so much fun to see her and hang out. We drove over to Chicago to see my aunt and uncle who are mission presidents there. Logan kept calling them "the missionaries" and thought it was so cool he was able to sleep in a bed that missionaries sleep in. We went to an arboretum there and let the kids run around. It was such a pretty drive and it was nice to show my mom that not all of Michigan is ghetto.

We also were able to have Chicago Pizza and I think we shocked my aunt and uncle by Logan and Porter being able to eat a whole slice of pizza with out much effort. What can I say, they're Brandon's sons.
My mom and I spent the day shopping on saturday and she gets all of the kids jammies for Halloween. So here she is with my boys in their Halloween jammies from grandma. They loved them because they have a bat on them and they glow in the dark. It's so nice to have family come out and see us. We're learning to love Michigan but family is the biggest thing we miss from Utah. Thanks for coming out here mom and spending time with us, we love you.Lastly look what I won. How cute are these?? I found them on the crafting chicks blog, which I try to steal ideas from. They were having a drawing for this cute Halloween bag and I actually won. The girl who gave them away makes these and nursing covers and baby slings. Check out her blog to see, jwsew.blogspot.com

I can laugh now...

My boys have actually stayed in bed tonight and have been asleep for almost 2 hours. As I think about the day I've had, I can actually look at it and laugh. It started this morning waking up late and rushing to get the boys fed and all of us ready for church at 9:00. I'm so sick of walking in late, so I was really stressing the be on time thing. As I was doing my hair I told the boys to get their church pants on, and I'd help them with their shirts in a minute. They both undress and do a few laps around the room naked, while I'm curling my hair yelling, get dressed boys. Logan gets his pants out, Porter puts on his excersise pants and comes in and asks what I think. I tell him to change and then I hear laughing and things being thrown around. I look out the bathroom door into their room and see that they have emptied out their pajama, underwear drawer and thrown the clothes all over their room and are laughing hysterically. I'm finally done getting ready and finish getting them dressed. We get to church right as they start singing the opening song, almost made it on time. We sneak onto the back row and a guy follows in after us and sits right next to Logan. Logan looks at this guy and goes and steals Porters seat which is on the other side of me. I pull him back over, (did I mention I threw my back out, pregnant ladies should not help move couch beds!) Logan starts yelling I don't want to sit by that man, I don't want to sit by that man. I'm totally embarrassed and finally get him to be quiet. The guy moved after they passed the sacrament. The rest of sacrament they were pretty good. Then came class time, Porter loves nursery and has no problems going. Logan didn't want to go to his class, so I told him that he had to come and sit with me in "boring" sunday school and he couldn't sing, talk or move. He decided he'd go to class instead. As sunday school got out the primary secertary told me that he didn't want to sit or sing and she talked with him and he decided to stay in there instead of coming in and sitting with me. I was a little embarrassed. His teacher said he does really good when they're in class it's the whole sharing time thing he just can't handle being in a room with that many kids and not being silly. So we made it home from church, ate lunch and all my kids wanted to do was watch cartoons. I'm trying to make sunday different from every other day of the week so I wouldn't let them. We decided to lay down and rest, my back was killing me. I put the boys up in their bed, granted they didn't really love this idea and start saying, we want daddy, we love him the best. (Some of you might get your feelings hurt by this, but I'm use to them loving daddy more when he's not here.) The boys lasted 5 minutes and came downstairs, so I had them get their coloring stuff out and color. I fell asleep and was awoken to the sound of scissors snipping something right by my head. I wake up and see Logan standing over my head with scissors in his hand. I feel my hair and start pulling stands of hair that he cut off. It's not noticeable but I was mad. I sent him to his room before I lost it, then I looked around me and the sunday paper is all over my house. I'm thinking I was only asleep for like 10 minutes, why are my kids so crazy? Porter helps me pick up the paper and we have a snack. Logan's bawling upstairs, I choose to ignore him, I still can't deal with him. So we get to bath time, yes I eventually let Logan out of time out. My boys love their bath so much that they start throwing water all around the bath room, getting dressed they have to do their naked lap around the room and we finally get our jammies on, our stories read, teeth brushed, and kids in bed. I haven't heard from them since and so now I can look back on this day and say, yes I can honestly say I still love my kids and I will love them always and forever.

What we've been up to...

During the break of General Conference we had beautiful weather and went and rode the bikes around outside. The picture of Porter looks like he face planted but he didn't. He and Logan were racing and he tries to go so fast and wiggles his little butt on that seat and lost his balance. He caught himself but being dramatic as he is he put himself down on the ground and told me he couldn't go anymore. We got Logan his big boy bike for his birthday, yes it's early but in November he might not be able to enjoy it as much. He's having a lot of fun with it, and can finally ride it really well by himself.

We've heard from almost everyone this apple orchard is a must see and do here. Brandon had monday off so we went and checked it out. They had awesome doughnuts and cider. The apple picking was fun, but we got way more than I think we'll be able to eat. We're all pretty appled out here. For those of you who lived in Iowa, Carrolls Pumpkin Patch was definately better, but this will do while we're here.

To pick the apples you rode on a tractor pulled wagon and it dropped you off and then another one came around and picked you up and dropped you off at the next spot. When this first happened the boys thought the tractor was leaving us and they took off after it. The top picture is one Porter took of us while we were waiting for the tractor to come, pretty good.

We're loving the Fall season, it really is beautiful here. We're getting excited my mom is coming out here this week. I'm so excited to see her. The boys can't wait either.

Just like SKY!

Logan recieved his trophy for soccer the other night after his game. Once they gave it to him he came running over to us and yelled, "Mom, I got a trophy just like Sky!" He was so excited to be able to be like his uncle Sky. The next day he wanted to call Sky and tell him all about it. We got his voicemail and he left a message that went like this, "Hi Sky, I got a soccer trophy just like you. Do you still have yours??? I know you do! Bye!"
He is such a funny kid. I would love to say that he improved with his soccer skills, but he at least still had fun. The last 2 games turned out to be Wrestle Mania Soccer. You get one boy out there who starts pushing and then all of the boys except maybe 2 who understand soccer a little more, all start pushing and wrestling each other to the ground. Maybe next year will be better.

Picture Tag

Go to your 4th Folder and and post the 4th Picture Tag. Upload your picture and then describe it.

I did this tag because I was interested in what the picture would be. When I saw it I had to post it. Oh how I miss those cute chubby cheeks and little drooly mouth. I actually think my friend Lisa took this picture. So play along if you'd like, it's kind of fun. (If you couldn't tell it's Logan).

For what it's worth

This week has been an interesting one. I'm struggling with whether or not I should even blog about it. But since it's been weighing on my mind I'm going to and I may delete it later on.

As some of you may know when we had our first ultrasound there were some things that didn't "look good." I say that term because at the time what didn't look good now would look great for some. I was devastated at this news. It was the unknown of if we would have a down syndrome baby or not, and it killed me. I mention this because to me that was terrible to deal with, but like most situations it can always get worse. So here goes.
There are 5 of us on the Bishop side of the family, (I hope I'm not forgetting anyone) who are all due within about 2 months of each other. Brandon's cousin Tim and Tiffany have 2 adorable little boys around the same ages as our boys and are expecting their 3rd in February. They had their ultrasound on Monday,and I new they were going to have a girl like us, following the "Bishop" pattern for kids. They had their ultra sound and sure enough it was a sweet baby girl. Unfortunately, it also revealed that this sweet baby's life will be short lived. She has anencephaly, and for some reason her brain and skull did not develop. Although the rest of her body is growing they only have hope to be with her for a few hours or days. They have been so good to blog about this event in their life, (If you want to read about it they have started a blog dedicated to tracking this part of their lives. It's on my side bar Pray for a Miracle). Every time I read, I bawl. It probably has to do with pregnancy but also I'm an emotional person. It's a lot of confused feelings that I feel. I feel guilty for having a healthy baby, and at the exact same time I feel blessed for having a healthy baby. So what do you say for comfort to someone in a moment like this. I pray for them, and they are amazingly strong people. It just brings the question to mind why do tragedies happen to good people. It's those moment's where you want to sit down with Heavenly Father and say, "Okay what am I suppose to learn from this? Tell me now, so I learn and move forward, and never go through this again."
So in the mix of all of this chaos going on, Tim and Tiffany are seeing the good in it. I admire them for their strength, their faith, and their courage. They are shining examples of what I want to be like when dealing with tough challenges. They are the best parents, and I have loved getting to know them and their family better through this blogging world. I don't really know if I have a point to make here. It's just those moment's when you see other's struggle and you realize that events in your life are not as bad as they could be. So if you would like to keep Tiffany and Tim and their family in your thoughts and prayers, I'm sure it would go a long way.

Preview to Halloween 2008

Needed to check to make sure all the costumes fit before we committed to them. I'm not a halloween fan, but ever since I've had kids it's definately a lot more fun. I love these boys!