I know, I know....

I know that antibiotics have their place. I know they're important and useful. I just wish they didn't hurt my daughter's bum so much!!!! She gets ear infections like her mommy and daddy did and none of the antibiotics work well for her except Omnicef. That's not true. Amoxicillin works for her too but she gets red spots all over her body!!!!!! But the Omnicef gives her baaaaaaaaad diarrhea! Her little bum explodes in a red rash. So I'm changing her poor bottom and she's crying and cringing and I keep repeating, "I know, I know". So what does she start saying through her gasps? "I know, I know!" Poor girl!

Oh brother!

You wanna know why I find Halloween intimidating? Why I can never think of a good costume? It's because THIS is my competition! :) Check out my funny brother's costume! Happy Halloween! :)

My Halloween Memories!

When I was a teenager, we would rent old movies like Abbott and Costello. My Mom would make yummy Pumpkin Soup and Dad would order pizza because he doesn't like Pumpkin Soup! I would sit on the front porch in the chilly Utah air and make teenagers who are too old for trick-or-treat sing for their candy. I remember taking my little brother and sister around the neighborhood. I would hang signs on the door telling them to go away after we had exhausted our bags and bags of candy! I always wanted to be a clown when I was in elementary school. I'm apparently not one of those people who are scared of clowns-but I'm apparently not that creative with costumes. We have years of pictures of me in the clown suit over and over and over.

Funny how I don't remember much trick-or-treating myself. It was always more fun to watch Sam and Gracie do it!

Now, I like to make Pumpkin Soup myself. I like to carve pumpkins with my sweetie and hand out candy to the ten kids who come to our house :) and this year I'll take my own little girl to a few neighbors' houses even though she's totally freaked out by the whole concept! :) I'll make pumpkin bars (yes, I'll post the recipe, Jen!) and I'll tell my mind to calm down...it has way too much to think about right now!

Halloween Preview

I found an old friend on Facebook today. My little sister convinced me to join last winter. A fellow blogger recently asked "what's the big deal with facebook?" The big deal is that I have wondered where and how this person has been ever since I lost contact with her eight years ago! She switched schools after living across the hall from me freshman year. And it turns out she lives in the Twin Cities as well! I love that!

I've been trying to resist showing her costume. I think she looks so cute!

Phew!

I'm feeling so relieved! The Primary program is over (for 12 months anyway)! And it went fabulously! All of the moving parts went well and everyone pretty well knew what they were supposed to do. The first song had a flute solo and she seemed nervous but did very well. We had some solos and groups that were great. So many kids had their parts memorized and one of our Valiant 11 boys had memorized Doctrine & Covenants section 4 for his part. It was awesome! I was so impressed with these kids.

A year ago, I really was feeling the need to get back into singing. I really wanted to take voice lessons but we really didn't have the extra money to spend on a "hobby". A month later, I got this calling to work with the kids in music. I was so nervous. I had never done anything like this before. However, I have discovered this was an absolute answer to prayers! I have been able to learn new songs, practice singing for hours every week, learn more patience with kids, and gain a bigger testimony of the music of this gospel. I'm so grateful I've had this opportunity!

It's nice for it to be over, but I'm so glad it went so well. During the song, "Listen, Listen", we had a boy play it on the piano and we sang it a cappella and then in a round. Our president heard the family behind her say, "whoa! that was awesome" when we were done! Yay Primary!

A few of my favorite things...

1. When M gives me a hug and pats my back because that's what I do to her.
2. kettle corn
3. crunchy leaves-I LOVE that M loves playing with the leaves!
4. pumpkin chocolate chip bars! (this afternoon's activity!)
5. knowing that the primary program will be over in four hours!!!!!

newly sharpened pencils and pumpkins

My next "Fall" movie is "You've Got Mail". I love that movie! I haven't seen it in a while and I just saw my favorite part-"I would buy you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils!" It also makes me want to visit New York again! I haven't been since I was in the 9th grade. However, before I visit there again, we are bound and determined to go to Washington, DC. Someday soon we are going to go! Who knows when, but we're determined!

We went and got pumpkins today! It wasn't exactly a pumpkin patch but M didn't know and we still had fun! They had sheep and goats and chickens to visit with. M and I ran through a haystack maze and we got three lovely pumpkins to carve next week!