Pumpkin Fun

I absolutely LOVE carving pumpkins with the family! We have made it a family tradition and I hope the kids love it as much as Allen and I do.

Before

AFTER

My pumpkin was like frozen or something because Allen couldn't get a knife in it so we just did the three. Oh don't they look awesome!!!

"11"

11 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT PRESTON

1. He has an amazing heart. He is genuinely concerned about the well being of his friends and others and always tries to include those who feel left out.

2. He is a good big brother to Zach. I couldn't have asked for better.

3. He is a happy morning person.

4. He is very intelligent.

5. He has a very vivid imagination. i wouldn't be suprised if he were to invent something someday.

6. He has an excellent memory- Remembering when mom asks him to clean his room, not so well. ha ha!

7. He has a great sense of humor and is so fun to be around.

8. He loves to draw and is very artistic.

9. He is the best gamer I have ever seen(well Rogan may still come in first and Michol a close second) but I tell you Preston is amazing with those video games. His dexeterity is awesome. He is so fun to watch.

10. His enthusiam for life.

11. His affection towards his parents. Even though he is the big 11, he still gives me hugs once in a while.

Happy 11th Birthday Preston!

Happy Birthday Preston

It was Preston's birthday last week. He turned 11 and I wanted to make it as special as I could for him. Zach and I decorated his room while he was at school. Surprise!

I made him his favorite meal for dinner and then opened presents later. The picture below has a funny story. Preston loves dragons so I wanted to get him a poster of a dragon. I picked one up at Walmart and looked in the slot and all the tags on the posters inside the slot were the same. When Preston was opening the present later in the evening, Allen started bustin' out laughing and I didn't know why. Preston finishes opening the present-its a poster of Al Pacino's Scarface! I have never seen it but know that it is a bloody mobster movie. The poster has a rated"R" in the corner with the suggested violence and such and he is also holding a gun. You can't see the whole poster not too violent but not something I meant to get. We all had a good laugh.



He also got "Iron man" DVD , black Hurley jacket, clothes ,legos, Spiderwick field book, and money from grandma and aunt Miranda to buy guitar hero for DS. Yeah, I know its not even Christmas! Ridiculous!!!


He also had a friend party(like that wasn't enough). These boys are all so great! They had a Wii tournament and had awards after. We opened presents, had cupcakes and ice cream and played football.

Few updates....

I am officially a blog slacker!! I haven't posted for a while(with the exception of this last one). There have been many things that have happened the past months and I don't want to back track too much. There were birthdays, camping trips, family parties, missionary news... I could go on with a lot but here are just a few recaps of the last months. I am also excited for the fall and holiday seasons. I love this time of year!

Allen's birthday

Jumping jacks for Zach's birthday

Zach and his cousins. All of their birthdays are so close together.

He was the VIP(very important person) at preschool the last two weeks. He was really excited about that.

My niece Whitni is going on a mission to Chicago, Illinois Spanish speaking. I love her so much. Sorry Whit not the best picture I have of you.

Camping with the Johnsons. One of our last camping trips of the year.

Corn Belly's

We went the Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point. I totally recommend it!! The kids had a lot of fun and especially with cousin Whitni. This is after the hay ride we rode. Whew! A little bouncy but oh so fun.

Looking out into the pumpkin patch on the hayride.

We all decided to get our faces painted. Preston was even a good sport about it. At first he was like"NO WAY!", but obviously gave in. Don't we all look cute!



This is the corn maze. We only went on phase one, the shorter one, which was enough. We also went through the haunted creature. I don't have any pictures of that but the whole family was scared except for me!