Craft Show

The craft show over the weekend went well, and I hit my goal mark of sales. There is still one more day left of the sale which will be next Saturday. Let's hope that I sell everything I have left. That would be great! But I am happy with the outcome so far, and I am already thinking of ideas for next year. Way to plan ahead, right?!

Doors From Heaven

In preparation for my upcoming craft boutique, I have been searching for some old doors to use for my display. I have not had much luck finding any and the ones that I have found have been too pricey.

So, last week I was driving down the road and to my amazement I saw a stack of about 20 doors on the side of the road with a sign that read, "FREE." I quickly pulled over and examined the
"free" doors. They were just what I was looking for except for the fact that each door had at least one ding or hole in it. I didn't care about the holes because I was going for the rustic look anyway.

I have to say that these doors were just waiting there for me and I am so thankful that I was there to retrieve them!








Doors after I distressed them

Halloween Fun!

Last night the kids had a wonderful time. We started the night with a pumpkin-shaped pizza from Papa Murphey's. Yummy.

We all went trick-or-treating around the neighborhood together for about 45 minutes, and then I went home to pass out our candy. When the kids finally arrived home, their sacks were bulging. I think this year is the most candy they have ever received. Let's hope it lasts until Easter!

I also posted a picture of the Spooky Halloween House the kids made. Thanks Grandma Nana!

We Are Having A...

Today was the ultrasound and the results are in. It's a... BOY! I was going to have the tech write down on a piece of paper what we are having and open it up with the kids, but I couldn't even be in suspense for an hour. So Clint and I found out there, and then I wrote on a piece of paper what we were having and Macy read the results to us all. The kids were thrilled! They were all hoping for a little brother.

I have posted some pics of the little guy, and the tech said that he is "definitely" a boy unless something falls off!

Now I need to think of a prize for those who guessed correctly.

Fun Weekend With Mom and Dad!

Mom and dad were in town the end of September for meetings with the CNP and we were lucky to have them here in Salt Lake with us. While they were here we went to a corn maze together and had a wonderful time. The kids were great at guiding us through the maze of corn. No one got lost!


Mom brought her supplies with her so she could make cookie bouquets with the kids. They loved decorating the cookies and eating the yummy frosting! After they finished their masterpiece, they "scattered sunshine" by sharing their treats with others.

We had a wonderful time with mom and dad while they were in town. Other things we did with them were making a fire in the backyard and creating smore's. One night we even cut down our cornstalks, cut our gourds, and our one pumpkin from the garden and decorated the front porch for fall. It looks great!

Mom and dad stayed at the Grand American Hotel for a couple of nights and one afternoon we met them at the hotel and took the Trax train to the Gateway. We had lunch at the food court and then made our way to the arcade next door. Blake immediately sat himself on the horse race game and raced his sisters. I tried the game, Dance, Dance, Revolution and put a show on for some weirdo watching from behind! It was my first time trying the game and I loved it. Butch, I hear you are really good at the game and I would like to have a dance-off with you sometime!

Introducing....

A special delivery during the month of March! That's right, baby number four is cooking right now, but the real fun is that Diana and I are due just two days apart. March 19th is the date and we are excited.

Tonight we told the kids the special news. I had made some chocolate pudding for dessert and stuck little plastic babies in the kids pudding. While they were eating they found the treasure, but couldn't figure out why anyone would put a plastic baby in someone else's food. It took some convincing, but they finally understood that was my way of saying, "Mommy is having a baby!"

$20.00 Richer

Macy has been collecting and saving aluminum cans for the last 2 1/2 months, and Saturday we took her stash to the recycling center to cash them in. She had 40 pounds of cans for which they paid her $20.00. She was so excited to have that much money that it was hard for her to quit smiling.

She has had several neighbors involved in helping collect the cans. One neighbor has even set up a box at his work for his co-workers to place their empty cans. We opened up a savings account for all 3 kids so they can start saving for college. Macy immediately knew where her money was going. She said, "This is going right to my savings!"