All alone

I am surviving my longest time away from my husband, when I have stayed home and not taken off to Utah to be with my family.  Phil has been in L.A. since Wednesday and has been having a wonderful time training and learning about Mona Vie and his new career path.  I have been coping well with him gone.  I realize how much I do enjoy having him around and home much I depend on his daily pep talk to get me through my day.  He comes home tomorrow (YEA!).  I on the other hand am trying to make new friends in my new ward, which I am sick of doing but hopefully this is the last time for a while.  So I am inviting some new and one old friend over on Tuesday for a get to know you lunch.  I am wanting to play a game to get to know them a little better and I am not sure what game to play (any suggestions?), but I will figure one out. 

With Phil being gone I finally organized my craft room.  It is not completely unpacked put it is functional and it doesn't look like I just threw boxes in that room and closed the door anymore so that is good.  If you can't tell I just feel like blabbering on here, I have to admit I love blogging for two reasons one is I know I am doing some sort of journaling and saving precious memories and two I love reading the comments that people make.  So if you ever read my blog please leave a comment (preferable a nice one)  because I love it.

Halloween

This is posted a little late but oh well.  We went on a spontaneous trip to Spokane just before Halloween.  Since it was so quick we  forgot (of course) the boys costumes.  Thanks to cheap Walmart halloween make up and a nice sister-in-law (thanks Mary).  We ended up with two Vampires, a pumpkin, and a lion.  For the record Mason didn't want to be a vampire he said they were to scary, but I think he looks like a scary Jack 'o' lanturne.  We had fun going with Bay and Mary to their ward party and trunk or treat.  I personally don't like halloween so that was good enough for me.  They boys enjoyed it and they loved scaring Grandma Fox.  

Simon Turned ONE!

Here he is enjoying his birthday cupcake.

I can't believe my baby has turned one.  Simon is almost running around to keep up with his brothers.  He is still a major mamma's boy and prefers me over anyone.  He is the happiest baby, whenever he sees us he not only smiles but laughs and bounces.  Simon is our pale, red hair, blue eyed boy, talk about sticking out like a sore thumb.  We love having him around he is such a joy in our family.  Here is some pictures of the day he was born.

This was taken the night before the c-section

Mommy and baby

Oh! so cute.  Those nine months take forever but then time speeds up ;(

Here is a video from our day at the pumpkin patch. Sorry it is not very good quality.

Enjoy

Pumpkin Pie

My kids asked if I could make pumpkin pie.  Well I  have never made it before so I though why not.  here are the results. 

And the results are 3 thumbs up and one that will eat whatever you put in his mouth

Pumpkin Patch

We did our annual trip to the pumpkin patch.  This year we went to a place called Hoffmans farm.  It was alright, kind of junkie.  We probably won't go there next year.  I was wanting to go to an actual field and cut the pumpkins off the vine like we did in Spokane.  The boys had a fun time so thats all that matters.

 

Mason loved pulling this wagon around, he would pull it hard backwards and not see the pumpkins in his way and he would trip over them.  It was so sad but he would not let me help him.

Here is a picture of me and Simon, he had a grand time riding on my back. 

Parker and Everett loved the pony rides.  Mason would not ride on them, he remembers not liking them when we were in Rapid City when he was two. 

            

My Little Monkey

This is what I found after I had been upstairs for a minute.  Notice the spoons that he is showing me.  I guess the dishwasher need to always be locked from now on.  Isn't he cute.