Happy Halloween!!!

We went to the trunk-or-treat at our church for Halloween this year. The boys came up with their own costumes from stuff we already had. I love that! That is how we did it growing up. They did a great job. Erik decided on his own too. He did change his mind 5 minutes before leave time, but with the help of all his brothers, we pulled his costume off. Thanks boys!!! We came home exhausted and full of sugar.

Counting Lesson

How does a Dad teach his little man how to count? He collects big, fat, yucky, tomato worms and then lines them up to count. Cute right? Well, afterwards, they did science experiments on how to destroy them. !?!?!

The primary colors are 1, 2, 3......

Seth had to paint a color wheel for art. His lesson was on primary colors. Thanks to a song he learned in primary, he already knew what they were.

Erik's Special Day

Erik turned three today. He was soooo ready for his birthday. He wanted a Cars birthday. He had a few friends and a loooot of cousins over. We painted with car wheels, raced an obstacle course, and threw car bean bags into a tire. He got lots of loot and had a great day. Most people say they can't believe their baby is growing up that fast. I say, are you sure he's only three? Love you my little man. (Sorry, I have no idea how to turn that picture. I'll have to call my blog CEO)

A day at the lake.

We went out to Lake Mead for the day. It is September and almost hot enough to swim. The boys found a lot of snails and crawdads and all kind of yucky stuff. Afterwards we drove out to see the new bridge at Hoover Dam. We have been doing a ton of science projects lately. Most have involved plants. It looks like a greenhouse here!

School

Neil's shift at work changed for at least 6 months in August. He will be working nights and weekends. We have always wondered about homeschooling and figured this would be the time. We are doing an online charter school. So far, so good. I have loved learning with my kids and knowing what they are learning. We have had a lot of opportunities to go do things during the week when Neil is off. He now gets to see ALOOOOOOOT of the kids!!! During September we went to the Polar Bear Exhibit with some friends. We are still trying to get our schedules down and figure out what works best for us.

Bears!!!!

I was very thankful to not see bears in Yellowstone but Neil was not happy at all. As we were driving out of Rexburg, there it was, Bear Land!!! A zoo to see bears. We got to drive through an area with bears running around. Leave your windows up! They had a petting zoo for the kids and even some albino animals. I guess it was worth the money to make Neil happy.

Yellowstone- Day 2

Yellowstone

We arrived in Yellowstone fairly early. The boys helped Neil set up the tent. They were getting really good by now. Neil told me about the Super Volcanoe on the way. I guess I knew but its pretty scary to think about sleeping on a volcano. We went to see Old Faithful. It was awesome. Old Faithful was not faithful according to Michael. He is obsessed with time. It blew up 15 minutes late. He was very impatient. We have learned to not give him an exact time if we can not guarantee it is going to happen then. The park rangers are lucky I didn't turn him loose on them.

Wyoming

We stopped to see Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Our goal was to make it to Yellowstone that night. I guess in Wyoming there is always road construction. It took forever!!We decided to stay in Cody for the night. Cody, Wyoming, all hotels sold out!!!! So we drove another 20 min. out of the way to a town in the middle of nowhere. The kids did really good after driving 12 hours. Seth put on his disguise and started drinking through his nose. We were all laughing a lot. Thanks for your silliness Seth.