Stone Mountian

Sorry I haven't updated this for a while. Life has been a bit slower for a few weeks. Basketball is starting for the boys at the YMCA, and they are so excited, Thanksgiving is upon us, and Christmas is around the corner.

Last Saturday we had gone to the Cannery in Tucker, Georgia to help bring back the wards order. While we were there we decided to head up the freeway about a mile or two to see Stone Mountain. It is so cool. It is a mountain (hill for me) with General Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson carved into it. For those of you who are not sure of who they are they were leaders in the Civil War for the South. I had just read "Gone With the Wind", so the names were familiar with me.

It was a great experience for us. As we walked down to the bottom of the hill there was information about each state the was in the Confederacy. Clark was the one who pointed it out and it was interesting, when that particular state left the United States and joined the Confederacy, to when the Government let them back in. I didn't take pictures of those but now I wish I would have. We weren't there for very long (due that we had to get the order back the the ward), so we didn't get to see a whole lot of the park, we did see what we went there for. I hope Clark, Ryan and Emma enjoyed themselves and actually learned something.

Trick-or-Treat!!!

Halloween has finally come and gone. I enjoy Halloween, because you can dress up and have a great time. You don't have to worry about anything, like how big of a dork you can be or a scary vampire or as cute as Little Red Riding Hood and have a blast. Halloween is such a fun and crazy holiday. Here are some pictures of our night, and my front door. I hope you enjoy them!!

The outside of my house complete with decorations. I didn't get it decorated like I wanted, I just ran out of time. A close up of the decorations and pumpkins at my front door

It's the crazy kids.
Nerdy ol' Clark!!

Boy is he playing the part. We were watching "Saved By the Bell" the other day for some great advice on nerds (there were some great ones on that show).

Vampire Ryan!!
Watch out I'm going to suck your blood!

Little Red Emma!!

Isn't she just so sweet!

(She did have her basket of goodies but the Wolf must of gotten to them.)

Carving Pumpkins!

Finally, some time to carve our pumpkins. On Thursday we were able to carve pumpkins. We were able to get them gutted before we went to piano, so we could finish them when we got back. It was a late night but we did it and the kids enjoyed it. Clark did most of his by himself (except for some of the spider you couldn't see the lines so I helped him there), Ryan did his all by himself and Emma poked the pattern but I cut it for her (she wasn't sure about cutting it herself). They did a great job and I'm looking forward to see what they pick next year to do.

Clark cutting his pumpkin.

Ryan working on his.

Emma just finished gutting hers.The finished pumpkins!!

Clark's Pumpkin!!


Ryan's Pumpkin!!

Emma's Pumpkin!!

Yes we kind of cheat, we have some pattern books the kids like to choose from and then they try their hardest to do the pattern. Both Clark's and Ryan's were difficult and Emma's was easy, but either way they are great!!!

Trunk or Treat!!

Our Ward had our "Trunk or Treat" Wednesday night. It was a lot of fun. It was a carnival theme, there was a lot of things for the kids to do. As usual we got there and the kids disappeared so I don't have pictures of the carnival itself except one or two. They were able to play ring the bead necklace around the witches hat, toss the eyeball into the cup, bean bag toss, and there was a cake walk, along with nachos, popcorn and root beer for snack. Then it was time to go outside for the "trunk or treat". We were supposed to decorate our trunks, I got the message that day so I made sock ghosts and hung them in my trunk. It was cheesy but it worked.

Clark and Emma walking at the cakewalk.

My trunk. I got the idea from Ryan, he made the ghost on the far right side a few years ago.

Clark, Ryan and Emma posing for the camera. There was a picture op. for those moms who love to take pictures. If you couldn't tell Clark is a nerd, Ryan is a vampire and Emma is Little Red Riding Hood. I will hopefully have better pictures from Halloween to post.
The cast of Little Red Riding Hood
Dad as the Wolf, Mom as Granny, Emma as Little Red

We had just seen Hoodwinked again for the thousandth time and decided we would try to mimic it. Dad has the voice of the wolf down. Except Mom, I don't have the hair to pull off Grannies in the movie. But it was fun everyone thought I just rolled out of bed.

Like I said I hope to have some better pictures after Halloween so check back later.

HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!