Teach by example

I love to watch Ry shoot hoops with the kids. They have a great time together and it's so fun to watch them play.

{B} even gets in on the fun.

The other day when they were playing I went in to start dinner. I couldn't hear the basket ball anymore.

and it melted my heart when I walked outside and found them over in our neighbors yard

working together helping her trim and clean up her tree.

All 3 of my kids helped and later we talked about how good it feels to help other especially when they do not ask for help.

There is a quote that sums up Ry to a T. Teach the gospel, use words if you have too.

I love what a great hands on Dad Ry is. He teaches not only by words but by his example!

General Conference

We LOVED listening to all of the sessions of Conference. Each talk was so good and was such a breath of fresh air. They motivated me to try harder to be better. The messages at conference are so encouraging and uplifting. I really loved the Prophets talk at Womens Conference about Judging and Pres. Uchtdorf's was just what I needed to hear. If we are strong and can steady and slow the course and do all those small things that keep us close to Heavenly Father, we WILL be blessed.

The kids were very good and I was able to get so much out of Conference. At one point Sat. morning Becca was really quiet. We looked over and this is what she was doing. Quiet as can be just hanging up side down. What a nut!!!

MVP

I have enjoyed watching {K} play basket ball this season. He and his team have really gotten a grasp on what they are doing and they have gone from cute little games to exciting fast paced games.

It hit me at this game how grown up my little guy is getting. He's definitely one of the big kids now and it's fun to see him so passionate about something. He has a great coach. At first he seemed a bit to tuff for my liking, but after watching him work with the boys, he really is good and definitely knows what he's talking about.

I kept trying to get a picture of K shooting the ball. This is the best I got. He just shot it (on the far left)......

....And it's good!!!

This was such a fun exciting game. {K} was without a doubt the MVP of this game and I'm not just saying that cuz I happen to be his mother. He did AWESOME!!!! So proud of him. I'm looking forward to a great season of a little more competitive ball.

GO SCORPIONS!!!!!

Date Night

I love the Dating Divas blog. They have such fun ideas for keeping the romance alive in your marriage. When I read the post about the Bookstore date I knew it would be just the thing us. Ry LOVES to read and I love the mall so off to Borders we went. It was kind of last minute so I didn't get to make the clues all cutesy and scrapbooked like I wanted but we had so much fun I think I may still do it.

I forgot the camera so these are taken with my cell phone and this was one of the last books we did but I got at least one pic.

We had to find our favorite childrens book and read it to each other. Ry picked this story out of the Dr. Suess book because his Grandma Fonnesbeck use to read it to him all the time and it was special to him. We ended up having a nice little talk about how much we miss and love her.

We also looked up a dessert recipe to make together, found a book about a place we want to visit, looked at blue print books for our dream home, etc....it was so much fun. I love any time I get to spend with just my sweetie and love that it didn't cost a dime.

I hope to use many more of the cute ideas on the Dating Diva's blog . Go check it out if you haven't already, it's super cute!

Princess night out

A couple days weeks ago I heard that Chick-fil-a in the mall was having a Princess night. Every little girl who came dressed in their ball attire got a free kids meal. They went all out, and it was so cute. {B} loved talking to Belle, Cinderella and her Fairy God Mother.

The boys tagged along and were able to get their face painted, twisty balloons and ride the huge carousel.

I loved the corsage balloon that the girls got. It totally cracked me up...when we were leaving {B} put her rose that Cinderella gave her in her mouth and said this is what you do and stared spinning around. It was so cute.

Dance with Miss Wendy

{B} started dance three weeks ago and absolutley LOVES it!

It's so fun to watch her and her little friends.

Here teacher is Miss Wendy and she is wonderful!

she is learning to make a bridge and hold it.

I am glad {B} is so girly and way into dance. It's just so cute! I'm so excited for her first recital.

SWEET!!!!

Saturday before Ry went to work we decided to go on a little family outing. We didn't tell the kids where we were going. It's always fun to do things that way. I love to hear all their guesses about what they think we will do.

We made it to our destination in Chandler to AZ largest candy store "Sweeties" I heard about it on the radio. It was huge!!!!

The kids were in candy heaven. They hadn't even eaten any sugar and they were having a blast. They had any and everything you could ever think of.

These slo pokes make me think of my Grandpa/Mom. He would buy my mom these when she was little when they would travel and her and my aunts and uncles would eat them quietly the whole ride home. They are so yummy and take a very loooong time to eat.

I made my big hunk pose with a big hunk. (what a good sport he is)

We all loved the PEZ wall. You wouldn't believe all the different characters they have. So fun!!!

this big league chew gum brought back memories for both Ry and I. They kids weren't all that impressed. :) We found so many different candy's from our day....hahaha I never really thought of candy having an era, but apparently it does. The gigantic jawbreakers reminded me of our big long summer trips to Utah and how I would make it last all summer

they had every kind of Jelly Belly you could imagine.

I LOVED these candy sticks. They remind me of summers in Utah too. We let everybody pick one flavor.

My favorite was all of the halloween candy. I can NOT wait for this years Halloween party. It's just so fun to decorate for. And these different shaped candy's are going to look so cute in my spider candy bowl Christy gave me. I can't wait!!!

I thought this was absolutely disgusting but...they had REAL dead crickets in different flavors. We actually DID buy them for the boys Halloween party. The theme this year is fear factor and I will be absolutely horrified if anyone actually eats one, but well see.

And Mom this ones for you...per your request, to prove I was really there. A really really close up picture of me. haha!

It was a fun day. I just love spending time with my cute little family. They boys are at such a fun age where they joke around and tease with Ry and I and {B} is well behaved and they all are just a lot of fun to take places.