Fun with dad

This past week the kids had fun making paper mache masks with David. David last week for family home evening brought some balloons and news paper home. They went to work and had a great time getting flour paste all over them selves and the table. The hardest part was the waiting a couple of days for them to dry. The kids were very excited. But in the mean time David was dealing with his first migraine headaches in the past two years. (We finally linked it to the contact with the flour paste, next time we will use gloves). So this past Monday for FHE the kids got to paint and cut out the faces on the masks. They have had fun wearing them around and dancing for us. The boys mask reminds me of a Lego guy, and the girls could pass as a wrestling costume. They sure enjoyed this project, Thanks Dad!

Breanna and Ethan
Little man dancing

Strike a pose

my baby is 4!

Happy 4th Birthday David!
I can't believe that my baby is already 4! It does not seem like four years has gone by. David is such a joy to have in our family. He is constantly saying things that make us laugh. He is truly a little ham. One day when Uncle Jordan was here Jordan was teasing him saying that he was going to eat David's corn dog and David came over and said "No, you are going to watch me eat my corn dog!"
David started pre-K this past year and loves it! He really enjoys being more like the big kids and going to school too. Although he still wants to eat lunch at school like they do. I still enjoy my time with him every morning before he goes to school. He is a great little helper and is great at running errands with me.
We love you lil' David! Happy Birthday!
Little david on his birth day.

I love this picture of my dad. He truly loved all of his grandkids! He was always glad to come and help out when the babies were born. Even though my other kids were sent to school with no coats or gloves. (Te teachers knew what was up and got coats from the lost and found for them to use.)

I am playing catch-up!

This past month I feel as though I have not had any time at home. I have been running from one place to another with only enough time to unpack and repack. And now we are at it again! David has Reserves this weekend and they have a Christmas party every year and we have not been once. Well folks this year is the year! So from Germany (yes I will post about that as soon as Davide get the pictures to me) to Georgia for Thanksgiving at the Anderson's (27 people with 17 of them under the age of 11) and now to Kansas City. I have a new appreciation for David and all the traveling he does for work...it is fun but at the same time very tiring.
Germany was great! I loved the people and I made a new friend and caught up with an old one. I will have to share all of my experiences in another post so that I can put the pictures in too.
Thanksgiving was wonderful! It was so nice to catch up with family that we had not seen for some time. And meet the new babies of our family too. We hung out, ate lots of food and David and I got to go see New Moon! Loved it! We also got to watch McKenzie be baptised. We made Gingerbread houses and went on a Turkey Trot (the kids all decorated shirts for this). The kids all did really well for having 17 in the same house. They all had fun playing with the toys and watching movies. They all went to sleep in the toy room on the floor every night and did pretty well too. We had lots of great food to eat on Thanksgiving and really enjoyed being with the family again. We also celebrated Little David's 4th Birthday at grandmas house. It was fun to have so many cousins there to help celebrate.
Now I will make the most of my time this week and try and get some things in order for Christmas and our next trip. At least this is just a short trip. Wow! I am tired!

I think my brain has fried!

I can honestly admit that I am almost ready to travel on Thursday! Where are you traveling to you might ask? Well I am lucky enough to be able to visit Davide while he is working in Germany this next week. I am so excited (and nervous)! I have never traveled out of the country before. And I am not taking the kiddos so I worry about them too.
So then back to my brain ...I have had a constant to do list in my head the past (oh way too long!) of things to pack, write down, ask, pack, and so on. I feel as thought every where I go I am leaving a smoking trail. But the past few days I have slowly felt things lifting as I have gotten things done. I am really looking forward to that moment when I sit on the plane and I can just take a deep breath and release!
So a shout out to all those helping watch and help with my children for the next 10 days! What would I do without wonderful family and friends. And I want to say how nice it is to finally have some family close enough to see on a regular basis! It had been way to long!
I will be posting pictures as soon as I get some!
Auf wiedersehen!

The Wizard of OZ meets X-Men

This year Emma wanted to be Dorthy. So I tried to get the rest of the kids to dress along with the theme...Well they all cooperated except Ethan. I was not really that surprised but it was worth a shot to at leas try to get him to be the Tin Man or a Scarecrow. Hey I even offered the Flying Monkey! But alas he wanted to be Wolverine. But hey it worked out well because I did not have to sew anything for his costume!
This past week I have been sewing for Emma and then just today I was finishing up Breanna's. I did even have to do some patch work on David's. So I have been utilizing my new craft table/room this week.
So tonight we had our churches Chili Cook off/Trunk-or-Treat party. It is lots of fun every year. We all hang out, eat, and hand out candy! This year our friends the Arbeiter's came with the twins. The girls were so excited that they were waiting by the door watching for them to drive up. And then they ran out to greet them. We had a great time!