The New Tile Backsplash!!!

Our New kitchen!

 Front view of half of the kitchen.

 Another front view of the kitchen.

 Notice the glass cabinet in the corner,

that was something I wanted and I love it!

 This is my favorite part of the whole kitchen

we now have a cabinet just for the garbage can :)

 We know have a small Pantry,

which I'm so excited about.

 We decided on a simple crown molding.

With the new kitchen we also got a new stove,

refridgerator and microwave.

 The far end cabinet is for flour and sugar.

 Closer view of the counter top. I love the color!

We are thinking about using this tile as

part of the backsplash.

This is the sink and faucet you have know Idea

how excited I was to finally have a sink,

it was a long awaited prize and I am excited!

Back on Alaina's Birthday September 2nd. We had

a fire in our kitchen. It was the absolute most

scariest thing I've ever been through and I never

want to have to experience that kind of terror ever

again. Now over 2 months later, we finally

have our kitchen back to normal. Erin's brother

Bruce has been working very hard to help us

get us a kitchen and we couldn't have done it with

out him. He helped with drywall, and lighting as

well as made all the cabinets and counter tops

they are just beautiful! We have had my visiting

teachers, Relief society presidency and Bishop

all helping us get through it. When it was all

said and done it has just been such a blessing

and we feel truly humbled every single day.

We are so greatful it was just our kitchen and

now our whole house, we have had true angels

looking out for us!



Happy Halloween!

 I don't think Alaina could have been

any cuter! She was a Pink Witch.

When she told me she wanted to be a

pink witch for Halloween, I told her

they didn't make that kind of costume,

boy did she prove me wrong. We

went into Kmart and sure enough

we found a pink witch costume!

 Mackay was just amazing this year,

he dressed up, he even went trick or treating

and I was very proud of him.

He went as a Marathon runner!

 Eww how creepy, Clayton

was a Grim reaper!

 Brenden just loved this costumes

he wore it around the house way before

Halloween. Cutest M&M ever!

 All the kids just before we left to go

trick or treating!

 The Elementary School does a Costume

Parade every year! They had a great time

and all the kids look so great.

 They blow horse in front of Brenden is Mckenzie,

one of Brenden's best friends. They were too darn Cute!

What a busy, busy Halloween it was for us this

year. We had to get up early that morning to

get all dressed up in thier halloween costumes

for school. Then we had the costume parade,

then later on we had the Halloween carnival at

the Elementary school. They have been preparing

for that for quit some time now. It was a fund raiser

for the school, and all the ticket money went to the

school. So I was so happy about that. Let's just say

120 tickets later, we were so pooped. But the kids had

an absolute blast. Then it was off to go trick or treating.

We started off in Lyman and then Alaina had

had enough. But the boys still wanted to go longer

so Erin took them to Bicknell. They ended

up with so much candy, Oh my!

Dad and Jane, I'm not sure how many are

still viewing my blog. I don't think very many.

So needless to say, this blog is for you. I

hope that it keeps you up to date on the

happenings of our family. We miss and love

 you tons! We are hoping to come up for

Thanksgiving this year. But it all depends

on the weather and what we are going

to do with our dogs. I'm nervous to

leave the puppy at home, so we will see.
Check back to October posts, we got
a new dog!

CaRvInG PuMpKiNs!!!

 So silly!

 Yuck!

 Mommy's Pumpkin.

 Don't they look great all lite!

I had a great time carving pumpkins with the kids,

Erin was a party pooper and didn't want to carve

one this year. But, I think all the pumpkins turned out

so great! 

Then we made roasted pumpkin seeds,

it's becoming a tradition in our house.

Many people have asked me how you make them.

Well lets just say, it's very easy!

Rinse them well of all the pumpkin slim.

Then just had a little bit of olive oil on a baking dish

add salt, garlic, seasoning salt, toss and bake for

30 minutes at 400 degree oven. Best part is

you just add whatever spices you want at the time

and they are so Yummy!