Happy Halloween

We had our ward Halloween party on Friday night. The kids enjoyed games, cupcakes, cotton candy, hotdogs, dancing and that was all before they even went trick o treating. They were sugared out by the end of the night. I had a blast getting Jet and Finn ready. I found some moccasins that fit Finn and that's how we decided what the boys were going to be this year. This week I did some sewing and crafting and managed to come up with these two costumes. I thought the kids looked adorable... but I'm kinda partial. Jordan looked pretty good himself. I asked him what he was going to tell people he was and he said "cool", do you think he pulled it off? The boys won the BEST family costume and got a Halloween ship that Jet and I spent part of the day yesterday putting together. All in all it's been a great weekend!

Motherly Moments

Today was one of those days.... I decided to go to JoAnn's to get some costume supplies for Halloween. Got there and the kids were behaving well, that didn't last long. Jet had a melt down over this light he wanted. I was waiting in line to get some fabric cut and had about 10 people in front of me. Jet gets mad and kicks me :) (I wasn't laughing at the time) so I grabbed him and put him in the cart, all the while trying to hold Finny. Jet starts screaming. I can tell all these old ladies are looking at me probably going over in their heads what I should be doing with my children. I just tried to make the best of the situation without losing it, finally they call my number, I get my fabric cut as fast as I can with Jet still yelling. At this point Finn is squirming trying to get out of my arms.... I walk away from the JoAnn's counter with Jet screaming and Finn hitting me in the face as I'm trying to dodge his little hand. I survived...... we made it through the line and out the door. Sometimes I wonder why I even try to take the kids anywhere. It seems like this is how it usually turns out. It's funny how your perspective on motherhood changes after you have kids.... now I know what my mom went through. Thanks mom!!

Our conference afternoon

What a great conference today, i don't think there's been a time that i haven't come away from conference uplifted and wanting to try harder to do those things that have been asked of us. We had a good afternoon here, unfortunatly Jordan couldn't join us for conference because of work. I decided that it was a MUST that i make cinnamon rolls. It's been a tradition in the Walbridge family since i can remember that we had cinnamon rolls every conference weekend. So this afternoon as i was making these, www.ourbestbites.com/2010/06/everyday-cinnamon-rolls.html Finny was outside playing in the sand and dirt on our back patio, and Jet was sound asleep. He's been sleeping for almost three hours. WOW!! Couldn't have had a better day!