Spookfest Carnival

Halloween carnivals are always great fun. They always put on great ones in Rexburg that are full of fun and games for all. Even Maddie was big enough to play games with the big kids this year. She was especially funny trying to play halloween twister...hahaha!!! By the end of the night mommy was going "batty" from all the fun...hehehe

Leesie Turns 8!

It's hard to grasp how fast our little ones grow up before our eyes. It's like the song...turn around and they are walking, turn around and they are going out the door for their first day of school, turn around and they are dating, turn around and they are getting married and having babies of their own. I can barely stand the thought of my firstborn already being 8! I remember the day she was born........well, I was a little drugged up that day but I remember being in a lot of pain that day....LOL Now here she is 8 already! Wow!!! She is such a ham and so much fun!

She is such a sweet little girl! I am so proud of all of her accomplishments! She is so smart and funny and beautiful....she brings so much sunshine into our home. Happy Birthday Leesie!!!

(Every one of these cupcakes were gone in less than two hours of her blowing out her candles. I spent all morning making them from scratch.)

We had a "Fairy Fun" Birthday Party. Leesie has always wished she was a fairy, and since she could talk she has expressed a strong desire to have wings and fly like a fairy...she wanted a fairy birthday party and so once again on her birthday, mommy delivered. hahaha!

These are some of the party favors we had...I made the wands and fairy dust pouches. They turned out so cute! There were also wishing stones (flower shaped rocks) and fairy lip gloss rings. We sprinkled fairy dust on each guest while they made a wish, upon arrival at the enchanted fairy garden...

We played lots of fairy fun games...Pin the wings on the fairy...

Fairy Wing walk...they had to earn their fairy wings by walking through the enchanted fairy garden (the boys got glow in the dark swords, they were glad to not have to wear fairy wings). LOL And fairy freeze dance...um, we call it "freeze fart" instead of freeze dance now because when I stopped the music one time, it was dead silent and one of the girls farted really loud. hahaha We are so mature and ladylike at our house! LOL!!!We built fairy houses with all kinds of natural stuff...it was raining outside, so we had to do it indoors (a little messy, but it's nothing more than our every day messes with Hurricane Maddie...LOL). Just had to add this one of Maddie in here because she looked so cute in her fairy wings and dress!!

Leesie got some really fun birthday gifts. She got a really cool Disney collector carousel, also one of her favorite things, and lots of art supplies, some games, a webkins cow...from the look on her face here, I think she was pleased with her party and gifts. Yay!!! That makes it all worth it!

Stevens Kids' Annual Birthday Bash 2008

Every year the Stevens put on a big birthday bash for all the grandkids at once. It's a great time for everyone...They go all out and make it a super fun celebration every year. I say the party is for the kids...is it really??? I think we adults have just as much fun as they do every year!

The kids are growing up way too fast!!! I can't believe how much they change every year!!!

This year Kristi and Phil were our hosts. They recently bought a huge mansion...hahaha (I am so jealous). It is the perfect place for having parties! Thanks, T for having us all over!

Kristi and I (the coolest moms ever...hehehe) kicked the kids off their scooters and dumped the kids in the recycle garbage bins...hehehe (um not really we found them in there)

and then took their scooters for a roll around the street. We had way too much fun...(might I add that my legs were so sore for days afterwards...I guess I need to exercise more). We are like silly kids together. A few years ago, we had more fun on the blow up waterslide than the kids did....we were like pushing the kids out of the way and sliding down...hahaha We were also sore after that as I recall. My back hurt for weeks after that...haha teach us I guess...LOL

Angela had lots of fun with the fart goo. You push it in its container and it makes a farting noise. Like I said...we adults have just as much fun as the kids do!! haha

It was so nice to see Grandma Elda and Grandpa Bob. We don't get to see them near often enough. Maddie entertained them a little while we were there. She is a little ham!

This year we did an awards ceremony for each kid for their accomplishments over the past year and how much they are loved. That was such a wonderful idea. What a good idea, thanks Tracey for sharing your awesome idea for awarding the kids. That is so good for them!

Kristi and Karl had a blast playing "Rock Band" on the Xbox. That was great fun to watch. I discovered very quickly that I do a lot better in a REAL band than I do on the Xbox rock band game. hahaha I tried to play along on the real piano while they read notes on the tv screen...hahaha I do much better by ear than trying to follow notes...hahaha.

They ordered the kids an awesome cake with specially made sections geared for each kid and what they like. It's perfect. We love all of our fun with family always!!!

Thanks Stevens for all the fun! The kids loved it! (and grown ups too!!)

Budding Little Artists

Leesie would rather draw, paint, and express her imagination through any art form than anything else in life. She is so artistic in every way. This week she drew "Ariel" with sidewalk chalk...AMAZING little artist. The words with it (in case you can't read them) say "This is drawn by Leesie" in first grader fashion....too cute.
She also gets very creative with play dough!!! My play dough creations consisted of round balls and snakes.....LOL so she didn't get this kind of creativity from me!!! hahaha

This one is an apple tree with a ladder going up it, a basket full of apples, and a fence with play dough.
And then we have the butterfly....and the airplane.


This was er gingerbread cookie from Christmas....she did it all by herself!!!

And Maddie is taking an interest in art too, after her big sister!!