Oh no no no

We took the kids out last night and they got SMARTIES, which are far and away Lucy's favorite candy (there might be some competition with DUM DUMs).  The rest of the girls are all about saving every bit of candy they get in their special drawers.  This is quit befuddling to Lucy, who usually just eats all her candy and then has to beg from the girls.  So, it was very impressive when Lucy decided to save her SMARTIES, she carried them around all day and then when she was sitting at the table she opened her SMARTIES and started to put one in her mouth.  What happened next has made me chuckle all day...

"Oh no no no" a small voice cried "I meant to save those, I meant to save those,"

I looked over to see little Lucy tearing up.  I quickly closed up her SMARTIES and put them back in her little hands.  "Ah" she said, "Thanks Mommy, I am saving those."

Adventures in Utahland

FALL in love :)

Jacob made this in Blender...

losing our marbles

Marbles are the new craze at our house.  Lucy is showing a special talent for snitching everyone's marbles.  Even little Emmi has her own giant bouncy "marble".

With Autumn upon us we are getting into the rhythm of school and trying to keep the house clean to boot.  

The kids are finally old enough for us to feel like we can take them swimming without fearing for their or our lives :).  Swimming at the rec center has become my bribe to keep them motivated to do those boring math problems :) 

ummmm yeah....

Photo time

Jacob

Hazel

Eliza-Jane

Miriam

Lucy

Our kiddos

We took pictures of everyone but Emmaline this week.  She has been too grumpy for a photo shoot :)

On a humorous note....Jared and I have been following the economy closely as there is some evidence we might be headed for hard economic times.  We have talked about the economy crashing.  Hazel, ever observant had been logging this away apparently and on garbage day last week someones garbage fell while they were taking it out.  Hazel froze and looked at us with wide eyes, "Was that the economy crashing????" she asked.

Too literal for her own good, but incredibly cute.  

muffin time

She woke up and wanted to make muffins...blueberry muffins.

She wanted to crack the eggs, or should I say crush the eggs :),

she wanted to mix it, super fast and everywhere,

she wanted to taste the batter...before it was cooked,

she wanted to drip the mix into the muffin tin,

she wanted to put it in  the oven, but Mommy did that part,

she wanted to call everyone in for muffins,

she wanted to say the blessing...with Daddy's help,

she wanted to eat up her muffins, and so she did!

Thanks Lucy for those tummy-yummy muffins!

Autumn Day