YAY!! FALL!!

We had fun making sugar cookies yesterday. Fall is my favorite time of year, and we just had to celebrate. We're sooooo happy it's finally fall. We loooove the cooler weather, the cute decorations, and the all of the holidays. I get so depressed when the holidays are over. But anyway, I love it that my kids are outside playing right now and have most of the day. Too bad they couldn't have played outside all day during the summer. Well, we tried, but after 10 minutes there faces started to melt off. Oh well. Our sentance in the south will be up in a few short years.... In the mean time, we're loving the autumn time here!! And to celebrate we made some cookies yesterday!! Aren't they cute? We used a powdered sugar and corn syrup glaze. Our powdered sugar tasted a little stale though, so they looked better than they tasted. :p

FHE preparing for General Conference

For Family Home Evening on Monday I made a Bingo Card with the faces of the apostles on it. We called out the names of the apostles, and helped them find them on their cards. Then they covered them with beans. The kids really enjoyed it. It was so simple that I thought they might not. So, for General Conference this weekend, I made a Bingo card with not just the Apostles faces, but the 1st Presidency faces and scenes from conference as well. I got the pictures from the pdf version of the May 2009 Ensign. When ever they see one of these faces, or one of these scenes, they can cover it with a marker.
Feel free to copy this and rearrange the pictures for your own bingo cards.

Our New Addition

Tom brought home another pet today. He had to work today, and while he was outside at the range, he saw some baby turtles. So, now, we have a pet turtle that Sarah has promptly named Shelly. So, we'd like you to meet baby Shelly. We think she was born today. Tom says she's a snapping turtle.

William is in love with the turtle. He was so enthralled with it that he wouldn't even eat his dinner, he kept wanting to get down and go stare at it. After dinner Tom let him hold it for a second or two. He stood very still and let it walk on his hand a little bit. He's still staring at it even now.