This past week we didn't do anything out of the ordinary. It was just one of the regular, busy weeks. Well, I guess I shouldn't say "out of the ordinary" because we've been working on quarterly payroll filings, which don't come up EVERY week, but it's definitely not something we're taking pictures of to share with you! :)
I've also been working on the kid's costumes (and the adult's too) but I don't have any pictures of them yet. They all still need some finishing touches before I'm willing to share.
I do have family pictures though! My amazing aunt is still working on touching up the photos I chose, but you can see the unedited photos here: http://sweetmemorygarden.pixieset.com/baxterfamily/
Next week you can look forward to some Halloween pictures!! :)
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Cornbelly's!
In the last 2 weeks, we had our last filing deadline for tax returns. It looks like we were actually in better shape this year than we were last year, so that's good! Last year I think we had 31 to still complete ON the filing day, and this year it looks like we only had 23. Still more than we'd like, but it seems we are improving!
We had a Friday off of school 2 weeks ago, so we went to Cornbelly's for some fun. I love doing this every year and I can always find a good deal on tickets. They have big bouncy houses/pillows, a corn pit (like a sand pit, but with corn kernals), mini mazes, big wooden toys to play on, and tons more. We were there for as long as we could be while Ruth was still cooperating.
We also got some free tokens, so we used them to shoot some corn out of air cannons. The kids loved it. They had a couple metal cow cut-outs and some broken down cars caged off to shoot. I shot some apples out of a bigger cannon and managed to tip over one of the cows!
On Friday we met my amazing aunt Angie up AF Canyon for family pictures. We are so lucky that she is willing to take our family photos for free. I always bring her a thank you gift and we keep trying to get her to let us do some tax work for her in exchange. I wish I had some previews to share but it was only a couple days ago so I guess you'll have to wait until next week :)
We had a Friday off of school 2 weeks ago, so we went to Cornbelly's for some fun. I love doing this every year and I can always find a good deal on tickets. They have big bouncy houses/pillows, a corn pit (like a sand pit, but with corn kernals), mini mazes, big wooden toys to play on, and tons more. We were there for as long as we could be while Ruth was still cooperating.
We also got some free tokens, so we used them to shoot some corn out of air cannons. The kids loved it. They had a couple metal cow cut-outs and some broken down cars caged off to shoot. I shot some apples out of a bigger cannon and managed to tip over one of the cows!
This last weekend was fall break, so we had Thursday and Friday off of school. Bostyn came over to play on Thursday and we did some Halloween hand/footprint painting. Ruth can apparently unscrew the lid from the paint though...
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Apples and Grapes and Workshops, OH MY!
I don't think I realized how busy my life was until I tried to really keep track of it!
Last Monday, we had dinner at Bart & Jaclyn's house and picked apples from Afton's tree. We should have gotten a picture of me climbing around way up there in my flipflops!
Fast forward past the "boring, everyday busy stuff" to Friday. We went back and made 66 pints and 2 quarts (plus a little for a tupperware) of applesauce! Tristan and Ben loved helping!
We also picked all the grapes before we left on Friday because some of them were shriveling and some were falling off and we were worried we wouldn't get to them in time. I took the jars of applesauce home and sealed them all on Friday, and processed the grapes while watching conference on Saturday and Sunday.
To close out our Friday night, we tried out Pizza Cake. It was delicious! Ruth couldn't wait for me to finish taking a picture before she tried to dig in!
Saturday morning before Conference started, we headed over to Home Depot for their free Kid's Workshop. This month: build an EMS truck. It's a really cool truck with doors that slide on and off so you can actually put someone in the back!
They had a real fire truck there too for the kids to look at, and a firefighter at a table to ask questions to the kids. My favorite:
Firefighter: What do you do if your clothes are on fire?
Ben: Take them off and put new clothes on. And call 911.
Tristan: NO! STOP DROP AND ROLL. I learned that in my Kindergarten class. (said with the tone of "are you really that dumb?").
That's my literal Ben. If your clothes are on fire, take them off and put new ones on. Seriously.
Last bit of fun: Ben has a cute little female friend at school and he says he loves her "on the inside, because I don't want anyone to know." He told me he likes her more than Grandma. :)
Last Monday, we had dinner at Bart & Jaclyn's house and picked apples from Afton's tree. We should have gotten a picture of me climbing around way up there in my flipflops!
Fast forward past the "boring, everyday busy stuff" to Friday. We went back and made 66 pints and 2 quarts (plus a little for a tupperware) of applesauce! Tristan and Ben loved helping!
We also picked all the grapes before we left on Friday because some of them were shriveling and some were falling off and we were worried we wouldn't get to them in time. I took the jars of applesauce home and sealed them all on Friday, and processed the grapes while watching conference on Saturday and Sunday.
To close out our Friday night, we tried out Pizza Cake. It was delicious! Ruth couldn't wait for me to finish taking a picture before she tried to dig in!
Saturday morning before Conference started, we headed over to Home Depot for their free Kid's Workshop. This month: build an EMS truck. It's a really cool truck with doors that slide on and off so you can actually put someone in the back!
They had a real fire truck there too for the kids to look at, and a firefighter at a table to ask questions to the kids. My favorite:
Firefighter: What do you do if your clothes are on fire?
Ben: Take them off and put new clothes on. And call 911.
Tristan: NO! STOP DROP AND ROLL. I learned that in my Kindergarten class. (said with the tone of "are you really that dumb?").
That's my literal Ben. If your clothes are on fire, take them off and put new ones on. Seriously.
Last bit of fun: Ben has a cute little female friend at school and he says he loves her "on the inside, because I don't want anyone to know." He told me he likes her more than Grandma. :)
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