The Grim Reaper

I can't believe that summer is over and it is already time for ghosts and goblins to make their appearance.

Speaking of making appearances... the flu has also appeared... more than once in our home. It hit Smiley first. Although somehow Smiley managed to run past the bathroom and decorate our carpet. Perhaps he was wanted to tell mom and dad he didn't feel well? Brett didn't feel well cleaning it up. I laughed as I watched him with Kleenex stuffed up his nose. Don't feel too sorry for him. He took the easy part. I took the bathroom when Smiley missed a second time. Was he even trying for the toilet?

Seriously.

Next came Sheriff a couple days later despite the two cans of Lysol I emptied in my efforts to sanitize the house.

More Lysol.

Yesterday Giggles' desk fell prey to the deadly flu. Ewww. I hope the janitor sanitized it well.

More and more Lysol. Did they just put water in these cans????

Needless to say my prayers have become more sincere... I hate throwing up more than I hate brussell sprouts (although throwing up brussell sprouts would then combine the two things I hate the most ... oh wait... I hate rice pudding more... Gross!!!)

So I am hoping we are seriously done with all the sickness as Halloween is almost here.

We carved our pumpkin just this week...

Maybe with all of this sickness the Grim Reaper wasn't the best choice...

A Little Bit Crazy

I love the fact that schools have a crazy hair day. The kids get to celebrate a day and legitimately do whatever they want with their hair. They can color it crazy, braid it silly, spike it wacky... do whatever their imagination dictates.

I would love to have an adult crazy hair day at least.. oh say... once a week. Perhaps then a little canned hair color could help cover up my many lazy hair days when I pony-tail it.

But all they give us is Halloween - sigh. It just doesn't seem fair.

Another Conference Weekend

Another Conference Weekend has come and gone.

We had fun with family...

April forgot her doll at our house. But don't worry April... I'll bring her with me the next time I visit!

As usual we had conference bingo, wrote letters to our current missionary - my niece Sierra, had a prophet word search and had a reading station with the Friend magazine.

Two hours of talks is hard for the attention-challenged. Bingo REALLY helps me stay focussed. Sadly I forgot to stay stocked with Froot Loops so we had to use the card-board cookies from the Sesame Street Bingo game. They weren't as tasty.

Of course we couldn't miss the afternoon session at my mother-in-law's with all of the food and a house full of kids.

No...I didn't hear much from the afternoon session. Thank goodness for DVRs! But my nieces and nephews sure are a cute bunch and I love seeing them play together.

With the announcement that young men can go on missions even sooner I realize that the time I have with my boys can end even sooner. They grow so fast and then they are off into the world. Every moment is to be cherished. Although I'm pretty sure I can do without the nightly jumping around that goes on in a certain 7-year-old's room after he goes to bed.