Yummy Halloween Cookies

These are my favorite Halloween Cookies. Yummy recipe that my mother-in-law gave to me.

Make a Smilebox recipe

Family Fun

It has been a while since my last post, and we are still playing football. Both Colton and Cooper's teams went undefeated in the regular season and are going into the playoffs in first place. The last four weeks have been very busy with practice and games but we all love every minute of it. Cord is also still playing soccer and more often than not, all of their games are at the same time or overlap.

Colton playing in Ogden Valley. I love this picture, I think that it makes him look really tough and intimidating... All very good qualities on the football field.

Cord playing soccer... He is so aggressive, and kind of a ball hog. But he scores a lot of goals.

And Cooper, I haven't been able to make it to the last couple of Cooper's games. Greg cannot take photos while he is coaching. So I thought I would share with you what I found the other night when I went to check on Cooper before I went to bed. He had made a hut on his bed. I thought that it was very creative, so I ran and got the camera.

Sound asleep...

Cael spent this morning at the corn maze with his preschool class. He had a great time and was very proud to inform me that he had gone on the big slide all by himself. Last year, he would not go down it and he told me that was because he was only three. This year he is much bigger and can now go down the slide.

Happy Birthday Colton

Today is Colton's 13th Birthday...

He is such a great kid. He is a good example to his younger brothers and he is so obedient. I am so blessed to be his mother. He loves to tease people, especially me. He also likes to scare people, but he doesn't like it when you scare him back. One of the things that I love about him the most is his determination. When he wants to accomplish something, he will work and work until he gets it mastered. I remember when he was four, he wanted to learn how to whistle. Greg showed him how to do it, and by the next afternoon he had figured it out. He is a hard worker and his grades show it, at mid-term he is getting a 4.0.

I am so proud of him.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLTON... WE LOVE YOU!

Are You Ready For Some FOOTBALL....

Well we survived the opening week of Little League Football. Greg coaches Cooper's team and they played at Mountain Crest. They had a great season opener. They defeated Mountain Crest 31 -0.

Coach Cypers getting the team ready to play.

Here is Cooper #11 defending the line. Cooper plays offensive and defensive line.

Colton taking a break on the sideline. He also plays both offensive and defensive line.

Colton #33 getting into the action. Cole's team played Bear River and they won 22 -0. It was a great day. I had a great time cheering on the sideline and it is fun to see the boys get so excited about their games. I'm sure that this will be the first of many posts. There are 6 more weeks of regular season games. I LOVE FALL AND FOOTBALL.

GO WEST HAVEN!!!

Bear Lake Round 2

We had the opportunity to go to Bear Lake again with the boys for 4 days. We spent three out of the four days at the beach. Oh and by the way it was Raspberry Days... I have never seen that many people in Bear Lake at one time. It was CRAZY!!! We all had a blast! Rod, Mindy and their kids came up and Grandpa Dave and Grandma Glo were there too. It was a nice relaxing getaway after all of Miss Rodeo Utah/Ogden Pioneer Days festivities.

Each day spent at the beach brought a new and creative sand sculpture.

Day 1 - A Walrus

Day 2 - A Dragon

And Day 3 - A truck right out of the movie cars.

Bear Lake

Greg and I took the boys to Bear Lake the weekend before the 4th. We had such a great time. We spent a couple of days at the beach, we golfed and just RELAXED!!! The weather was beautiful.

This was Cael's favorite spot. I'll be honest, I was a little bit uneasy with the fact that he played in that mud hole the entire time that we were there. In fact, he almost fell asleep while playing in there.
If you know my husband, you know that he never wastes an opportunity to do something creative. So each day that we were at the beach, he and the boys created a masterpiece. One day we ended up with a giant turtle.

And the next day, a giant Patrick, you know SpongeBob's friend. The boys really enjoy all of the people coming up on the beach to check out their creations.

Grandpa Dave and Grandma Glo also came up to the cabin so that we could spend some quality time together. While there, the boys got my Dad to play video games. I think that this was an all time first. Cord and my Dad were boxing each other on the playstation, and Dad KNOCKED OUT Cord. Not bad for his first time. Cord kept trying to get Dad to have a rematch, but he declined. Cord is not a gracious loser, so you can imagine how that went over.

Colton and Cooper chillin at the pool.

And finally, on the way home, Cooper asked if we could stop at the Logan Cemetery. Earlier in the school year, he had to do a report in school on an ancestor that came across the plains with the pioneers. He did his report on Peter Maughan. He wanted to stop and see where he was buried. I thought that it was great that he was still interested after so much time had passed. We took some pictures and wandered around looking at all of the Maughan's that have been buried there. We also wrote down a bunch of names so that we could research and find out how we were related to them. We had a great time and hope that we can get up there again before Football starts.

Baseball

Tonight was our last night of baseball for the season. Cooper and Cord both played. They each played two nights a week, and wouldn't you know it, Cord played on Mondays and Wednesdays and Cooper played on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So we spent 4 nights a week at the ballpark. Cord played his first year of coach pitch, and Cooper played his first year of kid pitch and he was one of the pitchers on his team... He is a lefty!

Cord's team wanted to take a crazy picture, and this is the result. They sure are CUTE!

Cord, tagging the runner out at third.

And finally, Cord running to third. I just love the smile on his face.

Cooper preparing mentally for the pitch.

Cooper did a great job pitching and I think that he really enjoyed it. Next up, FOOTBALL. I can't believe that practice starts in a month.