Private thoughts

So, I am thinking of turning this blog into a private one. I haven't fully made up my mind though. I love that so many family members and friends have been able to look me up through my blog, and obviously each of them will recieve an invite to keep stopping by, BUT I worry about how much personal stuff I share on my blog. Too many crazies out there.

I like to use my blog as my family journal. It is a place where I can quickly jot down the moments in life that tend to be forgotten. Still, they are sometimes personal and I don't like that any random person can have access to my "deep" thoughts. :0)

So, the struggle to decide lies within my worry about lurkers vs. my worry about family still feeling like they have easy access. Those who are not so computer literate may have a hard time with the whole logging in process.

Give me your thoughts. What do you think? Should I keep it the way it is or should I lock this baby up? I've been doing this for almost three years now and have never worried about it until now. Sigh. Dang crazy people anyway!

What's That? You want a muffin?

Yesterday was a busy day in the kitchen. As I said before, I am trying to get my "homemaker" ON. I canned 52 jars of peaches a while back, and then last week I did 21 pints and 10 quarts of applesauce with my mom. I still had apples left over even after all that canning, and so I decided to can them as just sliced apples that can be used later for yummy apple desserts.

Aren't they so pretty? And...they were super easy too. My mom has this fabulous contraption that not only peels the apple for me, but cores it and slices it at the same time. Each apple only took about 20 seconds to do. Even Jaysen was amazed and intrigued. :0)

And, because Mackenzee BEGS to get her bake ON almost every day, she helped me make cinnamon chip muffins last night. When I saw her grab the muffin tins like this I had to take a picture. She makes me laugh so hard. :0) My dear Landon was excited to help as well, but opted to use up one of his video game days instead. The stinker.

Philadelphia Chickens

Have you ever heard of this book? It's actually a song book with a CD of the songs included. Jaysen's mom bought it several years back for the grandkids. Now that most of them are "old", or at least thinking they are "too old", for singing and dancing through the living room, Grandma Burnham passed on the book to Mackenzee on Sunday.

We popped in the CD while we were there and Mackenzee fell in love with the songs and the pictures in the book. She even got her older cousins to play along with her. I wish I had taken my camera so I had documented footage of the little boys shaking it with Kenzee. :0)

Since bringing home the book, Mackenzee has taken over the CD player downstairs and cranks up the volume while she twirls around the living room.

Obviously, she has taken a liking to this book of silly songs about cows, and puppies, and chickens. So, thanks Grandma! She loves it!

Vogue!

What do I get when I try to capture a warm and fuzzy daddy/daughter snuggle moment with my camera? See the smile? See the eyes pretending to be closed?

She saw me get the camera.

Yeah....she's posing. Moment of innocent snuggling gone as the model in Mackenzee shines through. Sigh....

At least it's still a cute shot, right?

The innocence of a child

My kids are awesome. Seriously. I am amazed at some of the things that come out of their mouths. And if they speak it, it obviously means they are thinking it. To know that their thoughts are as "deep" as the things they said today is seriously just.....awesome.

Kenzee: Mom, where does Jesus live?

Me: In heaven with Heavenly Father.

K: He come play wif me in five days. ok?

M: I don't think he's coming that quick.

K: Yeah. And he like to play toys wif me....and play outside wif me. But not on the tramp. He likes riding his bike too.

M: I bet he would love to play with you.

K: And Yannon (Landon) has the picture in his room of a girl and Jesus and I play wif him because he like to play wif me.

K: Mom, he be here in five minutes ok?

M: I don't think he's going to be here in five minutes. It's bedtime, so I'm pretty sure it's too late for him to come over and play.

K: Jesus come and sleep here mom?

M: I don't think that Jesus can come and sleep over tonight. I think he's busy.

K: Oh. I like to give Jesus a hug.....and a kiss. (She giggles)

K: I love Jesus, Mom.

Isn't she a doll? Sometimes I wish Jesus could come over and play too. :0)

And then there's my Landon. He is getting so big. The kids had to come along with Jaysen and I while we voted today. Before we left to go fill out our ballots I asked Landon if he could vote, which candidate he would choose.

He sat and thought for a minute and I began to wonder if he even knew what I was talking about.....

until he said this......

"Well, which one is the kindest?"

See what I mean? Awesome!

It's Autumntime!

Happy Fall Y'all!

Happy Halloween!

Our friends, the Dixons, did not have a "trunk or treat" in their ward, and so we invited them to go with us to ours tonight. It's always more fun to run around in costume in large groups right?

Amazingly, even being as OLD as I am, I learned some "real" life lessons tonight.

Landon was a CLONE TROOPER, not a STORM TROOPER. There is a difference. Storm Troopers are the bad guys, and Clone Troopers {like him} are the good guys. I had no idea.

If a fireman does not have a hose with him, he probably has a water gun to put out fires. {Or spray little girls}

Ringing the doorbell 20 times in a row makes you feel like the homeowner comes to the door faster. {Probably because they want that dang kid to stop ringing the doorbell}

Glow in the dark necklaces are cool.

You can never have enough candy.

Even if you pray for the rain to stop just long enough for you to get through Trunk or Treating...it won't.

After learning all of this, I thought I would have enough credits to earn my Halloween degree. :0) But...there was still more!

Landon will trade GOOD chocolate candy for bubble gum....and Mackenzee will end up with the better deal. :0)

If you point out which candy bars are made with dark chocolate, your kids will hand them over willingly. You won't even have to bribe them or try to sneak them from your 3 year old. :0)

You will be grateful for that large tub of dress up clothes when you realize your daughter has worn her Halloween costume so much that there are now two holes in it.

When you tell your toddler that they need to stop eating candy before they get a sick tummy and they tell you that they "can't stop!" maybe they are right. I mean...chocolate is hard to stop eating.

After five years and five Halloweens spent together, you finally find out that your spouse was never a huge fan of the holiday, and though he is not really "into" dressing up in a costume he has worn them FOR YOU for three years because he's THAT nice.

See...I told you tonight was a learning experience. :0)

I hope you all had an eventful evening as well!