Family Home Evening

For Family Home Evening we made a vase full of flowers. We were each a flower and the vase holds what we need to be a good growing family. We cut things out of church magazines and this is what we came up with!

Then we made a YUMMY fruit pizza! It was a big hit!! Landon says that's what he wants to do for his next birthday, rather than a cake. Korbin was a little scared of the mixer, but he sure loved licking the spoon.

Here's the finished product!

My Little Red Boys...

I have this love of dressing my boys in somewhat matching outfits, like they both wear red or they both were camo, etc. Here they are in their "red outfits". Korbin started trying on Daddy's shoes and Landon joined in! Don't they just look alike?!?!

Back to School

I decided to start working towards a degree at Weber State University. I don't know why, for fun, I guess. lol. They just sent me a letter saying that they wont be able to accept my ACT scores because they are too old, so I have take placement tests in math and english. I don't care about english, but math.....ugh...I did terrible 8 years ago on my math section of the ACT, like I'm going to remember anything!!!! I guess I'm going to have to get studying!
Well, number one priority is my boys,my family and my life. So, this will be a very slow going process. I think I figured that to get my associates degree in General Education (my first plan), it's going to take about 5 years. lol. Perhaps shorter, if I can do more classes than planned when Korbin starts preschool.
I will be able to get my associate's in Gen Ed, completely online. So, that'll be cool. Then I'll have to evaluate my life at that point, but if I were to decide today what to major in, I'd have no clue. lol!

As of now my list stands, in no particular order:
Anthropology
Elementary Education
Family Studies
Gerontology
Pyschology
Sociology

A lot of "ology", huh?

So, I LOVE working with people, particularly people that are struggling and/or are in need of help. But, more than that, I LOVE figuring out ways to CHANGE things that will help people. So, rather than just helping, I'd want to make changes in "systems" and programs, hopefully creating something that'd be succesful.
Also, I'm all about equality and educating people about tolerance. In fact, I just LOVE education. Elementary Education seems stable, but being able to educate about family structure, human behaviors, etc...that'd be the coolest! I'd love my trainers job at foster care. lol.
And of course, if you know me well, Gerontology should be no suprize! The elderly are absolutely my favorite people on earth and from ages 8-19 I spent endless, uncountable hours at nursing homes, volunteering my time. It truly, created some amazing, unforgettable childhood experiences. I'd love to be a director of a nursing or retirement home.
But, really, I'm just going to be staying home with my boys. It'll be a great thing for me to do though and perhaps one day I will be able to put my degree to work. Afterall, when Korbin is 18, I'll only be 43....lots of life still ahead of me! (Like 50 more years...lol...I don't plan on going before 90. I've got too much to do before I die!)
So, there you go. Wish me luck with the math tests. I still have quite a while to study, but I'm really not sure what to study! lol! I guess I'll have to contact them and see if their is some preperation material.

Naked

Quite a while back (I forgot to post this), I was sorting out some books. I have one of those really cool magazines that your OB gives to you when you are pregnant. It shows month by month, the inside of the uterus and what the baby looks like and how it's developing.
I showed it to Landon and showed him what Diana's baby was looking like and what Victoria's baby looked like. We got to the very last page where the baby was born. The photo is the baby just barely coming out, cord still attached, all slimey, and crying.
Landon sees the picture and with shock in his voice says, "That baby is naked! Why did Heavenly Father forget to put clothes on that baby?!?!" I explained to him that they come naked, even him. He replied, "What?! They come out naked?! Heavenly Father needs to dress them."

LOL!!!!

Ogden Valley Balloon Festival

Yesterday, we all woke up at 6am, so that I could finally go to the annual balloon festival in Eden, UT. I've been wanting to go for years, but due to "hunting season", it hasn't happened, but this year Chris was a sweetie and actually skipped a day of hunting to take me to the balloon festival. And now that we only live about 10 miles away, it's so easy!

Oh, we all had so much fun, even Chris! It truly is spectacular. You have to arrive before sunset to really hit the best part of the day and that's watching the balloons get rolled out of bags, blown up and set up. It is really fantastic to watch!

They have spirited, uplifting music playing the whole time and really it's just unlike anything I have ever been to! It's wild standing between so many balloons (they are from all over the country) and watching them come to life!

They say this is event is known across the nation as being one of the biggest balloon events in America and they, also, said that the Ogden Valley (where we are so blessed to live) is considered one of the most beautiful valleys in the nation.  I believe that!

Landon was slightly scared at first. I don't think he realized how big the balloons actually got, even I was suprized at their size! He did end up loving it though and kept pretending to fly, himself! Korbin was mesmerized. He kept his eyes glued to the sky and the big balloons above him. He kept pointing at them.

Chris and I, mainly me, kept taking pictures. It's so awesome that you just want to capture every minute, only to find it's not near as exciting in a photo than actually being there. We came home with 226 photos and that's just because my card was full, I prehaps would have taken more! I did end up deleting a lot and managed to bring it down to somewhere around the 40 mark.

The balloons floated right up the road we turn to go to our house.  After watching them take off, we chased the balloons to watch them land. It was really fun!  Certainly, a day to remember!