Kayla's Baptism Pictures

Today after church, I took Kayla to the Rose Garden at Fayetteville Tech. College to take some pictures of her in the dress my mom made for her baptism.  My mom did such a great job on her dress and it looks beautiful.

Halloween Party

We had our ward Halloween Party last night and had a lot of fun.  I dressed up as Lucy, Kayla was Alice in Wonderland, and Austin was Indiana Jones.  We went out Friday evening to buy the kid's costumes and we had to go to several stores.  We only found Austin's costume.  I told Kayla that she could look for some other costume or I would take her to JoAnn's and  get material to make her costume.  Kayla really wanted to be Alice so we went and got the pattern and material to make her costume.  I worked on it all night and the next morning.  It was worth it though because Kayla was so appreciative and she kept thanking me.  Her costume ended up being a bargain.  Including tights, material and pattern, I spent $14 on her costume.

This week

Last Tuesday, we found out that Chris would be leaving on Thursday morning to go to Airborne school. So, Chris is gone for three weeks, will come home for three weeks and then leave on his year long deployment. I know, it stinks, but what can you do. We will be fine, and I know we will be taken care of.

On a happier note, Kayla had to do a project for her science class. They are learning about the body and each student had to pick what kind of a doctor they wanted to be. Kayla wanted to be a Pulmonolgist. They even had to take a test to become a doctor. She had to draw a diagram of the air passage and lungs and had to make a model of the lungs. I couldn't think a good way to make a model inexpensively and simple enough that Kayla would be able to do most of it herself. (Let's face it, most of the time the parents are the ones who end up doing most of it!) But, at the store, I had an idea to make an edible model. We decided to make the lungs out of Rice Crispie Treats. It was something solid that was easy to mold in the shape we needed. One of the lungs, we cut in half so we could show the inside of the lungs and used shoe lace licorice as the bronchiol tubes and mini M&M's as the avoli and avolius. It was fun to work on and it turned out really cute. Today, Kayla brought them to school and gets to recite the hippocratic oath since she past her test and became a doctor.

Austin is doing well in school as well. He loves it! He also informed me the other day that he was looking for a girl-friend. So all you single girls out there, watch out. You got to love the innocence of a child.

Family Fun

The last two weeks, Chris was on leave and it was great.  Since I was still working, Chris was "Mr. Mom."  I came home from work and Chris already had done homework with the kids, and even cooked dinner a few times.  And Chris NEVER cooks!  It was so nice to have a little break.  We have been trying to spend quality time as a family before Chris leaves.

As you can tell, Chris and the kids have been playing a lot of baseball.  The Dodgers being in the play-offs has gotten us all excited.  We just wish we were closer to enjoy the celebrations.

And no, it's not a wig!  I dyed my hair dark brown.  Thought I would mix it up a little.  The most common question I get is if I like my hair dark.  Little do people know, that my natural color is medium brown.  Who knows, maybe it will be a different color next month!  I guess you could say that my hair is a perfect analogy for our family . . . it always changes.