Trick-or-Treat

Yesterday was like Christmas at the Davis'. I lost count of how many times I heard...

Mom, Can I get into my costume? Is it about time?

Reminded me of... Mom, Can we open presents today?

Finally....it WAS time and the boys were ready to fill their candy bags.(ugh!)

Can you guess who is who?

I tried to get them ALL to be chipmunks BUT the older boys were having NONE of that!
PaRtY PoOpErS!

Even Dewey got to partake of the festivities...Dan thought that was a lil' ridiculous :P

Arg! Pirate Dewey.

jack-o-laterns

Beings the boys had a day off from school we decided to get busy and carve jack-o-lanterns for the Halloween holiday. We nearly missed the big event...

As the boys slowy awoke this morning, I had them each go choose their favorite pumpkin from the fall decorations scattered outside around the house. It took a few attempts to find just the right one.

Have you ever scrapped the insides of a cold pumkin? It's hard on the fingers! I knew they needed to set inside for a bit and warm up. After lunch we got to work.

Below is a picture of the boys in action. This was the first year that I didn't have to assist too much. Well, except for the cleanup:) Why does that job ALWAYS get left for Mom?

Mom=clean up?

Oh well...

Happy Halloween!

horse towel

When Dexter was born, I spent entirely too much money on a hooded horse towel that I thought he HAD to have! Since, I've come up with my own pattern using a variety of plush towels in an array of colors from a common department store. I've enjoyed giving them as gifts and making them for others to give as gifts.

Soooo I was thinking?

"Chocolate" didn't photo shoot to well...

Do you know a little horse lover?

In need of a new bath towel?

Perhaps to be given as a Christmas gift?

Let me know.....I'd be glad to make one for you.

My boys have loved, loved, loved them!

lovin it

I'm lovin' it!

the sunny skies

the cool breeze

the temperature today

and the fall colors!

I'm lovin' it!

the men in the field

dexter a BIG part of the team

jaxsons responsibility for nightly chores

and dawson's free spirit to just be.

I'm lovin it!

crockpot suppers

pumpkin cobbler dessert

listening to dawson as he learns to read

and bedtime routine.

I'm lovin' it!

harvest

Do you know what time of year it is?

OR shall I say..what time of year it's suppose to be?

...rain, rain go away...

Harvest!

Dexter craves this time of year.
It's the only time of year he wakes up early in fear of being left behind.

I'm not real sure if it's the good lunches, driving the tractor, loading on the go, jammin' to his tunes of choice, talking on the c.b., occasionally missing school or part of the 3rd generational farming thing but he loves it!

I was pretty impressed with his lego creation the other night.

His attention to detail amazes me!

Moving corn head, spout and all.

I guess if he can't get into the field he's found a way to bring the field to him:)

moon: 2

Monday Davis Co. schools had no school.

I decided to take the boys on another adventure to the science center.

They love it there..and so do I:)

As I was reading about NASA's recent moon exploration..and why they wanted to bomb the moon...looking for water...I was stunned at the amount of water they were hoping to find!

2 Liters!

Only enough to fill a big ole' pop bottle!

G.I. JAXSON

I was startled tonight, as I was putting together some rolls to serve for breakfast in the morning, when I thought I saw something in the t.v. room out of the corner of my eye.

A quick glance to the right...nothing.

I resumed my duties of adding ingredients and felt that sense of being watched...

Another quick glance to the right...nothing.

As I poured the liquid syrup over the frozen rolls....

Quick! A look to the right!

AH HA!

Jaxson was flat backed against the wall with only his head twisted around the corner of the doorway.

SuPrIsE!

I knew exactly what he was up to...

"Can I get a quick drink, Mom?"

"Sure," I replied as I attempted to disguise the smile creeping across my face.

G.I. Jaxson was on a mission to capture his glass of water off of the kitchen table, that has been forbidden to go to his bedroom after numerous spills.

Kids....Gotta love 'em!

moon

Bomb the moon?

You've GOT to be kidding me!

At the supper table last night.......

"What will that do?"

"Could we live the rest of our nights in blackout?"

"Will it do some wacky thing to the way the EARTH spins on her axis?"

"Maybe it will change our weather?"

Students will have to relearn their Earth science facts:

"As of 2009, the extremely educated decided to bomb the moon thus destroying the Earth's one and only moon".

"I hope they've thought about this..."says Dan.

Bahahahahaha....that sent the whole table into laughter!

humbled

While away from home this past weekend, at yet another of Dan's rodeo finals, Dawson confirmed to us on Friday night that he had been passed a dose of sick germs.

BUMMER!

Sooooo, Saturday morning we stuffed 4 garbage sacs full of soiled laundry, hit Walmart for our laundering necessities, and asked a nice lady where the nearest laundry mat was located?

My thinking....

laundry mats are like pay phones...nearly obsolete...Wrong!

We spent 2 hours of our Saturday morning in 1 of the towns 3 laundry mats. Something I was dreading.

You know,

I walked in with a heavy foot thinking ugh! Sick kids in a camper, 4 hours from home, who's next?

Our things occupied 4 washing machines & 3 dryers. We washed all of our bedding, rolled around those portable laundry baskets, challenged our eyes with word searches while waiting, & watched the regulars.

It was a humbling experience I was glad to share with my boys.

It's amazing what GOD can teach us through our life experiences.

I left the laundry mat with a spring in my step, a smile on my face, fresh clean bedding and THANKFUL for having to spend a couple hours on a Saturday morning amongst strangers.

Who I'm sure will return this Saturday morning.....

One family specifically stood out. A mother and father with 3 daughters doing a weeks washing, I'm sure. The older girls, probably 8 and 11 years of age were responsible for all of the sorting and folding. The 3rd daughter was a young toddler running around in a soiled diaper, crying, whiny and wanting to go home. The mothers facial expression & body language spoke volumes to me.

wild and wacky

This week at Davis Co. Schools the students are celebrating homecoming.

Dexter's enjoying the new middle school activities.

Wednesday was"wild & wacky" day.

I do believe he nailed it on the head with his outfit.

What do you think?