Creepcakes

 This year for Halloween we decided to try making "creepcakes" to give to our neighbors. Jaycee got up and made the cupcakes and everybody pitched in to make them creepy.

 

 By the time we were all finished, the kids had created some pretty scary creepcakes. Brit, Cody, and Brit's friend, Skylee, were so proud of their creations that they had second thoughts about giving them away.

We all had a fun time making these and sharing the spirit of Death Day. It may just have to become a tradition.

Annual Cattle Haul

 This last Saturday Jaycee and Britnee went with the Young Women to fly in Bro. Motta's plane. Matt,Cody, and I spent the morning hauling calves to the stockyards. It was a beautiful day that started off a bit chilly but warmed up pretty quick. 

 We took three horse trailers full of calves over. When we got there and started sorting, some of the calves pushed the gate and escaped. We ended up chasing one through a couple of fields and across the highway. It was quite a little rodeo there for a minute, but thanks to Matt's quick thinking, we rescued the cow and returned him to the fold.

When the calves were safely onto the semi truck, Lyman took us all out for breakfast. We went to the Ranch Hand and Cody ordered himself a huge plate of Biscuits and Gravy. He was so excited.

Later that day, we went to our cousins house to dig some quaky trees. Cody got playing with his little cousin and they buried him in the leaves.
I just love fall!

A Yugo with Wings by Jaycee

Saturday the Young Women went to the Dingle Airport and rode on a plane. Bro. Motta, the 1st counselor in the bishopric owns a little Sesna 152. When we got to the airport he took us into the waiting room area, he talked about his experience and showed us a map of some airports around us and how you are to land into them. After, we went into where the plane was and he showed us what needs to be done before you can take the plane out. Everything was good so we took the plane out and got everything set up and took the first group. When we got up into the air he took us around the west side of the lake to see Paris, Bloomington, and St. Charles, then we went over the lake. Right when we got over the lake there's a little things called +G-Force and -G-Force. Well, its a little interesting and scary! When you push the steering wheel in you go DOWN really fast and your stomach comes up into your throat, then when you pull the steering wheel out you get sucked into the seat and you feel like you can't move your arms. When we landed I wished the ride could've been longer. It was super fun to see my house and the lake from the air. If I could, and money wasn't an option I would fly everywhere!!!

Lava Hot Springs

 Friday was a cold, yucky day. The kids were out of school and Matt was working graveyards. What's a mom to do? Grab everybody and go to Lava Hot Springs of course!

It was the perfect day for this. It was only about 40 degrees outside and the hot pools felt wonderful.

 

We played in the hot pools until the big indoor pool opened at 5:00. By that time, they were pretty toasty and ready to swim around more.
It ended up being so much more fun playing in the water than trying to be quiet at home. We will definitely be using this activity more often.

Bear Lake Jr. Cheerleaders

  This week was the Bear Lake Jr. Cheerleaders. It's a fundraiser for the high school cheer squad. Brit can't try out for the middle school team until next year so she wanted to go "Jr." for one more time. The theme was 80's Funk, and the girls danced to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." They practiced all week and danced at the halftime show for the last football game of the season.

Jaycee crimped Brit's hair and did her make-up in bright blue. I might be a little biased but I think Brit makes a pretty awesome cheerleader.

Requirement 10: Family Fun

 Cody is so excited about Scouts. He's working very hard and almost has his wolf badge. So Monday night for Family Home Evening, we played some of the games for his Family Fun requirement.
We started with the ball toss. Since we were in the process of folding laundry, we grabbed some of Cody's socks and rolled them up. Then we used his bb gun target and tossed away. 

 This game seemed to be everyone's favorite. In the white bowl is a small glass, we each got a minute so see how many beans we could get into the cup, dropping them from our noses.

Of course, Matthew got the most.

 We then took turns reading a story in this month's New Era about cooperation and teamwork.
This little FHE took about a half hour and we laughed and enjoyed each other so much. Funny how little things can mean great family entertainment.

Reduce, Reuse ,Recycle

On Sunday we decided to celebrate fall by making a new pumpkin muffin recipe that I found. Jaycee was so excited that I let her pretty much take over. On one of my trips through the kitchen, I see that she's just taking her last batch of muffins out of the oven. I notice that the pile of cooling muffins no longer have their paper liners on them. I said, "Jaycee, you don't need to unwrap the muffins, they'll stay fresher longer if they are in the paper liner ."
"Yes, but I don't want to have to wash the muffin tin when I get done and we didn't have very many paper liners left so I reused the few we had."
Okay, then that explains why the last batch aren't as round and fluffy! Britnee and I couldn't help it, we teased Jaycee for the rest of the day.
What an environmentally conscious girl we're raising. I think I'll hit the baking aisle on my next trip to the grocery store.