In costume

I love these photos from our MOMS club Halloween party!

A little dinner conversation

Tonight during dinner:

Me (trying to get 4 y.o. to stop dancing around the living room and come back to the table): Ethan, you won't get any ice cream until you finish your main dish.

2 y.o.(laughing between mouthfuls): No, we don't eat dishes!

I hope they call me on a mission

Last night, we had the full-time missionaries over for dinner, two nice Elders from Utah. Last time they were here for dinner, Ethan happened to be in his room when they left, so he didn't say goodbye to them (although we told him they were leaving). After they left, he came out sobbing that he didn't get to say goodbye. I actually ran out our front gate and asked them to come back to avert disaster.

So last night, they came, we ate, it was pleasant, and they left. No tantrums, no crying. No particular impact was felt by the family until...

This morning, I got the boys all ready for church - white shirts, dark pants, socks and black shoes. I was in the bathroom putting on makeup when the boys appeared. They had packed their backpacks and somehow managed to get them on their backs. They announced, "We're riding our bikes to Utah. We're missionaries." It was adorable.

I am going to keep feeding those full-time missionaries!

Not a Yawn.

7:30 PM finished with his bath

Scott: <yawn>
Scott: That was not a yawn.
Scott: <yawn>
Scott: That was not a yawn... my mouth was tired.

True blue, through and through

My 2 year old is an avid BYU fan. Almost every morning when it's time to get dressed, he asks, "Mom, is my BYU shirt clean?" If it is, he then wants his BYU cap. And BYU pants. When I tell him that he doesn't have BYU pants, he gets upset.

He loves to sing. Once he brought his dad the hymnbook, opened randomly to a page, pointed, and started singing, "Rise all loyal Cougars, and hurl your challenge to the foe. You will fight, day or night, rain or ...." He didn't believe me when I told him that the Cougar fight song is not in the book. I'm sure he's just waiting for the moment in Sacrament Meeting when the congregation jumps to their feet and bursts into, "Rise and shout! The Cougars are out, along the trail to fame and glory...." I can see his thought process-- it happened with I am a child of God; so why not with the fight song?

He asks for his favorite video clip by saying, "I want to watch Caught for the Touchdown", referring to that amazing moment in last year's BYU Utah game, when Jonny Harline miraculously caught the pass and clinched the win at the very last moment of the game. He and his older 4 year old brother hide under the kitchen table and gleefully shout, "Caught for the touchdown!" over and over.

And I love it!