Strange dream...

Alright, so no pictures for this one, but the story should make-up for that. Last night I had a dream and it was one of those dreams that feels real and it's vivid and clear. This dream was about Jake deceiving me over a long period of time and it was one of those dreams where you wake up with the same emotions and feelings you had during the dream. Here's how it went...

It was winter and Jake and I were chatting in our room. Jake went to change his shirt and I noticed something out of the ordinary...his chest was tan, in fact, it looked sunburned. I decided to confront him, "Have you been tanning?" I said. "Yes." he replied. I was stunned at this revelation! "How long have you been doing this?" I asked. "3 years." He stated without emotion. I was furious hurt and angry that this obvious deception had been taking place for so long. I asked him how he'd been paying for this and he told me he had been taking money from the bank account. I asked him what he did with the kids while he was tanning and he said he just left them in the waiting area. I then realized that he had also told the kids to lie to me about where they were when they went to the tanning salon. That was it...the end of our relationship...I yelled and screamed for awhile and then he left for work. I changed the locks on the doors while he was gone and figured our relationship had been a sham...afterall, he lied to me about tanning all these years!

I woke up from this dream still feeling hurt, angry and decieved...but I looked over and my husband was still the pasty white man that I love. All is forgiven. Aren't dreams wierd?? I have laughed about this dream many times today...I also laughed about Karlee's dream...which she told me about this morning.

Karlee said she dreamt that she went to school and it was recess time. She said she was playing football with her friends and suddenly she realized she was naked...no underwear or socks or anything! Don't you just hate those dreams?? I have had my fair share! Only she thinks that a little skinny dip in Grandma Gigi's hot tub over the weekend is what caused that one. Karlee, you're hilarious!

Bedtime!

This is what bedtime looks like at our house...the kids LOVE when Daddy reads them betime stories!

Snow Days...

It's always a bit of a transition deciding how to spend our weekends once the winter hits. During the summer, we just hang out in the sunshine, work in the yard, ride bikes with friends, go to the park, etc...it's never hard to find something to keep us busy. Today was blizzarding outside and we had our first white-out weekend of the winter. What to do?? Well, I made it out inbetween storm systems to take some photos...but the rest of the clan stayed in pjs until 4:00 in the afternoon. So, we decided to head to the bowling alley for the evening. It turned out it was the perfect escape! Jake and I were impressed with the kids bowling skills...even Spencer had quite the power throw!

The Clark Show

Today Jake and and I had to speak in church and they asked us to get the whole family involved. So, Jake and I spoke on Elder Bednar's talk, "More Diligent and Concerned at Home"...which was one of my favorite Conference talks. The 3 girls sang "Families Can Be Together Forever". The girls were so cute...they were nervous but performed like pros. There were many teary eyes in the crowd...mine were the wettest! Something about hearing my kids sing primary songs gets me all choked up...and this particular songs is one of the worst! I wish I could have video taped it to watch again 20 years from now! Anyways, we all got through it and it felt great when it was all over. Here is a picture of the kids before church...what a good lookin' group!

Mischief

Bubba has a new type of mischief that I just can't explain. We got new barstools, which I always new would be a cause of many problems. So, anyways, whenever I leave the room for awhile (ie. shower, laundry, etc.) Spencer pushes one of the new barstools over to the sink where I keep the bread and destroys. He takes the whole bag of bread and dumps it out, takes a bite or two out of each piece and then just leaves it. What??? Really, I don't get it. I would give him a piece of bread if he really wanted one...but he doesn't ask...he just destroys a loaf at a time. I know I should just change where I store the bread...but it's just one of those old habits that I am having a hard time adjusting. So, here is his latest victim...

Halloween Hullabaloo!

We have had many exciting Halloween activities this past week. Rylee and Karlee had a FREEZING Halloween Parade at school...but you'd never know it from their huge smiles! We had to run directly from that to Audree's Halloween Program at pre-school. She was hilarious! I have never seen such a dramatic 4 year old. She sang loud and did every movement on cue! I LOVED watching her and had tears half from laughing and half from being so proud of her! Here are pictures of the big events!





Today was the BIG day and we got lucky everything fell into place! About a month ago I was thinking I would have Spencer be a ghost for Halloween...so I said, "hey spence, you want to be a ghost for Halloween??" and he replied..."No! I want to be a pirate!!" He was insistent and so I gave in and bought a really cute costume online. It came to our house and I pulled it out of the box and he acted excited until I tried to put it on him...then he flipped out! He REFUSED to put that costume on and for the past 2 weeks it sat on my dresser and he wouldn't get near it. He kept saying, "I don't like to be a pirate, it's scary."

Then we had a ward Halloween party 2 days ago...he could only go if he put on the costume. After some discussion he gave in and luckily hasn't fought it since. I think he looks adorable in it! whew...disaster averted!

Also, Audree hasn't felt very well the last day...just a low grade fever and a tummy ache. I thought it would get worse right before trick-or-treating, but an afternoon nap and a bit of Ibuprophen and she hit the street running. whew...disaster 2 averted!

So, here are the pictures of the kids about to collect their spoils...oh, and Jake and I got in on the act too!

Field Trip!

I was such a lukcy mom this week because I got to take Audree on a field trip with her pre-school class to Pumpkinland! Spencer came with us and we had a great time enjoying one of, what is sure to be one of the last, warm autumn days. The corn maze, playground and "haunted holiday barn" kept us very entertained for the morning! It was nice to stop running from one thing to the next and just relax and hang out with my little munchkins...I haven't been much fun for them the last several weeks! Spencer managed to find trouble though (no surprise)...I couldn't find him for a minute and then I found him in the animal area poking bunnies with sticks...he said, "The bunnies like it!". Anyways, it was fun and I think we all had a great time!