Twice as nice!

I had the privilege to hold 2 of the most precious little bundles of joy today. Becky had her babies on Oct 20th and they are perfect. Because of their small size and it being germ season, Becky and Christian are limiting the amount of people who get to see/be around the babies.
Maci was born first. A whole minute before her little, big brother. Little because he is younger but big because he is big compared to her. Maci was 4.4 and Beckett was 4.9. So tiny and precious.
It was amazing to be able to cuddle two babies at one time. One on each side and in each arm. PRICELESS! Beckett's head is so tiny my little hands could palm it.
They have the sweetest little cries and small little mouths. Sawyer loved them too.He petted their heads like they were puppy's. He kept saying, "baby, baby" He even copied their tender little squeaks and whimpers.
Now the big question you're probably asking yourself: does this make me baby hungry. I will admit it does a little. Then Sawyer walked by me and I caught a wiff of his ripe bum and the warm, fuzzy feeling was gone.
So until my husband is on board (which will not happen) I'll fill the baby hunger with the Weaver twins and call it good. The bonus to this strategy, I'll still sleep through the night.

Maci and Beckett

Crafty, Creative, Keri

Oh what, Oh what do you do on a Sunday afternoon. Get creative.
We have a gazillion pumpkins on our porch thanks to the farm and I thought, "hmmm what could I possibly do with some of these?"
And so the wheels in my head started cranking and 'Angry Pumpkin Birds' were formed.
I had so much fun making them. I would change a few things about them. But, in reality it's the night before Halloween and they'll be yucky soon enough.
Actually I might make them into Pumpkin pie.
Ahhh yes, I learned how to make pumpkin pie from scratch. Even the crust.
GO ME, GO ME!
Here are my 'Angry Birds'

He's my fav.

I think he turned out so cute.

Kenz painted the blue one.

(I had to give credit where credit was due.)

Hehehe. So much expression on their faces.

My little 'Andry Bird' scene.

On display out on the porch.

Spider-Daws

Dawson had his very first field trip today. He was so excited to be able to ride on a school bus. Yea for the simple things in life that bring so much joy. He was very concerned about their safety when Xander told him the best part of the bus is that there are no seat belts. I assured him that if he stayed in his seat and didn't jump up and down he'd be safe.
His field trip was to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point. He was able to go through a corn maze, play on a slide, and other stuff. I honestly don't know what all he got to do because I was busy doing field trips at Hee Haws. I do know he said my farm is more fun cause he would get to bring a home a pumpkin.
I laughed, because the last thing we need is another pumpkin. We currently have a porch full of gourds and pumpkins. Even Mr. and Mrs. Pumpkin Head are on our porch.
When Dawson got home he had an amazing spider painted on his face. I had to snap a pic of it before it got washed/rubbed off.

He's so studly.

Our pumpkins

We don't have as many as we did in years past

because Dawson wasn't at the farm with me everyday to bring one home.

This is one of our little spiders hanging outside.

It was craft night at the Keith house.

The perfect pair.

In potato or pumpkin.

Our porch.

Happy Halloween!

Future Farmer

Why o why did I wait until the last day of field trips to take my camera? As luck would have it, the batteries were dead and only a few pics were able to be snapped before the camera stopped.
The weather held for most of the month for us and all those field trippers. We only had a couple days of not so pleasant weather. Don't get me wrong, it's been cold. Very cold on some days. But, I'll take the cold over rain and snow. Last year I remember standing out at the corn maze for hours in snow. This year I'm still nicely tan/sunburned and my toes survived.
Here are a few pics of Sawyer on our last day.

A day at the farm wouldn't be complete without an orange iced cupcake.

I love his little frosting face and bright blue eyes.

After a long, hard fun filled day at the farm

it's nice to come home and strip off the pants.

Random pics

More pics for you to enjoy.

This pic is dedicated to my Angry Bird lover Dawson.

Where was this sign when we needed it?

I couldn't pass this one up.

It brought back so many memories of all our long, yearly, cross-country drive from

good ol' Ohio to Idaho and Wyoming.

Silly us.

How did we get this one wrong.

Moroni 10

"And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, and real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."

Moroni 10:4-5

 There's no denying the power of a sincere prayer.

Everyone can feel it.

Who wanst a Donut

Who wants a donut?
Sawyer sure does.

Yummy.

He sure makes me laugh.

Kinect

Tyler had saved up some Amazon gift cards he had earned from work. With his cards he decided to purchase a new X-Box 360 with the Kinect. The kids have loved playing the interactive games. My personal favorite and Kenzie's too is the dance revolution game. It is a ton of fun. Not to mention a good workout.
The kids also enjoy the kinect animal game. In this game they get to pick out their own baby leopard, tiger, snow leopard, or cheetah. During the game, the animal will perform tricks and stunts according to the actions of the trainer or the child.
It turns out that children of all ages can play this game and love it.

Kenzie is showing Sawyer how to call the animal to the front of the TV screen.

He's calling the pet all by himself.

The animal came to the screen and copied him jumping.
Sawyer is jumping in this shot.

He got the pet to sit.

The pet came to the very front, Sawyer petted it and then it licked his finger.

He made the pet stand.

How stinkin' cute is this game.

More pictures

Here are a few more pictures for you to enjoy.

I loved this one.

I think I'll have to make something out of it for my YW.

Guess we should remember that no matter what our age; we matter.

A very important cause. A friend of mine was diagnosed with Breast cancer a few yrs ago.

She went through radiation. Fought it and won.

Another one of my favorite Breast Cancer awareness sayings is;

Of course they're fake; my real ones tried to kill me.

Just made me laugh.

My little design.

I did make these for my YW. during our lesson on temples. And preparing for the temple.

I mod podged them onto tiles for each of my girls.

General Conference

Once again General Conference has concluded for another 6 months. It was a wonderful, spiritual , up-lifting, and thought provoking weekend. My friend Jocelyn had these awesome conference thoughts on her blog. They go along with different things said by the chosen speakers.

I personally loved this one.

I think if I were on the Lord's scale,

it would be the only time I'd like to see a high number.

Yee Haw at Hee Haws

We took the kids to Hee Haw farm over the weekend for some family fun.
It was late in the day when we went so it was already dark and the day time activities had already ended. But, we purposely went late so that we could have dinner before and so the kids could go on the haunted hey ride. I wasn't too concerned with the kids missing out on the day activities because we will be back throughout the month, several times. Trust me!
As a matter of fact we'll be back on Monday night while I work and Tyler does my gymnastic trade. Then he'll come get the kids from me and I'll finish working. This truly is the best job for a stay at home mom. The kids can come with me!

On the way to the farm.

There was much excitement in the air.

Who needs sand when we've got corn.

Sawyer playing in the giant corn box.

Kenzie and Xander going down the giant slide.

Mommy and Sawyer.

The flash was a little bright for him.

The kids anxiously waiting for the haunted hey ride to start.

I discovered that when Xander gets scared (a good kind of scared) he giggles a lot.

 Sawyer just looked at all the different characters wide eyed without blinking.

Mackenzie is giggley screamer. This would be a scream followed by instant giggles.

Dawson is my tough guy. He laughed at all the people and would tell them,

"I know you have a mask. I saw it in the barn during field trips."

That's my little stinker.

We had a great night and lots of family fun time.

Cowardly Lion or Kenzie Keith

Kenz asked me to put the little sponge curlers in her hair. You know the ones you roll in while the hair is wet and then you sleep in them. Well, I told her she would end up with tight kinky curls. And guess what, mom was right.

All that was missing in this scene is a flapper dress.

Can you believe all the curl.

This little hair catastrophe resulted in a pony tail for church.

Once pulled back, it was super duper cute.

Popcorn Popping

I looked in the kitchen and what did I see? Popcorn popped all over my floor.
And it didn't just stop in the kitchen. It spread into the living room too.

It seems that mommy can't shower and leave Sawyer alone in the care of his 2 older brothers while they are playing the Xbox. They have proven to have obtained the Keith gaming gene. This would be the gene that does not allow for multitasking during the play of video games. Or while watching TV. Or while on the computer. Maybe I should just call it the lack of ability to multitask in general gene.

When I came down, Sawyer saw me and was all giggles and jabbering and pointing. I think he was telling me all about what he had done. I couldn't help but, grab the camera and capture the moment. And the guilty party enjoying his mess.

In this picture,
he was telling me who spilled popcorn.

Here he's showing me how to step on it and make it stick between your toes.

If you look at his face,
you can see the joy he has in his mess.

Here's the popcorn trail leading into the living room.

Good thing he's so darn cute.