Today I cleaned out my nightstand and I found so many fun little gems.  My old BYU ID and my high school glasses.  And my favorite picture of Claire and Luke when they were tiny.  Why in the world do I have all of this stuff in my night stand....time to go into storage!

Tayson decided he would help me and take the girls trick or treating this year.  I mean why not get candy while helping out.  Smart kid.

Todd did a Jack Skelinton pumpkin this year - I love it so much!  And we grew it in our garden!!

I did drinks a little different this year.  I gave the kids 3 options and just had them choose.  They could do "the undead" which was a mummy juice box or "casper"  which was a white cup with a ghost face drawn on with milk or "love potion" which was red kool-aid with dry ice.  All the kids changed to love potion once we started serving drinks :)

Tayson gave his first talk in Sacrament meeting today.  He did such a great job and didn't seem nervous at all.  Then again, what did I expect...the kid loves a captive audience.  :)

His talk was on James 1:5 - he had such a great joke at the start.  Here is the first part of his talk:

Hi my name is Tayson Johnson I just turned twelve and I got the preisthood two weeks ago and I'm talk already - sigh.  To introduce myself I'm going to tell you three things I like and three things I don't like.  I like video games, sports and my awesome dad.  Three things I don't like are homework, waking up early and my dad telling me to write things about him being "awesome".  I was asked to speak on James 1:5.

Luke gave a talk in primary too.  It was crazy having both boys give talks on the same day.  His talk was on how wholesome activities strengthen the family.  He wrote his whole talk and even changed it a little on the fly because he realized our family bonded more in Cancun staying in a hotel together than just focusing on the Whale Shark tour :)

It was a very proud mom day today!

Sophie can ride a bike!  It's very exciting and the hope is that it will help her get to school faster.  She tends to stop a lot on her scooter and on Monday all the kids were late for school because they were waiting for her.  I decided to let Luke and Claire go with Glen today and I would help Sophie - she can ride her bike but has a hard time starting when she stops.  We made it about 2 blocks and she stopped and told me her knees hurt and she was too tired to keep going.  She has no problem riding that far if it's to go play at the park or go to grandma's house...for some reason she wears out fast when she's going to school.  I guess we will stick with the scooter for a little longer and she can leave 10 minute earlier!  Silly girl.

Luke hit the double digits!  We started the day with birthday pancakes before school.  With Tayson in middle school he leaves really early but I woke all the kids up early so he could be there to sing to Luke.  Then everyone was off to school.  Luke wanted me to bring donuts to his class - and there was another girl in his class with the same birthday who brought donuts too.  Talk about some very excited kids who got to eat 2 donuts after school (sorry to their moms).  Then I let him skip swimming and just play computer after school.  We went to Noodles and Co. for his birthday dinner - until this weekend when Todd is home and we go out for real.  Then I took the kids to Coney's for ice cream.  I sure do love you bubba.  You are such a great kid and you make me so  happy.  I love seeing you grow up and what an amazing youth you are becoming.