You mean Halloween is not ALL year long?

These guys go through about six costumes a day.  They have awesome imaginations.  They also fight like CrAzY.  It makes me crazy.  When they are getting along, it is great. Halloween is super exciting for the boys because we get new costumes.  They have about 6 different things that they want to be this year.  I had to take a picture of them.  Notice Barks had to check out the camera too.  I think he looks pretty spooky himself.

I saw the Halloween Martha Stewart magazine two nights ago.  I could not stop thinking about all the fun contents.  So I decided that this magazine for sure was a need and not a want.  The boys freaked out too!  They did not put the magazine down for over an hour. 

Jonah

Jonah and I found these fun letter numbers at Smith's!  All three of my boys are really into animal crackers lately. I did a taste test with the family.  The unanimous decision were Krogers Value Animal Crackers!  They are in a white bag for 98 cents.  The choice was between Nabisco Barnum's Animal Crackers and the Kroger.  Even Jared, my husband choose the Kroger. Ha! 

Hope that your day is happy.

Quick view of the "BEGINNING TOUCHES" on my parents home. Brought to you by my terrible phone camera.

I went to Salt Lake this last weekend!  Instead of putting final touches on my parents house, we put the beginning touches.  This picture that you see above was an all day event.  White shutters for this room will be coming next week.  To the right of the chair, there will be a floor lamp. 

Another little "beginning project"

This house is full of bedrooms, angled ceilings, and charm.  However,  there are MANY project happening to make it more custom to my Mom and Dad.  I don't want to show other pictures yet.  I think by October, things should start to come together ;) Poor Mom and Dad. They are still digging themselves out of boxes!

Not keeping the bedspread.  The paint colors where fun to see though!

Beautiful!

I cannot get over the beauty of Kate Moss's Wedding! Look at all of the different dresses on the flower girls. 

A drive around town

I came to a screeching halt when I saw this door!  My friend lives on the out skirts of Kingman.  It is my favorite neighborhood in Kingman. Last night I needed to drive around and look at the beauty of the setting sun ;)

Had to take on phone camera. Hence, the blurriness

I GET TO GO TO SALT LAKE THIS WEEKEND!  ALL BY MYSELF!  I AM GOING TO HELP MY PARENTS DECORATE THEIR  HOUSE THEY RECENTLY MOVED INTO.  NOTHING IS BETTER THAN PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES ON THINGS.  I AM ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THE COLORS THEY LET ME CHOSE HAVE TURNED OUT! 

I WILL POST THOSE IN THE DAYS TO COME

My friend texted me...Are you out there?

We are out here! 

Jake and Talmage started school on August 11TH!!  Jake is our fifth grader.  This is his last year of elementary school.(Cannot believe it?) Talmage is our first grader. He goes all day long! I worried how "we" would do all day ;)  Talmage is doing well.  I am too.  We have made it through a  week and a half of school so far. Their school starts at 7:35 in the morning. They get out at 2:20. Guess it is a Kingman thing. 

Jake's teacher is a guy!  His teacher is an American History buff!  Jake comes home with great stories. He has a few good friends at school and girls that want to "go out with him"!  What?!!!!  In fifth grade?  He laughs and says "no".  Good boy. 

Talmage has an adorable teacher.  She just moved from Washington D.C. five days before school started.  She has taught for 12 years.  She is calm and patient from my observation. Talmage has a friend that he walks out from school with at the end of each day. I wait at the gate for him. I saw Talmage give this friend a hug and he told him "bye, I will miss you".  His friend said  "I will miss you too".  Watching the sweet exchange gave me wings!  Made me feel like life here in Kingman will be just fine.  The next day Talmage walked out and hugged his friend again.  His friend I could tell was a little worried about hugging.  I had to talk to Tal about just giving high five instead.  So, again the next day he walked out with his good friend. Talmage turned and gave him five, told him he would miss him, his friend told him that he would miss him too, and all was well!  When I asked him his friends name, he said "I don't know".  Ha!  Names aren't important.

Jonah  (still Captain America) started preschool too! He LOVES it! I am glad I still have him home with me most of the time as my side kick. Fun to have him love going to "School". 

I had a birthday this last week too.  What I loved most, were the friends that I got to celebrate with.  I even had one of my closest friends drive from Vegas a few days before the actual date.  She came and we went and saw the movie The Help. She had marinated chicken and brought the works to make dinner.  Chicken tacos to die for!  She even brought a Nothing Bunt Cake.  At the end of the night, before she left, she gave me this most AMAZING oil painting!  From the first time I went to her house, I have always adored the same picture that she has up.  Her close friend painted two of them for her.  I cannot believe I am the owner of the second one now.  They are our "friendship paintings".

My Sweet Mom had Domino's surprise deliver Pizza and every side Domino's offers!  The pizza delivery guy even sang Happy Birthday to me in it's entirety!  Now that is a Delivery guy!

The Hospital that Jared works at makes dreamy cakes!  Jared had this cake specially made for me.  It was Red Velvet and Cream Cheese frosting.  I pretty much ate the whole thing by myself.  Over a few days.  Still.  We only have a birthday once a year .

Fun design stuff coming over the next week or so!!!!

What a week!

Before we left Salt Lake, Jonah found this helmet on my parents four  wheelers and wore it all around.  He even got into my Mom's little red car that never gets driven.  He wanted her to take him for a spin.  Pretty funny.  Glad that he is thinking of safety first!  This was a week and 2 days ago.  It seems like two months ago.

Jacob lost another tooth! Poor Tooth Fairy.  ;)

Jonah turned 4!  His favorite present was this mask!  He did not take it off.  He still comes into my room in the morning to wake me wearing it.  I open my eyes to Captain America!

We went and saw Smurfs on Jonah's birthday.  Our first time seeing a movie in our little town.  The theater is like the theater  that I used to go to when I was a little girl.   Kinda fun.

Remember my little garden?  I have zucchini growing like mad!  I have been making zucchini pasta and bread. We have cute little pumpkins and cucumbers.  Very exciting to Jared and me!

Jake had his first "Kingman friend" over.  His name is Derrick.  His Mom is my friend too!  She has 4 boys.  Jake and Derrick will be at the same school.

 

At the end of the night tonight, we went out into our  yard and roasted marshmallows for s'mores. I have had a bit of a tough week.  I miss my friends and family so much!  I have a heavy heart.  Trying hard to keep my sad heart busy!

Quote:
             " What I love most about my home is who I share it with"

                                                                                             -Tad Carpenter