36 Years Old!

These past few days have been just a little busy!!  Friday, the boys and I went with Jared and Myrna to Calgary to pick up Myrna's new kitchen cabinets from Ikea!  It was a long night but lots of fun, and the boys did quite well despite the cold and late night!

Saturday was spent primarily at home, mostly because Jared had a wicked tooth ache and could hardly function unless he popped two tylenol threes every four hours!  We were supposed to go to a Halloween party that night but Jared just didn't think he would be very good company!  Jared did take advantage of his down time to play guitar in his very own music room!  The boys love it when Jared turns his amp up really loud, something comes alive in them!  Calum goes wild and starts dancing and yelling "Let's do this, let's rock and roll!"  He also had the urge to tear all his and Armin's clothes off!  We aren't quite sure what to think of that, but while he is still only four I think we will just shrug it off because of how super cute they are when they do it!!  Emry loves the guitar but isn't that fond of how loud it can get, so her and I painted her nails to look like pumpkins!

Sunday was the Calgary Temple Dedication, and since Emry is eight years old she was able to come with us.  It was so beautiful, I love President Monson so much, I believe we were given a glimpse of the type of person our Saviour was when we got to see President Monson interact with the children at the dedication.  I loved how he wiggled his ears for them and had many of them come and put mortar on the cornerstone of the temple.  What an amazing opportunity for them.

Sunday was an especially busy day!  After the temple dedication we had Jared's birthday dinner, his favourite Chicken Cordon Blue and Chocolate Dessert.  Then Myrna and I had to leave for our Stake Leadership Meeting in Fort Macleod.

Monday was Jared's actual birthday and I think it was a good day for him, despite his still persistent tooth ache.  The boys and I took Jared out for lunch to A&W, or as Calum calls it EIW!!  That evening when Jared came home we carved pumpkins and had french toast for supper and leftover Rootbeer float cupcakes that I had made earlier for him to take to work for his birthday treat!!  We had a blast carving pumpkins, Emry got right in there and cleaned out the gooey guts, and so did Armin!  Calum on the other hand was across the room while the cleaning out stage took place!  Once we started carving them he did come over to the table but was too scared to even touch the pumpkins!  It seems he has always been afraid of the pumpkins!  I found some scary music on my ipod, which was really freaking Emry out, and then Jared howled like a wolf which scared Emry so bad she started to cry!  But for the kid who is terrified of pumpkins the unsuspected wolf howl only made Calum laugh!!  My sister had given us three pumpkins that she had grown in their garden and then Janice Burbank gave us three pumpkins that were grown on her farmland near Barnwell!  We had an abundance of beautiful pumpkins and lots of fun carving them!

The birthday celebrations continued on Tuesday when Buck and Arren came over after the kids were in bed to play cards!  They had brought a game over that a friend's mom had made up and it was so much fun!  It was a fun night of yummy snacks and lots of laughing!

A great few days, and tonight is halloween so another busy day!  The kids costumes are all ready and the sugar high has already started to take effect!  I can't believe October has already come and gone!  Time seems to go by so fast and as the count down to Christmas begins I feel myself getting more and more giddy as each minute passes!  We get to celebrate Christmas in our own home, with a Christmas tree we will go and get from the hills!  An exciting time for sure!