"I don't like his suit"

Yesterday at church I tried to take Quincy to her primary class but she would not go into the classroom. I looked into the room (of course we were late, so everyone was already sitting down) and found out that the regular teacher was not there but the parents of one of the kids in the class was substituting. After trying to convince Quincy to go into her class for a few minutes I finally gave up and she came to class with Brandon and I and then agreed to go to sharing time... (I found out later that although she went to sharing time she refused to sit anywhere near the substitute teachers.... especially the man.) When we got home I asked Quincy:

"Quincy, why didn't you want to go to your class today?"
'Because Timmy's dad was being the teacher and I don't like him'
"Why don't you like Timmy's daddy?"
'I don't like his suit'
"You don't like his suit?"
'Yes'
"Anything else?"
'I don't like the way he talks either'
"The way he talks? How does he talk?"
'He just talks, and I don't like it.'
"Okay, does he scare you?"
'No. I just don't like his suit and the way he talks'
"Does he make you nervous?"
'Yeah'
"Oh, okay. Thanks for talking to me."

Hmmm..... My daughter is apparently making decisions based on the suit a man is wearing.... should I be concerned?

The Next Dancing Sensation

We shared this on facebook a few weeks ago, but still get a kick out of it. Who says white boys can't dance?!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! I am a terrible decorator so I didn't have a single Halloween decoration up. Quincy said she wanted to be a fairy princess and Eleanor wanted to be a Cinderella. I made a Cinderella dress for Eleanor, but when I tried it on her it was obvious that she would need to wait about 2 years to grow into it (yeah for my skills as a seamstress!) She ended up being a clown. A very cute clown I might add. Benjamin was a little frog. He was going to be Tigger, but grew out of his costume about 2 weeks before Halloween. I was Miss Piggy and Brandon was a surgeon (I know, a cop-out because all the stuff needed was easily obtainable through my workplace!) We had a great ward Halloween party that I was supervising as the Ward Activity Committee Chairperson. Lots of ward members brought chili for the chili cook-off and our youth put together a fun little kids carnival activity.

These pictures were taken at the Timpview 8th Ward Halloween party (which was MUCH better decorated that our own!) My parents are good sports to dress up!

Jack-O-Lanterns

We put off carving our pumpkins until just a few days before Halloween so that we had "fresh" looking pumpkin faces on our porch. The girls had a great time cleaning out and carving their pumpkins with their cousin Amber at her house in Springville. After carving pumpkins we picked the concord grapes from the vines to use to make grape juice. So yummy! We love fall!

Jeannine Stuy

Brandon worked with a wonderful woman named Jeannine Stuy at the grade school for many years and they are still friends. She celebrated her 50th birthday this week and had a fabulous party. We were all very happy to be able to see her again, it had been awhile!

Happy Birthday Eleanor!

Our sweet Eleanor has finally turned 3 (after much anticipation!) We had a fun party with family at the house. She is very blessed to have so many people who love her! We asked her what she would like for a birthday. All she would say consistently was a brown cake, with brown frosting, and lots of candles... so yes, she is only 3, but she has lots of candles (made into the shape of a 3, which you can't see in the pictures) on her cake. In addition, she got her very own purple bike.

Happy Birthday Princess!

New photos of the family

Thank you to my sister, Erica for taking these pictures. She is amazing for being able to get such good shots of uncooperative children! I was pleased with the way they turned out!