Halloween 2014!

                           

 Happy Halloween to one and all!  Here are a few fun shots of the kids costumes this year.  We had a visit from Dr. Who, the famous soccer player Messi, a BYU football player, and two pirates: Jake and Zarina. 

To truly be a Jake and the Neverland Pirates look-a-like, we decided that Carter needed to dye his hair black. It took a little doing, but we did finally convince him how awesome and fun it would be to spray his hair.  He relented, and while it wasn't as jet black as I had hoped, it was fun!  However, by the end of the night he looked more like Jake might in his nineties.  His hair was definitely more gray than black!

And, if you don't know who Zarina is, then you need to spend a little time with this action-packed movie right here:

We never knew there were such things as pirate fairies before!  And, if you ever wanted to know where Captain Hook came from, then this is the movie for you. 

 Enjoy your candy!  I know I, I mean, WE will!

Pickle Jars and Super Strength

     There is a great story that will, inevitably, go down in Gordon Family Lore.  A couple of years ago I bought a big jar of pickles.  The next day when I went to open the jar, I found it impossible to even budge the lid.  The boys began taking turns exerting their manliness and tried to open the pickle jar.  But alas, the lid would not give.  The next day we tried again, but again to no avail.  I began to wonder if we would ever be able to enjoy those yummy pickles. Lunchtime came again the next day, and again we were craving those pickles.  Sam pulled the jar out, gave the lid a squeeze, and low and behold the jar opened!  Amazing!  My eight year old boy saved us from the pickle famine!  And, to this day, we still talk about the day that Sam opened the pickle jar.

     Just a few weeks ago, while waiting to go to school, Sam was doing some of those funny quizzes you find on the internet, you know the ones, where you answer certain questions and it tells you which character from Harry Potter you would be and so forth.  Sam was interested in knowing which Superpower he would have, and after answering all of the questions, this was the result he got...

Oh yeah!  That's my boy.

Teach Me to Walk in the Light

Carter and I have a little bedtime ritual each night.  After a story, and a drink comes a song.  Carter usually has me list ideas for a song, and then he chooses whichever one suits his fancy best that night.  So tonight our conversation went something like this:

Me: "Which song do you want tonight?"
Carter: "How many do you know?"
Me: "Oh lots, do you have an idea which one you want?"
Carter: "Tell me which ones, and I will pick one."
Me: "Well, there's 'Five Little Ducks', 'Five Little Pumpkins', 'The Wheels on the Bus', 'I am a Child of God', 'Teach Me to Walk in the Light'..."
Carter: "We already know how to walk in the light, so you can get rid of that one."

The Lucky One

     Carter and I have some good conversations during all of our "one-on-one" time during the day.  Just a couple of days ago Carter was asking me some questions about when Steve and I got married.  After processing my answers he was quiet for a few moments and then said, "That was really nice of Daddy to marry you."

                                               Yes, Carter, I am one lucky girl!