Okay, it's time for me to catch up on pictures. They are gonna be a little out of order. These pictures are Joy reading to Clayton (both of them love it). Joy is turning into a good little reader. She has been tested for Project Inquiry, the school's gifted program. Just shows you what hard work and practice will do-- Joy was in the reading "catchup" program for a few months, but once the light bulb went on, she's really blossomed. Joy reads out loud to Clayton, and Clayton's "homework" is to listen to Joy do her reading. It's adorable to watch.

The rest of the pictures are Tommy's birthday. He wanted to go camping for his birthday. That wasn't possible, so we had one at home. We had marshmallow roasting, hot chocolate, and for a cake, I had to make a peanut butter cookie cake with chocolate frosting. Tommy really is smiling in the picture with the cake, but his mouth is full of Whoppers.

This one (if it posts correctly), is Clayton in his dragon costume at our ward's Halloween party. He'll be thirty and still eating cupcakes this way.


okay next I'm posting Halloween costumes and what I did to the Great Pumpkin :-)