Luna

This is our second cat, Luna. Even though she is almost exactly the same age as Thunder, Luna is about half his size.  Whenever I see the two of them together I always think of David and Goliath. 
I came in the family room the other day to find Luna asleep and tucked into a blanket. 

Looks comfy doesn't she?

Xavien's Birthday!

Xavien turned 7 this past week!  He has been SOO excited for his birthday. I have always struggled a bit with Xavien's birthday presents because a month later comes Christmas.  This year for his birthday Xavien asked for Trash Packs.  So from Matthew and me he received Trash Packs and Nana and Papa took care of all sorts of other presents.

Xavien's favorites this year:
Colors - green, orange, black
Song - Fearless by Olivia Holt
Primary Song - Follow the Prophet
Scripture Story - Samuel the Lamanite
Story- Skippyjon Jones
Animals - Dalmatian Dogs
Food - Bacon (He requested BLTs for his birthday dinner! )

Xavien is an amazing boy!  He is all-boy but very sweet, loving toward all his family.  We are lucky to have Xavien!

Scarves

Recently I started making these ribbon scarves.  They are really easy to make but it does help to use wooden knitting needles.  It only takes about 3-4 hours and 1 skein of yarn.  I love the way they look!

I made one for my girls and I am giving some as gifts to various people.  Check out your local Michaels or JoAnn's for abetter variety of yarn.

Halloween

This year for Halloween the kids had 3 parties to attend.  Their school does a harvest festival which is essentially a Halloween carnival.  The Trunk or Treat at church and then the regular trick or treating.  I consider that a party as well because of how many friends you run into while walking around the neighborhood.  We even purchased some outside Halloween decor.  My favorite was the half buried skeleton...

Kanayla decided to be a blue sorceress.  She got a lot of compliments on the dress.

Ivie was Bloom from the children's tv show called Winx.  Basically Bloom is the fairy of fire(dragon flame).

Xavien was a ninja. Matthew found these cool knives to go with his costume.  Xavien loved showing off his skills. 

I think that they all had a great time.  We definitely have a years worth of candy!