Giving Thanks

Since we just had Thanksgiving I thought I would write about all the things I am thankful for. First off we have been sick, so I am thankful for health. They say you don't appreciate it until you don't have it anymore, that is so true! I am thankful for a wonderful husband. He treats me so well and loves me despite my shortcomings. I am thankful for my 4 children. Each one is unique and so smart and fun to be around. I am thankful for temples. I am so glad we can go to the house of the Lord and feel the peace that exists inside and be in the only place on earth where we are free from Satan's influence. I am thankful for good food. As a Bentley/Richardson, I never seem to get full, which can be a good thing and a bad thing! I am thankful for our prophet. Thomas S. Monson has been a General Authority for a long time and it has been wonderful to see him ordained as our prophet. I am thankful for the Atonement. Our Savior, Jesus Christ, willingly died so that I can repent and have a chance to make it back to heaven! That means so much to me! I know I could go on and on but I will just stop here. Thanks for reading it!

Indiana Jones

Ok, so I know this is over 2 months late but I wanted to show you the pictures from Isaac's birthday.

This is the Indiana Jones volcano cake his dad made! Doesn't it look great!


This is the cake we had with the Bartletts


This is the cake we served for his Indiana Jones party we had for his friends. He designed it and put the Indiana Jones characters on top.


Here is a view of the table for the party. We lined it with plastic snakes that the kids all got to take home. We served mummy fingers (pigs in a blanket), monkey brains (bagel bites) and a popcorn mix along with Capri Sun to drink. The kids all got Indiana Jone's hats and we had a treasure hunt. They all got a goodie bag with a squirt gun, kaleidoscope, and noise maker inside.


It was fun for me to decorate the table.


Here are all the kids.

My baby is 9 months old!

So, I took Eli in for his check up on Monday and this is what his stats were:

Weight: 23.56 lbs (89%)
Height: 29.0 in (74%)
Head: 18.5 in (90%)
Hair: none to speak of ;)

It has been so fun to see how much my little guy has grown since his slow beginning. He is crawling everywhere and getting into everything. His favorite things to do lately is play in the toilet and crawl under the desk at high speed toward the powerstrip with the bright red light! He thinks it is soooo funny when mommy gets all excited and tells him "no!"

Our favorite shows

I read on Marci's blog about how she loves fall because the new seasons start to all her favorite TV shows. I think Nate and I have to agree on this one. The shows we enjoy watching are:

1. American Idol (although I don't like thinking that we worship these people, so sometimes we call it the singing show)
2. Monk (I see some of my own quirks in Adrian Monk)
3. Chuck (his best friend Morgan, cracks me up)
4. 24 (I delayed starting on this series, but now we can't watch them fast enough)
5. Psyche (these two guys are so goofy and immature it's funny)
6. The Office (Michael Scott really bugs me along with a few others, but I like Jim and Pam)
7. and our favorite...Lost (This has to be our all time favorite show and we wish it started in the fall, we have to wait until the end of January for this one!)

We also used to like to watch:

1. Alias (until it started having dumb episodes and then got canceled)
2. Smallville (we watch it sometimes, but make fun of it the whole time)
3. Heroes (we liked it, and started watching this season, but I couldn't handle it anymore)
4. Fringe (this one we really wanted to like, but I think all the weird stuff got to be too much)

So there you have it! Tell us which TV shows you enjoy watching.

Nothing Sweeter

I found these two sitting like this while watching a movie one day.


So precious!

Like mother, like daughter

This is Kate at 3 years old sitting with her favorite dolls: Sarah and Cause


And this is me, at 3 years old with Cause and Harper

Halloween Carnival

Our ward had a Halloween Carnival on Friday

Here is Kate as Tinkerbell and Skyler Escue as Snow White


Here is Nate as Abraham Lincoln and Eli


Joseph as Iron Man eating chips with Kate


Rebecca as Cleopatra holding our little lion. Nate was calling him "E-lion"


Isaac was at the party too, dressed as a knight, but he was running around with his friends the whole time that we didn't get a picture of him, maybe we will get one on Halloween.