jens little guy is having a birthday...

He is the cutest thing and a year went by too fast! I hope you had a fantastic time Jen. I will send you the rest this week.

so it begins..

Lets just say he is very against the idea.

(big sigh)

saturday morning

I love bringing magic into our kids life. My dad made magic a big part of my life growing up with all of his tricks, and I just think its fun. So on saturday mornings we have a magic show, otherwise known as the saturday morning magic show (Im so creative when it comes to names, huh) This past weekend, in honor of Halloween, we made witches brew, the kids thought it was the coolest thing ever, and I secretly did too! Then for dinner, I made witch hat soup to keep the witch theme going. It was so yummy and fun. And the kids totally dug my cauldron bowls, thankyouverymuch :)

That evening we went to Gardner Village to show the kids all of the witches. Little did I know it was witch night out and the place was swarming of decked out witches. You should have seen these ladies, they go all out, it was so fun to see. Moses could not stop staring at the ladies with green faces and huge hairy warts on their noses,he was just mesmerized. We went on the "ride to a witch" and met real witches who showed us their house and potions and magic spells, it was delightfull! We topped it off with hot chocolate and called it a night. What a great witchy weekend!

can you tell?

Betcha cant tell that fall is my favorite season. Any excuse to take pictures of leaves, I am there. I just thought this was a different take on fall, I do love it.

dont judge a book by its cover.....or do.

We recently purchased 22 Halloween books for $11.00! I seriously felt like I won the lottery. We love our books around here, and Halloween is one of our favorite collections! One in particular has become quite endearing. Maybe its because I feel like a monster mama most, I mean some days, or maybe because we think Patrick Edward is so darn sweet..either way, we highly recommend. Heres a sneak..

The kids were scared of the outward appearance of the book at first, but like most things in life, once we opened it up, it was a beautiful story.

fall boy

When Buddy called yesterday to see if I wanted to get out of the house, I didnt much feel like it but I went anyway. I have an annoying cold and not feeling too hot. After lunch with Buddy, we took moses to the canyon to play around in the leaves, what a fun time he had. I'm still picking leaves out of my hair! I love the colors of fall, dont you? So inspiring and fresh and crunchy and yummy. Speaking of yummy..is Moses not the cutest thing?





For anyone who knows how to fix my stupid blog header...will you please email me at buddyandkristen@gmail.com, Im lame and messed it up and I cant figure it back out! I would forever be thankfull :)

this sad neglected blog of ours...

I had to laugh when I saw this comment from my sister:

kris.. what's going on?? is your computer broken?
lol.. it's the hills and the city is causing you not to blog anymore?? miss your blog

Actually, the hills and the city DID premier a few weeks ago and I tune in regularly (fellow fans..lets talk!),and my computer is slllloooooowwwww,that could also be a contributing factor. I dont know whats up with me, I think with graduation and family and just "stuff" I havnt gotten around to it. But, on sunday I taught the 14/15 year olds about record keeping and it made me miss the record keeping that I used to do on our blog, so I've re-commited...or will have myself committed, whatever, Im going to be better.

In no particular order of some of the recent things going on around here...

Moses lives in his Cape. This a.w.e.s.o.m.e cape that I found for $2.00 (I still get excited thinking about the steal) its home-made and superman/batman reversable. The only problem is deciding which one he wants to be.





Since my kids are pretty much over the picture thing (evidence: moses face above) I have turned my sights to mother nature, its really rewarding because I dont constantly have to beg my kids for eye contact or bribe with treats. I've been working on my sun flare, loving it.



We also learned that smiley face stickers make knee scrapes all better. His idea I might add.



made a major purchase....I do hope the new car smell never goes away, I love that.




Was a very happy mom during reading time. Bella is reading like crazy and moses seems to enjoy it also. (reading, of course, would not be complete without a sweet tooth fairy cupcake) Plus, their room has one very small window that I would not consider a source of light. So I get to practice my white balance and getting the light right since I never use my flash. Its been fun.








The boys went on a trip to help Grandma Coleman move from washington to Idaho. Bells and I met up with them later in the week. It was nice to see Grandma and her cute new house!



Cleaned up my hard drive and found this little gem from this summer. I so *wish* I had a picture of me and my babys like this. We love sink baths. This is my mom and my nephew Karson, awh, love.




And in saving the best for last we....graduated..yipeeee! Thanks to my mom and and dad and Kim who came to support this long awaited and awesome day! Everyone is so proud of Buddy and I just held back my tears of pride all day. It was truly one of the greatest days of our life.





I have about 1200 photos yet to be taken off my camera..you better beleive I have alot more blogging to do!