Halloween Week

Well, nothing much exciting has happened in the last week.

We are getting ready for Halloween, which means the house is a mess, fabric strands are attached to everything, laundry is backed up, patterns are flying, and dresses are half made, ready to be finished at about 3 AM tonight!

I must admit, the dresses, so far, are to die for! Cinderella is stunning and Belle is beautiful! Although, the zippers have yet to be added, let's hope all goes well for the finishing touches :-) (Darth Vedar's cape is also in the works)

I have envied a few facebook posts with cute pictures of pumpkin patches and Fall outfits. We got our pumpkins yesterday...at Safeway. The nice thing about it was the kids were as excited as anything (I should have brought my camera), and we didn't have to wear jackets (even though the air conditioning was on a bit strong) :-)

This week in my marriage class, we talked about being married, and having a good relationship with your spouse and family.

There were a few lists of things you should do to keep both relationships strong. I took from both lists and made my own; things we should be doing to maintain our family relationships:

1) Go on a weekly date
2) Give at least one compliment a day to each person
3) Spend at least an hour of undivided time each week with each child
4) Have at least a 30-45 minute family meeting each week (FHE)
5) Read the scriptures daily
6) Pray in the morning and night as a family
7) Have family meals together as a family, daily

The scriptures and prayer are things I added myself, because they are things I want to be doing in my family. I think this makes a pretty good list. If I can start doing this...I think we will be pretty well off.

I can't wait!