Oliver, Ben and Nana at the park

Top 5 things I am looking forward to this week

Well this is my first blog in a long time. This past week went pretty well. For this week the top 5 things I am most looking forward to are:

5) Going to ward prayer and ward fireside tonight.

4) Getting my laundry and grocery shopping done and out of the way.

3) Saturday because of college football. Everyone gets really into it here.

2) Playing some basketball later in the week because I have not done it in a very long time.

1) Participating in my very first murder mystery that will be held in a town called Midway, which is about 30 min. outside of Provo with a bunch of people from the ward. About 30 people will attend.

Hope this week will go well for me.

Hope everyone is doing well, Rico

Caleb Is Rhyming Me

These two are best buds, but they really know how to push one another's buttons. Its an interesting thing to watch their dynamic grow and change over time. We usually end up with Caleb figuring some way to get Julian upset. My favorite example was this week when Caleb (who has begun to really rhyme in ernest) began finding rhymes for Julian's name. Julian didn't like it, but Caleb wouldn't stop. Julian, very upset by now, said "Dad, Caleb's rhyming me". It was too cute not to note somewhere.

A few pics

I love dado, he loves me, we love Oliver yes siree, we love Ben and so you see, we are a happy family.

Ticket to Scotland

I left Scotland almost two weeks ago and I miss it.
Since the Schneiders moved there, I've had the chance to visit four different times and I can't think of one thing about the country I don't love - even the infamous Scottish cuisine has its charm. Maybe there's another country that deep fries it's Mars Bars? But Scotland does it the best.
I love the musical language and the inspiring landscapes and the kind people and the fascinating history. I think it's great that the Schneider side of the family has come full circle from its McQuarrie ancestors to the Scottish Oliver and Benjamin.
I also think its wonderful how Jord and Char have embraced their surroundings and made Scotland their home, even when they knew they wouldn't be there for long.
If we had to travel across the globe to see the J and C Schneiders I'm glad my ticket took me to Scotland.
Thanks Schneiders for doing that!

My Hallowe'en costume

Caleb asked me if I was going to dress up this year. I said yes and asked him what I should be. He said "Mommy, can you be Snow White?" Luckily the Disney store had these on sale...

Owl Cookies

We've made these owl cookies for the past couple years and this is the first year the boys have really kind of known what we're doing and gotten excited about them. They're great for kids because they can put the eyes (M&Ms) and beak (cashew nuts) on and love to see the cookie turn into an owl. Plus Jack loved stuffing his face with the M&Ms. I love doing holiday things! Besides owl cookies we went to the pumpkin patch on Saturday with Lindsay and had a wonderful time,. We decorated our pumpkins yesterday for FHE (we just stick eyes and mouthes on them, cutting up the pumpkin seems like too much work!). On Thursday for Joy School we are making a jack o lantern, so that should be fun too. Next week we are going trick or treating at our neighborhood retirement home and there are a lot of Hallowe'en parties happening on Saturday. It sure is a fun time of year!