How do you get to my house?

Its really very simple. Just follow the giant chicken tracks. They lead right to my driveway, where our last name is written in big sidewalk chalk letters. There is also a blue line, which indicates a narrow body of water. Don't worry. Its quite easy to cross. Even a chicken can do it. Apparently. Well, it left tracks anyway.


-artwork by Elle

Elle's post birthday pizza-pool party

Although Elle's birthday was in August, we didn't get around to having a party until October. Yes, it really said "Elle's post birthday pizza-pool party" on the invitation. Super classy, I know. It was a perfect party though. I didn't break my back putting it together. The girls swam in the pool, jumped on the trampoline, made bracelets, and ate pizza and cake. What more could a kid ask for? The moms sat on the sidelines and chatted while we watched our little ones enjoy each other.

I don't think we will be swimming in the pool much more this year though. Its cooled down a bit and the water is pretty chilly. The upside to that is that we can enjoy meals out on the lanai now that its cooling down.

My secret life....

...isn't really that secret. If you know me at all, you know I heart baking!! I have joined forces with my sister in law (Whitney) and my sister (Elizabeth) for a fun new food blog: www.celestialconfections.blogspot.com We will be posting at least weekly with the Tuesdays with Dorie baking bloggers with delicious recipes from the "Baking, from my home to yours" book by Dorie Greenspan. Check us out! Es muy delicioso!

A little something funny...

You might thing this is just dumb and not really funny, but my friend did a hyperlink to my blog and misplaced the "p" in blogspot. Here is what she came up with: www.wildthayn.blogpsot.com

What?? Why did they use wildthayn as their website? I think that's a question I'll never have the answer to. But I did get a good laugh!

More September fun!

We go to MOSI pretty regularly, but the kids just discovered this bed of nails. If you look closely at Elle's face, she's freaking out.






I'll admit sometimes I'd like to have their heads on a platter, but this is just creepy.





Nate on the "farm". This is just moments after I found his diaper unfastened on the ground. I looked around to see whose little girl lost her diaper out from under her dress, only to find it was my own bare-bottomed-boy.


Little scientists! They LOVE the microscopes and the bugs. OK, they love the whole place!



Our YMCA put in a great new family fun pool. I love to take the kids there and they love it too.

I think this was Hurricane Gustav.

The girls "camped out" on my bed to watch a movie while our family room was out of service.

We visited the butterfly garden at MOSI.

September Recap

We had a fun girls day a few weeks ago. We started with a stake primary luau for mothers and daughters. We hula danced, made picture frames, sewed a few stitches in the legacy quilt, ate a yummy lunch and enjoyed our friends and sisters in the gospel. Then we went to the mall with Sarah and Piper and let the girls apply makeup to their hearts' content. They were bright and sparkly and pink. It was adorable and so much fun!!




Hannah started reading the "Captain Underpants" series. She just cracks up while she's reading. Its kind of fun to watch. She just couldn't resist acting out her new favorite "superhero". She'll probably be super-mad when she sees her undees picture on the blog, but I picked the blurriest close-up shot.



Order has been restored to the universe, or at least our mini-Thayn-universe. The carpet is in. The walls are painted. The baseboard has been restored. Our family room now looks 10x better than it did 2 months ago. The painter did a terrible job painting and doing trim work and refused to fix it until I refused to sign the check from the insurance company over to them and called them out on fraudulent charges. When the almighty dollar spoke, they were much more cooperative and our home is now lovelier than ever!!! Yeah!! I'm so happy! Nate LOVES the new carpet and just rolls around in it for no good reason other than to roll around in it. That's reason enough, right?

Where did September go?

I can't believe September is gone already. It blew past me like a tumbleweed in Oklahoma!! I have plenty of pictures to post and will try to get started tonight.