goodbye binky

On Sunday, Heston said goodbye to his binky. We gathered them all up and he tossed them in the trash. (I kept this one though because I'm a sentimental sap that way.) He hasn't been sleeping well all week but I'm hoping it'll get better soon.

On Tuesday, we had a break from our after-school activities and we took the kids to the pumpkin patch. It was really nice to be able to hang out as a family on a weeknight without rushing somewhere.
Instead of carving the pumpkins, I bought these Mr. Potato Head kits at Target a couple of years ago. You just poke the little pieces in and that's it, fast and no mess.
We're in the middle of our soccer season. The weather has finally cooled down, it's so nice. Braden's team are the Vampires and Paige's team are the Inferno. She has little flames on her uniform, so cute! Soccer is so much fun, the kids love it.

some digi pages

I've been working on a few pages here and there. Just wanted to share a couple. I may have posted some of these pictures before, I apologize :)

Halloween is right around the corner, I've got to get some costume stuff finished up.

Tuesday

I've been meaning to post for a while...I'm finally getting around to it!
Wes and Ricci got married on the 4th at the beach in La Jolla. It was a really nice wedding and it was great to spend time with our families. Matt and Alisha let us stay with them and so the kids got to have a sleepover with their cousins. Thanks again Matt and Alisha! We needed to get pictures in our matching shirts for Grandma so Alisha took our pictures. She does such a great job.

For some reason, I'm having trouble posting some of the pictures I took at the wedding. These are the only ones that are working.


The kids are out of school this week for Fall Break. The weather here is so nice right now. We went to the park yesterday, just trying to entertain the kids.

for the Moms

I received this e-mail yesterday, just wanted to share it with you.

Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets. (In my case, it was a bottle of nail polish last week :)
Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'

The Images of Mom
4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom doesn't really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mom doesn't know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE - Mom? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it...
35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom' s opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

I love this quote from Sister Hinckley:

"Being a mother at any age is a blessing, but as we age and our children become interesting and productive adults we really begin to savor the joys of the harvest, the fruit of our labors. How could we have known when they were young and the demands so constant that we would ever have the luxury of simply enjoying their loving companionship?"

Enjoy your Monday!

Thursday

Is it Thursday already? It's crazy how fast time flies, especially during this time of year. I've got to get the whole Halloween costume stuff figured out pretty soon. Paige wants to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, that'll be fun. It's hard to find modest costumes for young girls!

It's Conference weekend! I love Conference, it's a good thing. Here's a little packet I found on Sugardoodle that you can print off for your kids. I find these helpful.
http://deseretbook.com/conf.pdf

This idea out of October's Friend magazine sounded like fun, too:
http://www.sugardoodle.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3143&Itemid=406

Have any of you had your Primary Programs yet? Ours is coming up in a couple of weeks and I would love to hear how yours went. I applaud anyone who has ever had to pull one of these off. I have an awesome counselor that does a great job with the program.

Have a fun weekend!

Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is back!
Misty-May has some serious muscles!I think she has great potential. Can you believe Brooke Burke has 4 kids?! Get out! She did well. Warren Sapp was fun to watch and Cloris Leachman was so funny. Lance Bass knows how to perform, that will help him. My pick to win it all this year...


Toni Braxton. She did a great job last night and she has been one of my favorite singers since '92.
(is it just me or does the costume department have a fabric shortage...dang! I guess less clothes=higher ratings)

Who was your favorite?

I've been tagged

I got tagged 3 times so there's no getting out of this one.
3 joys: 1. Aaron and the kids. 2. my family and Aaron's family 3. my friends

3 fears: 1. scarring my children. We do the best we know how to do as parents but I hope at the end of the day we did a decent job of raising them. 2. heights. (I'm with Rebecca on that one) Last year at Disneyland, we went on the ferris wheel and I was having major anxiety. 3. being home alone with the kids when Aaron is out of the country.

3 obsessions: 1. pictures and home movies. I'm obsessed with preserving old family pictures, organizing and backing-up every picture I have. 2. craft stuff, I love it all! 3. being on the computer.

3 interesting facts:
1. I was born Kriston B. My dad wasn't legally adopted by my Grandpa until he was 21. I became a S. when I was 3.
2. I was born on 7/14 and I weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz.
3. My aunt was the manager of the Hallmark store in Vernal. When I was in high school, I used to dress up in a bunny costume around Easter and take pictures with little kids at the store. (I'm usually the person that comes to mind when people are thinking, 'Who can we possibly get to put on this ridiculous costume...Kris will do it!) I had to walk across the street all dressed up (my mom had to hold my arm because I couldn't see) and as I was walking across, I waved at this car just to be silly...and the guy flipped me off! My mom and I were laughing so hard I almost fell over on Main Street. Good times...the story wouldn't be complete without a picture, right?


So I'm going to tag Chassie, Robyn and Brenda.

If I can do this, YOU can do this!

I was able to have some time this weekend to work on some more digital stuff. I've been having fun and trying new things out. The great thing about digital scrapbooking...NO MESS! I love that. (I'm using Adobe Photoshop Elements 6)

Here are some helpful links if you're interested:

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg_list.asp?t=133

http://www.designerdigitals.com/

And some FREE kits you can downloadhttp://www.shabbyprincess.com/downloads.asp

These pages were created using the Gabby kit from Shabby Princess. This is my favorite kit.

Thanks again to Karin and Alisha for helping me!

"Rise and shout the Cougars are out"

I know my husband loves me and the kids however there is one other love in his life and that is BYU Football.

So you can imagine how crazy he went for his alma mater today when they shut out UCLA 59-0. Watching the game made me homesick for the days when we could go and Grandma would watch the kids. Good times...and I miss the mountains...

life with a 2 year old

I forgot what life was like living with a 2 year old. A month ago, Hes was taking 2 naps a day (i know, crazy huh?), sleeping through the night and staying in his bed until someone got him out. Those days are over. He's climbing out of his bed now, taking 1 short nap a day and his new thing is wandering around the house in the middle of the night. He's high maintenance but I love the kid.
Fall is here!! I don't know about you but I love fall, it's my favorite season. We don't really have Fall in AZ but I'm looking forward to cooler weather. I'm back to my running kids here and there after school and trying to motivate them to get their school work done. You know how it goes...

I just wanted my friends and family to know how much I love looking at your blogs. I love seeing your pictures and hearing about what's going on in your lives.

Disneyland

We spent our Labor Day weekend at Disneyland. Aaron and Ricci (Wes' fiance) ran in the 1/2 marathon while we were there. I took some video of that but no pictures :( The race took them through Disneyland and California Adventure. We had so much fun while we were there! We spent 2 days at Disney and 1 at CA Adventure. While we were waiting for the parade to start on Tuesday, guess who walked into the ice cream store right behind us? Seal and Heidi Klum! I could have taken a picture but I didn't want to be paparazzi-like. Watching Heidi walk past me eating a huge ice cream cone somehow made me feel better about myself :) And then noticing she was the same height as me and probably weighed 50 lbs. lighter brought me back
to reality :( Our trip was really fun!

Paige's middle name is Cali, kind of fun!

another digital page

This digital scrapbook stuff is really fun. Nothing too fancy but I like it.

We just got back from our Disneyland trip yesterday. We had so much fun (it's impossible not to have fun there) and I'll post some pics soon.

my first digital page

I'm slowly learning Photoshop Elements 6, emphasis on slowly...It's been fun though. Thanks to Karin and Alisha for helping me along the way.

cars

I was looking at some pictures I took this summer and it was bringing back some childhood memories. Every family has things that they do together. In the Sorensen family, our family activites centered around classic cars. My Dad and Grandpa both had hobbies restoring cars. Grandpa was a Ford man: old school original Model As and Ts. Dad is all about making them fast :)

While I was home this summer, one of Dad's friends has a collection of old cars. He borrowed this 1964 Chrysler Imperial from one of his friends and he and I went for a drive. People were looking at this car like it was a spaceship and we could not stop laughing. It was fun! This car was like a boat with wheels.

The red car is my mom's 1970 Cheville SS. It's fast and so much fun! :)

Happy Birthday Heston!

Hes is turning 2 today! I can't believe it's been 2 years already!