Costume Contest.

What's this you ask?? Well, take a good look.... Last night at the ward party, Dad won an award in the costume contest. The main judge said, "No one knows what you are but you sure are interesting!"

We still don't know if he was a marsh mellow, angel, ghost, Pillsbury dough boy....

Oh well, Happy Halloween!

Blackmail!

This is Alex dancing at the family Halloween party. She was the last person to get out on the cake walk and thought it would be fun to do a solo... I am sure she is regretting it now!

Tufts Family Halloween Chili

We like our chili thick - if you don't like something, just leave it out and it will still be just as delicious! We eat our chili with cheese and a handful of Fritos sprinkled on top. Happy Halloween!

1/2 lb. ground Hamburger, browned
1/2 lb. ground Sausage, browned
1/2 lb. Bacon, cooked and cut into bite size pieces
1 can Black Beans
1 can Pinto Beans
1 can Kidney Beans
1 can Great Northern Beans
1 can Corn
1 8 oz. can Tomato Sauce
1 can diced Tomatoes, petite cut
1/2 Onion, chopped small
1/2 Green Pepper, chopped small
2 cloves Garlic
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp Chili Powder
2 tsp Cumin
1/2 tsp Oregano
1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1 cup Water (or more depending on how thick/thin you like it)

Cook meats one at a time in a large skillet and put into a large crock-pot. Saute onion and green pepper in the leftover meat drippings and add to the crockpot. Add water, garlic, tomato sauce and canned tomatoes to the crockpot. Drain and rinse all the beans really well and add to crockpot. Add seasonings to taste - The amounts listed are what we usually do... but depending on how hot you like it you can change it around. Let simmer in the crockpot for a few hours. We usually like the chili better the next day! Enjoy ~

2008 vs. 2009

Apple Picking

October 2008

September 2009

Funny huh?

~

Mom was wearing the same pants and jacket this year when we went apple picking as she did last year when we went apple picking. The only difference is last year her shirt is black and this year it was blue!

Abby's back-to-school assembly~

Here is a clip of Abby at her back-to-school assembly. I wasn't able to make it but mom took my camera and got their dance on tape so we could enjoy it! Abby is wearing blue leggings and a green tutu. She is on the front row on the far right when the dance starts.

Vacation Pics

Here are some of my other vacation pics that I didn't post on my blog!

Family Vacation Photos...

The Magic Kingdom

Epcot

Fun pictures of the kiddos...

aren't they cute?

Throwback Thursday ~

Our Disney trip from two years ago...
Who is ready for Disneyworld in two weeks?

Remember, Grandma will give you One Disney Dollar for every four percent you've increased since our challenge began on March 23rd.

I'll update the results tomorrow on our scripture team's page,
so start reading!! I think I'm in the lead....

potty training

I saw this link on a friends blog who is potty training her little boy so I thought it might help out with the 3 little boys in our family. Free tokens to Chuck-E -Cheese's for 2 weeks of potty perfect days!

http://www.chuckecheese.com/promotions/pdf/RewardPotty.pdf

birthday party

Happy 60th Birthday Mom!

Dad gave us all such a great present by flying Samson, Natalie and their kids out to Utah to help Mom celebrate her birthday. We've had so much fun laughing, eating and hanging out the past few days! Here are some pictures that I took at mom's party.

b-day girl!

I'm sure we all agree on this one...

You're the best mom ever! Have a great day...you deserve it!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Alex K.

*Update*

Alex made it past the first cuts so today she had to do a skit/speech, add 2 more posters, and write an essay. Sounds like a lot of work! Here is her skit...

I know some of you wanted to see how Alex's poster turned out so here it is!

Good Luck Alex!

birthday

Happy Birthday, Samson!

Have a great Day!

We love to dance

Here's a video of the dance-off that happened at the Valentine's party! I can't figure out how to rotate the video so you'll have to turn your head to watch! Make sure you look for Aiden krumping, Grandma raising the roof, Jaden sitting licking the frosting off his knife, and Britton getting up to join the fun.

And what's with the Christmas music??

Happy Birthday ~

We hope you have a great birthday, Brandon!