Speaking Larsen

Now, I am old enough that I can post this without giggling and acting like a 5 year about it, but with that said, this is not an easy post to do. We had taco soup for dinner a few nights ago and then a day or so after words it was working in my system. You the know song: "Beans Beans the Magical Fruit The More You Eat the More You Toot!" We were sitting at dinner and then this conversation occurred: So, let's just say, that I 'sang a short and loud verse' and then I said, "Excuse me." Kyle replied, "That chair must be squeaky." To which I replied, "No, sorry, the taco soup is talking." To which Landon replied, " Hi, Soup." Are you done laughing? At that point in the story laughter ruptured at the table between Kyle and I, with the kids joining, but not knowing why. Laughter is contagious, you know. And I mean we were laughing so hard. Tears, sides hurting, gotta go to the bathroom laughing. It was a pretty funny night. ...

Halloween isn't one of my favorite 'holidays' as I am not sure that I feel it's a holiday. Anyway, the kids sure had a great time. I do feel however that Halloween can have some great family tradtions behind it. I really like the idea of trick-or-treating door to door. To me, that is what it's about. I do not like Trunk-or-Treats. For lots of reasons, but I won't go into that. So this particular Halloween, I dressed the kids up and went door to door from about 3-4:30. We had a great time and they LOVED it. Plus, it gave them a memory that I want them to have. We had a quick pizza that Kyle brought home from Little Ceasars. We then rushed out the door to the ward trunk or treat, and then door to door by way of car to both grandma Cindy and Mac, and then to Grandpa Dean's. When we got to Sage Lakes, Catelyn wanted to go more....so Landon and Kyle and Jocelyn hung out with Mac and Kelly and got to answer the door, while Cate and I tackled several mor...