"Holy funny bone...it's the Joker, Batman!"

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-BATMAN! 

It was a "Dark Knight" here in Gotham City. Batman and I were busy "fighting crime" while our little Joker spent the night "wreaking havoc" on the citizens of Gotham City. She was terrorizing them left and right with her hideously scarred smile, her fear inducing laugh and her incessant questioning......

...." WHY SO SERIOUS?"

We had been commissioned (by the commissioner of course) to "take care" of our little Joker. He wanted his citizens to enjoy their Halloween Knight. But hard as we tried, we couldn't locate the little Jokers whereabouts. She was a clever one, a "better class of criminal". 

Then...all of a sudden...we heard a noise behind us....we turned around...and.......

....came face to face with her!!! She was smiling right at us!!!

"Holy funny bone...it's the Joker, Batman!", I said, "What should we do?"

"I'll tell you what you WON'T do" she said, "You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you, because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever!"

"KILL you? ", Batman said, " I could NEVER kill you because....you see...I AM YOUR FATHER!" (I know, different movie...but you still didn't see it coming)

Tune in next time to see how Robynn (spelled like a girl) comes to terms with her daughter, the Joker. (Let me tell ya, THAT'S something I am destined to do forever!!)

Same bat time....same bat channel.

Here's hoping you all had a "smile on your face" this Halloween!!

"Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm"

We must have been VERY ENTHUSIASTIC this week because we had a lot of creative juices flowing here at the Jones house! (truth be told, this is not normal for us so I guess that's why I had to post about it) Just thought I would show you a few of the things we "created" this week....

First off...christmas ornaments!!

We took an ordinary clothing pin and....

...called it to serve in the California Sacramento mission with my little brother as an ornament for his Christmas tree :)

Our own little "Army of Helaman"

 Next up....bread making!!

A lot of our friends up here in our little town are really into making EVERYTHING from scratch...and I really do mean EVERYTHING! Now please don't misunderstand me here...I don't have the need to "keep up with" anyone here, but I just thought, "when in Rome..." so we (and by WE I really mean Brock) decided to try some homemade bread. Something we have attempted, but not been quite successful at yet. 

For those of you who don't know, my sweet husband is a direct descendant of bakers (Lehi Bakery bakers to be exact) so working with dough comes easy to him...and he is good at it!

Homemade bread and rolls...turned out DELICIOSO!

And finally.....our Sugar Cookie Extravaganza!!

My mom started a tradition in our family where we get together and make sugar cookies every Halloween and Valentines Day. We usually go over to her house and we bake and decorate cookies all night!! Such a fun tradition! 

This year we still made the cookies but sadly it was without my mom. And Sami couldn't understand why Grammy couldn't just make a trip up here for one day to make cookies! We really missed you Grammy and Bethie!

We tried black frosting this year...looks cool...stains the teeth a little...but still tastes SO GOOD!

Apparently we needed TWO pics of the cookies...this one includes pumpkins so it's SUPER special!

That's our week in a nutshell...what are some fun Halloween traditions your family has?

Walking in a winter wonderland...in October????

This was the view from my front door this morning....

 

....not sure if I'm ready for this!!!

Don't we all need a little TIME OUT FOR WOMEN?

This last weekend my sweet husband took care of things here "at the ranch" while I attended an event called Time out for Women. (go here if you'd like to learn more about it) 

It was an eventful / fun / inspiring / fun / short / fun trip! I tagged along with some girlfriends from my "hood" and we just really enjoyed ourselves.

I would recommend this experience to anyone! (Actually...I take that back...it IS for WOMEN so if you aren't of the female persuasion, this really ISN'T for you...sorry Joe)  The theme for this years event was "Choose to Become..." and you get to fill in the blank as to what you want to "Become" or how you want to challenge yourself this year. The men and women who spoke to us were so positive and uplifting. It was just the pick me up I needed! 

And BONUS...I ran into an old friend...I have great memories with this super talented pretty lady. So good to catch up with old friends :)

Already looking forward to next year!! Hope you can come!!

" WE DON'T TAP DANCE ON THE TOILET!!!"

Sometimes as a parent, I say sentences that I NEVER would have dreamed up on my own! Sentences that I utter in anger but then, after listening to the playback in my head, make me burst out into laughter because I can't believe I actually had to utter THOSE words!!

Take for instance, the title of this post. That's right, I said that to my then 6 year old. Her reasoning was simple and very logical...to her. She explained to me that the floors in our house (aka carpet and linoleum) just didn't make a good sound for her tap shoes...and the lid of the toilet did. She couldn't understand why I was upset because she was, after all, practicing her dancing for her upcoming concert...which was what I had asked her to do. Looking back, it is a cherished memory...not so "cherished" at the time.

I think that's a move called "the giraffe", but I could be wrong  (tee hee)

And her love for dance has continued to grow. I really enjoy watching her dance. She moves very gracefully. She has a memory for dance moves. She remembers them SO well. She is moved by music and loves to express it in that way. She is taking a jazz and a hip hop class here in town. She will tell you that the HIP HOP is her favorite...but I think she just enjoys the music better. 

Just BEAT IT...BEAT IT

My little toilet-tap-dancer.