Pictures

We had some new family pictures taken recently. It is almost impossible to get a family picture with a two year old and a six year old that just want to run and have fun. Here are a few of the best pictures. If you want a copy of one, just let me know which one and what size.
Thanks Becky D., you did a great job!

More Pictures

Can you tell who the star of the family is?

J in sepia

Three kids

Boys

Kissing Daddy

Our Cutie and Mommy

J and Dad

Having Fun

I'm 2

Thanks Becky. We really appreciate your time and patience.

Trunk or Treat

We had our annual ward trunk or treat last night. The Kids all had a lot of fun. We had chili for dinner that was a bit too spicy. Good thing we fed the kids mac and cheese before we left. Kevin, in case you are wondering, is the magic mirror on the wall. It got rave reviews. Holly went as the Evil Queen, Our Cutie, Snow White, J as Indiana Jones, and A is Darth Vader.

We had good representation of all the princesses. Sleeping Beauty's mother got caught eating the donuts as fast as she could--two at a time. We also had a visit from Cindy Lu Who. Doesn't she look just like her? There were also a lot of escaped animals as you can also see. Frogs and bears and spiders, Oh my!

Halloween Costumes

Let me know if you would like to borrow any of these.

2 Year Check-up

Our Cutie had her 2 year check-up today. She is doing great. She weighs 26 lbs. and is 33 1/2" tall. She cried when they were weighing and measuring her. I have no idea why. She is in the 50th percentile on both height and weight. She is at the age that she does not want to look at the camera for anything. The room we were in had nursery rhyme characters painted on the walls. I tried to get her to stand by the 3 kittens who lost their mittens. She was not cooperating. I am glad we have such a cute and healthy little girl. She kept trying to leave before I was ready, so I snapped a picture. As we were leaving she got to pick a sticker. She was so excited. She picked one with a purple My Little Pony.

2 Years Old

Our cute little one turned two last Saturday. I can hardly believe it has been two years already.
In the early afternoon, we took the kids to see Kung Fu Panda, at the Perry Egyptian Theatre. The boys really enjoyed it. Our Cutie struggled a little, ( it was right at her nap time). The also did a classic cartoon and a Charlie Chaplin silent movie. We made it home just in time for the party.

She had so many cousins and brothers to help her open her presents, I don't think she looked at anything for more than 2 seconds before it was taken away from her and another gift handed to her instead. All in all I think she had a great day.

She wasn't too sure about blowing out the candles, she needed a little help from mom and J.

Our baby is not so much a baby any more. She is getting so independent. She want to do as many things by herself as I will allow. She is talking more everyday. Her favorite things are books and shoes.

Favorite Halloween Book

This is our family's favorite Halloween book. A's preschool teacher introduced it to us. We had to go and buy it. It is about a witch who wants to make pumpkin pie and the process she goes through to do it. The audio version is very fun, but out of print or whatever they call it when it is audio. If you do get this book or have read it before, let me know what you think about it.

The Joys of Home Ownership

I know this is not a very good picture, but it is better than none at all.

As I sat on the couch on Sunday afternoon after conference, I glanced over at the door and saw that the paint was bubbled. I called Kevin in to look at it. It seems that all the rain we got over the weekend caused a leak somewhere in that general area. The sheet rock all above the door and up the vaulted ceiling is all wet and ruined. Now we get to go through all the fun of getting it fixed. The joys of home ownership. So if anyone knows any good sheet rock repair guys let us know soon, as we are supposed to be getting more rain this weekend.