Walking boy

It is true! TJ is getting to be a good little walker. I am so proud of him! He is getting so big so fast. I am having a great time with this new camera. Although, he has gotten more independent with learning to walk and all, he is turning into being a needy boy. He doesn't like to be left in the nursery at church or the gym anymore. I think he will get over it quickly though. He seems to calm down pretty quick. I think it is just a little harder for kids that are home with mom or dad all the time, but they learn to cope.There he goes.

My love bug

Isn't this a great pic? Our new camera does these boarders automatically. Sure I can do them on the computer after the pic is loaded up, but I want to play with all the gadgets. Anyway, Mr. Scott is fishing with his boyfriend Mr. Chuck today. Apparetly, they do not know that winter is not for fishing it is for skiing. SUMMER is for fishing. Not only are they fishing, they are FLY fishing. Wadding in the freezing water is not my idea of a good time. Anyway, I am sure they are having a ball. As long as I don't have to clean or eat anything they bring home, it's all good.

My new Camera

My new camera came last night. So far I am very happy with it. It takes underwater pictures, macro-pictures, self pictures, candle light, fireworks, it even has a self timer. It is going to work out great I think. I still want to get a SLR, but for right now it looks like this camera is going to take care of all our photograpgy needs. Plus it is not going to be as much to lug around as the last one.
Enjoy the pictures! I will be getting more up shortly!

New pictures coming soon

I finally got a camera ordered today. It should be here later this week and I will finally have new pictures up. Not having a camera has driven me up the wall. I am glad I will have one soon. Look for new pictures in the coming days!

Lent

So, I was doing laundry the other day and I emptied the lent trap for the first time in months and OH MY! . . . just kidding!
Seriously, I love Lent! Well, the first few weeks. By the end I am dying (and usually cheating here and there). I went for the usual no tv with a no computer games kicker (I think I have been playing to much poker!) I was reminded last night that I did sweets last year, I have no recolection of that. I had a newbor though, I remeber very little from then. The kids went to Ash Wednesday services with us last night. We walked in and it was all somberly lite and everyone was quiet and Katie walks in and says "BECCA!" Everyone laughed and her feelings were quite hurt. She made it through the whole service though. TJ ended up in the nursery; he just likes to move too much. Speaking of the boy, he was doing some power walking this morning. He walked all the way across the livingroom, got up and came back. He was even practicing standing with out pulling up on something. He is turning into such a little guy.

Little man starting to walk

Well, Mr TJ is getting a little more daring. He took a few steps last night and a couple more today. He is getting there. I took this pic to burn some film, but I think it turned out pretty cute. I finished the second summer of the sisterhood last night. It was really good. If you liked the movie you should totally read the books. Not much has changed since yesterday. Scott's couple hours at work has turned into 5 so far. Plus he won't be able to go with me tomarrow. It is ok, I like that drive and could probably do it in my sleep.

February

Aparently I can only blog when I have a working camera. I got an email from my friend today. She mentioned my nice blog and that I should keep blogging. (Think that was a hint?) Anyway, TJ still hasn't quite gotten the walking thing down yet, but he is trying. Katie is still a motor mouth. Scott has been working CONSTANTLY, I am talking 23 hour shifts (NO JOKE) As for me, I have been sick and have had my hours shifted on me. I now work more afternoons instead of mornings. So far, I don't like the change, as long as it stays 3 days a week, maybe I can deal.

I went to a party my mom had a couple weeks ago. Homade Gourmet I think is what it was called. Anyway, that was fun. I got to see some neighbors I hadn't seen in a while. I was very excited to see an old family friend, but she wasn't able to make it. I ordered a lot of stuff, I hope it is good! The next morning I had lunch with a friend from high school, her husband, and baby. They are such a cute family!

For Valentine's Day we went skiing at Monarch. Monday Scott spent the morning teaching his brother to snowboard and then he took off on his own in the afternoon while his brother and I stayed on the greens. We hit a nice mexican resturant that night and we were going to ski again Tuesday, but I was to sick. My head throbbed just from sitting up. So we headed home took in a movie before picking up the kids from Grandpa and Grandma Rhonda's.

We are having a poker party tonight so, I am desperately trying to get this house in order before they all get there. This weekend I get to see my "cousins" (technically, my DAD's cousins, but he shares) from MO. Unfortunatley, we will be spending Sunday afternoon at a memorial service for our friends' baby so if you could keep them in your prayers as they go through this difficult time that would be great.

I suppose it is time to get back to cleaning. Hopefully when I get a new camera I will be blogging more often.

Out of the mouthes of babes

Katie just took a Looney Tune DVD box out of our storage area and took it up stairs to her dad, pointed it at the tv and shouted "Wanna watch DDD's?" It was quite cute.

Lack of photos

A few weeks ago (right before TJ's Birthday. I managed to break the door on the battery compartment of my camera. I was downloading pix to the computer when I moved my legs around to grab something the caught the USB cord and . . . the rest is history. Since then I have tried duct tape to fix my camera as, duct tape fixes everything, but with all my fancy buttons I can not get the duct tape all the way around and therefore can not get enough pressure to get my camera to work consistently. As some of you may know I am an amateur photographer with dreams of going pro! We are now faced with the dilemma of weather or not to fix my wonderful camera, that by the way Scott doesn't like. So, right now it looks like we are going to replace it with a Pentax Optio for the time being until I can pick out/afford a nice SLR. The one he picked out looks really great though. It is water proof up to 5ft so we are going to get some great shots out on the jet skis this summer. It has a few other nice features too. It is small a durable for him to take rock climbing, kayaking, whatever. It should be able to stand up to what ever abuse he can dish out. So, once I get my SLR the new Pentax will still be in use on Scott's trips. Anyway, what I am trying to say is I won't have any pix up for a few weeks until I get a replacement. :-(

Pam's Gifts

My dear friend Pam has a website full of gifts for every occastion. Click here to visit her store. She is a mother of 3 wonderful kids and is trying to get some more traffic through her online store. Check it out, she has some neat stuff. Happy shopping!

Group Ski Weekend

Well, we all survived with no major falls. We had some fun at Sol Vista on Sunday. Mel and I took a snowboarding lesson in the moring, but it didn't go so well as we, along with at least 2 other people dropped out before the end of the class. I learned more from Scott in 20 min than I would have during the entire class. We have come to the conclusion that the instructor was filling in for someone since we saw him later in ski boots. Oh well, Mel is going to give snow boarding one more chance, I say skiing is ok with me. After lunch Becca let me borrow her shaped skiis. Wow! They are SO much nicer than straight skiis. I bought a pair today. Guess we will have to hit the slopes again before the snow melts. Oh, and stear clear of Colorado Ski and Golf. HORRIBLE service. They are more into gossip than sales. Worked out great for me though, because the service at Gart was OUTSTANDING. They really thaught me a lot about skiis and didn't just try to sell me the expensive ones. I still have to pick out my boots and they are holding the skiis for me until I do.

Take 3

The boy is up to 3 steps. He is now spending the weekend at Gramma and Grampa's house. I wouldn't be suprised if we came back and he was up to 5 steps or . . . more! He is such a quick little dude. I miss him already. Be good little dude; you too bear! Love, Mommy.

You look good...

"You look good for having 3 kids." Have you ever got that? I am lucky not to have so far, but this weekend I was reading a dieting ad and one of the "before and after's" quote was "I heard 'you look good for having 3 kids', but I just wanted to look good period." Wow! I never thought of it that way. I am lucky enough to be one of the ones that goes in for a 6 week recheck and the doctor says "You don't look like you just had a baby 6 weeks ago." That is nice, but you were there, right? If not I want my money back. Anyway, I have found new light on the "you look good for having x kids." From now on I am sticking with, "Damn, you look great!" Point. Blank. Done. End of comment. That is what we mean, right? Why bring 9 months and 80 extra pounds into it? Especially if it was 1, 3, 5, 10, 16 years ago.

End of the Spear

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Endorsed by: Ted Haggard, Ron Luce, John C. Maxwell, Joyce Meyer

From a true storyMincayani is born into the most violent society ever documented by anthropologists, the Waodani in the eastern rainforest of Ecuador. As he grows he learns what every Waodani understands, he must spear and live or be speared and die. Mincayani’s world changes when he and his family kill five missionaries: Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming and Roger Youderian. This incident propels Mincayani’s family group down an extraordinary path that culminates in them not only departing from violence, but also caring for the enemy tribe they had once violently raided.Nate Saint’s son, Steve, was a boy when his father and friends were killed. He returns to the Waodani as an adult and finally learns from Mincayani what happened during the last minutes of his father’s life. Together Mincayani and Steve find that what Nate accomplished in this death gave them both a new life and Steve’s family becomes part of Mincayani’s family.Note: "Through Gates of Splendor" is a book by Elizabeth Elliot about the lives of these five missionaries. Go to: www.bestwebbuys.com to order a new or used copy. Note2: "Beyond the Gates of Splendor" is a DVD documentary about this story that came out in 2005 and can be rented at your local video store. For more info on any DVD/video or movie, go to: www.family.org and click on "plugged in" for reviews.To see where the movie is playing in your area, go to: http://www.endofthespear.com/index.html?deeplink=tribe&item=theaters

Crusin' with my girl

Here is TJ crusin' with his girl tonight at Chuck E Cheese. TJ is in the driver's seat and Isabel is sitting on "Chuck's" lap. They had a good time. TJ ate a whole piece of pizza and a LOT of his cake. Isabel did NOT like her birthday hat. Katie got pretty freaked out by all the lights and noises in there though. TJ thought is was all pretty fun though. His girlfriend (and her family) got him a gum ball machine toy and we got him some Little People toys. He loves Little People, he and Katie are playing with them now. All in all it was a successful birthday party. Happy birthday TJ and Isabel.

TJ is 1

Our baby is one today. Last night we celebrated with most of his God-parents and tonight we will go to Chuck E Cheese with his girlfriend and her family. It went by so fast! He took his first step the other night, he climbs on everything, and he is trying to make words. What a wonderful little boy.

Mount Hermon

We are studying Song of Songs chapters 3 and 4 tonight. Ok, in 21 min! Anyway, I was looking up maps for some of the locations mentioned and came across these pictures. I love seeing the bible come alive with pictures of actual locations. Being there is better of course! Mount Hermon (BiblePlaces.com)

He took a step

TJ took a step and a half last night. He got so exctied he just fell down. It was great. He kept trying again after that, but he was so excited he forgot to balance. Then he stopped stepping he was just face planting it and I had to keep catching him. Although, TJ and I were screaming and flapping out arms, Katie was totally not impressed. She was like look at me mom, I can walk all the way across the room, what is the big deal. Well, I am leading bible study tonight so I suppose I should use nap time to prepare that instead of blogging, huh?

Does this chick ever update?

Seriously behind I know, but I will catch up soon! Gotta get to a meeting so it won't be now.

My blog for church

His Lighthouse
This is a site I am trying to set up for missions at my church. A place for missionaries to tell supporters what is going on, ask for prayers, and whre I can mediate between mission oppertunities I hear about and possible missionaries. Go to this site and not knowing anything about it I would like to know what you think. Does it portray what I am trying to get across, look proffesssional, clean, easy to navigate, ect. I am pitching it at church next week. Any coments or sugestions before I take it in to them would be great.

Christmas 2005

Well, Christmas 2005 is over and we survived... mostly. We spent Christmas Eve with his Grandma, Grammie, Mom, and Brother. I made home-made pizza, we talked, opened presents, & watched a DVD I made for his Grandmas. After his mom, Grammie, & brother left we took his Grandma to church. With the exception of Brian sleeping away the day on the couch (he was very sick) the day was uneventful.

Then there was Christmas ... oh boy! Scott and TJ were the only 2 up so, Scott had TJ in on the bathroom floor while he took a shower. TJ decided he needed one too and came right in... head first. 7:30 bruised head, but no big deal. Eventually Katie woke up, not in the best mood, but she is not a morning person. The kids opened presents and it was very nice. 9:30ish I go to take the turkey out of the fridge (it took it out of the freezer Thursday) I want to get it stuffed and into the oven around 10:00. It was still frozen! AGH! MY FIRST CHRISTMAS RUINED!!! It wasn't frozen through, but it was frozen enough I couldn't get the giblets out. So, we gave the turkey a hot bath. Around 10:00 TJ went down for his nap so we took Katie outside to ride her new bike. She was having fun and her and daddy were picking up pebbles out in the cul-d-sac, when . . . she fell over her own feet and scraped up her head. Got her cleaned up took the bird out of the "hot tub" threw it in the oven was working on biscuits and a friend calls. TJ is crying, but he is just fussing Grandma has him his fine right? Wrong! I get the phone thrown at me because TJ's lip is busted open. He fell on their new folding table and bit his lip on both sides, so there is just a ton of blood and we can't tell if he bit all the way through it. Anyway, although there was talk of taking him to the ER everything after that point turned out fine. My first Christmas dinner was wonderful. Scott says it was the best stuffing he has ever had and that he was going to comment that I shouldn't put fruit in my stuffing, but with the bird half frozen he wasn't that dumb. I made turkey, stuffing, pasta salad, broccoli salad, green beans, and scallion biscuits with birthday cake for desert. His grandma, dad, step-mom, step-sister, and Katie's god-parents were there. We had a good time.

Then yesterday we went down to my parents. Completely uneventful day, very nice actually, until we tried to leave. They waved up back, because there was a big puddle of oil under where the car was sitting. It only took them a few minutes to figure out the the problem was that Scott never put the cap back on when he filled it up the other day. Add a half a quart of oil screw on the cap and we are good to go right? AAAHH! Of course not! Now the interior lights won't come on. So, the entire trip home Scott is periodically checking the speedometer with a flash light.

Is it over now? NO!! This morning (6:45) Eme is scratching at the baby gate and whining. A sure sign she is not going to make it until "out time" so, I get out of bed to let her out and Diamond is puking all over the kitchen floor with... well never mind. Anyway, 20 minutes later when everything is cleaned up I call the vet and set him up an appointment. $224 and they still don't know what is wrong with him. I was supposed to get a call this afternoon with the results from his $115 blood panel, but I haven't heard anything yet.

All in all, it was a good holiday, but I think next year we may have to cancel Christmas for the health of our family.

My Goofballs

My Grampa made this cradle for me when I was living in FL, so I must have been 6 or so. My mom gave it to me not that long ago and Katie never played with it to much it was more storage for her stuffed animals. So, I took a box I used for the clothes she grew out of one side of the closet and by the time I was back up stairs she was playing in the closet. I decided then that we could put the cradle in there as the "babies room".

Then one night we were watching a movie we rented ans Scott got up to check on the kids... "Honey, you have to come see this." And there were both of my little goofballs sitting in the cradle in the closet.

Wide World of Baby Wrestling

Welcome to the Wide World of baby wrestling. The best way to keep crazy screaming children under control during the busy holiday season is to throw them over your shoulder and tickle them.

If that doesn't work, go with the baby slam to the couch followed by rasberries to any expossed skin. This procedure should give mother enough time to wrap a couple more presents. (And yes all my posts will be red & green this month.)

Christmas humor

I received this in a forward, which I usually delete without reading so STOP sending them! Anyway, I liked this one and thought I would share.

This is the time of year when we think back to the very first Christmas, when the Three Wise Men; Gaspar, Balthazar and Hiram, went to see the baby Jesus and, according to the Book of Matthew, "presented unto Him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh." These are simple words, but if we analyze them carefully, we discover an important, yet often overlooked, theological fact: There is no mention of wrapping paper. If there had been wrapping paper, Matthew would have said so: "And lo, the gifts were inside 600 square cubits of paper. And the paper was festooned with pictures of Frosty the Snowman. And Joseph was going to throweth it away, but Mary saideth unto him, she saideth, 'Holdeth it! That is nice paper! Saveth it for next year!' And Joseph did rolleth his eyeballs. And the baby Jesus was more interested in the paper than the frankincense." But these words do not appear in the Bible, which means that the very first Christmas gifts were NOT wrapped. This is because the people giving those gifts had two important characteristics:

1. They were wise.
2. They were men.

Frustration

I sit here waiting for a list of missionary addesses to send out Christmas cards. Of course the frusterating part is I asked for them a week and a half ago and sent a "friendly reminder" Friday. I was so excited to send out Christmas cards to the missionaries, but now I am counting down the days and knowing I am not going to have time to get these done in time unless I get those addresses SOON. I have 81 stamps 45 cards on my work table, but no one to send them to. On a possitive note, I finally got all MY mailing done this morning. The nice woman at the post office even said "have a nice Christmas" not happy holigrrr. Did I tell you the lady I gave the microwave said "happy holidays" as she was walking out and I nearly tackled her and took the microwave back. 96% of Americans celebrate Christmas, but golly, let's not offend someone in the friggin' 4%. If someone wished me a happy Haunakah I woundn't flip, I can hardly imagine someone else would, but grr don't wish me a Happy Holiday unless you want a foot up your hinie. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Parade of Lights

I took Katie to the parade of lights Friday night with Chase and his mom. The kids really enjoyed it and I did too. I have never been to a big city parade before. It was a lot of fun. There were so many people there. These were some of my favorite floats. They did an amazing job on the nativity float. When I played Mary I didn't get to ride on a float, I had to ride a smelly donkey. One of my favorites was a Looney Tune train that was going into a tunnel and in the tunnel was Wile E. Coyote. There were a lot of high school bands too. It was fun to see how they decorated their instruments. Most of them were not playing when they passed us though. But we got to hear some great drum lines. I would like to take Scott and TJ next year. I am glad we took the light rail, the streets were packed. I have never had to wait on a train so long though. We got in the stroller line and watched 4 trains go by before we could get on one. Can't wait til next year. Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas Tree

We had our Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving. Scott had his first experience with Black Friday buying this tree. He was at Linens and Things at 5 minutes til 6. They opened at 6 and he got the very last one. It was worth it though. It is beautiful and I just love it. I finally got it all decorated last week. Although, I prefer angels on the top of a tree, we had to get a star. Katie loves stars. She points to all the ornaments and tells you what they are, Simpsons, apple, star, it is very cute. I have the presents in the very back corner so they can not get to them, but just the other night TJ to a cruise around the tree, under all the branches. He didn't even look at the presents he just wanted to crawl under the tree. So much for keeping them out of the kid's reach. You can tell I don't have any ornaments on the bottom branches either. TJ chewed on the tree the first day we had it up. Good thing it isn't real!

Toddler Tub Tune

Splish splash, I was taking a bathLong about a Saturday night
A rub dub, just splashing in the tub
Momma was getting wet alright

My Little Reader

Here is the Bear reading again. They told me when i picked her up from the nursey after church that she just sat there and read books most of the time. She is going to be so smart with all this reading.

Standing

Look at this little boy, standing like it is no big deal. He even stands for a couple seconds all on his own. No steps yet, but it won't be long now!

Baby Brother for Sale

For Sale

By Shel Silverstein

One sister for sale!

One sister for sale!

One crying and spying young sister for sale!

I'm really not kidding,

So who will start the bidding?

Do I hear a dollar?

A nickle?

A penny?

Oh, isn't there, isn't there, isn't there any

One kid who will buy this old sister for sale,

This crying and spying young sister for sale?

Pie auction Follow up

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Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Janie!!

We love you!!

My International Travel

Well, I have been to 4 countries: Spain, France, England, & Turkey. My frist trip was to Spain. It was my senior year and we went during spring break. I worked a year and a half to go (also saving for college). I loved it! I am still friends with one of the girls I went with. (Hey Meg!) I love Spain so much I would love to do a long term mission there. The latter half of our trip we spent in Paris, not my favorite place in the world. The people working in the hotle we stayed at told my friend (who was living in Germany at the time and was going to come for a visit) that the Americans had already left. I addmit I did love the Louve, and the Chateu de grr I forget. Anywho, if it wasn't for scott wanting to go I would never go back there. Then about 9 months after we got married Scott and I went on a mission trip to Turkey. We had a 26 hour layover in London when we packed in a ton of sight seeing very quickly. And truth be told I did fall off a double decker bus. Turkey was so beautiful. We were expecting a desert but we saw some very lush, beautiful country side. I hope to do a lot more travel, but for now there is nothing coming up.

Well, that brings us to my next question: What 3 instruments do I play?

Pie Social

Well, the pie social is less than a week away and I am prepared! The band Thanksgiving dinner was Tuesday night and Scott came back telling me everyone was expecting me to make pies. My ledgend is getting a little out of hand. Someone said I make 20 pies every year! Now granted every year I seem to make more than the year before, but I have NEVER made 20! I love making the pies and seeing if your pie goes for the most money, that is always fun. For the first time last year one of my pies was the high price pie $140 I think and I think it was the Key Lime, but I am not sure. I love bidding on the pies too. Peter and I usually have a show down for the rhubarb. Anyway, this year I am making, Key Lime, Coconut, Pineapple, Butterscotch, Cranberry, and Sweet Potato. I try to stear clear of Pumpkin and apple, because EVERYONE brings pumpkin and apple. Although I did make a grated apple with a struddle topping last year that was very good. Anyway, I am very excited about the Pie social, it is my favorite thing about Thanksgiving. (That and mom's stuffing and broccoli salad)

Sicko kids and vaccation

Well, my vaccation began at 2:00 this afternoon. So far, I have gone to the store and made 2 pumpkin pies. Whoo Hoo! The kids are sick. TJ is taking it better than Katie. He just wants nothing to do with Kleenx. Katie on the other hand is getting up many times during the night and being a big fussy butt during the day. I hope they get over this quick as dad is leaving for CA next week and he always brings something home with him. Maybe their immune system will be all built up and they won't get sick. I am very excited about my time off. I will be doing a lot of baking and shopping and visiting friends and relaxing. To bad Scott will be gone for part of it. I hope I can get this house clean, but I am not going to put money on it.

Double full moon

Sour Cream Noodle Bake

This recepie came out of Packwood. We tried it for the first time last night. YUM!! Just thought I would share! If you have a Packwood refere to page 176, if you don't have a Packwood, GET ONE!

1 (8oz) pkg med egg noodles 1 c cottage cheese
1 lb groud beef 1 c sour cream
1 (8oz) tomato sauce 1/2 c chopped green onion
1 t salt 3/4 c coarsly grated cheddar cheese
1/4 Garlic Salt

Cook noodles and mix with onion, cottage cheese, and sour cream. Brown hamburger, add salt, garlic salt, and tomato sauce, simmer for 5 min. In a 2 qt casserole dish layer half noodle mixture, then half meat mixture (repeat). Bake at 350 for 25 min top with cheddar cheese and cook another 5 min. YUM!

Happy Holidays

After tomarrow I have one week and 3 days off for the holiday. I am so ready for a break. I think I will try to visit friends and maybe take the kids to the zoo. I can hardly wait. Call me if you want to get together!! Yeah, so much fun!

Nobody knows

Well, nobody knows how many brothers and sisters I have including step and in-law. Which is fine, because as you may recall . . . I didn't either. Obvioulsy, I have 2 full blood VERY young sisters. Then I have one cookey brother-in-law. Then comes the trickey part, I have 4 Stepbrothers/sister in-law. I remebered the 3 living at home, but forgot the older one in CA. So, anyway that is a grand total of 7 brothers and sisters including step and in law. The next question is rather simple, what county have I visited?

Fall

Oh, how we love our big Cottonwood. In the summer it gives us much needed shade in the evening in the spring and winter we get to watch the birds and squrils that call our tree home and even in the fall it gives us a HUGE pile of leaves to bury the kids in. Right now they are too little to jump in, but they loved being buried by all the leaves as we raked. Even Eme enjoyed bedding down in our big pile. As we head towards Thanksgiving I give thanks for the little moments like these.

October Poll Results

It seems we love all the Sesame Street charaters. Cookie Monster did come out slightly ahead of the others though. I will keep that one around for another time. This month there will be a new quiz every week. This series of questions is to see how well you know me. The full quiz is avalible on bebo and I can email it to you if you like. This week the question is how many brothers and sisters do I have? Sounds easy enough right? Well, when I made up the quiz on bebo I even got it wrong. Next week I will have a new question and give you the anwser to this one.

Technologically Savy

Ok, so after months of trying to figure out why I could no longer download my books from Audible I finally checked my firewall and therein lie the problem. My stupid firewall was blocking the download of my books. I have now successfully downloaded the second half of 1984 and Oliver Twist, now to finish downloading all the other books I bought in the last couple months.

A Zoo at my house

Here is my little giraffe and tiger. Yes, my tiger is eating his stripes and my giraffe is trying to rip off her head. Not only that I had to bribe my tiger not to crawl off by giving him a ball. Not the most coroperative zoo animals you ever did see. Below left we have what I call "The Lion, the Witch, and the Katie." And lower right we have TJ pulling on Katie's Tail. "What happens when you pull this thing?" TJ slept through most of Halloween night, but Katie did quite a bit of trick or treating. The first house she turned to me and said "Mommy, Candy!" She wanted it right then and there. She was starting to get the hang of it by the end of the evening. Hope you had a wonderful Halloween!

My Haunted "Mansion"

I love decorating for Halloween! Here is our final product last night before I took Katie trick-or-treating. You really need sound to get the full effect (I had my cd player going with chains, and cats ect.) Int the bushes to the right I had my huge spider web and my new blinking skull. There was more "Caution" tape on the garage door and, did you notice? I put a reb blub in the porch light. It is a little cutsie, but Kaite loves that pinwheel in the yard. That one is new this year too. I love decorating!

Our Awsome Pumpkins

Here are our cute pumpkins! They were so fun! Scott and TJ did the smiley face and Katie and I did the pirate skull. I think they turned out really good. Best of all no one smashed them last night so I am going to light them up again tonight. I am very proud of my skull. It took me longer than it took Scott to do his, but I love it. Unfortunatley though, when it in not lite, you can not tell what it is, oh well.