preperations...

To Do List
1. clean every corner of the house in prep for family to arrive
2. prepare sweet potatoes (2 varieties), green bean casserole, cranberry ambrosia,
3. prep dough for rolls, and stuffing
4. don't ignore kids in the process
5. let kids help me and not go crazy

and the verdict is....

I appreciate all of your advice, so fun to get! So, I heeded the majority and had her take off about 2 inches of really fried hair and add some more layers...I like it and I am glad it is still long. Thanks for your help...

to cut or not to cut, that is the question...

See this mane? I am at a point where it is driving me crazy...I need your help. What should I do? I am on a ledge wanting to jump(cut off my hair that I have painfully grown out for a really long time) I need someone to talk me off the ledge...advice anyone?

A Funny Thing Happened in the Cafeteria...

So Kohl was in the middle of his Tuesday ritual of Pizza in the Cafeteria when he suddenly felt an extra something crunchy in his bite...yummy!

He promptly spit out the bite only to realize that something was missing from his mouth...

He was so excited! We have been working on getting that tooth loose enough to pull out for a good 5 months. He suffered many failed attempts by me to pull it out, his Dad has a phobia of mouths and wouldn't even touch the thing. If I had only fed him more PIZZA!

Four Months

To celebrate Drake's 4 month birthday Kohl and Brynn wanted to take some pictures with him. I hate how fast the time is going. He is so much fun and we couldn't love this baby anymore. At his check-up he was 16.5 lbs and 26 in long. The Dr. said he looked perfect...like we didn't already know that!

Fall Fun

After a good frost the tree in our backyard lost all of the leaves at once. It was so cool to see the leaves dropping like snowflakes. I wanted more pics, but my batteries died.

After raking for a few hours the kids got to jump into the fruits of our labor.

Random pics of Drake

It's the Zombie Bumbo pose

Brynn is such an attentive Big Sis

Drool anyone?

I just wanted to put on some pictures I took of Drake. He is growing up way too fast and changing every day. Don't you just want to eat up that cuteness? I can't get enough of him!

Better Late than Never

May the force be with you

Kohl loved the night writing.

All Drake needed was his fist

So much fun gathering candy from houses.
I was out of batteries last week and I finally got some new ones put in. These are the pictures that Dan took of our Halloween activities. We had a great night eating chili at the Bowens, walking miles to gather lots of candy, and ending the night with the Bowen's neighbors for a gathering of kids and fun.

"Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family." President Thomas S. Monson, General Conference October 2008

Let's Vote!

It was a thrill to go vote this morning and to see a long line of my fellow citizens doing likewise. We are blessed to have this right and even if things don't turn out as I hope, I know that this is a fair process and the people's voice will be heard. I love that my kids are so excited about election day, they were very sad to learn that even though they get to vote at school their vote doesn't actually count toward the real election. Let us all get out and exercise our rights!