Crazy Hair Day

Since Lucas is long overdue for a haircut, we had some great material to work with for crazy hair day at school!

Halloween

Ready to go trick-or-treating.A disgruntled Batman at the end of the night.

We had a great Halloween.

Well, most of us.

Gabey wasn't a fan of many of the "festive" decor at some houses we went to (like the one with the lifesized dummy that the homeowner dropped behind you from a wire as you walked up the driveway).

Scott, Lincoln, and Tad joined us on our trick-or-treating trek. Besides the 5-minute downpour midway through our evening, the weather was perfect. No jackets necessary.

We ended the night with a small sampling of candy, putting exhausted children to bed, and settling down to the computer for an episode of "Ghost Hunters".

Lifting Burdens

Lifting Burdens

Happy Birthday, Cory!

We celebrated another year of Cory's life last week. Unfortunately, his party was a little muted due to Lucas's recovering from a sickness and Gabriel being in the middle of one.

On a good note, the ice cream cake I made looked much better than the one last year!

Love you, Cory/Daddy!

Gabriel's World

A little peek into Gabey's world... This is a picture he drew on his second day of preschool. He told me this is a picture of his friends flying. See the one in the bottom right-hand corner with the extra line protruding from his down-turned mouth? That's his tongue sticking out and his eyes are dropping because he is tired.

"Look! Mommy! I'm a sloth!"

Even Superman needs to sleep.

Batman.

(He also has a Spiderman costume that he has worn all over DC and Northern Virginia).

FIRSTS

FIRST time Lucas fell alseep while saying his nightly prayer. Cory and I had to chuckle...only because we've done it many times.

FIRST time my children wanted to watch General Conference. This is an opportunity twice a year for all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to hear the words of our Prophet and church leaders.

Listening to 4 2-hour sessions (2 Saturday, 2 Sunday) of adults talking is not every child's dream. This year, I finally got smart and printed some coloring pages and other activities to involve them in Conference. It really was a special weekend for us to be together and hear the words of our Prophets and leaders.

FIRST signs of fall. It's hard to tell in this picture, but there are some yellow leaves on our trees in the backyard. Fall is my favorite time of year.

Gabriel's FIRST day of preschool!

Just to Get That Off

I had to get that creepy pig-person picture off the top of the blog.

Stay tuned for a real post.