Thursday, November 1, 2007

Halloween and more

We've had some busy weekends the last little bit. First we went to Sacramento one weekend, then Salt Lake last weekend. It was my nephew Greg's farewell (see handsome picture...and he's going to Mesa Arizona by the way). It was the quickest trip we've ever been, 24 hours on the road and about 24 hours there. It was awesome to see the family, however brief, and we wouldn't have missed being there for Greg.
Since yesterday was Halloween, I thought I'd also post cute pictures of the kids. McKenna was Hermoine from Harry Potter, Tyler was some sort of karate/Jedi/ninja and Ellie was a princess which is a far cry from the Spiderman she started out wanting to be. You can't see it in the pictures, but she is still wearing the red cowgirl boots. Classic. Pete (our dog) was a football player - not as excited as the kids! We had a great holiday and the kids got a load of candy.














I'm having a hard time internalizing the fact that it is now November. It seems I missed a few months somewhere. It probably doesn't help that the weather is 83 degrees (no, I'm not complaining) it just feels different this year. Doesn't stop the Christmas music though! This is a picture of the one of the few trees in our yard that changes it's leaves. Beautiful- I love fall!






Monday, October 15, 2007

Starting to blog...











I've finally done it! After poweroutages, pictures not attatching and other "I'm a computer dork" moments, I've finally got this blog up and running!
After reading Amber's blog all the time and realizing I love keeping up with their family, I thought I'd join the world of blogging and try it for us. Hopefully this will be an easy way to keep those of you that are far away up to date.

We had a crazy busy summer and I thought it might slow down once school started, but it's just a different kind of crazy busy. However, we're enjoying the ride! I was able to see my new nephew Enos last weekend (only video camera, no pictures) and loved every minute of it, but was reminded how quickly my kids are growing! Here's their first day of school pictures and one of Ellie in her kilt and cowgirl boots. Talk about personality, she never takes the boots off.
I'd better post this before my computer starts to actually smoke!!!