"And We Are A Happy Family!"

So we went for a walk on the Banks/Vernonia trail and I thought, "Gee, this would be a great time to get a family picture for a Christmas card! How fun!" But this was as good a shot as I got, and after I got home, I realized we weren't even wearing decent clothes... Sigh...
Maybe a shot like this would be better...

Midnight "Twilight"

Ha! So I'm not as old as you thought! I went to the midnight showing of Twilight and didn't sleep through it! It probably helped that I got a 2 1/2 hour nap before it.

I don't want to ruin the movie for anyone who is planning on seeing it, but I will say I was trying to not get my hopes up too high for it, but maybe I did anyway. Edward (unfortunately) was my least favorite vampire. It was cool to have a quick shot of Stephenie Meyer in the diner. Now I think I'll go listen to the soundtrack!

Here's a picture of 6 of the 8 ladies from our ward who went. Thanks, Robyn, for waiting for HOURS out in the line to get us good seats!

Charlyn, Kate, Mindy, Robyn, Rockelle, and Julie

More About Zach

What is up with this kid? Is he deprived or what?
Zach being one of the brothers delivering food to David (and Goliath story) during FHE with his Papa narrating:

Spiritually pumped up?

So excited about mopping the floor?

Taking a picture of himself:

Getting Rid of a Few Annoying Inches

BEFORE...
(Rene, do you like the witch in the background?)













AFTER!

We should have named him Calvin

As in Calvin and Hobbes. I'm just trying...

to get a picture...

of the 3 missing teeth on his bottom row of teeth!

But this kid goes hyper-crazy when there's a camera around! (And when the hometeachers are around, or when he just gets home from school, or when it's time to do homework, or time to sit still for any reason, etc. etc.) Should I be nervous about him sitting on the stand for the Primary Program this next Sunday?

So this is as good as it gets:

And get this! He swallowed the tooth. Two of his bottom 3 he has now swallowed. We just love Zach. What would we do without him?

Which is Which?

So which one weighs 25 pounds and which weighs 20 pounds? Brooke still loves to hold David on her lap. Good thing he's heavy enough now that she can't just shove him off when she's done!

This little guy loves his left pointer finger! And yes, he's only 20 pounds.

Beware of the Beehives!

So the Beehives (12-13 year old girls) wanted to do some service for our family by coming over to clean our house and play with the kids last night. "Duck, Duck, Goose" got a little out of hand and Nicholas ended up in the Emergency Room with a sprained wrist (they weren't sure about his elbow so that got wrapped too). Really though, it was Nicholas being a little crazy and purely an accident. I don't blame the Beehives at all.

Last but not Least...

Since David slept through Halloween, I didn't get a picture of him until now. Here are some other pictures at 3 months old.

Another Successful Halloween

I'm not sure which picture is better, I'll let you decide...
Nicholas is Darth Vader, Brooke is Winnie the Pooh Honey Pot (without the hat/lid), and Zach is Superman.