Family Pics

We had the funnest family pictures taken on Saturday! A friend in our ward loves photography....and it shows in her pictures. She has posted a few on her blog. http://glimpsesjmphoto.blogspot.com

I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures!

Thanks Jamie for making this such a fun experience!

Soccer

Yea Silverbacks!

UNDEFEATED!!!!!!!

I can't wait till spring to see how you do again!!!!

Who thought?

I am having Halloween dilemmas this year. Emily's costume is done, thanks to needing it for a costume party two weeks ago!! Lizzie's should be easy after a DI trip. Here is my dilemma....don't you think you could find a vampire cape in children's sizes? The only cape I can find is an adult size. I could probably sew a cape, but he really wants one with the big red collar. Luckily this adult sized cape has that, and I could somehow make it shorter. Also, I have only found one store that sells vampire fangs without all the make up or without buying 30 sets of teeth.
My other dilemma is Ainsley wants to be a dog. "You know Mom, I am already Penny most of the time" (See the post about kid updates.) But, where can you find a dog costume in a kid size and not a toddler size? I have bought brown sweats to turn inside out because they don't sell plain sweats anymore. The one thing I am missing now is ears. Every store has bunnies, kitties, mice, pig, tigers, elephants, etc, but not the most common animal on earth!!!!! I know I can make some ears, but I am not good at making things look cute. UGH! By the way Jenny, every time we go into another store looking for ears and capes Ainsley informs me that you are making her costume so why should I be worrying about it. Let me know when you get that done for her!!!!!
My final Halloween dilemma: I have never missed a Halloween parade at the elementary school in seven years. This year the parade is at the same time as Ainsley's Halloween party at Gardner Village. Luckily Jared offered to take Ainsley to her party so I could go to the elementary parade and parties. I thrive on these events for my kids, and I am dreading missing the preschool party.

I know my dilemmas are pathetic and easily solved. I just needed to vent about them to someone who may care. (Jared doesn't fit in this category, and just doesn't care.)

Welcome Back Lizzie!

Exciting news at our house! We have Lizzie back!!!! She read 3791 pages (#2-#7 in the Harry Potter series) in 33 days. She has been in hiding for pretty much that whole time. I should add that she read a few other books during this time also. She would come out of her room to eat or do chores and that is pretty much the only time we saw her. When she finished she ran out of her room giggling (Lizzie has the most amazing contagious giggle) and ran into Jared's arms in a great big bear hug. "I'M DONE!!!" she shouted.

We love having Lizzie back!

After being grounded from books for a few days, she is already back to reading like crazy!