Playing Cars With a Smile

I must have been very preoccupied. Okay, I'll stop pretending not to know...I was very preoccupied! And the little man kinda knew I needed a little parental coaching at the time. He was playing with his cars, setting up road blocks, racing his cars, etc. He kept asking me to help him with one thing or another, which I did. Then he said, "Mom, I want you to say, 'On your mark, get set, go! then look at my car, and smile. ' ". I had to laugh. Of course! There's plenty of places to put my mind, but there's nothing quite as fun as playing cars with my little man...with a smile...of course.

Happy Halloween!

A picture from our favorite missionary!

BOO

...a...uh....a boy with a stick and goofy socks and a hat, a witch, Barbie girl, a princess, and a scary ghost!



Tiwa's friend came down from Sacramento and spent the weekend with us.

My "Punkins"

Pumpkin carving


My Little Man was showing me the face he wanted me to carve on his pumpkin.

This is a very happy Little Man smiling like his newly carved pumpkin.

Happy decided to bake...We had pumpkin chile, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin cookies.







...and of course she had her pumpkin to carve.

Don't Forget Your Shoes

This afternoon I was sitting on the couch playing with my little man, and the next thing I knew I was deep in my own sleeping world. I had a dream. I drempt I was standing up at a church after a wedding. I had my dress on, but no shoes. That was fine with me...afterall...I was comfortable! Then as people were filing out, I got real dizzy and passed out. I fell forward over the pew in front of us, then onto the floor. In my dream I was completely unconscious, however, I was very aware of everything that was going on around me. People started gathering around me to help me, and I was just embarrassed because I didn't have any shoes on. (Who cares that I had a dress on...and I had tumbles twice to get to the floor!) Finally someone put a damp cloth on my face, and I came to...and I woke up. I learned a lesson...not that I've ever struggled with this issue...but certainly it reinforced something for me...next time I go to a wedding I'll double check to make sure I wear my shoes.

Football vs. Piano

You are my witness...

Pictures for Nate...

It looks like we're going in reverse order...
Yesterday was Tiwa's birthday. Last night some of the girls friends showed up...they played games...it was a lot of fun.




The little man's Birthday... Sean got him a dinosaur collection...



Our little cheerleaders and football player..








Happy's 16th Birthday!




Danielle's wedding