Thursday, December 18, 2008

Halloween 2008

We had a great time picking out pumpkins at Fred Meyer -- we went for easy this year and we didn't go to a pumpkin patch. Jacob's pumpkin weighed 25 pounds. He and Ashton made a chameleon template and he carved it into his pumpkin. The chameleon is currently his favorite animal.

Did I mention that I colored my hair red? I did -- here are some pictures of me with red hair! Kinda crazy -- it's my mid-life crisis.

I dressed as a witch for Halloween, Ashton dressed as a Regae man, Jacob as Harry Potter, Annikah was the Little Mermaid, and Josh was Mr. Incredible. For weeks after Halloween, he had to wear his Mr. Incredible costume on Sunday after church.

We trick-or-treated at the trunk or treat at the church, at Ashton's work, and in our neighborhood. All told, we got 15 pounds of candy!! I weighed it on our scale. We still have some left, and it's December!!




Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Annikah

What can I say, she's a beauty, isn't she?

Here are some Anni updates. We started potty training her when she started preschool, when she was three. She was pretty well day trained when we moved here 2 years ago, but totally regressed after the move. We've been focusing on the potty training for the last couple of years and she's been doing great. She's been wearing underwear to school for almost the whole school year and the last few nights we put her in underwear to sleep in and she's been dry, Hooray!!

We've just been laughing about some of the things she's said lately. I bought her the dress she's wearing in the picture in November and she started wearing it to church then. The first time she put this dress on, she said, "Ho, Ho, Ho, I'm Santa." Then she said, "Mom, come and sit on my lap." We laughed and laughed.

Last Sunday, we were watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics (we DVR'd it). To preface this story, you need to know that Anni watches Jacob play a lot of video games and some of them are shooter games. His current favorite is Star Wars Battlefront for the XBox. Anyway, we're all on the couch, watching the closing ceremonies. On the screen, we see thousands of men playing big round drums. Then, all at once, thousands of women wearing dresses and hats covered in bells run into the stadium. Annikah looked at me and said, "Are they going to kill them?" We laughed and laughed. That's kinda sad/scary that she thought that was what was happening, but funny too.

Friday, December 12, 2008

Halloween

My 35th Birthday



These are pictures from my birthday. As usual, Ashton outdid himself and gave me some lovely presents- - a new jacket I wanted from Eddie Bauer, and some cute socks that I needed. My friends also took me out to eat. I invited so many people (friends from the ward) that we split it up into two events -- lunch and dinner. It was so fun to be there and laugh with the girls. I feel bad I forgot to take my camera -- maybe next year.