Carving Pumpkins

For Family Home Evening tonight we carved our pumpkins. Jeffrey insisted on a skeleton, while Brycen drew out yet another diagram of exactly how he wanted his done. We then went and "Booed" our neighbor (we left some treats on their doorstep). Brycen and Jeffs left the treats and only Brycen ran and hid. Jeffrey kind of froze up and we were caught. It was quite the rush :)!!! Dan is in Utah this week. We sure missed ya tonight!!! Thanks for all you do for us!

We're learning to walk . . . kinda

Owen absolutely loves his walker. Mom is a big fan as well. It provides her a little (with emphasis on little) bit more freedom around the house as Owen loves to follow her as well as Jeffrey all over the place. He's a lot of fun

Pumpkin Patch

This is our little cutie pie with about all the pumpkin he could handle.

A successful hunt!

Brycen's upper lip got a little cut up from a bike accident earlier this week. The poor kid bit it pretty hard, but he's recovering nicely:)

Jeffrey was afraid the tractor was going to drive away with him while he posed for this picture. It's hard to believe he has farming in his blood:)

The kids were sooo excited to go to the pumpkin patch this year. Brycen even drew a diagram of the pumpkin he hoped to find there. Owen fell asleep in the car so I guess we'll have to get cute pictures of him with the pumpkins next year. All in all it was a successful trip and a fun memory. Happy Halloween!!!!

Our first Football Game!

Saturday morning was the most nerve racking morning I've experienced since I interviewed for my first "real" job out of college. I woke up at 5:30 a.m. to feed Owen and couldn't get back to bed because my mind was wrapped around our first football game. I wanted to make sure our boys had fun and that the parents couldn't find anything to poke at concerning my coaching style. I believe all the prep work paid off because we won 36 - 12 and seven of my eleven boys scored! This next week I'll make sure the other four boys get a piece of the pie. Preparation is key!! Brycen did an excellent job blocking and playing defense. He's going to play quarterback this Thursday and I believe he'll see a few touchdowns himself!! I couldn't ask for a better player on my team!

Our first snow day!!!!

Holy Crap!! We woke up this morning with two inches of snow on the ground. I'm not sure if we're ready for this . . . long term that is. We sure had fun playing in the snow this morning building a snow man, forts and having snow fights. I sincerely hope we don't have another day like this until Christmas comes knocking in a couple of months.

Family catch up.

I thought I'd post a few random pictures that have been taken that depict what we've been up to. Cindy and I were able to get away to Jackson, WY. for a couple of days to recoup. We got to relax in the spa for a couple of hours eat good food and white water raft down the snake. As you can see she still loves me . . . I can't believe it! Owen, well there he is and that's what he does . . . he grows!! As for Jeffrey he's our protector. He's always dressed for and prepared to thwart off evil. And as for Brycen, he's always playing with his neighbor friend so he's either down in the basement playing or at the neighbors house playing. it's hard to get pictures of him in play mode.