Happy Halloween!

Here is our sweet baby mermaid. A big thank you to Emily for making the costume while I watched.


On Wednesday we went to Sandra's house and carved pumpkins. Isn't Caleb's cute? I accidentally carved Jack Skellington's eyes lopsided but I think he turned out pretty well.

Adelaide leaned how to growl just in time for Halloween- scary! (And she got her first tooth on Tuesday. Now THAT'S scary.) The first video is her menacing growl. The second is just funny.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

(Look at my Halloween Wordle here.)
(See the amazing play we went to last night here.)

How Did This Happen?

Addie woke up screaming from her morning nap. This is why:

This second picture is a little blurry but you understand why I didn't take more time to get a good shot...


Am I a bad mom for taking these at all?

Elder Donaldson

Mom just sent me these pictures of Spencer. Doesn't he look good? Spencer and tan were never words that went together, but now look at him. These were taken earlier today at Jack's baptism. (Some of you may remember him from Spencer's first area.) This is Elder Weeks (his first companion)

And this is Elder Bott. (His companion now.)

We love our missionary and pray for him everyday. Keep those pictures coming Mom!

Photo Shoot: Part Two

Last Monday our little family trooped to Lehi to get Addie's six month pictures done. We had decided that we weren't going to do them at all but by then it was too late to cancel, and boy am I glad we didn't. Look at this scrumptious child. Angela is a friend of my sister-in-law Leah and she did such a great job. She already posted most of my favorites so I'll just let you look at those. I do like this family picture better though. This one may be coming soon to a Christmas card near you!


(Ok this one is pretty cute too...)

Building Forts

These were taken last week. Addie and her cousin Semisi and Grandma Sandra built a fort together. Semisi just wanted to knock it down. Addie just wanted to chew on the chairs.

The Adelaide Show

This post is for you, Mom. This first video is a little long, but it's the only example of Addie doing this "da-da-da" thing that she does. Listen for her cute sigh too. She gets so sick of that stupid camera.



This next one is from a few days ago. She is so close to crawling...




Notice how she goes for the camera case and not the toy. Typical isn't it?

There is one more video on Caleb's blog, so I won't upload it again. (Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the video. You've already seen these other pictures, but they're still cute.) There you go Mom!

What Is It About the Good Old Days?

A few days ago, I was hanging clothes out on the line at my mother-in-law's house with a couple of these milling around my feet:

and I couldn't believe how relaxing it was. It was just me, the cats and some warm afternoon wind. It was strange how satisfying the whole chore was. Maybe it's my pioneer blood, or maybe I was just feeling homesick for Nauvoo, but there was just something quiet and...honest about hanging my clothes outside to dry in the sun.


Then I heard Addie crying inside, and my meditative moment was over. When I took the clothes down, they were stiff, but they smelled like sun. I'm going to make Caleb put a clothesline in our yard when we get a house.

Fall

Ashley's fall posts are beautiful and she is taking such great pictures isn't she?

If you want to see what we're up to click here.

Happy Fall!

The colors on the trees are starting to change, and it's not miserable to be outside at two in the afternoon. Fall is officially here. We went to the park by our house early last week. Addie LOVED the swing.


Then on Sunday we went on a drive up Provo canyon. It was Adelaide's nap time. Can you tell? She won't look at the camera for anything. But she did love grabbing leaves off the trees and trying to put them in her mouth. Yum.

That was the day she got a stomach bug. So- Happy Fall everyone!