Oh My

She got herself dressed for bed. Enough said.

Halloween (a little late)

We had a great Halloween this year. We went over to Liberty High School first and they had trick-or-treating down the hallways, plus games. Samantha was nervous to say "trick-or-treat" so she asked the people handing out the candy "will you say trick-or-treat for me. Thanks." Then we went around Kevin & Holly's neighborhood for a little while. Paul figured out that if you bang on doors they give you candy so he was banging with all his little might then yelling. As soon as he got the candy he'd dump his pumpkin upside down to look at all his loot. He had fun but it was a little tiring chasing after him all night. I also couldn't get a picture of Sammi and Paul together, but oh well.

Sammi saying arrgh with her "hook" (aka her finger)

Playing putt putt for one of the games

Paul hugging a pine cone (??)

This was how he looked most of the night, trying to get into more candy

D'oh!

Okay, I realize I have become one of those bloggers who never actually blogs (so can I still call myself a "blogger"...is that even a word?) Anyway. I am making it a not so new year's resolution to get back on track and update all two of you who still read this. You know who you are.

Since September (yes it has been that long) Samantha has started preschool, Adam turned 28, it snowed, we went to the zoo, and probably a lot of other things that I can't remember. Let's be honest, I'm lucky if I remember what happened this morning, let alone 3 weeks ago. So, I will tell you about yesterday. It was a fun day.

Lauren and Caity had school off so we decided to go up to Denver and go to Monkey Bizness. It's one of those places that has inflatables as well as some other fun things to climb on. We stayed for awhile and the kids had a great time. Sammi wore herself out and was ready to take a nap there. After getting home and taking naps Adam and I decided to head up Mt. Herman with his dad, Stacy, and the kids to have dinner. We hadn't been out as much as I would have liked this summer so it was really fun to get up there and have hot dogs and s'mores (first you take the ghram...). Paul was in heaven eating Cheetos and marshmallows to his little heart's content. It was one of the most fun days we'd had in awhile so I'll put up some pictures for you so you can live vicariously thorough me (yes there are a lot). Can you handle it?

The look on Adam's face is priceless

Even my Mom went



He couldn't quite get up by himself, so he's just watching all the fun

So tired

She was a litle nervous to blow out the fire on her stick

Still Around

Not a lot of major things have been happening with our family...thus the lack of posts. We're still doing well and just trying to keep up with life. Adam's Grandfather passed away a couple of days ago, so now we're planning a trip to Utah for the funeral. Other than this, life is pretty much the same. Just wanted everyone to know that we're still around. And, as a bonus, here are a couple old pictures that I saw the other day that just made me smile.

Update

Well, things around here have been busy/crazy. After Malcolm passed away, Stacy and her girls decided to move in with my parents. That makes 9 of us living in their house. It's been adjustment, but so far has been working out better than I would have thought.Adam and I are planning on staying with my parents as well, as long as things continue to work well. We're able to move out, but right now we need everyone here to keep things moving. Lauren and Caity started school down here and seem to be handling everything very well and getting into school. Samantha and Paul LOVE having them here all the time but I'm waiting to see how long they all get along. Things are changing since now they're in more of a brother/sisters roll than cousins.

As if that wasn't enough, we all got sick...with the swine flu. Gross. Luckily, that's over and we're all (almost) back to normal. Hopefully we'll be able to settle into a rhythm and things will feel less hectic soon.

Anyway, that's what has been going on in our lives. We have realized how grateful we are for all of the blessings we continue to receive and all the support we've been given over the last few weeks.

2009 Reunion

I am finally getting around to posting pictures from the 3 weeks my sister spent out here. We had SUCH a fun time with her and her kids...Sammi was in seventh heaven with all the friends. She and Grant got along really well and it was fun to watch them play together. We did a lot of fun things like going to Santa's Workshop, Prospect Lake, the park, hiking, Mr. Biggs, Pirate's Cove (a water park), and probably more that I'm leaving out. I took SO many pictures, so here are a few (and by a few, I mean a lot) from this summer.

For Lauren and Caitlin

For those of you who are not aware, my brother-in-law, Malcolm, passed away Sunday afternoon. He is leaving his wife and two daughters, Lauren (11) and Caitlin (8). I am not sure who reads this that wouldn't get an e-mail, but I thought I'd put it out there anyway.

For those friends and family wishing to make a contribution in memoriam of Malcolm, a trust has been set up for Lauren and Caity. To make a donation, go to any Wells Fargo Bank and give to account number 6453471267.

Thanks.