Teeth

Max lost his first tooth last night. He was so excited this morning when he found money instead of his tooth under his pillow. He asked me all sorts of questions about the tooth fairy. When you think about it, this really is an odd tradition!

Thanksgiving

We had an awesome Thanksgiving in Southern California!

Beach House

Disneyland

Bike rides

Acting 12

Family

Cousins

Sand

Beautiful Views

Sisters

Sweet Treats

Cupcakes

Birthday Parties

Volcanoe

Sweet Potatoes

Surfing

Thank you Kara and Tyson for inviting us. We are so lucky and grateful!

Race

Last weekend Marcus and I ran a marathon relay. This is at the transition point. I was very happy to be done and Marcus was just getting started. We did really well considering having a baby this year. Thank you Marcus for being willing to do these crazy runs with me. Kristina and Ashley also ran. It was really fun. I want to do it again next year.

October

We've had a busy October. I can't believe it's already over. Here are a few pictures.

Ready to go Trick-or-treating!

Trick-or-treating at Grandma's.

I love my view. I had to take a picture although you can't see it very well.

Max's school Harvest Celebration. I'm so lucky I got to go.

Ashlyn's Joy School parade. They were so cute singing their songs.

Oak Ridge's Homecoming parade. Max and Ashlyn were so tired. They were very happy they got to ride in a truck this year.

Cubbie, ready for the parade!

Pumpkins we carved. Thanks Ashley for helping Max.

Cute Caleb.

Ashlyn wanted to put Cubbie in her stroller again. He is a lot bigger now.

Max and Ashlyn ready to go to Disney on Ice with Grandma Lisa. They had so much fun!

Garden grown!

Not ours (I wish). We visited my grandparents and had fun picking all this. The watermelon was wonderful. Max actually ate the squash because my grandpa told him it would make his eyes sparkle. Thank you grandma and grandpa.

fun fun fun

We had an awesome houseboating trip to Lake Powell last week. Thank you so much Bob and Carol for making it all happen. We had so much fun hanging out with the whole family. Having older cousins around was wonderful too. It was hard to pick out pictures to post because we have so many. The kids were great on the long drives. Caleb figured out how to do this

just in time for our trip and it was a life saver. At first I was stressed about it but I've decided to embrace the new, happier Cubbie and deal with getting him to quit when he is older. We also spent a fun day in Park City. It is beautiful there this time of year. We rode the alpine slide and coaster and visited the olympic park which was really cool.

Many Adventures

The past few weeks we have had many adventures...

Max and Ashlyn earned a trip to the water slides. They had so much fun although Ashlyn wasn't tall enough to ride any of the big slides.

We went camping. The kids had a blast getting really dirty and sleeping in the tent.

Caleb is growing so fast. I look at these pictures and I can't believe he is so big. Max and Ashlyn have been loving making him smile. They keep asking me if they can teach him how to talk and walk. It will all happen soon enough.

The kids before church on Sunday. Green is very popular in our house!

Yesterday we went to Gold Rush Days. Max and Ashlyn panned for gold and sold it for money. We had fun watching a gun fight in the street and cannons being fired.

Ashlyn had her first day of preschool today. She was so excited to go and be like Max. I had a whole hour with only Caleb. Hense the post today!!

Who is Who?

I was looking at baby pictures of Max and I thought they were Caleb. It may be that they are wearing the same clothes but I can't believe how similar they look.