It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Jada's preschool went to a local farm for the annual pumpkin patch event. It happened to fall on Columbus Day (a banking holiday), so Shawn was able to accompany us! The kids were so excited! We learned about composting and dug around in it for worms (only in Seattle), met a horse, goat and chicken, and scared away the crows!!!!

Ethan's Blessing

We decided to bless Ethan on General Conference weekend, after the Sunday morning session. It was a wonderful, intimate gathering at my parents house with our family surrounding this sweet baby. I'm so grateful that Ethan has joined our family and that my husband has the priesthood and was able to bless him.

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies

Jada has been taking dance lessons from Miss Amy and absolutely loves it. She does a great job learning the steps and following directions, but I think that she really just likes the outfits! I'm not complaining though, because she is actually dancing! When we were doing dance in Michigan, she would just stand frozen in the middle of the room while all the other girls would dance around her. For 8 weeks, she didn't budge! It takes will power to be that stubborn;>
I would know, I was that stubborn as well!
(don't pay too much attention to the wall, I know it's gross)

Who knew?

Surprise!

I didn't know that they put braces on 7 year olds, but I guess they do! Kailey chose orange and black bands for Halloween and has been really good about taking care of them. Hopefully they aren't going to be on for too long, we'll see!

Free!

I've always been a fan of a good deal and I have no problem with turning another person's trash into my treasure. So when I saw that someone was getting rid of this,

(the excersaucer, not the baby) I was all over it! He loves it and I love the fact that I didn't have to buy one! It really comes in handy when I have to get something done!

Thank you guy down the street!

6 Months

Ethan prefers to eat his hand rather than any type of food. All he does is spit it all over the place, much to the delight of his brother and sisters!
He has been able to sit up for a while, but he never stays there very long...
He would rather do something like this!
He is such a sweet baby! If only he would eat something and sleep through the night!

Boo Hoo, No More WaMu

Well, it has happened. WaMu is officially JP Morgen Chase. Shawn has worked for two industries that have been hit hard by the economic downturn. It really isn't his fault that both DaimlerChrysler and WaMu tanked while he was working for them, we just like to tease him about it.

It was a very sad ending to the little company that could. People were working around the clock to save the company and they really felt they could but the government was too worried about covering all the FDIC insured accounts if they failed. They begged the government to give them another week or two to implement their plan but in the end, they undermined what WaMu was trying to do and then took them over--selling them to JP Morgen for free. Merry Christmas!

So, we find out December 1st what the status is of Shawn's job, so stay tuned! Anyone have an idea of another company that we can bring down?