Our Pumpkins

So the kids and I went to the pumpkin patch while Matt was out of town. When he came back we decorated them with our pumpkin sized potato head pieces. I know that some may think our pumpkins are lame and I will admit that it is lazy, but I found that I was doing all the work and I felt like this was something that our small kids could handle. I did mean to carve a pumpkin with Gideon this year but it didn't happen. Next year we are going to have to do it.

Happy Halloween

We had alot of fun dressing up this year with a Star Wars theme. Matt was Luke on Dagobah with Rush as Yoda on his back. Larke was RD22 or how ever you want to say it. Gideon was Darth Vader (I like his mean face) and Eden was Princess Leia. I was a generic smuggler bad girl with a red wig. Matt likes to say that I was Hannah Solo. For those of you out there that really know Star Wars lore you can call me Mara Jade. Matt and I made our own gun holsters and rearranged belts to use. Matt sewed the backpack and I fixed Rush's yoda outfit which is actually a dog costume so I had to do some changing there. All in all I think we all really enjoyed dressing up together. Even Larke warmed up to it after initially balking.

ATLANTIS

These are pictures from our trip to Atlantis in the Bahamas. It was alot of fun. Thanks to LeAnn and Eric, Phil and Jenny and Natalie and Zach who all watched our kids while we were gone. It made the trip better knowing that our kids were in good hands. We spent a little time at the beach. Most of the time we spent riding the water rides and the lazy river. The lazy river was a mile long and would go between rapids and slow and waves and slow and there was a fork in the river that you could take to a couple of different tube rides. You didn't even have to get off the tube to be able to ride the ride. It was the coolest lazy river that I've ever seen. The weather was gorgeous. It was really hard to return to snow.

The Pumpkin Run

At Gideon's school they do a pumpkin run every year. Since he is only in 1st grade they run 1/2 a mile and at the end they get a free pumpkin for participating. I decided to try to run with him. Needless to say he whooped me and in fact I ended up walking almost the whole way. I ran for about 10 seconds right at the start and decided I'd better just walk. In my defense I did have Rush in a baby bjorn on the front of me. I think I could do a little bit better than running for 10 seconds. I'll have to try again next year. I was very proud of Gideon he did awesome.

All for One and One for All

This a sight I see often at my house since Larke's 3rd birthday. She got the 3 Musketeers Barbie movie and now she and Eden like to pretend that they are the 3 Musketeers girls. They cross their made up swords and shout "all for one and one for all". It is very cute. Thanks to Todd and Cheri for the 3 Musketeers outfit and Grandma Jones for the movie for making this moment in time possible.

It has been a long time...

So I haven't posted anything for a month and a half. Our computer has been done for a good portion of that time and we still don't have that all figured out. Matt is trying to take a nap right now so I'm going to use this time to snag the laptop and blog.

This one is for M'Recia. Thanks for the monkey towel. Rush loves it! The other kids love it too and are so jealous that it is for Rush.

So for Matt's birthday in January of 2008 I got Matt nothing but a friend for the weekend and matching Halo t-shirts for both Matt and Derek. They did nothing but play all weekend and he said it was the best birthday ever. So anyway Jen just recently came out to visit and we spent most to the weekend in our husbands Halo shirts as a joke. We played alittle Rock Band and other various games and got pedicures and did alot of talking. It was so much fun to see my friend. I miss her. It was so fun to be reminded of why we are such good friends. I realized that part of it is that being Jen's friend is effortless. She feels more like a sister to me. I was sad to see her go home again but it was nice to know that we don't have to let our friendship go just because we live half a country away from each other. Some friends are worth the effort and Jen is definitely one of those friends. Thanks for coming and for being my friend! Hope to see you in Boston soon.