Family Pictures

We ventured out to Target today for the most dreaded of events, family pictures. I swear I spent all morning threatening the kids not to move in case they spilled on their clothes or messed up their hair. Gavin got grounded from his Nintendo DS for not smiling in the pictures, which led to more not smiling. I probably should have tried a different approach. At any rate, we are done for another year and I couldn't be happier about it.

New Moon and Fall Leaves

As most of you know, New Moon was released on Friday. I have been soooo looking forward to it and I can't believe it's finally here. I spent Thursday afternoon with friends at the "New Moon Experience" at the Expo Center and then we headed to the midnight showing at Jordon Commons. After getting about two hours of sleep that night we headed to the Expo Center for day 2 and saw the movie again at 7:00 that night. I was totally pooped after my New Moon bender, but it was worth every minute and almost every dollar.
To top the weekend off, my kids and I raked leaves and then jumped in them. We eventually bagged them all up just as the first few snowflakes came down. Now it's time to start another fun week of being Thankful and binging!

Very Sad...

Today was a sad day for our family. Our beloved dog Moki, who has been around 14 long years died. The kids took it better than I did. We will remember her for her gentle nature, her love of eating anything she could get her paws on, her patience, and her unconditional love. We will miss her very much.

Happy Halloween!

You always know it's been a great holiday if no one gets seriously injured and no one (Gavin), throws up. We had another great candy/calorie filled day starting first at Ben's parent's house, and then at my parent's house. Ben dressed up as Elvis, I was a Dark Angel, Gavin was Iron Man, Kaylee was a black cat, and Daxton was the only giraffe in the world with no neck. Everyone went trick or treating and ended up with many cavities worth of candy. I'm sure I'll be picking up the wrappers until Easter, but oh well.