Pumpkin Carving Time

The FHE before Halloween is all about carving pumpkins and roasting the seeds.

The boys intent on making very scary faces without cutting off any fingers.

These pumpkins were full of seeds and very beautiful, not to mention a great deal at Long's, only $3,99 each! I can't believe Halloween is Friday - it seems after that the days fly by and before you know it we're celebrating New Years Eve.

Expecting week by week #8

Here's Liz with JD's outfit. It's later in the afternoon so Liz looks great and feels pretty good.

Actually she always looks great - it's just that in the morning she's little pale...

The side view postings have begun. She's still her skinny little self but that won't last long! The first thing everyone asks Liz is, "How are you feeling?" So I'm making an effort to ask about the weather, politics, religion etc. since I can tell pretty quickly how she's feeling by looking at her. Liz would never complain and she's already the perfect mother.

Before missions family pictures

When Jim was called on his mission to Chile I decided it would be fun to take a family picture when each boy left on a mission. We stand in the same place in front of the house. Here's the way we were before Jimmy left.

Next is the family before Doug left for Argentina

Here we are before Matthew served in the Philippines. Doug was away at college for this shot.

Here's yesterday's picture. It's so fun to see how everyone has changed. We need to photoshop Doug and Cate in this one. They're in Rexburg, we missed you Doug and Cate.

I look forward to the family picture before Johnny leaves five years from now.

Homecoming 2008

The homecoming game was fun! Tons of people with excitement in the air.

It is really fun to watch the game when you don't have a kid out there. Expecially because I was sitting with great friends.

Monica and Jessica were calm companions. I need to improve my picture taking at arms length skills. Though I have perfected the up the nose shot, notice how tight and supple my neck is, I'll take the good with the bad.

It was fun to chat with Pam and Tara. The guy behind us screamed his lungs out - the good news, his language was relatively clean and by the end of the game he had no voice left. Unfortunately the Minutemen lost by one touchdown....fortunately I've never cared about the final score. It's all about the warm fall nights chanting C-O-N-C-O-R-D Concord, Concord, Concord High.

The Hop-twins

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He's got spirit!!

Homecoming is all about sporting the school colors.

Today Johnny is all about Concord High Green and Gold!!

We're all going to the homecoming game tonight - should be lots of fun!!

We're leaving the green hair to Johnny!

Today

Some mornings when I wake up I feel a little worried. There's always something to be concerned over. I stop myself by saying, "This is the day the Lord hath made, I will rejoice and be glad in it!" This changes my perspective. When I drop Johnny off at school I'll sometimes say, "This is the only (fill in date here) you'll ever have - make it great!"

Every day is a gift - each brings opportunities. I feel bad when I fritter away the moments with worrying about things that will probably never happen when just outside my window birds are singing and the sky is blue.

As far as I know this is our only shot at earth life - it's so exciting! I love today!!