She's done it again!

Our friend, Emily, has done it again! She took family photos for us and we LOVE them. I have wanted to have her take some of the whole family since Peter's newborn photos turned out so well. I don't know why I love photos so much but I have always been particularly fascinated with looking at pictures of people. From any time and place. Whether I know them or not. And I am so glad that I live in the age of digital cameras where no harm is done, or money spent, if you just click away and save them on your computer! And I am also ecstatic that we have crossed paths with such a gifted and affordable photographer to preserve what our family looks like right now! If you're interested, you can see our recent photo shoot here. Thanks again, Emily!

So big!

Here's our little guy at six and a half months. Such a sweetheart. He's recently learned to sleep through the night, so brave on his little tummy and barely even wimpering when we lay him down now, and how to sit up on his own.

Giraffe Man







Even doing laundry is fun with this boy!

Bubbles Everywhere

These are out of order, from before our trip. Just thought they were fun.






Budding violinist, I'll try not to push my dreams on her:)


Good buddies!

Jack and Jill

This gal cracks me up! If you can't tell, she's saying "Jill came after tumbling!" EXCLAMATION POINT!

Trunk or Treat 2008

Here's our Jilly Pie explaining the ins and outs of Halloween and leopard life. Look at that cute giraffe!

We've had such a fabulous day. Kevin finished a paper for his last elective last night and we got to spend the whole day together. Since he's been getting pretty bad allergies from running on our favorite tree-lined street:( we decided he had better take the day off so that he wasn't weezing during our family photo session(which we had tonight with our friend Emily Southerland-she's awesome!). Anyway, this gave me the chance to go for a run outdoors by myself. It was an exquisite morning with bright sunshine and blue skies! The sun was streaking down between the yellow and orange leaves and I couldn't help but feel that I could just about reach out and touch God and Heaven. I love being in nature and if I don't get out often enough I feel like something is missing! Just ask Kevin! I also love how close I feel to my Father in Heaven. I am subconsciously reminded that all that is wrong and imperfect and unjust in this life can and will be made whole through the Savior. It fascinates me that nature in and of itself is a type of the Savior. And even though the winter and the falling leaves and the dormancy(is that a word?) of nature is supposed to represent His death, in His perfection he has even managed to make that beautiful! I am so grateful for this beautiful earth and that I got to enjoy it this morning! And thanks to Emily for taking time to take our pictures! That was fun!

Question!

This is driving me crazy. Can you now only see your pictures on your post in html form or did i hit something wrong? i also no longer can center my writing or pick a font? Did that just change in the basic blogging format? also, how do people cluster their photos together, i.e. put them all touching in the center? if anyone knows the answers to these questions, i'd love to know. thanks.

Turkey Trot Training

Since moving here I have heard about the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning and thought it sounded like a neat thing to do as a family. Finally the pieces all fell into place so that we can do it this year.
A)We have a jogging stroller! Yeah!
B)Kevin has a light schedule and we are enjoying "training"- well, at least working out together, which we haven't gotten to do for a while.
C)We'll be in St. Louis and I'm not pregnant:)
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous this week! Can you believe the vibrance of these leaves???!!!!

Our little running partners. Usually Peter falls asleep and at they hold hands for a bit of the ride. They're troopers!

The lovely street "Flora" where we usually run.

HALLOWEEN - OOooooooooooOOOOhhh! Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?

This year Halloween was a blast, now that Jillian understands a little bit more of what is going on. She was so excited to say "Trick or treat" and get CANDY! One of the first things she said when she woke up was "It's a candy day!" We never did convince her to put on her tail, which she was nervous about for some reason, but she loved putting the makeup on her face and ran around screaming "Roar!" She was a little more timid once we got to the Trunk-or-Treat at the church and would barely whisper "Trick or Treat." She and Pete sure made some cute zoo animals. Jill was a leopard and Pete was a giraffe, if you can't tell. We didn't end up dressing up, except for the signs on our backs that said "Party Pooper #1 and #2. Oh wait, Kevin was SUCH a party pooper that he didn't even put it on. Stinker!


It took me all night to get this picture but I think it was worth it.



Janelle and Angela, some creative and pregnant friends from the ward. They're due two days apart.