Halloween 2009

Jack wasn't too keen on dressing up for Halloween this year. We borrowed a Spider-Man costume, but he refused to wear it even though he'd told us several times that's what he wanted to be. We finally improvised with a construction worker costume. It worked well, because Halloween night was freezing, so he was able to wear his coat. And it was cheap. That was even better. Alex made a cute puppy.

This was the first year that we've gone trick-or-treating in our own neighborhood. It was fun, and we look forward to doing it from now on. We did our family Halloween party the night before, so we were able to have a fun party and everyone was able to enjoy Halloween at their own houses.

Family Photos

We had some family pictures taken by Lindsay Williams, threebluebirdsphotos.blogspot.com. She did a great job. I've posted a few of my favorites.

"Gutterball!"

Jack has fallen in love with bowling. I think it started with a Curious George episode. I took Jack on a Mommy Son date. He had a blast, and I did too. I love that he calls it Gutterball. He can really chuck that ball down the lane. He had a couple of wipe-outs when he'd step over the fault-line.

Tibble Fork

Yesterday we went for a drive up American Fork Canyon to Tibble Fork Reservoir. The first thing we wondered: Why haven't we gone there before?!? It was absolutely beautiful. The leaves were so vibrant on our drive up and around the reservoir as well, although we didn't get any pictures of the beautiful leaves. Jack had a great time throwing rocks into the water and Alex just loved being outside and part of the action, as always.

I love how JP and Jack are in sync while searching for rocks to skip

What a good helper!

The other day I was making a dessert to take to a lunch playdate with our friends in Lehi. Jack can't pass up an opportunity to help me in the kitchen, and he looked so cute in Daddy's apron that I had to get a few pictures.

Some of the cake mix spilled on the counter. Jack was not about to let any of it go to waste. Awesome.

Big Boy! Almost 8 months

I've been quite a slacker on updating the blog. Also a slacker on taking pictures of my boys. Just wanted to post a few to show how big Alex is getting. He'll be 8 months old this Thursday.



He only has to wear his helmet during naps and nighttime. Woo hoo! You can see above that it gives him a nice ring around the top of his head :)

Wow, he looks a little intense in this picture. Don't know what was going on with his eyes. If you look closely though, you can see two bottom teeth coming in.

We went to the zoo for playgroup last Friday. I had Alex in a coat, but forgot a hat, so I bundled him up. He liked to be out and about looking at the animals.