Pondering Portland

Henry eating sweet and sour sauce.

 

This is what we got when Marla ordered wantons

Not a ton of toys in a hotel room

  Derilickt

I have a lot of pictures of people looking ridiculous trying to get kisses from Henry

I'm gonna be a rock star baby

sweet success

That's right split peas.  .  .What you think I got buttons laying around?

Shaking hands with the snow man.

 

That's one way to make sure your stuff is all spread out to dry.

Really Mom?

This is it! This is the big snow storm. Abe was so excited to build a family of snow men with carrots and everything.  .  .  he quickly learned that we couldn't even manage a snow ball so we resorted to wiping snow onto each other.

Side note: Marla's church was canceled because of THIS snow.

Ok so moving on, as you look at the pictures below you may notice the same thing we did. Henry's hair is out of control. It brought tears so my eyes to do it but, I had to.

 

Sad I know. These pictures were taken at Abe's preschool program. We have a 1/2 hour of footage of Abe standing more still than he ever has and being more quiet than you have ever witness, maybe he will find it in his heart to sing next year.

From the Mouth of Abe

I've been writing a few down for Uncle Eric

“Noses are the shape of “M”” stare at your nostrils for awhile and I think you'll see he's correct.

“Mom, this balloon has your air in it” because I blew it up.

Singing “When Jesus Christ was baptized it was really cold and freezing”

“Mom puppies don't ever wear any clothes”

“Mom do you fish with bugers?”

All week he was praying and he told Heavenly Father to bless his birthday and that he was thankful for his birthday finally after the fact he just told him that his birthday was over.

He was playing in someone else's yard and I told him people were going to get mad at him “They are gonna die me?”

Mispronounced words

Hidas=Fajitas

E-vap-or-ter-ated=evaporated

hopchalk=hopscotch

Chruch toast=French toast

baby=maybe

I was teaching Abe's class at church, what a bunch of little bleepers, anyway things were getting out of hand and so I told a dramatic version of “Daniel in the Lion's Den”. All week he has been asking me to “tell him the scary story again”. . .so baby I made it a little too scary. But as long as he is interested I told him the story of Jonah and the whale and made it just as terrifying.

Thanks a lot Family

No really the boys say thank you. At births, birthdays, and Christmas sometimes people we love like to give our kids $. They really want for nothing so we usually just stick it in an account. Well.  .  .we found something they "wanted for" see below. Abe got it for his birthday from all of you! (don't worry to much .  .  .it was purchased with the sweat of our brow from craigslist)

   THANK YOU!

Those pictures make a mothers heart sing with sweet dreams of independent outdoor play, I thank you from deepest wells of my heart.

 

Later that day

A terrible picture, I know, but I really just wanted you to see the cake. Mad Cake decorating skills.

Happy Halloween and happy voting

Technically we didn't spend any of Halloween together, I was in Utah and Scott was home in Washington, but the night before we left we went to this night zoo Halloween thing. It was really cool to see the animals at night, plus we got to enjoy our kids costumes.

   

 

YES WE CAN! Scott wasn't really able to attend the Obama party because it took him 2 1/2 hours to vote. By the time he got in his car the speech was ending.

 

 

Also we went fishing/picnicking, this is the usual face Scott has when he fishes.(or when he thinks I'm being ridiculous)

 

Growing up and growing apart

PRESCHOOL!

He actually really just wanted a picture of his back because he loves his back pack so much.

  

Sweet independence, I took this picture from outside in the bushes. He noticed I was there any way.

 

Mom and Dad went on vacation without the children.

 

  We went north and saw Olympic national park. We rode on a ferry. And we took a very quick and nerdy picture above in Port Angles.

 

Also we went to Utah and spent some time with LeBarons. Eric is going on a mission so we had to get as much Eric fun into our lives as we could. Listen to this, Eric spent an entire night out side chick-filet so he could win a years supply of chick-filet. I don't think they have it in Santiago Chilli North so.  .  . he bought us all lunch!

Eric playing Ninja in Heidi's NAM pants.

 

Henry looks happy and cute anyway.

Special "salad shooter time" with Grandma.

What other choice did we have when he wouldn't stop screaming?

Also get ready for BETTER PICTURES because this is NOT an ultra sound picture, this is Abe with a banana slug. Time for a new camera!