Autumn baby!!

Jack-O-Lantern Joy

Yesterday evening, everyone except Lizzy went down to hang out with Aubree's sisters. Aubree picked me up from work and we stopped at Albertsons to pick up some pumpkins. We found some really nice ones. We got down there and started a pumpkin carving party. We were very meticulous about separating the seed from the squash because I made everyone be very meticulous. We cooked the seeds after we were done carving our pumpkins. They turned out pretty good, but I might be biased. It was lots of fun, overall.

Thomas wanted to help.
I'm helping Cami cut her lid.
Everyone is having so much fun.
Megan was a little confused. She didn't realize we had to separate the seed and cook them before eating them.
Here is the pattern that I used. I'd like to claim that I came up with the image by myself, but it just isn't the case.

Amber came a little late, but she was very efficient and finished at about the same time.

Here we are with our finished products.

Here are the masterpieces once they were lit. I was quite impressed, to be honest.
This one was mine.
This one was Aubree's.
Here we are shaking the seeds to cover them in olive oil and spices before cooking.

Time flies when you're having fun!

I was just looking at some of my pictures and I just can't believe how fast he's growing up. I miss having a little, little guy in the house. Honey....

This is me, just two days before I delivered. Feeling very uncomfortable.




This is bug in the hospital, he didn't fit into any of his clothes!! Now he's just 6 months and wears 9-12month size clothes.






Just over 6lbs coming home from the hospital.




Cute snuggley little guy!!



You just have to love these lips!!




First week of smiles!




Cute in my hoodie!!



Tender. This picture got his three aunts and grammie up to see him from Lindon at 11:00 at night on a school night! Unheard of at the Thomas'.





Gangster...



You have to love the lip!!





Owees!!!

Thank heaven for little boys.

Scratches

Aubree is at work tonight, so Thomas and I have been able to hang out, just the boys. Actually, I haven't seen much of him. I gave him a bath soon after Aubree left for her 7pm shift. He was asleep withing a few minutes of finishing his bath and getting dressed. He ate a lot at dinner, but I guess that wasn't enough to last him through the night. He just woke up, and I fed him a bottle. The real point of this post has to do with our feeding time together. Thomas has discovered that things have different textures and has taken to scratching anything within reach. He rubs his fingertips against any surface by closing his fist. He subsequently opens his fist and repeats this process, usually pretty quickly. While I was feeding him his bottle, his little body was cuddled up next to mine, and his left arm was underneath my right arm and extended to the edge of my back. While he stared at me with his big blue eyes, his little hand was going wild feeling the texture of my shirt.

It really is amazing how fast he is growing. This past month especially, it seems like he's picked up on a lot of things developmentally. (I'm sure we've said that at the end of each month, but it really is true.) It's been really fun to watch and be a part of. I just love him so much!

It sounds like he didn't exactly reach a deep sleep after our little feeding, so I'm going to go and get him. I think we're going to have a sleepover in my bed tonight. :)

Grandpa Dance

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!Thomas asked us what his Grandpas like to do in their spare time. We were mentioning things such as golfing when we remembered that they also love to dance. We even had a video to show him. We thought we'd share it with you as well. Enjoy.

172

What are you so happy about Daddy?

Oh, you got a 172 on the LSAT? That's the 99th percentile.

I see why we're so happy.

When Thomas Sleeps

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!
We made a video of what we like to do after Thomas goes to bed. We're so happy we got a camcorder for Christmas last year. It really comes in handy.

Mommy's little boy...

Ya-hoo!

Whoopi! Yee-haw! Whoa! Holy S%^t! (That's in case there are any little children reading this. Because, there's no way they'll know what it means.)

I went skydiving back in August. My parents actually gave me a gift certificate to go skydiving in Ogden when I graduated from college. That was May 2006. With work and graduate school, and such, it took me a while to actually jump. (Don't worry. I wasn't even scared. That didn't have anything to do with it!)

My instructor/jump buddy was competent enough, but I did feel a little worried when he was sleeping on the climb to jumping altitude. I'm still alive, so it all worked out.

Geronimo!

My mouth was pretty dry by this point.

This was a really cool experience. What made it even more fun was the fact that we talked my mom into doing it on the spot. She had just come to watch me, and she ended up jumping out of an airplane. My sister Michelle also jumped with us. Aubree and I gave it to her for her birthday. It was a fun day.

Obviously, this is posted by Michael. I'm just on Aubree's name right now.

Sundance

I'm glad that Aubree has set up this blog. I know that we're pretty late entering the blogosphere. I enjoy reading quite a few blogs, but I guess I'll now try my hand at it. To begin, I think I'll just chronicle some of the happenings of my life. Occasionally, I might through in some commentary on current events, so for those of you who don't want to hear it, I'll forgive you. I'll try to make it interesting, though.

Tonight, right after I got home from work/school, I had to leave again to get some cash for our dinner. We decided to order some Chinese food in from South Sea Cafe, but they would only accept cash. The ironic part about it is that I had to drive past the restaurant to get to the bank. Oh well. I also tried to go to Costco to pick up some pictures that we had developed. (More on that later.) Unfortunately, the delivery guy was faster than I was, and right as I got to Costco, I had to turn around to pay the delivery guy. He waited patiently in his car in front of our house. When I pulled up, he got out of his car, and was very happy and polite. If I were a delivery guy and had to sit in my car for a long time to wait for my payment, I don't think I would be nearly as chipper as this man was. I guess that's my moral lesson of the day; be patient and cheerful.

Dinner was fine. But, I had returned empty handed from Costco. After cleaning up, I returned to Costco to get the pictures. I've posted some of them below. We went to Sundance for dinner with the Thomas family on the 8th to celebrate Kevin and Heather's 25th anniversary. We got there a little early and took advantage of the beautiful surroundings to take a few pictures. The truth is that we didn't plan particularly well. We had to stop at a gas station at the canyon mouth to buy a disposable camera because we forgot ours. The pictures still turned out great, though. I hope you enjoy.

Man, I have a cute family!

And the winner is...

So, Michael went to a law fair yesterday and met with several law schools, and his definite #1 is George Washington University. They would give him a full tuition scholarship and $1500/ month stipen for housing. We're really excited and feel good about this decision. The application is due Dec. 15th and we would know by Jan 15th if he got in. The next schools are as follows:

2) Columbia

3) Duke

4) Georgetown

5) Boston

6) Fordham

7) BYU

8) Boston College

9) University of Washington

10) Washington University

11) Minnesota

12) Utah

13) George Mason

14) ITT Chicago-Kent

*The ones in white he's applying to for sure... only time will tell the future.

It's kind of frightening and exciting not knowing the future, but we're excited for it!!!

First times the charm....

So, my sister started this blog a while ago and ever since then I have been wanting to post my own. I don't know if I'm savvy enough for this computer journal mumbo jumbo but I may as well try... first time is always the charm. And hey, it can only get better, right? By the way this is my very own pride and joy (my son, Thomas... isn't he cute?)... I'm happily at work right now, but when I get home I'll work on this whole blog thing with a new assortment of pictures!!