wild one

This was last year when he was one month old. We got some weird looks last year because he was so young.

This was this year. He's changed just a little right? He's actually smiling because he's checking out a little girl right behind me.

pumpkin walk

Every year North Logan City puts together a pumpkin walk. This year's theme is: Brought to you By. It was based on products and their commercials. These were some of our favorites this year.

pumpkins

For FHE (Family Home Evening) we carved our pumpkins. When we bought our pumpkins from a neighbor girl, Corban had his eye on one the entire time. When we finally payed for it and put it in his lap, he grabbed it and hugged it.

Our pumpkins: a trick-or-treater, camp fire, and jack-o-lantern.
Corban loved his pumpkin so much he pulled the stem off. We super-glued it back on so it looks like all the other pumpkins.
Corban grabbed, squished, and tasted the pumpkin innards and seeds. He promptly spit them out.

matrix muse

Wouldn't it be nice if we could tap into some "other" source and instantly be experts on apache helicopters or curing the hiccups? It's getting pretty lonely watching TV by myself, going to bed by myself, playing games with Corban by myself, eating dinner by myself.

One fine day I'll have three degrees hanging on the wall and a regular family schedule. One fine day I'll sigh, reach across the bed, and kiss my sweetheart goodnight. Every night. On that fine day, I'll look back on these lonely days and realize they weren't all bad.

Oh, fine day. Where are you?

oops

Imagine these all over the floor and in between your new couch's seat cushions! Apparently Corban needed a treat really bad. He grabbed his Cheerio container from his diaper bag and carried them to me upside down. He made it all the way to the couch, where I was sitting, before the lid popped off and spilled its contents.

On the flipside, I got to watch my son skate on Cheerio dust.

newish couches

We bought one couch from Ashley furniture. We waited two weeks for that thing and they sent us the wrong one! They told us we'd have to wait another two weeks for a new one, which we didn't want to do. We're trying to get our money back, but in the mean time, we bought these beauties! One small problem. The sofa is coming apart where the arm rest meets the bottom portion of the couch. You can see it in the picture.

So, to recap. We're trying to get our money back from Ashley's and we're trying to see what Palmer's can do about the crack.

free at last

We found out tonight that Vickie is cancer free! We bought some sparkling cider and some party poppers and headed over to their house to celebrate.
Some of us needed a little extra!

goodbye old couch

At last we are getting rid of this old couch. We bought a new one last week and it will be here by next week. I can't wait! We've had some good memories and good times on this old couch, but it's time to move on.

elephants on parade

We went to the USU homecoming parade this year. Corban loved the loud trucks, bands, police cars, and all the people. I was sitting on the road with him standing near me. I would wave his arms and then he would take over. We got a lot of candy thrown our way. Corban didn't quite understand that concept. He would pick up a piece of candy and throw it back to the ground.

jam on

My neighbor and I both serve in the Primary. We were walking home from an activity when she offered some raspberries to make freezer jam! She brought over the three cases of raspberries and a box of pectin! She even brought over her jam recipe. She and her husband have a really nice garden and orchard in their back yard. It's such a blessing to have such nice neighbors.

I finished the jam tonight and it looks loads better than my last attempt of peach jam. I hope this batch tastes a little better too.

look who's walking

Corban started walking a few days before his birthday. He's still more comfortable crawling, but he's getting better every day.

much ado about shoes

Corban has a shoe fetish. I'll put our shoes together in their pairs, neatly put in a row in our closet. Corban will then come along and either take one of the pairs or every shoe and put it in a pile or he will take random shoes and put them in the laundry basket. I find all sorts of stuff in there: cell phone, power cords, lotion, miniature bats, etc. Very weird, but very cute.

He even does it with his own shoes!

tp'd

Corban loves the bathroom and all the cool toys there are to play with in there! He especially loves to tear the toilet paper off the roll. He'll even tear the TP into tiny pieces. Things were too quiet one day so Joe went to investigate. He grabbed the camera and told me later that there wasn't enough time to stop him. The photos tell other wise! Oh, well. At least we have evidence for Corban to look at when he complains about his kids doing the same thing.

books, books, books

Two weeks ago, my cousin had a garage sale for her aunt and uncle. We really didn't need anything, but we ended up getting about 25 books to add to our collection!