halloweeeeen

halloween was a blast! eli was the cutest monkey you've ever seen, all the cousins went trick-or-treating together, and best of all eli was old enough to trick-or-treat but too young to eat the candy, win win for me! here are a few pictures of our night.

please note the hilarious monkey feet. he wasn't too sure about them.

jayms was spiderman of course. i told him to pretend he was flying, not bad.

i got exactly ONE picture of them all looking at me. what's with the identical expressions?

this was hilarious. it is one of a series of pictures in which johnny is tackling eli to the floor and spiderman comes over to save eli, then proceeds to shove johnny to the floor and johnny starts to cry. jayms is VERY protective of his cousins.

then, there was superchub. he was just along for the ride, but oh so cute!

princessgirl was the center of attention all night. so precious.

the night was a success, anything including free candy usually is. i'm already excited for next year!

10.10.10

my little eli is 18 months old today. we've been looking forward to his first day of nursery for a few weeks, and were excited that it was on the day of his 18 month mark! sad to say we have both been sick, and i couldn't very well take him to nursery snotting on everything and everyone. so now we are anxious for next week to be his first week of nursery. until then!

sidekick

just helping grandpa in the yard. and a big help he was.

look closely. that is a pooper scooper, not a shovel. he had a long bath with lots of soap before bed.

pump it up

we take the kids to Pump It Up every once in a while. they love it. okay we "adults" love it so we drag them along. regardless, we all have a blast and they are so cute to watch.

these are 75% of the kiddos, jayms was off on the big slide. you try to get a picture of four kids together playing in a warehouse full of bounce houses.

taking a rest

The Washington Post

visited mike in washington this past weekend. we had a grand time playing and going to church and seeing the sites.

first things first, waiting to board the plane in long beach...

...and waiting...

...still waiting...

we were just walking around for an hour and a half waiting to board the plane. long beach is the smallest airport i've ever been to, and i've been a couple times before so i know my way around, so i knew i only needed to be there 45 minutes early. my dad, however, insisted that wouldn't be enough time. i learned my lesson, don't listen to your parents.

sunday morning, playing catch in the backyard. yes that is out the back door of their apartment. washington is so beautiful, and during blackberry season the blackberries grow everywhere. mmm.

there was an airplane

playing in the truck after church

sooo this is the only picture with me in it the whole trip. my eyes are closed. annoying tour guide in the back. thanks mike, you really have a knack.

tired boy. touring the city will do that to a one year old.

precious

chatterbox

eli has become quite the talker. he tells me all sorts of stories and absolutely thinks he's making sense. it is very sweet, he'll usually stand right in front of me looking at me very intently and proceed to tell me whatever is on his mind.

we're leaving on a jet plane

eli and i are off to washington tonight, and we're oooober excited to hang out with daddy! wish us luck!