Tater's Earrings.

Tatum decided she was ready to have her ears repierced.  We had tried once before, but she changed her mind at the last minute, so we haven't talked about it much since.  A couple weeks ago she asked, "If we have time when we're in Utah, can I get my ears pierced?"
We had time on Monday, so we headed to the mall.  She was amazing.  She never faltered. They were pierced one at a time and she barely even flinched.  That is my little Tater.  Once she sets her mind to something, there is no going back.
 

 

 

It's great to be 8!

 

a woodpecker in the house . . .

We heard a LOUD thud on the sliding glass door and when Cambrie went out to see what it was, she found this cute little baby woodpecker. It was pretty stunned so she thought she would bring it inside and hold it for a while.  It wasn't long before it was feeling well and taking off in flight.

Before we knew it, this is where it was.  Clear up on our fireplace rock.  As we tried to figure out how we could get it, he decided to try to fly out through the window, resulting in yet another loud thud.  Fortunately he survived yet another crash.  We took a couple more pictures then sent him off on his way.

 

 

The Magic of Dry Ice . . .

Halloween!

{Jake the Pirate}

{Tatum the Witch}

{Cambrie the Crazy Justin Bieber Fan}

{All 3 crazy kiddos}

{Jason the Chick Magnet & Me the Witch with Tatum & Cambrie}
Jake behind the camera!

Such a fun day! I LOVE all of Tater's witch faces. She was great at getting into character.

Piano Recital Videos

Click on each name to see their performance:
(Scroll to bottom of page and pause music player first so you can hear it!)

Cambrie

Tatum

Raspberries!!!

We headed out to a friends to pick raspberries this morning. My goodness, we were surrounded by delicious raspberries. It was incredible how many there were. We picked and picked until all of us were worn out.

Tatum liked to go deep into the middle of the patch to do her picking.

All the kiddos.

Jake ended up with raspberries inside his boots. Apparently a few fell in while he was picking! Look at the size of that patch behind him.
Yummy goodness! We ended up with about 4 gallons. Delish!