Family Pictures

We finally had our family pictures done today. Thank you Pam for taking them for us. The kids were cold and cranky. It was about 45 degrees outside and even sprinkled on us a little. (At least it didn't rain.) Lauren didn't want the camera anywhere near her and everytime we asked her to smile she would say "No" and turn her head away. She also did not want to be put down so pictures of her with only her brothers was nearly impossible. Colin's hands got so cold and red that he had a hard time even moving them. Overall, the cold didn't bother Jordan and I think he just mostly had fun except when we told him to stop making faces at the camera. With all that, I think we still got some great photos.

Here is a sampling of the best photos we got (before editing).

You're too Young for Boys

This morning, Lauren was laying in bed with me and so I started to have a conversation with her. It went something like this...

Mom: Did you sleep good last night?
Lauren: Yes
Mom: Did you have good dreams?
Lauren: Yes
Mom: What did you dream about?
Lauren: Boys
Mom: Did you dream about boys (since I wasn't really sure that is what she said)?
Lauren: Yes

I sure do hope the boys she was dreaming about were her brothers because she is too young to dream about any other boys. ;-)

My New Camera

Just before Halloween, my camera disappeared. I have looked all over for the past couple of weeks to find it and it is nowhere to be found. I don't think I had realized how much I had come to like my camera because I have truly missed it the past 2 1/2 weeks. I finally told Tim I needed to buy a new camera today, so he said, "Merry Christmas. I hope you enjoy your early Christmas present." Of course once I got home with my new camera, I had to try it out. The camera is a Canon Powershot SD980 IS 12MP digital camera with 5x ultra wide angle optical image stabilized zoom and 3 inch LCD touch screen. So far I am happy with this little camera and it is easy to operate. (My past two cameras have also been Canon Powershots so that might help a little.) Here are a few of the pictures I took with it while learning what it could do this afternoon.

No, that is not facial hair around his mouth. I think it was leftovers from breakfast or lunch.

Petting farm and Pumpkins

To pick out our pumpkins this year we went to a local farm. We got to see lots of animals including some rabbits, pigs, ducks, horses, and brand new (hatching as we were watching) chicks. After seeing all the animals, we got to feed chickens, hens and turkeys. It was a lot of fun. Then we picked out our pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. It was a fun adventure.

Petting a pygmie goat

Petting a bunny rabbit

Jordan's, Lauren's and Colin's pumpkins

Halloween

For Halloween we went to Grandma and Grandpa McKee's house for dinner and then to go trick-or-treating. Our cousins Abby and Jonny were here from Moses Lake as well. The weather was a little wet, but trick-or-treating was fun anyway.

. Colin the turtle.

Jonny and Jordan the chicken.

Lauren the rabbit.

Going through the loot after trick or treating.

Overall it was a fun day and fun time with family.