The Chosen One

This time Lord Voldemort appeared in the form of a wall corner.

The cutest little story you've ever seen

"Cousin Charlie, would you like to dance?"

(Pause for those darn pictures...)

"Where did Cousin Lily go?"

"That's more like it."

Our trip to the Vegas wedding

Welcome, Season, to the family!!

I've never seen Tom so happy. Congrats, Tom!

High fives!!

My two very handsome brothers. I'm pregnant.

Baby Harrison and beautiful Tracy, my sister-in-law.

Be still my heart...

Halloween fun

Here's our little Stinker.

Back view...

Eating their spoils from the cupcake walk...

Left to right: Star-bellied Sneetch, Skunk, Reaper, Kale the Fireman, Rob and Christina BYU fans.

Fishing for fun.

Not sure if Charlie really "got" this game but after standing in line watching all the other kids try to eat their donuts without hands, Charlie just reached up and grabbed the donut and put it in his mouth. Just like that.

In the R.S. room dancing to the "Thriller" music video (FYI: Thriller is 25 years old Oct. 29th, the night of our party.) We had to wear glow-in-the-dark teeth while we danced.

Don't look too closely, the eyes are a little scary!

All in all, it was a great Halloween party. Charlie just followed all the steps pretty emotionlessly. As soon as we got home, the excitement caught up with him and he was bouncing off the walls, reliving the whole night. He had a pretty good time. And so did we, watching him.

Charlie Chaplin

This was definitely something I was not prepared for. No one told me that my heart would break every time my child got hurt. A fall in the church parking, a mouth full of blood, and a piercing scowl...enough to stop my world. Maybe I've been lucky so far, and I hope I'm able to handle myself if and when something worse happens.

Sunday, the day of the fall, after a nap...

Today, happy as can be!

We're having a....

Grand Opening!

On Columbus Day (observed) we had an official ribbon cutting ceremony deck party. It was a lot of fun. It also was a combined birthday party for Shelly with a Halloween slant. Dave smoked some brisket and we had lots of friends over. Good times.

Dave cutting the ribbon.

3 + 1 candles = 31