Did you know...

that Nina is fascinated with worms? Also, she is showing interest in a career as a trial lawyer. How do I know this? Well it's really just a hunch. This morning as she was getting dressed, she was acting a little silly. She was kicking and dancing as she was getting clothes out of her dresser when she accidentally hit her hand on the drawer and banged her toes on the bottom of the dresser. As she was crying she yelled, "You stupid dresser, now you owe me lots of money!" So really, I'm just taking a shot in the dark about the whole trial lawyer career.


that Donovan started Cub Scouts? (he has since learned how to properly put on his necktie)


that Howie learned to tie his shoes and ride a bike with no training wheels? We still need a picture of him on his bike though.

Seeing things in a new light

My parents bought this light fixture as a house warming present way back in March. The missionaries serving in our ward installed it for us on Labor Day.



Matt was sad to see this beauty leave. Seriously.

Anyone recognize him?

Here's a clue:



What a difference a haircut makes.

Harvesting sunflower seeds

Back in the spring we planted the sunflower seeds that Rachelle gave us. It seemed like forever, but a couple of weeks ago these giant sunflowers finally bloomed. We had 3 that grew about 8 feet, the rest were maybe 5 feet tall. On Friday night, the kids had some friends over and we were all hanging out in the backyard. Matt and I were looking for seeds in the flowers that were dying...



...and then you all know Nina:










I guess we could be faulted for not specifying that we only get the seeds from the dead flowers. We no longer have big, tall and pretty sunflowers in the backyard, but the kids loved the seeds.