Visit to the dentist

Friday, October 27
On Friday, the kids all went to the dentist for check-ups. All of their teeth checked out okay, and Blondie did awesome. On her last visit, she didn't let the dentist do too much, but this time she got right up on the chair and let them clean, floss and apply fluoride to her teeth. She just sat still the whole time and didn't make a sound. Blondie had been very excited about going to the dentist ever since she got a reminder postcard (addressed to her) in the mail over a month ago. Luke on the other hand kept fussing during his checkup and wouldn't let them take x-rays...

Sucker faces!

Thanks for the suckers, Uncle Dan & Kami!

Blondie's pumpkin

Blondie with her pumpkin - picked from our garden...
Blondie cleaning out her pumpkin...
Her comment while she was cleaning it out was, "Ewww, disgusting!"
Blondie almost dropping her pumpkin while DH tries to take her picture...
Finally, a picture with Blondie and her carved pumpkin
(she designed the face herself)...

Pumpkin Fun!

Saturday, October 28
My brother Dan and his girlfriend Kami were able to visit us this weekend and help pick pumpkins at the pumpkin patch and then carve them later that day.

The small pumpkins are from our garden...

No more expander!

On Thursday, I got a call from M&M at school telling me that her expander had come off her back tooth. (I could tell she had been crying - she gets emotional easily about some things...) So after school I took her to see the orthodontist and he found that the wire had broken off the metal clip around her back tooth, so he decided to remove it altogether! M&M was quite happy. The orthodontist took some measurements of her mouth and he'll measure again in 2 week when we go in to see if her mouth has started shrinking again. Provided things look good at the next visit, I think she will be fitted for a retainer and be finished with the expander for good!

Finally up to date!

As of right now, I am finally up to date on my blog entries! We accomplished a lot while we were in Virginia and it's taken me a while to get everything caught up. This was probably our last trip out there and we wanted to make the most of it. It also helped that I was not pregnant this trip and so I was able to do a lot more (my last two trips before this one I was pregnant). If all goes as planned, my parents will be moving out here to Utah in the spring or summer. We are so excited & looking forward to it! I never knew my grandparents very well growing up because we lived so far from them and I'm envious of the many people in our ward who have parents and family nearby. So, we are crossing our fingers and will soon be helping my parents look for a house out here to move into!!!

A new discovery...

Kitty discovered today at lunch that yogurt makes a good lotion for your hands, arms and face...

Stretch Dad, Stretch!

Sunday, October 22
DH was a little sore from working out on Friday, so after church on Sunday, he asked Luke to come over and push on his back to help him stretch. Well, all of the kids thought that that looked pretty fun and wanted to join in. Even Kitty had her hand on his back and was saying, "Push!".

Harvest time!

Thursday, October 19

The kids had a lot of fun helping harvest the potatoes this year. We were pretty successful - we got three plastic bags full of three different kinds of potatoes. (We also got a few more carrots.)


Some quotes from the kids while we were working:
"This is HARD work!"
"This is our best garden ever!"
"I LOVE digging for potatoes!"

Crazy hair day!

Thursday, October 19

Today was crazy hair day at school!