First Major Blood!!!

This is what Gavin looked like this morning, before lunch. (Matthew was checking out possible family pic locations. Gavin was his model!)
This is what Gavin looked like after lunch.
He rolled off our neighbor's couch and hit their coffee table just right. 6 stitches later........He was such a trooper at the urgent care clinic. Didn't cry and let them do the job. The PA and MA were very impressed with how well he did.
We didn't take any pictures of the older kids in their costumes. Don't ask me why, just were trying to hurry. But we did get some good ones of Jamison. We had this scarecrow from Gavin, but it was a little small on Gavin. Jamison is just the perfect size!! He is so cute!!
Happy Halloween!

Our Sunday Photo session with Dad

So, a week ago Sunday, It was a beautiful day and Matthew saw some trees at our church that looked like promising back drops for pictures. We took our neighbors with us and took pics of their little girls, too. It was a fun adventure and behold....the results....

McKinley was holding Jamison about 6 feet in the air. Matthew was standing right below him. She did a very good job of holding him. However, since Matthew was standing guard, I was taking pics, and I'm not the photographer of the family!! It's cute anyway.
We really love this picture of the kids. We actually cropped this one to use for Gavin's 5x7 (see the next photo), cause it was his best one.

I love these shots when I see other families. This was at the end of our time and Jamison wasn't very happy about laying in the grass. This shot could almost pass as a smile!
Jamison's real smile with our neighbor, Molly. Molly is 2 and amazingly cute! (Even when she doesn't look at the camera)
Our favorite cheeser smile from Gavin.
This shot, cropped a little tighter, is McKinley's 5x7. Its rare that we can get a real smile from this kid. She always gives us the Chipmunk lips! (see below-and yes, she does it on purpose!)


Once again, cropped a little tighter, Jamison's 5x7. He is such a cute kid!!
Below is Kesley and Molly, our neighbor's girls. Kesley was a perfect subject! She was super quick with this lovely smile every single time!!
This is my favorite of Molly.
They have been great neighbors!! Rachel, their mom, is also a nurse, and is short, and her husband is tall. So, we have a lot in common. We spend a lot of time at each others houses. The kids play well together, so it makes life easy.
I'm so proud of Matthew's successful photo shoot!! They turned out beautiful!

Just call me a Domestic Diva!

Okay, don't really. Most stay at home moms do this stuff all the time. However, for me this was a first. Maybe its just cause I'm finally getting use to being home all day. And McKinley is in school some days, so it leaves me a bit more free time.
Anyway, yesterday I made home made wheat bread, and it actually turned out good! I also made potato soup, which is nothing new, but in combination with the bread, I thought it was pretty tricky! I also went grocery shopping yesterday. Monday I made a batch of salsa, and today I made another. We got a ton of tomatoes from our friends in Logan. Fresh salsa is so yummy!! I've also figured out what time I need to start dinner so its ready when Matthew gets home from work, or shortly there after. This doesn't happen every night, but it does happen occasionally. 0h-I also canned peaches and applesauce last week. That wouldn't have happened without my mother in law or sister in law, so I can't really claim that one. Needless to say, I'm feeling slightly better about my homemaking skills. Mostly the bread! I'm so excited that the bread worked! (Maybe that's just cause I recently invested in 50 lbs of wheat flour!!)

So, I had the insane desire to make McKinley have curly hair. I cut rags and rag tied her hair. This was the result!

The curls were so tight that it was a lot of frizz and very little curl. So, I invested in sponge curlers as she really likes her hair curly. The curlers work much better. She won't let me take a picture today because "the curls aren't as good as they were this morning!" That is a direct quote. They look so cute since they've relaxed after being free all day!! Oh well, maybe next time I'll get one first thing in the morning. She's so cute!!
So, reminiscent of my days in elementary school, this is what McKinley tells me about recess. "We chase the boys, or they chase us. And we have to scare them. I'm a snake-"hsss". I'm faster than all the boys. They can't catch me!" Already!! She's only in Kindergarten! And that "hss" is loud!! It sounds more like an angry cat! She really is faster than the boys. Love that girl!