Oh, Happy Day!!!

This is one of the great moments of my life.

Before:

After:

How many years has it been broken? And to think it only took $12 to make all that irritation go away.

Oh, Bliss! I've missed you, old friend.

Wow Mom. You're Smart.

What does the doggy say? Oops.

My kid's going to have issues.

Sam's so musical

Mom used to sing this little song with me (and I'm sure all my brothers and sisters) when I was little and it's still one of my favorites. A little dark and grim, yes. But there's just something cute about it. SamSam loves it.

Raking Leaves

Matt raked leaves this morning and ended up with a little more "help" then he bargained for.

Fun with Babysitting

We watched Lance and Mandi's kids this last week while they are in Paris, poor things. We had a great time, no one more than Sam, except maybe Charli who was in heaven with all the kids to pet her and the warm deck to lie on. Sam was obsessed with poor Anna who bore it as well as she could. The kids were so great with him, playing with him and thinking he was so funny. His speech really improved in the few days we were there with those cute kids to model and talk to him.

My birthday was yesterday and we had a fun party there with DELICIOUS food. I think I gained 15 pounds last night alone. mmmmm.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. We went up to Sandy to ride Trax. Matt told Sam about it the day before and he would not stop talking about riding the "choo choo." He was so mad to have to wait. He insisted on wearing the bottom of his Elmo costume when we left to go. He had such a fun time sitting on the train! (and waiting for it, too)

Afterwards we met up with Ashley and Morgan at Chipotle for our free burritos. Yes, we are wearing foil on our heads, thanks for noticing!

When we got home Sam put on his hat and went next door to Grandma Lola's house to trick or treat.

Daddy!!

It's hard on everyone to have Matt gone as much as he is, between going to school full time in Salt Lake (9+ hours of just commuting), doing homework, working as many hours as he can, and now being in the bishopric (which, from my point of view, is actually less work then being Elders' Quorum Pres). He is such a trooper though and is so involved and helpful when he is here, even though I'm sure he would LOVE to sleep or mindlessly watch tv or something.

Today Sam had a major meltdown as Matt was leaving, home for lunch in between school and work. He just wanted Daddy to stay. The last time Sam had seen him was yesterday morning for a few minutes. Matt took an extra 5 minutes and read Sam a story. It was so sweet.

Sam just loves that Dad. The very first thing he asks me about when I get him in the morning is if Daddy is here, and no wonder with such a loving Dad.