New family member!

I'm not sure why but I let the kids get a new kitten. We needed a mouser real bad. After the cat incident of 05 we havent had a mouser. We have an old Tom cat but he's not real good at much except sleeping. So Brian unhapily agreed to let us get a male kitten that will be fixed within a reasonable amount of time. The kids are happy, we'll see how long until the excitement dies down and I have to yell at them to feed him. I'm not sure what his name will be but if the kids had their way it would be "monkey".

OMSI {again}

On Tuesday we went to OMSI in Portland since the kids had the day off. Grandma Gay is up visiting us from California so she got to come along for some fun. Ashlie, her kids and Jamie and her boys were able to come with us too. Their is so much to see and do at OMSi that the kids have already been several times and they would still like to go back. They change some of their exhibits so we can always find something new and exciting to do.

Grandma had a fun time hanging out with Quinton while the rest of the kids tried to figure out the clues in Mindbender Mansion.

Andrew was smart enough to get help from Brian with solving the clues. We all know I can't figure stuff out like Brian can.

Quinton had a really hard time sharing anything with other kids. He goes by the rule "if I touched it today it is mine, if I want it it's mine, if I see it it's mine." One year olds are sure fun. We went the the planaterium to see "U2 music full dome" and Quinton cried. I covered his ears and he fell asleep. He really does not like loud noises.

They have an awesome area for under 6 that siblings can go in. My kids loved playing in the sand.

Jamie and Jerimiah.

Brian was holding Quinton before we left and Jerimiah wanted to hang out too. I guess the cool shifter knob makes his wheelchair look like a ride.

New Wheelchair

Brian finally got his new manual wheelchair. Unfortunately he hasn't been feeling well so he hasn't been in it yet. That hasn't stopped everyone else from taking a spin around the house in it. Katrina and Jenna even had races around the house with the shower chair.

It was fun watching Doug fool around in the chair. He took the wheelie bars off so he could have a little fun. He almost bit it once.

Katrina the bread maker.

Since Katrina was home sick for the third day in a row.(I'm sure she could have went half day today) I thought she might be bored from the endless computer games. I put her to work in the kitchen making Pumpkin Pie Bread. She did a great job and her first loaf was gone in about two minutes. She is going to take two loaves to the ward dinner to share her talent.

She didn't like the taste of the batter at all.

She was really proud of herself.

Why we love Jenna!

Everytime Jenna sees a blog about Quinton She asks "when are you gonna blog about me?" So here goes. Here are the things I like about Jenna

J-enna is the funnist girl I know

E-verytime you need a hug she always give you two.

N-ever is too busy to help with Quinton

N-eeds to play with someone all the time

A-lways shows her love for others

Thats just a few of the many reasons that we love having Jenna is our family!

Halloween!

This year we went with the traditional Trunk or Treat at our ward building. Usually there are so many people you can hardly find somewhere to sit and eat the usual Chili and hot dogs, but this year it was pretty empty. The kids still got enough candy to keep them wired for the next month or until I get fed up and throw the rest out. Brian stayed home and worked on projects with Kyle while Ashlie, Grandma and I headed over to the church. Katrina was the only one that didn't go. She was excited because apparently I told her she couldn't go trick or treating like a regular kid until she was 12. So she made her own plans and headed to the big town of Napavine with 4 other girls to get their 40lbs of candy. It was a fun Halloween and I'm so glad the weather was perfect for Washington.

Katrina was Cleopatra.

Andrew Is not into dressing up so He went with a Davey Crockett hat for the 2nd year in a row. He sure makes life easier.
Jenna was a fairy princess. She was able to chose from her collection of many dress up clothes.


Quinton was wearing his Hippo costume that was too big for him last year.

I loved this picture of Samuel. He was the cutest vampire I ever saw.


Kaylee was so excited to be a cow.

Ethan loved swinging his Pirate sword around.
Ashlie and the crew.
Katrina and her "cool" friends!

Julie, Nicki and Kaylie.

Andrew and his Buddy Connor.

Jenna and her "bestest" friend Sami and Cute little Nicki.

Concrete

On Monday we were lucky enough to have some of our friends come help (Do) concrete for is in two of the bays in the carport. We are hoping to enclose those two bays to give us some more storage space. One bay will be just for me. Eventually it will have shelves for my canning. If you've seen the pictures of my canning you know I have no room for it right now. Thanks to Ben M. , Kyle R. , and Brian H. for their hard work. It looks good.

We told Ben this is proof Troopers really do work hard! Kyle usally doesnt like his picture taken! Too Bad!

I think Brian enjoyed heckling the guys!

Everytime the girls looked outside this is what we could see. Guys sitting. They said I was getting my moneys worth.