It's a miracle!

We are very happy prop 8 passed by 52%. Solano county was one of the few in our area that passed it. I'm sure the battle will rage on, they are now talking of ways they are going to appeal it. UNBELIEVABLE!
Can't they just be good sports and admit they lost? Anyway, I'm thankful for the good silent majority that voted.

the kiddos

ME AND TRAVIS

Whittle Halloween

We spent hours putting our costumes together...the tennis coach and bunny. I have more pictures to post, but my computer isn't uploading them. I'll try again tomorrow. We had fun at the church. The YW did activities for the kids and they went trick or treating to different classrooms people had decorated. I realized that the only primary kids in the ward are ours and another family with 3 kids. It was so nice that they did all that for just a few kids. The kids made it easy on me this year, they wanted to be repeats from last year... Dracula, Flash and an angel.


Ahhh Devon. Such an interesting kid. Recently he has decided he hates to have his picture taken. He really thought his speedy 'Flash' costume made him super fast. Which is ironic since he really is quite slow compared to most kids. Don't tell him though. He spent most of the night running away from Troy who was determined to take his picture. Here's a few of the action shots. Devon eventually ended it by shedding a few tears and Troy relented with the camera.

Happy Birthday Carrie!

Happy Birthday Carrie! we are so glad you are part of our family! You add a lot of spunk!

This is the usual, "carrie is watching something and she can't hear you look"..im sure Rod knows this well.....:)

to be continues this thanksgiving.....who will win?!

Carrie, i'm sure i speak for the whole family when i say i look up to you in so many ways. You have always been such a wonderful, stalwart example to me. I am who i am today because of my siblings and i'm a lot like you, and i'm proud!! :) Let's all say what we love about carrie!!!

Travis' Halloween

Travis as Iron Man and dancing at the Pace party and with his buddy Tony.

aka Captain Jack Sparrow. Travis could have danced all night!

Halloween + Update

Here are some of our Halloween pictures! Lizzie was an angel, Caitlin a ballerina, I was an Indian, and Rod was Tony Stark (if you haven't seen Iron Man, it won't make any sense!)

I made Lizzie's angel dress and Caitlin's ballerina skirt, and they made their annual Halloween treat boxes (cereal boxes cut in half). I really like the cereal boxes- they don't stretch much and have a limit to the candy they can hold!

Our fam- I don't think the flash went off. I know you'll all mock me for this, but I have to tell you anyway. My Indian costume I made from a blanket from D.I. for $3.00. And my moccasins are rejected garden shoes (which I also got a D.I. for $3.00 a year or two ago) that I hot-glued the extra blanket fabric on. I know- laugh! But it's so cheap and so recycling!!!

(By the way, Kate, I laughed at your birthday card you sent me!! I guess I know why...)

Iron Man just came out on video a week or two ago, and everyone knew Rod was Tony Stark - his chest light was on, but didn't show up in any of the pictures. Just one of those stick-on L.E.D. lights from the dollar store. He worked on his goatee for a few days before and picked up some dollar-store glasses and viola- is that Robert Downey Jr. or what?

This was a few weeks before Halloween. I just thought it was funny. Here we are, trying to have some family fun, and Lizzie is just ticked off she was dragged along. Seriously, this kid's attitude belongs in the body of a 16-year-old!

Also, I have had a great birthday so far (although it's 10 am on my birthday...). Rod took me out the dinner last night and a little shopping. Really, just getting a babysitter is exciting enough! This morning Rod and the girls made a yummy breakfast for me...though Rod says I can't open any presents until tonight. I did open my cards from Kate and Em, they were hilarious! Mom, I got your box, but haven't opened my presents yet! The girls were very excited about their Halloween cards and tootsie pops!

Also, just to update everyone, I had to go the hospital to get a bulge in my calf checked out. I woke up on Tuesday with this bulge in my calf, some pain, and some redness, along with the veins behind my knee bulging. Since it could have been a blood clot, I went to an imaging center on Tuesday (after my midwife came over and looked at it) and they said it wasn't a clot. But we (us and my midwife) wanted to be 100% sure so I went the hopsital on Wednesday and got it checked again, and they said it's okay- it's varicose veins!! AAAHHHH!!!! I guess pregnancy brings them on a lot. But I still have this bulge in my calf (think a macaroni noodle under your skin- it's wierd) and have to wear these compression nylons probably the rest of my pregnancy. The stockings won't make them go away, but sometimes the veins hurt and they help a lot with that. The good thing about all this is it's recommited me to exercise- I have to do something cardio 6 days/week to keep them from getting worse. I'm grateful I don't have a complication where I have to stay in bed or something. I read they sometimes go away after pregnancy, but sometimes they don't. Hopefully they will! Anyway, hopefully it won't turn into an episode of Rescue 911 where it turns out I have a super rare macaroni-vein disorder. Rod keeps reassuring me that's not the case, but I think I watched too many Rescue 911's as a kid!!!