What's Been Going On?

A LOT!!

Halloween!Our brave fire fighters

and their little firehouse dog!

The cutest dalmation I've ever seen!

My very own Dr. Phil!

Ty's Preschool Halloween Party!

Quite the poser!

Bean bag toss

"Grandma Greer" gave Ty the

"Happiest Looking Monster Pumpkin" Award!

Pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern

Halloween Parade

Zoo Walk for Autism Research!

Curt's employer generously donated $1000

to our team "Luke's Crew" and also had these team shirts made!

Canning Apple Pie Filling!

Trips to the Cabin!

Rocking my baby to sleep!

This happens only about once every 6 months!

Sleepovers!

In Mommy's bed...Daddy got stuck out on the couch.
(By the way, Luke only sleeps in his undies!)

Jake's first involvement in the brothers' sleepovers.

It will be a while before he's allowed to be part of the club again :)

Birthday Hazing!

Our 3 other co-conspirators were unable to make it that night,

but I'm sure they'll make up for it!

The Boys' "Beach House"!

The kids love to take all of the cushions and pillows off of the couches

and build a "beach house" for them to hide in.
(Maybe they'll build a real one for their momma some day!)

Forts!

(Luke is unhappy because Ty got to sit in the "egg chair".)

Planting Our Garden!

Yep!

Jake is STILL Wearing Those Glasses!

Also...

Curt is re-doing the shower in our master bathroom...

I am helping in Luke's classroom once/month...

Doing Christmas shopping/crafting...

Dr's appointments...

Driving kids to/from school...

Playdates (for both Mommy and the kids!)...

The End.

Luke's Notes

It is hilarious how Luke is always writing himself cute notes. I think he's afraid he will forget something really important. He will probably grow up to be the list maker in our family.

Luke kept bugging me one day...asking me where i hid the candy that we had gotten. I wouldn't tell him, so a little while later he handed me this note and made me promise not to flip it over and look at the other side. I had to peek (sorry, Luke!) and I about peed my pants!! He was strategizing how he would "spy for the candy"!! SO. FUNNY.

Translation: "Spy in the morning. In the cupboards. Early in the morning. You are going to try to get candy." Along with a drawing of him looking in the cupboards!

When Curt was getting ready to leave for work that next morning, he found Luke and Ty out in the kitchen with candy in their hands! It was 5 AM!!

The boys had gotten in trouble for running in the house. I came across this note when I was picking up Luke's room. "No running. New roll (rule)."

We spent General Conference weekend at the cabin. I had brought The Friend (kids' church magazine) along for Luke to read. He looked it over for a while and then wanted some paper so he could draw. These pictures above are what he drew!

That Naughty Papa

Ty and I were having fun this afternoon coloring.

He said to me...

"Mom, you're silly!! But Papa isn't silly.

He's BAD because he doesn't wear his seatbelt sometimes."

Shame on you, Papa!

Our Little Jack-O-Lantern

Luke lost his 3rd tooth a couple of days ago!! Daddy was at work, so no pliers were involved this time. Luke was so nervous for me to pull out that tooth, but I wasn't giving up! After trying to give him pep talks, he was still freaking out. So I practically had to pin him down and I barely touched his tooth with my fingernail....and the tooth FELL OUT! Immediately, the tears stopped and his face was filled with a huge smile.

One more dollar from the Tooth Fairy!

Way to go, Luke!!

Celebrating Jake!

Jake's due date was October 17th, 2006. This is what I looked like at about 36 weeks. Ready to pop!

Sweet baby Jake was born on October 9th 2006...weighing 8 lbs. 8 oz. and was my biggest baby thus far!

Since Jake loves animals, I decided to do a farm cake. It's not one of my favorite cakes I've done, but the kids liked it and that's all that matters!

The birthday boy by his cake!

Blowing out the candle!

This kid LOVES chocolate (or anything sweet. Just like his momma!)

Some toys we bought with birthday money from Papa and Grandma Debbie!

Jake LOVES Go Diego Go!

Monda, Greg, and their girls came...as well as Ashlie, Alayna, and Grandma and Grandpa Holbrook! Jake was great entertainment as we watched him open his presents. I think he was most excited about the packages of M&M's Grandma had taped in his new dump truck!

Jake would practically disappear every time he tried reaching into this huge bag full of presents!

I'm TWO!!

Swing, Batter!

...3 Months Later!

For 3 MONTHS I have kept forgetting to post these way cool family pictures that Steph took of the Holbrook clan in July!

Matt, Natalie, and their 3 cute kiddos came down from Utah to visit. The boys had fun playing with their cousins at Grandma's house while Mommy went to radiation during the week. I think the best time was had by all when we all drove to Snowflake to spend the weekend at the cabin!

It was fun, but we wish Matt, Nat, and the kids lived closer so we could see them more often.

In back: Matt, Rich, Curt

In front: Marla, Alayna

The Holbrook Grandkids!

The Whole Clan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAKE!!

My baby turns 2 today!!

We aren't having his party until the 13th, so I will add pictures after then.

WANTED!!

This morning at approximately 8:30am, the "Streaker Bandit" forced himself into my kitchen and ransacked my drawers, while looking for the black spatula. If anyone has any information that would lead to the apprehension of this suspect, please notify us immediately! (Or notify us if you think he is just too stinkin cute, too!)

This bandit has also been known to disguise himself with glasses that were stolen from Mr. Potato Head.