Yeah... I can crawl! :)

Baby Sister started crawling last weekend.  She is so determined to catch up with her big brother and loves being mobile.  Now mommy and papa just need to make sure to keep the floor clear because she puts EVERYTHING she finds in her mouth.  She's also working on waving as you can see in this photo.  (Sorry to everyone that wanted to see the video of her crawling...  I can't get the video to upload) 

Halloween "Snaps"

Halloween was eventful this year...  I had surgery on a kidney stone on the 30th and got to attend our ward party slightly medicated :)  On Saturday we took Ben and Sofi trick-or-treating at the mall.  Ben had a great time asking for candy and now everytime we pass the mall, he wants to go inside because they will give you candy.  Mario did a great job decorating the front of our house and we got about 75 Trick-or-Treaters which is a lot more than the 10 or so we got last year.  Ben was so excited about Trick-or-Treating that Mario took him out again around our neighborhood.

"Bless the Monsters"

I had a funny experience last night, one which I am sure many of you can relate to. Ben usually won’t say his own prayer, he will just repeat what I say, but last night he wanted to say the prayer. It went something like this. "Heavenly Father, Bless Papa & Ben & Oreo & Baby Sister & Papa & Ben & Mommy (I did get in there once) & Sofia & Ben & Papa & Danny & Papa… & the monsters & the dinosaurs ( I am cracking up now… How do you stop yourself from laughing when they do that?) & the monsters & dinosaurs & bless me to be quiet because I don’t want time out…" I started laughing, and then Ben looked at me like I was in trouble, and I knew I was because you aren’t supposed to laugh while someone is praying, and I didn’t want to get "time out" myself. Some example I am!

Gilroy Gardens

Here's some photos from a trip we took to Gilroy Gardens with our friends the McMurrays in July.