what makes Allison happy this holiday season?

A nice cold glass of "og neg".

buddies {part 2}

I posted this two and a half years ago, and here we are with two more little buddies hanging out in the same crib after naps.












Allison gets a little intense sometimes with Shane and we have to tell her to back off and be gentle. Shane is so tolerant of all the love and adoration (or pokes, squeezes, and smothering hugs!)

halloween 2011

Our Halloween was fun with a ward "trunk-or-treat", a Harry Potter themed party with cousins, and of course trick-or-treating.

Corinne was Hermione from Harry Potter (and boy did we work on that hair 'til we got it just right!).





Matthew was Harry Potter for the theme party, but for school and trick-or-treating, he wanted to be a "worn-out zombie", a costume he came up with on his own. (I think the idea came to him when he went to his first cub scout den meeting and they did first-aid. He got to have gauze taped to his head with blood (red food coloring) on it. He fooled a lot of people, even adults who thought he really hurt himself. He thought that was pretty cool, so he worked it into his costume!)






Allison was a girl from the '50's thanks to Corinne's old dance recital costume.





And Shane was our little pumpkin, because he really is our little pumpkin!






Harry Potter Party:










Ready for trick-or-treating:






The End.

the irony of my life

Last night was the first time that Shane slept completely through the night.

I am talking 8:00pm to 8:00am.

Twelve full hours!

Miracle!




Matthew was up from 2 to 4 am with the stomach flu.