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Here are a few of our little cuties enjoying a crisp fall day in our back yard. Cute, cute, cute! Unfortunately it was so crisp that the kids were freezing at the end of the last picture and we had to head in after a small snow flurry started up.

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Notice the rare photo of Patrick showing his teeth!

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Some of our friends here gave us a whole kitchen garbage bag full of old Halloween costumes so the boys got to play with costumes all of Halloween day. They had a blast and here is a few pictures of their fun. (note: We already had the green alien super-hero and black alley-cat costumes in first photo.)

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Well, we are up to November 2007 now and here is a shot of the beautiful coloring trees that we live by:2007-11-21-027Here is Pac being sad because he couldn’t get out of the car by the side of the road like Daddy did to take the picture of the trees (he is an adorable and passionate cryer, you really feel for him when you look at his sad face, even if it is a tantrum):

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And here’s Pac a second later, perfectly happy again:

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Here is Alma making his growly hands, yet still smiling:

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Here Pac is confused as to why we are taking pictures of him instead of the leafs now (it’s because he was cuter):

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Here’s Alma making a funny face:

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Here’s my adorable husband showing is dimples:

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And this is me bundled up in the front seat:

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Does anyone else see little future missionaries pausing at my door? I love the way they are both looking forward and standing right on the brink of the next step they’ll take. What they are looking at is something new and unknown, but they are not afraid, they are prepared and ready. They are mearly taking a pause before they continue on, full speed ahead.

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Or should it be called: Portrait of a Modern Mother?
2007-11-21-021 This is me doing a million things at once. I particularly like the tornado-like look of Patrick whizzing by while I try to check my e-mails as a quick break.

The boys wanted to have a birthday party, but it wasn’t anybody’s actual birthday. So, we made some party hats and took some pictures:
Alma’s Hat falling off:
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Here Patrick is not wanting the share the little water push-button game we decided to play at our party:

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Here Patrick is repentant for his meanness and offering to share again:

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Here is the star of the show, Lamby, Pac’s favorite bedtime friend, with his hat:>

(the hat wouldn’t stay on his head, so of course, it is on his back)

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The beautiful leaves just seconds from our house.
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This is up the road a little ways by Rock State Park.

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While Kevin carved a carefully drawn wonderfully classic pumpkin before I took the boys out trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, the boys carved out an original creative design with markers on theirs. Unfortunately we have no pictures documenting the finished projects. So these masterpieces will ever go down in history as the unfinished works seen here:

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These pictures are from back in October 2007 still, because I’d separated out some photos to be posted and just never got around to doing it and, well, I think they are cute and I already separated them out so I’m going to post them anyway! Even if they are very late.
Here is Pac napping for one of the last times in the crib. He was just getting way to big for it, but in this picture he still looks like a baby. How does it go: As long as I’m living my baby you’ll be?
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Here is a picture of Alma telling me how much he loves his Daddy and Mommy.
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oct-2007-073“I’m an Alley Cat!” <–Name that movie.

Complete with bandaged tail, this homemade creation that my mom made for my older brother to wear when I was just a baby, (Sorry Mom, I somehow lost the black mittens.) was Patrick’s first of many choices of costumes. Patrick loved to pretend to be each thing we asked him if he was interested in dressing up as, but since we had this costume and it fit him just right we decided to stick with his first choice. Patrick was a brave little cat roaring at the scary houses when we trick-or-treated to them. Patrick Loved being an alley cat and carrying around his tail when he wasn’t eating candy. Meow.

(Side note: The bandaged tail was to fix the original hole put in the tail by my big brother Nathaniel, and added to by my little sister Camilla from dragging it on the sidewalks trick-or-treating)

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A little robot dance from Alma before we head out. I made his pants myself, and Kevin helped Alma make the box/body. They wrapped a box from Baby Wipes in real shiny tape for ducts (fancy duct tape) and then took turns drawing on it with permanent marker. (side note: Alma was a robot last year too and loved it so much that he would only consider being anything else if he could be it while still being a robot. Cowboy Robot anyone?)

oct-2007-077“Beep! Beep! Trick-or-Treat!” and “Meow! Nandy?”

oct-2007-078 Hee hee hee! I see candy!

This is at the Trunk-or-Treat at the church.

oct-2007-092Halloween Mommy!