Best Halloween Movie

Daniel introduced this one to me when we were dating. It has become our traditional halloween movie.
Don Knotts is one of his heroes.

It's probably his Karate skills.
"That's right, karate...made my whole body a weapon."
(Early Napoleon Dynamite?)

"Atta Boy, Luther!"

One of MY favorite parts is when the Don Juan that Knotts is, says the most romantical thing to the GIRL. After his flustered speech to the beautiful Alma, he wraps up his awkward compliments with this lovely line.
"Average is darn Lucky to be sittin' here with Above Average." Awwwhhh!

And of course he ends up with the girl in a wedding at the end of the movie.

hee hee

This picture just makes me laugh.

Good thing someone has fun parties...

Emily got to go to a birthday party. What am I saying? She has been invited to (and attended) 4...count 'em...FOUR parties since the middle of September. Oh, wait. I forgot about the one this Saturday. So that will be FIVE!

Anyway, this one birthday party was at a cosmotology school. The girls got their hair and nails done. She looked so pretty.

I guess they did her hair twice. The first girl did a simple French Twist with one small ringlet in front. The teacher shook her head and said, "Not fancy enough." So they redid it. And ...well... I could never duplicate this, I'm sure.

My pretty girl.

They love each other

When Garrett and Owen grow older and start fighting or treating each other like...well...like brothers - teasing, fighting, etc - I will have proof that they really do love each other.

They really are great friends. Garrett is very affectionate. He loves kissing and hugging Owen - to a fault. In other words...he can overdo it at times.

But most of the time, the feeling is mutual.

They really do love each other.
They play great together too. I just hope it lasts.

This is what Daniel's mom was hoping for when she had their last baby, Derek who is 2 years younger than Daniel. Daniel was 5 years younger than his older brother, Doug. When they had Derek, I think they hoped for this kind of brotherly love/playmate. I'm not sure that's what you'd say about Derek and Daniel's relationship. ???

And for the grand finale...Is this the cutest picture you've ever seen...or what?

Visitors!

We've had a lot of visitors this summer. Even more than in these few pictures.
And we've LOVED it!

It's been wonderful having people come to us so we didn't have to travel one bit this summer and I still managed to see so many sisters and their families. (And that isn't counting Mom, Dad, Ethan and Leah who came at the beginning of the summer.) And we had room for everyone. (That has been nice. A few extra square feet go a long way. Did I mention I love having a finished basement?)

Thank you everyone for coming to see us. Hope you will again!

The Smiths and Skinners gathered for Family Prayer.

Skinners, Skinners and Jensens playing Apples to Apples Junior. (This is a very fun game. Gets a lot of laughs and the grown ups don't have to play along, though it's fun for them too.)

The Jensen Babes.

some of the Jensen Boys (with Garrett)

Goofy Friends of Justin's -Nathan and Logan

Krauses and Skinners

Cheeseburger and her little Chicken Nugget.

High School Musical!

While Aunt Amy and her girls were here, we HAD to go to East High where High School Musical was filmed. Look at my boys...such good sports! Justin's got a good jump on this one - :)


Sharpay's locker(s) is still pink. Other than this...it's just a normal boring high school. But the kids were excited. (the girls, that is.)

I love this kid!

Man, this is a fun kid. He loves hats so I had to buy this one for $2.50 when I saw it. He likes it so much, in this picture he can't stop looking at it, even though it's on his head. :)

My Handsome Man.
He couldn't miss out on the photo shoot of his cousin, so he had me comb his hair and take his picture too.

Owen and Mira.

Sir, yes, sir!! He does this salute with every hat.