What a MESS!!

This is what it's like taking pictures of Lewlew:

She won't stand still:

She won't focus:

She's goofin' off:

She's bein' silly:



She won't cooperate:
AHHHH!!! Can we say A.D.D.????

Buddy is almost as bad.

Dopey...

The camera is over here:

Hey, look AT the camera:

What kind of face is that?!?

And then there's Noodle:

Trying NOT to smile:

Laughing:

Photographer Error:

Good:
Ah, the joys of taking pictures of your kids to try and save money...

Happy Halloween!

This year for Halloween:

Buddy is "Ben 10"

Noodle is "Hannah Montana"

Lewlew is a "Good Witch"

Memory Lane Monday

This goes back to Halloween 1978. This is the only picture with my hat on. I wouldn't wear it. So I went trick-or-treating without it. I have been a witch a few times over the years - and not just on Halloween :) I was 2 in this picture and in a couple of days I'll post my kid's Halloween pictures and then you can see a HUGE resemblance of Avrie and me. (Note the price tag is still on the pumpkin.)

Weekend trip

On Oct. 9, my mom, Bestie, Lewlew and I set out for Colorado.

It's a 500 mile trip (one way) - but there is some pretty country, especially this time of year. This is just a picture of some mountains between Green River and Price. They are so jagged and so for once, I took a picture.

We stayed with my sweet Aunt Kate, my mom's sister. She always makes us feel so comfortable. Thanks a bunch!!!

While we were there we saw some Amish people. They fascinate me. I'd love to visit one of their colonies back east for like a week. It's just interesting to me. So anyway, I snapped a picture. There is actually a funny story to this picture. We passed one on the road and saw another one coming and I said I wanted to take a pic of them. So I stopped the car and got out. Then Bestie said, "Maybe we should be taking pictures of the landscape so we don't look so obvious." So that's what we did. Ya, we still looked extremely obvious! But we had a good laugh.

Bestie, Lewlew and I went to Taos, NM while we were there. We had a great day. Taos is only about 1 1/2 hour away from where we were staying. It's an OLD Native American town. We went to the plaza and looked around and bought some souvenirs. I never thought I'd want a souvenir from Taos, but it's been 10 years since I've been to Taos. It's funny, when I was younger, I never thought of taking pic's of Taos. We went all the time. But since it's been SO long since I was there, I really wanted some pictures. I didn't get all that I wanted, but I did get some of the gorge. This is a picture of the bridge.

This is looking down from the bridge. It doesn't look that far to the bottom, but it's actually pretty deep. When I was younger, we used to see rafters floating down the river. We'd yell at them and sometimes they would wave. I'm sure they waved because they saw us, not because they heard us.

This is the top of the gorge. It's so flat and then it drops off. You wouldn't even know it was there almost until you got next to it. This isn't the greatest picture to describe it, but it's ok.

We came home on the 12th. While we were there, we were able to see my grandma, my mom's mom. We didn't stay very long because Lewlew was anxious to go (thank goodness) but it was good to see her none the less. It's been 2 years since I've seen her. It's hard to carry on a conversation with. She just doesn't talk. We also got to see Bestie's nephew who is serving a mission in CO. Right now he's serving in Monte Vista. So while we were dropping off a care package at his house, he and his companion came out of the neighbors house (which is actually their land lords house). So we stayed and chatted about 10 or 15 minutes. It was neat!