He crawls!

Dynamic Duo

(Jacob's buddy Charlie joined him in the car to eat candy without the bother of parents.)

(This is not a great picture because it was super foggy and I didn't wipe off the lens first -- oops.) Batman and Robin had a great day! Jacob had his Halloween Party at school, later we had chili at our friend's -- Justin, it was delicious -- then it was off to trunk or treat. Jacob spent a lot of time in the car because he could be warm and eat his candy. I couldn't really blame him. When we got back we knocked a few doors in our neighborhood and had a great time. The best was the next day when Jacob wanted some candy. I gave him his bucket so he could pick out a couple of pieces. When I came back into the room, his candy was on the table and he was starting the piles. "Look Mom, the suckers are all with the suckers, these are all my tootsie rolls, ..." Apparently the sorting of candy is not taught, but an innate skill of all children.
We had a fun Halloween and now I say,

Bring on the Holiday Season!

Highlights of our trip to Utah

The day we left, it snowed. Jacob could not have been more excited. When he woke up, he was running around the house saying, "it snowed, it snowed!" My favorite was after he had been looking out the front window at the snow, he ran into the kitchen and looked out back. He then called out, "it snowed in the backyard too!" Just a little excited. He rolled around in the snow, helped his cousins with a snowman, and loved every minute of it.

We all took a ride on the Heber Creeper. We went on their Haunted Canyon ride. It was lots of fun and only a little spooky. This is Jacob with his cousins before we got on the train. (McKell, Jamie, Cherstin, Braden, and Jacob.)My niece, Cherstin took this picture on the train -- nice job Cherst!
We also had a chance to visit our good friends, the McCauley family. They were in our ward here, but have since moved to Utah. This is their new guy, Jacob, with Parker. They are 6 weeks apart.
Hailey, our Jacob, and Madeline. (Lindsay had just gotten hurt and was too sad to be in the picture.) It was so fun to see those guys and we realized how much we miss hanging out with them.
We went out to dinner with two of Jamie's aunts and family. We saw them lots when we lived in Utah, now we have to settle for quick visits when we are out. They are great.

We also spent an afternoon with my good friend Megan and her kids. However, I was so enjoying myself, I totally forgot to take any pictures. Just know they are darling and we love them dearly.

Jacob went on his first fishing trip. He went with Grandpa and Dad. (There is no proof that Jamie was there because he took all the pictures.)


This is Jacob and Grandpa reeling it in.


Here is the fruit of their labor. Jacob was so excited when he got home. The first thing he said was, "Mom, I caught a rainbow scout and I'm going to keep it as my pet!" I skipped the correction of rainbow trout, and went straight to, "hard to keep it as a pet because it is already dead." We had a little chat and he was okay with just having the experience.

Grandpa fried up the fish the next day and it was delicious!

Yes, I do remember that I have a blog

So it's been awhile then. We were getting ready for our trip to Utah, and there has just been a lot since we got back. No worries though, I have returned.

The boys and I went to Utah in the middle of the month and had a great time. We stayed with my parents and were able to see my sister and her family too.

This is Grandma and Grandpa with the boys at Thanksgiving Point at the Scarecrow Festival. They had carnival games, a little train, and about a bajillion inflatable slides with obstacle courses. They also had a Jr. Haunted House. Jacob took Grandpa through it and told him not to worry because all the scary stuff was just plastic.

We went to see my Grandma too. We had a nice visit and she enjoyed seeing how much Jacob had grown and meeting Parker. This is my nephew Braden, my dad, and Jacob. They loaded up Grandpa's truck and were headed to the yard waste dump. Jacob was in heaven. Grandpa and yard waste, does it get any better?
Parker was just chillin' at Grandma's. He took a little warming up, but he was loving the attention by my mom, sister, and darling neices.
We had such a great time that Jacob was not so sure about coming home.

What's Wrong With This Picture?

If you are like most normal people, nothing really jumps out at you when you look at these pictures other than why in the world am I looking at garbage-related pictures. However, if you are a 4-year old obsessed with garbage, then you will instantly notice that gigantic problem and be bothered by it. These pictures are part of one of Jacob's books where they line up a couple of occupations with the machines they drive (farmer/tractor, firefighter/firetruck, etc.) and you are supposed to match them up. When Jamie was reading the book to Jacob before bedtime the other day, Jacob matched the garbage man up with the garbage truck (of course) and then said "but that garbage man doesn't go with that garbage truck. That is a dumpster garbage truck and the garbage man has a silver garbage can that goes in a rear loader garbage truck." Wow. What do you say to that? Scary enough, he is right. Freaky, but right.