Pumpkin Hummus

I was thinking someone should make this and invite me over so I can eat some. Who's game?

G1

Austin, I just noticed your Gmail chat says you "got the G1" Well I did a Google Image search for G1 and this is what came up.I sure hope this isn't what "you got"

Terms of Endearment

So I was talking to the boys the other day about "love" and what it means when we say we love someone. I asked Truman if he loved Heavenly Father? He replied, "I love Heavenly Father. I wrestle him!" So if you ever get taken to the ground and wrestled by Truman know that it's because he loves you.

Here is Sterling in his Puj BootiesWalker is a huge fan of his little brother. It is so nice to have a little helper around.

The Boys had fun dressing up in some of their daddies old Halloween costumes.

Walker is not yet 5 years old, and yet he has been fishing about 4 times, duck hunting 2 times and even Elk hunting (no elk though, just the dung) Recently Grandpa Richardson introduced the boys to face painting. No, not football fan face painting but camo face paint. They both LOVED it. It really was harder to see them in the bushes when they were hiding in their full camo gear with the face paint.

Truman is quite excited about being able to ride his bike all by himself. Ben is already talking about taking the training wheels off. I told him to do me a favor and leave them on until the boy is at least 3!

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Saturday night my kids were discussing what they wanted to be when they grow up. Dallas couldn't pinpoint the exact career he wanted, but did say that he wanted to be a Dad. He then told Hallie that she would be a Mom too. Her reply was, "No, I'm going to stay here with Mom and Dad. And then when they die I will take care of the house until they are resurrected." Dallas told her that she had to get married and be a Mom. Then after some thought he declared, "Well I guess you don't have to. Austin is old and he isn't married."

Sorry Aus, it was too cute and funny not to share, we love you!

Sterling K.

He's here and he made it just in the nick of time. Sterling K. (the K is for me and grandpa Kay) was born on Wednesday Sept 10th at 11:26 pm (yes Nancy, we avoided Sept. 11th as his birthday!) He was 8 lbs on the money and 20 inches long. He is a happy healthy boy that is eating and sleeping very well. And I am doing very well. No back problems like the last time. And we are so happy to have grandma Craig here helping us. She even brought the Disney song book and had the boys marching around the table last night. The boys both love their new brother and Walker in particular enjoys taking care of "Cosmo" as he likes to call him.

Harvest Time

You reap what you sew. That's what Dad always said. Well, this week we have been "reaping" corn and lots of it. We've had it for lunch and dinner for most meals. I have yet to discover how to work it into breakfast. Zucchini on the other hand is easy to work into any meal. I have even been going so far as to leave BIG zucchini's on my neighbors doorstep. And she was so kind as to bring us some zucchini bread the next day! Now if I could just figure out how to "reap" this baby in my tummy I'd be a happy camper. Actually, I am being induced on Wednesday if he doesn't come before then. So I don't have much to complain about. We are excited to be adding another boy to the family!


The boys are really excited that Grandma Craig is coming to visit. We were getting her room ready the other night and as soon as we were done Walker ran into the kitchen and started laying out a bunch of food. When I asked what he was doing he said he was getting Grandma a snack because she might get hungry while she's here. As you can see from the picture he got out cheese, home-made granola, popcorn, eggs, a kiwi and some water. I was quite proud of him for thinking ahead!


Well, wish us luck on Wednesday!

Norah, all grown up (or trying her darnedest)