Thanks

We have the best Halloween tradition. Every year the children decide what they want to be and then Grandma Galyan makes their costumes. They are always awesome and well loved by the children. This year we had a Mary Poppins, an Indiana Jones and Kate wanted to be a dragon. Thank you Grandma!

Happy Halloween

We carved pumpkins tonight. Michael long dental school years finally paid off for us! The fang on the top pumpkin fell off and we had to reattach. After brainstorming several ideas, Michael came up with the idea to insert a paperclip. An implant. It worked. We knew dental school would be good for something.

 

Here's a short clip of our pumpkin carving. The kids cracked me up with their impromptu goofball dancing.

Ice Cream

Grandma and Grandpa Melanson have a tradition of taking the grandkids out for ice cream for their 8th birthday. This time is was Luke's turn. He picked bubblegum and cookies n cream ice cream in a waffle bowl. Mmmm....

Timbers Game

Last month Allie and I got to go to a Timbers game with some friends. They won 3-0! Best stadium crowd I have ever been in. I think the fans alone should be credited with one of the goals. For the record, we both recently got new glasses. I bought mine first and then Allie picked hers to match!

Last week Kate's preschool went on a fieldtrip to a pumpkin patch. Here's a group shot with some preschool siblings (it's not that big of a prechool)

Petting baby chicks

These next two crack us up. Kate smells EVERYTHING! That farm was full of all kinds of smells for her. She kept telling me about the dirt, poop and donut smells. After she pet the animals, she had to smell her hand to see what they smelled like. Allie and Luke have been playing these two pictures back and forth and saying "Pet it! Smell it!' over and over again. It's so funny! Yesterday Kate was playing with her Lego animals and I head her say "Pet it! Smell It!"


PIcking out a pumpkin. She picked out the tiniest one she could. By this time is was rainy and cold and she was ready for a donut. (Donuts are her most favorite thing to eat in the world!)

Great Visit!

On Sunday after Luke's baptism we had a great visit with the missionary who baptized our family 22 years ago. It brought back so many memories a learning more about the gospel of Jesus Christ. When he was teaching us, he sang a song about faith that was a huge part of our conversion. It turns out he lives near us in Portland and was able to come up when my parents were here for the baptism. I'm so grateful that he chose to serve a mission and was able to find our family!

Luke's Baptism

Luke was baptized a few weeks ago. It was a wonderful day. Family came from all around to be there with us. Luke was baptized by Michael, Grandma Melanson and Grandma Galyan gave the talks and Allie sang a solo. Luke picked his uncles that were there to say the prayers. It was a family event!