Halloween Festivities

CooCoo Bear as Pebbles

Easton and Jason

Yes... I was dressed up as a cowgirl (I don't normally wear the hat)

Sshhh... Don't wake the dinosaur!

On the front porch with his pumpkins

Easton and Grandma Child

He couldn't wait to eat his candy!

The trick-or-treating crew

This year was Easton's first Halloween! I had been looking forward to this day for a few months because Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. With the recent passing of my dad, my morale has been a little down so it was hard to "celebrate". However, I got my butt in gear so I wouldn't regret Easton not being able to celebrate his first Halloween. On Friday night we went to a party at the church which was a lot of fun. (Thanks Chanie and Buck!) It included decorating sugar cookies, donuts, hot chocolate, a cake walk, streamers, and lots of cute costumes. On Saturday we went trick-or-treating with my brother Gabe and his little girl Mackenzie- his poor wife had to work. Easton was a dinosaur and CooCoo was Pebbles. It was a lot of fun, and really surprising how much candy 1 yr. olds can get!

Triple B Farm

A few weeks ago, we went to a local farm called Triple B to pick pumpkins and eat caramel apples. I had never been before, and never realized what an attraction this farm was. It reminded me of Roloff farm :) There was so much for kids to do... hay rides, a petting zoo, pumpkin & apple picking, slides, carnival games, pumpkin walk, and tons more. Easton was a little too small to appreciate everything, but he will definitely love it next year when he can participate in more things.

I miss my dad

Fish Lake with Easton- Aug. 2009

The birth of Easton- Dec. 2008

My wedding- May 2007

Family Picture- January 2008

My dad as a baby

It's hard to believe it's almost been 2 weeks since my dad passed. For those of you who didn't know, my dad was in a car accident on October 1st. He sustained a lot of internal injuries which kept him in the ICU for 2 weeks. Just when we thought he was on the mend, his body took a turn for the worse. His intestines began to die, and he became septic. This ultimately led to multiple organ failure. He passed on Saturday October 17th at 11am. We held a viewing and funeral service here in PA, and then we went to Utah and held another funeral after which he was buried in the Hooper City cemetery. It's still hard to fathom that he's no longer with us. He was a great dad and a great grandpa. I'm sad that Easton won't be able to know his grandpa, but he resembles him a lot physically, so hopefully he will resemble him in many other ways as well. I'm so grateful for the knowledge that I can be with him once again, this blessing has been a great comfort to our family.

9 months old!

On Saturday, we went and took Easton to get his 9 month pictures taken. They turned out pretty cute, we had some family pictures taken as well. He also went to the doctor this week, and he now weighs 20 lbs. 11 oz. and is 28 1/2 inches tall. He's growing like crazy, and we sure love him!

More Pictures

Fish Lake, Utah August 2009

FINALLY!

Yes, yes, I am finally updating our blog! It seems like I have been so busy I haven't had the chance to update in a long time. Now that I am working part time, I seem to have found a little more time to do things that I enjoy!

A little update on our family...
Easton is 9 months old! He's getting so big! He goes to the doctor this week for his check up and shots. I'm guessing he weighs 21 pounds. I tried weighing him on the scale and it said he was 16 lbs. I'm pretty sure that's not accurate since he weighed 18 lbs. at his 6 month visit. (Since it's being a little forgiving on the pounds, I should hop on!) He's SOOO close to crawling. He babbles all the time and is constantly clapping his hands when we say "clap clap". He has said mama twice. Jason won't come to terms that he's said it, but we have witnesses. He loves books and his duck bath tub. He has his bottom two teeth in, and his top ones are coming in. It's funny because his front ones haven't broke through the gums yet, but his side ones have. He'll be our little pumpkin just in time for Halloween!

Jason is now working as the branch manager for PNC at their new Morgantown branch on WVU's campus. They are looking to expand in the near future, which will mean we will hardly ever see him! He works long days filled with long hours. We sure miss him when he's gone. Easton loves when his daddy walks through the door. He flaps his arms with such excitement that I'm convinced he's going to fly away one of these days. I just imagine him singing the primary song, "I'm so glad when daddy comes home...."

As for myself, I quit my job at H&M. It was really sad to leave, but I am now working MUCH closer to home, and part time. I'm still doing what I love, so I'm happy that I was able to find a job in my extremely narrow field. I'm the Enrichment counslor in the relief society presidency, and I get to work with my sister-in-law which has been fun! If anyone has any ideas, please let me know! Fresh ideas are always fun!

That's our life updated in a nutshell. I'm including some pictures from our trip to Utah this summer. We had a blast, and can't wait to go back for a visit! We're hoping in March!

Family Pictures

On Valentine's Day, the Picture People were offering a special. So we decided to go and get our first family picture taken! We thought they did a really good job, now the hard part is picking which one to buy!