And How the Pumpkins Turned Out...

By request, here's one more photo from pumpkin night showing the final results. Not so bad for a bunch of rookies.

Pumpkin' Carvin'

Bevvies for the ladies. . .

The adults arguing over proper scoopage and carving techniques. . .

Mae's absolute disgust with the whole process. . .

Scoopage of the guts and entrails. . .

The stenciling of the pumpkin. . .

Amy, our neighbor across the street, was nice enough to have us over for a night of pumpkin carving with another family from down the street. Fun was had by all. Please join us in our excitement. . .

Mae, Mae, Mae

Mae is growing into quite the little pill. She's pretty much decided that it's her way or the highway - and if you ask Luke, it's usually her way. Here are some recent photos of our little princess:


Mae waiting for our plane to Kansas City. She did okay on the flight, except for the sitting still portion. Luke is behind her watching the planes land and take off. His third future profession after cop and fireman is pilot. And as you would expect, the pilot knew Luke's name when we got off the plane.


Mae is 17 months old and already has a shoe fetish. We like to try on everyone's shoes, especially mom's high heels. Here she's cruising in mom's 4-inch red heels.


Mae has become extremely active, and most times refuses to be carried when we're walking somewhere. The bump and bruise under her left eye is the result of a walk down the street. She tripped over her own feet and landed on her face.

"I'm so Stressed Out..".

Luke made it known that he's "so stressed out from playing all the time." I wish I had his problems. Does this look like a kid that's stressed out?


This kid looks like he's ready for the upcoming Sigma Nu party this weekend. Sorry about the clarity of the picture. The camera got dropped again and dad hasn't made time to go out and get a new one.


This is the pose of a kid that's had a long day of playing. Notice his legs are at a 90 degree angle.