"Bad Rap"

Ok..I know we are way behind on posting here to our blog but, this past Sunday, at church, we talked about the tithe and this skit was put on. It's hilarious...check it out.

Playhouse Disney Live! On Tour

Today we took Austin to see Playhouse Disney Live! On Tour. It had a lot of the characters from shows he watches on the Disney channel. When it first started, I'm not sure he really knew what to think about all of it. He had a really sour look on his face but he started to smile a few times when Tigger and Pooh came out. By intermission and the second half he was enjoying himself. While we were walking out at the end, Jen and I were asking him if he had had a good time because during the first part he "didn't look like he was having much fun." He looked at us and said, "I had much fun!" Here is a pic I took with my phone. Jen took some better ones with her actual camera. I'm sure she'll get them up on Flickr soon.

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Christmas Lights Are Up!

Today I got our Christmas lights up. I had planned on doing it yesterday and actually started to but then found out that all the light clips that I put up and used last year had dry rotted and would break each time I squeezed one to put the light back in. Didn't have anymore clips so after Jen bought some more for me I went out today and pulled down all the old clips, put the new ones up and hung the lights. There has to be some type of clip that I can leave up that won't dry rot.

Making pizza at Macaroni Grill!

After Levi's baptism we headed to Macaroni Grill for some lunch. Emily and Austin got to play with some pizza dough while waiting for our table.

Compassion in Action

In October we had fun doing a food drive in a local subdivision. Austin had a great time and loved collecting can goods.

The Computer Nerds at my house

My BoysI cant remember what they were looking at but it was soo cute

American Way

Austin and I are off to vote. Austin is eating a snack. The wait is 1 1/2 hours.

Political Dinner

This morning at church they showed a video about what it might look like if in-laws who have different political views got together for dinner. It's pretty funny. I hadn't been able to work with the film crew in a while but did get the chance to work with them on this one. Below the video I've also linked to the audio of today's sermon. It was a good sermon on "Daniel The Politician". I definitely encourage you to listen to it if you have some time.





Daniel The Politician

Bob or Bob?

Austin is going to be Bob for Halloween, but the question is which one? He tried on the Bob the Tomato costume today and decided that he didn't want to wear it anymore. So he decided to be Bob the Builder. We will see which Bob wins out in the end.... Stay tune......

ABC Song

Austin now loves to sing the ABC song before he would get embarrassed if we heard him singing. Now he says 'I sing it again' and he does. It is very cute. Enjoy!

Jennifer's In The Movies!

Ok, she's not really IN a movie but she has helped out with a couple of short films that have been shot by the film crew from our church. She made some of the costumes used in the films. I've embedded the films below. One is just over 8 minutes and the other is about 4 and a half. She actually is mentioned in the credits in the second one as a 'seamstress'. They spelled our last name wrong though... ;-P

If you'd like to see more short films that they've made, head over to www.whitestonemotionpictures.com

She made the watchmaker's (not the son) costume in this one.



She made some of the 'prisoner' costumes for this one (and got in the credits at the end!!)

Austin Is A Bus Driver Now!

One of the teachers where Austin goes to school noticed that every morning he wants to go and look at the "two little white buses" in their parking lot. It's become a routine for him and me each morning. She told me that one day she would bring him out and open one of the buses and let him check it out. So one afternoon she did and took a picture of him for us. I think he was the only one she took out there so it was a pretty neat little special trip for him.

Cool glasses

Austin always complains about it being sunny so I decided to 'invest' in sun glasses. So far they are being kept ph.d. we'll see how long they last.

Our Little Reader

Austin loves to read; We were working in the office upstairs and Austin decided to read in his window seat. He loves books! Now when he plays he even narrates for his trains! "Help! says Gordon"

DadLabs Take, pt 2

Here is DadLabs video of their take on McCain from the dad perspective:

DadLabs Take, On The Presidential Candidates

A website I checkout is doing a two day overview on Obama and McCain from a dad perspective. (for those who don't know about DadLabs this won't be a totally serious tone the whole time). Today was Obama, tomorrow will be McCain.

Now I have to share

Austin LOVES Starbucks Green Tea Lemonade!

Beautiful Saturday

We spent a wonderful Saturday morning at Tony's softball game. It's starting to feel like Fall (or atleast for the day). Playing cars will never be the same now that Austin has found dirt .

Monkey Joe's

New Adventures

We started attempting potty training this week; things aren't going too well. Sitting a lot but no action :) But when you get an M&M every time you sit, it isn't so bad.