Halloween '09

We had fun celebrating the holiday with Lilah and friends! Since Lilah is a little young to be cutting pumpkins, I let her paint them instead: (you can see the final products later in this post)



Yes that IS black paint on my floor. Thank God for tempra!

Lilah dressed this year as .......

MINNIE MOUSE! (Thanks Naomi for the hand-me-down!) :)

Lilah and Simon pose:

And they hold hands!

On the actual Halloween day, Nick and I went to Corvallis and meet up with friends. Lilah stayed behind and went trick-or-treating with Aunt Michelle and Nana! Thanks Michelle and Mom for letting us enjoy somewhat of our former lives!

Nick played computer and video games with friends while I hooked up with a couple girls from camp and went TRAIL RIDING!! Just what the doctor ordered.....

Then, that evening we partied.

Our friend Erin made these lovely appetizers: (yuk!)

(this was actually like a butterfinger/graham dish)

Nick and I reinact his surgery four days before Halloween:

Did I forget to mention we went as pirates?

Erin and I

We are champ-pion-on at beer po-pon-pong

Hope you all had a good Halloween!

Idle Minds

Nick writes:

I had a thought the day before my surgery. It occur ed to me that I had taken a test that normally is given to pregnant women looking for the hCG hormone given off by a developing embryo. Apparently it can also be present in men for a few reasons including a germ cell tumor.

So, with Heather egging me on, my curiosity got the best of me and... I'm pregnant!

Lilah's Nite-nite game....

the 250th Post!!

It's the 250th post! Who would have thought it would make it this far?!?!? Blogging has become something fun for Lilah to look back on when she's older. Thanks to my sisters who encouraged me to start this!

To celebrate, I am posting random recent pictures that haven't made it onto the blog yet!

Going to church with Nanny Tanny!

Lilah and Daddy at Multnomah Falls

Still loves smoothies! (Or "movies" as she says!)

At the Pumpkin Patch!

Nana and I took Lilah to a Pumpkin Patch this year. Lilah loved it and we all had lots of fun. Now when Lilah sees the pumpkins sitting outside out house, she excitedly says, "Pumpkin patch Mommy! Pumpkin patch!" :) Stay tuned for more Halloween pictures to come!

In a hay bale maze:


Nana and Liah pose!


Nana shows Lilah how baby cows suck on your fingers. Don't try this at home!


Mommy and Lilah use a drainage tile as a slide!


Duck races!

Lilah got to bottle-feed this calf:

Picking out our not-so-perfect pumpkins:

Nana helps too!

Oh how the years go by.....

Nick has been blessed to not only have a strong family network, but also a strong core group of friends. Together we have all gone from socializing at college parties, to road trips, to weddings, to the births of babies, and to life beyond. We've added new friends along the way, and as of last week we have lost friends as well. As we continue forward, I have been thinking back to when I first meet Nick's group of friends, and how young we were. The years have flown by, and suddenly we're dealing with adult issues we'd rather not. And yet we will always have friends and family to stand by our side, so cheers to you! Thank you for your friendship.


In memory of Anto....


Awww.... a 19 year-old Heather. Can you say fresh-faced?

On a road trip!

The next generation?

Happy Birthday Lilah and Miranda!

Since Nick and I were at camp when Lilah turned two, we decided to celebrate her birthday once we returned home. Timing worked out, and we were able to do a combo birthday party with Lilah's cousin Miranda, who was visiting from Idaho and turned 3 in September. It was a great time spent with the family, and I loved watching Lilah's excitement, especially over her new dollhouse and the helium balloons!