lovely Finn

Aaron and I have a calling in our church to run the library. Each week as we go up early to get things going Finn likes to stand on a chair or stool and sing. There is a microphone stand that props the door open, so he proceeds to get a book (his singing book) and sing. Aaron told me last week he was singing to each new costomer, here is a picture - so cute.

A shooting we will go

Here is Van and Ridley tagging along with Aaron and Jeff for a regular day of shooting. I love that they are old enough to go spend time with their dads - good bonding. I used the film section of the editing gear to make this picture look like this.

photo editing

As I have said before I got a new camera. Now I am playing around with different editing skills, here is one tecnique my sister has helped me with:

Sleeping beauty

Sometimes I have a hard time sleeping, either I can't stop thinking about stuff or I just am not tired but I know that if I don't sleep the next day will not be successful. So this weekend I saw a sleeping mask at Old Navy for 3 dollars, I bought it.

The last two nights Van has been fighting bed time, he says he is scared of the shadows in his room. After many minutes of fighting I decided maybe he could use my mask - at first that wasn't going to do it, then I suggested he listen to my ipod (kids music) while he fall asleep. Finally he agreed. I could not resist this photo:

Won't this be great in his wedding video.

HALLOWEEN

Halloween week seemed very busy this year. With Van in kindergarten it added a bit more excitement to our calandar. Also the pictures on this post are taken with our new camera, YIPEE! At school we had a halloween parade, then the kindergarten put on a little song program. The camera was not purchased at the time and Van was pretending like he was not sick, when really he was. So naturally I was more concerned about how he was feeling than the program. Later that night Shannon invited us over to the Days annual pumpkin carving fest: I know the picture is fuzzy, but it was the cutest one. Van was so excited to

be able to carve with Shannon.

Later in the evening Aaron took Van over to the Days once again to do the final carving-here is the finished product. Aaron did one too.

The next day was Halloween day, Shelly invited us up to decorate cupcakes, the kids had lots of fun eating the cupcakes and candy involved. The finished products turned out really cute.

And of course trick-or-treating:

Aaron did a pumpkin too, and finally we went to the Silver's for the after party - the kids were tired and ready to be done. It was a fun holiday, and I am glad for the new camera to capture it all!