Thanksgiving...

I love Thanksgiving and the opportunity to reflect on all of our blessings that we enjoy. (not that we shouldn't be doing that all year long, but you know what I mean). This was our first year hosting the Thanksgiving dinner. My parents were the only ones who came up, but we still feasted away and had a great time. I felt like a real mom/wife/domestic being having to do a lot of the prep work and grocery shopping. I must admit that I loved every bit of it. Dinner was fantastic! We even ventured out to the mall on black Friday and rather enjoyed ourselves. All of our Christmas shopping is done, sadly. It was just a really fun, relaxing, Thanksgiving break. We ate a lot, watched movies, and played Donkey Konga on the Wii for hours laughing our heads off! Thanks for sharing with us Mom and Dad!

On my short list of things I am grateful for:

-Being a wife to my most amazing man

-Being a mom to the two most beautiful, smart, entertaining, energetic children

-My family- all of them: my brothers and sisters and their awesome spouses (and soon to be spouse), my parents, my extended family, and all my in-laws- so thankful for you all!

-The gospel... I can't imagine life without it

-My Savior

Here are some pictures from this past weekend... 

The grandparents with Carter & Andi:

A picture of my mom and dad, courtesy of Carter:

Jefferson putting together our tree (we'll have a real one one of these years):

Me and the kids decorating the tree: 

What Jefferson and my dad were doing while we decorated:

The tree:

Grandpa getting some snuggle time with Andi: 

I paid...

$1.78 /gallon for gas today!

The kids

We had the kids weighed and measured last week. Carter is 3 ft  3 inches tall (above the 95%) and weighs 29.6 lbs (45%). Andi is 2 ft 8 inches tall (75%) and 23.14 lbs (50%). They are growing!

Over the weekend we rented "Kung Fu Panda" and Carter got a big kick out of it! He keeps trying to pull his kung fu moves by running around and kicking things.... 

Andi got an Oreo for a snack yesterday and loved it:

And today we hosted playgroup at our house. There are only 8 kids pictured, but there were also three babies under the age of 6 months, Finn was sitting at the table, and we were missing our beloved triplets. It's a full house, but all the kids love it, and so do the moms. We are off to a great start this Thanksgiving week. :)

Yep, I'm thankful for them too...

They got into our outdoor winter clothes, and this is what they came out with.

Tis the season

In the past few days I have come across three different articles/comments that have all stated that we need to live in the present and enjoy today for what it is. There is a quote by Thomas S. Monson that says : "If we live only for tomorrow, we'll eventually have a lot of empty yesterdays." I have been trying to forget about all the things that I need to do for tomorrow so I can stop and enjoy what my kids are doing today. In the process it has just made me so thankful. I know Thanksgiving is next week, so I am sure that is influencing my new found thankful attitude too.

Just today I was taking my kids out of an appointment and we had to walk to the car. Just at that moment it began to pour down rain. Not sprinkle, or mist, or even just rain, it was the makings of a flash flood. Usually this would make me highly irritated, but instead I began to laugh, hard. My kids then started laughing at me and the amount of rain that was falling on our heads and we all just sat there sopping wet, trying to get into the car, laughing all the way. It was such a fun moment that I am thankful for.

When we got home from said appointment my new nursing license was waiting in the mail. How thankful I am that I got an education. I will still have a current RN license when Jefferson is done with school, and that is such a huge relief of a safety net if something doesn't work out as planned. I am so grateful that my parents were able to support me through college and that they emphasized the importance of education. We were always expected to get good grades, to do our best, and to obtain the most education that we could. 

That doesn't only imply college education, either. We are meant to continue to learn and grow throughout life. To read and study good literature. To develop, grow, and learn as a parent and spouse and in general, as a member of society.

Mostly, I have been so thankful these past two, very long days, that Jefferson is receiving his education so that I don't have to "use" mine, at least in a professional setting. He has sacrificed so much already for our little family, and I am truly grateful that I have him by my side. I know he will be successful and that I will have the opportunity to remain a stay-at-home mom FOREVER!! 

Also, as I am having to say goodbye to some of my dearest friends as they move on, I have realized what a blessing they have been to me while we are in the "chiropractic wife" club. That's not to say that this is the end of our friendship, but it's been so nice having such amazing friends a stones throw away that can relate to exactly what I am going through when my husband doesn't get home til 9pm and is out the door by 6:15am the next morning, and having two wild kids at home. So grateful for those girls and still so grateful for my chiropractic wife friends who remain here with me, and even more grateful for my "permanent Portland" girlfriends. I am very glad you aren't going anywhere. :)

Ok, I could go on and on about everything I am thankful for, and I am sure you are going to get a post full on Thanksgiving, but I'll stop it there for right now. Go thy way and be grateful!

HELP

Now that I have my blog list to the side that posts the most recently updated at the top of the list, I can't get it to add more blogs. Anybody else run into this problem?

Young Women in Excellence

Was excellent! We had ours last Wednesday and it turned out so well. The pictures do not do it justice. Ours was an Academy Award theme. The Academy of Personal Progress. A few weeks ago we had a YWE prep night. We made these stars on posterboard with all the girls' names on it and their hand prints, and we added the YW logo on as well. (For the walk of fame)

 The girls finalized what they wanted to display and they also glammed up the invites for their parents. The invitations read as follows: 

You are invited to join the Young Women in a star studded evening of glitz and glamour at the 1^st ever annual

Young Women in Excellence Academy Awards

The 12^th day of November, 2008

Award show begins @ 7:30pm

Young Women please show up for the Pre-Oscar party @ 7pm

Refreshments served at the Oscar after party.

Star worthy attire requested.

The night of we asked the girls to arrive early to set up their display. We had a pre-Oscar party with hors d'oeuvres and sparkling cider. 

The room was all decked out in stars. There were stars that matched the value colors on the wall, then shiny star garland lined the room, as well as a ton of twinkle lights. We didn't even have the over head lights on there were so many twinkle lights! Each display table had table cloths that matched a value color. We also had a framed picture of each of the girls next to their project. (We had an activity a while back where a friend photographer came and took photos of our girls and taught them a few photography tips, so we framed those pics). 

Then the award show began. We had a red carpet lined with sparkly stars, and then that box up front on the ground was a strobe light. 

The first part of the program was the awards. We had individual awards for each of the girls that correlated with one of the seven values. I made black envelopes with the "category" on the outside (faith, divine nature, etc) and then the winner's name on the inside. As a presidency we took turns announcing the categories and awards. For each category we named a few reasons why the girl was getting the award and experiences that apply to the award (ie for good works we named some secific times that the winner had gone out of her way to serve others, etc). Then we said, "And the winner of the Faith award goes to...." When the girl won an award she had to walk in and down the red carpet. They received a personalized Oscarette and star necklaces the color of the value they won. We had their acceptance speeches written out for them and they just had to read them. Their acceptance speech was specific to the value that they won as well. So, "I would like to thank faith for giving me hope and...." That was how we introduced all the values.

 After the awards the girls sang a special musical number from the primary song book, "Every star is different." For the last half the girls presented their projects. Then we partook of star themed desserts. 

Only four of our nine girls were there, so that was a little disappointing. But, it was certainly special for the girls who were there, and they loved it. All we can do is keep preparing special, fun, meaningful activities and hope that the rest of the girls climb on board. (thanks for that reminder Mom!) 

My kids...

Just a little update. I feel like I haven't really written about my kids recently.

Carter is just as busy as ever. 

*He's really into make-believe. He likes to put on a backpack and pretend to go to school. He'll say, "I'll be right back, I'm going to take a test." Then he'll come back in the room and say, "I got an 'A'!" 

*He loves to stand on the edge of the couch and jump onto the cushions. I am sure one of these times he's going to fall and break something.

*He chases "monsters" every day. He will tell us all to "shhhhhh" and then sneak into one of our rooms and say "Monster wake up!"

*He likes to help me cook and always drags a chair into the kitchen when I'm in there.

*He LOVES reading! We go to the library every week and get new books. He always gets attached to one of the books we check out. Last week it was "The Big Hungry Bear" and this week it's "No, David!" We will read and reread them literally about fifteen times a day.

*Carter still comes up and gives me random hugs and kisses. I will be so sad when he's too old for that.

*Carter gives amazing prayers. 

*Carter likes to give himself props. When he does something "cool" like jump off the couch or hold the nozzle of the faucet and make water squirt everywhere, he'll say "That's amazing!"

*He can't walk past a puddle without splashing in it, and the proves problematic when we live in such a wet place- there are lots of puddles!

*He plays dress up practically every morning and changes outfits about five times. First it's his Lightning McQueen pajamas, then it's his soccer jersey and shorts, then his sweats, then his spider shirt... 

*He still sucks his thumb.

*He knows who the prophet of the church is: "President Monson"

*When he sees something he likes in the store he'll say, "For Christmas?" And we'll assure him that yes, we'll put that on his wish list for Christmas.

Oh my little Andi:

*She loves her binki and will say "binki please" over and over again. We usually don't give in unless it's nap time.

*She still carries her purse everywhere with her, and usually has her pearls on and a set of keys in her hand. Inevitably she ends up at the door trying to get out because she's ready to go!

*She is starting to say a little more... kind of. It's not very clear at all, but she tries.

*She is very independent. We leave her in nursery pretty frequently (our friends are the nursery leaders) and she loves it and has never once cried for us. We also go to an open gym where there are tons of kids and she takes off the second we get in the door and never looks back or tries to find me.

*You cannot keep this girl from dancing! She will dance to anything that sounds like a melody, TV commercials, telephone rings, and music of course!

*She is going to be a hoarder. She will just stuff her hands full of stuff and carries it around with her from pjs to shoes to pillows to cars. It doesn't matter, she just wants her arm full of stuff.

*She is always trying to do what Carter does and it makes her really mad when she can't do the same things, like reach the water in the bathroom sink to wash her hands.

* She also LOVES to read. She will sit with books for a good thirty minutes just looking at them. 

*She still loves to eat, is not picky, and finishes everything on her plate and Carter's plate. 

*She is starting to run and it is so funny looking. It makes me laugh every time.

*On that same note, her favorite game is when we chase her. 

*Her fifth tooth finally came in. Yes, she only has five teeth! Three on top, two on bottom, all in the front. 

Here she is enjoying a cookie:

Playgroup at our house:

Our YM/YW beach retreat last weekend. Yup, rainy, windy, and cold, but fun!

Funnies

Carter certainly keeps us laughing. 

We were driving last night and we pointed out the moon (which was ginormous! and right over the rooftops) and Carter was excited and watching it. After a minute he said, "The moon is running!" because it was keeping up with us. Clever, eh?

One of our DVDs was skipping today, so I took the DVD out and blew on the DVD tray and Carter asked me, "Is it hot mama?" 

Mommy Moments: Life Lessons

These mommy moments aren't directly related to my kids, but these life lessons came about because of them.

Life lesson number one that I have learned in the past week or so is that the harder one tries to be good and do what is right, the harder the adversary tries to thwart your efforts.  I guess when we are doing all the right things, reading our scriptures, saying our prayers morning and night, fulfilling our callings, trying to be an amazing mom and wife, the adversary knows that we will be the most effective and doesn't want us to succeed. So, when we face trials or feel like there are forces conspiring against us, I guess we should be flattered, it means we're probably doing something right. 

Life lesson number two is that I have discovered no matter how hard you try and no matter how bad you want something and work to get it and do all the right things, you still might not necessarily get what you want. Something about "the Lord's timing." 

Tag- I'm it!

I altered this a little so there were 8 things of 8- what can I say, I love talking about myself! :) The lists of 8 are in no particular order.

8 Favorite TV Shows:

1: The Office

2. Fringe

3. Til Death

4. So You Think You Can Dance

5. American Idol

6. Bones

7. House

8. Everybody Loves Raymond

8 Favorite Movies:

1. White Christmas

2. Dan in Real Life

3. Notting Hill

4. Sleepless in Seattle

5. Cabaret

6. Elf

7. Bourne movies

8. Hairspray

8 Quirks about you

1. When I am done getting ready I tilt my head to the right and take a final look at myself. Jefferson pointed this out to me after we first got married. 

2. One of my ears is a different shape than the other- great, now I'm going to be self conscious about it when everyone starts to look at my ears!

3. I have a serious phobia of moths. I would take spiders or snakes over moths any day. I don't know if it's the size of their hairy little bodies or their unpredictable flight pattern, but they freak me out.

4. I hate getting my blood pressure taken. I would rather have a shot. 

5. I sometimes don't know if I said what I was thinking or I just thought it. It drives Jefferson crazy.

6. I break down into hysterical fits of laughter at random. We're talking pain in the side, can't breath, tears streaming, laughing- over nothing! Literally. It happened a lot more frequently when I was younger, like in high school, but it happened two nights ago during scripture reading with Jefferson. It was so bad that we just closed our books and threw in the towel for the night.

7. I narrate my life in my head during the day. Like everything I do is a blog entry in my head. I don't know if it's the hidden journalist in me, or the obsessive blogger in me. I wish that I had a tape recorder up there to record my life story. 

8. I can't bite into a banana. I hate the fuzzy feeling it leaves on my teeth, so I have to break off bites and then pop them into my mouth.

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

1. Went to playgroup at Carolyn's! We live for our playgroup. I love my friends and my kids love their kids- it's perfect!

2. Had a YW presidency meeting to finish up planning for our YW in Excellence on Wednesday.

3. Had my haircut cancelled because my lady threw out her back. I almost cried, literally, when she called to tell me. I need a hair cut!!!

4. Had my old lady card club where I got to use their cuddlebugs. I am addicted- I want one for Christmas or my birthday or just because I am an awesome wife and mom. (ok, that last one might be pushing it)

5. I ate a spider leg- long story, but it was on accident.

6. Consequently made a sound that sounded like a caribou (according to Jefferson) as I tried to get the spider leg out of my throat, which made me....

7. Laugh so hard that I cried...

8. My husband looked at me like I was crazy and now calls me spiderwoman. :)

8 Things I Look Forward To:

1. Owning my very own house

2. Growing old with Jefferson and watching the fruits of our labors as our kids have kids.

3. Christmas!

4. Being pregnant again

5. Thanksgiving with my parents

6. Monday playgroups!

7. Vacations with my family

8. Having a yard!

8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. Muchas Gracias

2. Pita Pit

3. Olive Garden (for their pasta y figioli soup)

4. Mongolian Grill (most of the ones I have tried I have loved)

5. Cafe Pier Pont (if only for the memories)

6. Schlotzky's Deli

7. Baja Fresh

8. Rodizio (picture all the meat you can eat of all different kinds- I am a meat and potatoes kind of gal, what can I say?)

8 Things on my wish list

1. A house

2. A second honeymoon with Jefferson

3. A king sized bed- with a bedroom set

4. A cuddlebug 

5. My very own craft room, custom designed by me

6. Endless sky miles so I can travel wherever I want, whenever I want

7. A heated swimming pool

8. A new car for Jefferson

8 people I tag 

1. Alli

2. Dyan

3. Tory

4. Heather

5. Ashlee

6. Michelle

7. Amy

8. Jessica

Church today...

Today was our primary program in church. They did such an amazing job. The spirit was so strong and we had more people in our congregation than I have ever seen. It was the best sacrament meeting we have ever had as a family too. Carter sat on Jefferson's lap almost the entire time totally enthralled with the kids in the program. I could see the wheels turning as he watched them, and about half way through the program after any group of kids would give their part he would say, "My turn." "Come on Daddy." "I want to go up the stairs" (that lead to the pulpit) "I want to go up Daddy." He felt the spirit! I hope he has that fire when he's actually in primary!

Who am I?

Yes, I love Twilight.

You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family.  A loving home is of great importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome.  Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be sensitive.  You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and appreciate the kind way you always handle things. 

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Mommy Moment: Funny talk

Carter got up to wash his hands in the kitchen sink this morning and there were egg shells in there from breakfast. He turned and asked me, "Were there chickens in there?"

I don't really know how he knew that, because I have never told him that these are bird eggs we are eating because I think the whole eating a baby chicken thing might be kind of freaky to a two year old. I just had to laugh and say yes, that there were chickens in there. 

My beautiful little family

My friend is an amazing photographer and hooked us up with some sweet pictures! Check her out at www.heatherwardphotography.com 

200th Post

This is my 200th post and I thought I would commemorate it by listing 200 things that I love about life. Don't feel obligated to read them all because 200 is a lot. 

1. Jefferson; the most amazing, tender, strong, smart, devoted, man in the world.

2. Carter; that strong willed, energetic, little ball of energy.

3. Andi; the feisty, happy, hungry, purse carrying girl of mine.

4. The true gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives

5. My Savior

6. Prayer

7. Answers to prayers

8. The Book of Mormon

9. A family who supports me and raised me so well

10. A roof over my head

11. Food on the table 

12. My education

13. Jefferson's education

14. Our health

15. This job; even though I complain about it a lot, the little discomfort that it is has caused has actually provided us with a lot more comfort

16. My van :)

17. Clothes on our back... and decent ones at that (ok, I suppose that's subjective)

18. Cell phones

19. Living in a free country

20. The right to vote

21. Internet that makes it so easy to keep in contact with so many family members and friends

22. Blogging

23. Blurb. I can't wait to publish my first book!

24. Loan money

25. Government aid

26. Good books

27.  Singing

28. Dancing

29. Singing and Dancing

30. Singing and Dancing with my kids

31. Playgroup

32. Amazing friends

33. Story time at the library

34. My double stroller- it's deluxe!

35. Safety handles on doors

36. Scrapbooking

37. Wii

38. Laughing; it's one of my favorite things to do

39. Writing in a journal

40. Sleeping next to my husband

41. Pictures

42. Our video camera

43. Temples

44. Being married in the temple

45. Missionaries

46. Digital cameras

47. Living in Portland

48. The Oregon Zoo

49. The Children's Museum

50. Eating out

51. Movie theater popcorn

52. Anything with peanut butter in it

53. Steak

54. Christmas

55. Christmas music

56. Christmas music in July

57. Stamping

58. Craft time with my kids

59. Baking

60. Cooking

61. Cookie Mondays

62. Board games

63. My young women

64. TV (I wish I didn't)

65. Sleep

66. Being pregnant (No, that is not an announcement)

67. Nieces and nephews

68. Thanksgiving

69. Halloween

70. Valentine's Day

71. 4th of July

72. Fireworks

73. Piano

74. My couches. We got a lot of comments on how comfy they are. I love them.

75. Fall and the changing of colors

76. Going on long drives with my hubby

77. Diet Coke

78. Hot chocolate on cool mornings

79. Exercising

80. Turbo Jam

81. My in-law family

82. Nursing- I know I'm not practicing, but it sure is useful knowledge

83. Swimming

84. Dressing up

85. Hot water (for my showers in the morning)

86. My kids love books!

87. Target

88. $1.50 popcorn and a drink at Target

89. My kids' grandparents

90. My grandparents

91. My ancestors

92. Modern medicine

93. My kids' awesome pediatricians!

94. My midwife

95. Hospitals

96. Room spray (especially ones from bath and body works)

97. Scentsy "candles"

98. Tucking my kids in bed at night

99. Listening to Carter say his prayers

100. Every time Carter says "I love you"

101. After Carter says "I love you" he often says "You make me so happy mama" (because I say that to him a lot)

102. Andi's new found love of her binki (who knew you could become an addict at 14 months)

103. Andi is our vacuum cleaner- she finished up everybody's plates

104. Betty the Ballerina

105. Lasso

106. Mooers

107. My Big Star jeans

108. My Frye boots

109. So You Think You Can Dance

110. My favorite TV shows: The Office, American idol, Fringe, Til Death...

111. Sports

112. Animals (and those of you who we are close to that have pets so we don't have to get one yet)

113. Making love (can I put that on here? I waited til I was down the list a ways so hopefully people don't make it this far and get embarrassed) :)

114. All my tender mommy moments

115. Being a mom and appreciating everything that my mom has ever done for me on such a new level of appreciation

116. Being a parent and married and appreciating everything my dad has ever sacrificed for his family. Seeing what Jefferson has had to do has made me realize everything my dad has done for us.

117. Lighting pillows on fire :)

118. Roasting marshmallows

119. Warm days at the beach

120. Watching my kids taste something new for the first time

121. Joseph Smith

122. Mint chocolate chip ice cream

123. Hot cookies and milk

124. Listening to my kids play in their room after they are put in bed

125. Appreciating where I am at in my life right now

126. The Holy Ghost (and the guidance it provides me)

127. Scary movies: Wait Until Dark, The Sixth Sense...

128. Chic flics; including, but not limited to: Sleepless in Seattle, The Notebook, Notting Hill, Dan in Real Life, You've Got Mail...

129. FHE

130. 10 for $10s

131. Costco

132. Shopping

133. Jeans that are long enough

134. Snowboarding

135. Snow

136. Snowmen

137. My patriarchal blessing

138. People watching

139. Traveling

140. Disneyland!

141. A living prophet on the earth

142. Flowers; especially a vase full of them that my husband brings me

143. Watching my kids sleep

144. The smell of my kids room in the morning

145. Watching Carter and Andi play together/fight together

146. Pumpkin patches

147. Cinnabons

148. Chips and salsa

149. Vacuum cleaners

150. My happy little plant that I can't kill

156. Mail in ballots

157. Date nights

158. DVD players in cars

159. Flying a kite with Carter

160. Bon Fires

161. Electricity

162. Running water

163. Britas

164. Christmas shopping

165. Sales

166. Free magazine subscriptions

167. Riding my parents horses

168. Four wheeling

169. BBQ's

170. Grilling in the summer

171. Parties

172. Birthdays

173. Candles

174. My down pillow

175. Girls' night out

176. Dessert

177. Voting

178. My old lady card club

179.  Bubble blowing- my kids never get sick of it!

180. Listening to my kids laugh

181. Watching my kids when they don't know it

182. Bath time

183. A jacuzzi tub some day

184. Being adjusted!! (whenever I want!)

185. Massages

186. Leg scratching

187. Pedicures

188. Getting my hair cut

189. Crocheting

190. Being loved

191. Being a wife

192. Playing with my kids

193. Listening to Carter sing all of his favorites: "Twinkle Star" "Speckled Frog" "Itsy bitsy Spider"

194. Going on walks

195. The smell of fresh cut grass

196. Putting on the nativity with my siblings (but really I can't wait until our kids are old enough to take over for us)

197. Planning for the future with my hubby

198. Going on vacation

199. Appreciating the small things with my kiddies

200. My love of life

That was way easier than I had anticipated! 

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Be still my heart

Today was fast and testimony day in church. For those of you not LDS, during the first hour of church anybody in the congregation can get up and bare their testimony about the truths of the gospel. It's usually only a minute or so. There was a time in today's meeting when a number of kids got up in a row and bore their testimonies, and pretty soon Carter turns to me and says, "My turn mama?" My sweet little two year old wanted to bare his testimony! It was so tender. I assured him that we would practice our testimonies in FHE this week. 

Happy Halloween!

We had such a fabulous Halloween this year! Jefferson was at school until 4 and the kids were super excited to get dressed up when daddy got home so I decided to have some activities to make the morning go by faster. First we decorated pumpkin cupcakes. They are super delicious and apparently the name "pumpkin cupcakes" is too long for Carter to spit out so he has nicknamed them "pumcakes." I love it so the name is going to stick. We decorated pumcakes:

Then, since we never got around to carving pumpkins (which is a good thing because I noticed a few days ago that ours are already going soft and they haven't even been carved) we decorated our own pumpkins with the fun stickers grandma and grandpa got the kids:

Finally it was time to go party the night away. We got all dolled up and headed to Halloween party #1 that our friends the Kemp's hosted. They decorated a ton and we just ate snacks and talked for the little bit that we were there:

Then this marked the first Halloween that our kids have been trick-or-treating. Carter was a bit skeptical at the first door. The lady was already sitting on her porch and when she tried putting the candy in Carter's pumpkin he snatched it out of her hands because he wanted to hold it; I think to examine if indeed Mom and Dad were telling the truth about everyone giving out candy. (insert Jerry Seinfeld clip here)  He quickly figured out that it was real candy and not just an impostor and proceeded to run to the next door, literally. He loved trick-or-treating!

After about an hour of that we headed to Halloween party #2 at the Ward's. We had a great time munching on scones and all the different kinds of soups. The kids were entertained with their candy and a Halloween movie so the grownups could sit in the dining room and talk. Jefferson got a lot of laughs at his costume and scared some little old lady half to death when that deep voice came out of what she seriously thought was a woman. I don't think she looked too closely at Jefferson at the door, but when he started to talk, she jumped and then just laughed and laughed. Good times had by all. Here is the star quarterback (ok, lineman) and his head cheerleader: 

To finish off our Halloween festivities, Carter and Andi wanted to try on our costumes, only they actually got the genders right: