Halloween Costume Poll

A very generous neighbor asked us if we would like to borrow some costumes from her considerable collection. We ended up bringing two home for Mimi, but there is some debate inside the family which one she should wear. Should Mimi go with:

The bunny?

Or Snow White?

Visiting the Brigham Temple Construction Site

Sunday Shoes

Guess who wore Sunday shoes for the first time ever . . .

It's Hard to Smile

I like to take pictures of the kids on Sunday. They're already dressed up, and it seems like it should be just a matter of lining them up and snapping a picture. Most of the time they are pretty nice, but all of my kids have gone through a phase or two where they just can't figure out how to smile. Holding still, looking at the camera, and smiling is pretty easy, but sometimes I guess you just overthink it.

Mimi on the Lawn

It's noteworthy to mention how differently our children react to touching grass. There is something disconcerting about a thousand little blades touching your bare legs and arms. Steven was so terrified by the event that he would cry and refuse to crawl when placed in the middle of the lawn. I can remember him crawling across my folks' rough, rough sidewalk rather than brave a shortcut across the grass. 

Mimi, when laid on her back, is frozen with sensory overload. We tried flipping her over, and she was pretty good . . . 

. . . for a while :)

You Know You Have Six Kids Part II

Part I

Some advanced Photoshop enhancements, and you'll never even know we forgot Steven

Mary and Mimi

Heather Dixon is just pretty neat. On General Conference Sunday she snapped this picture/video of Mary and Mimi.

She also made a pretty neat Halloween header for her blog here