Carseat kid

It is a good thing that Max enjoys his carseat. Tomorrow he is 2 months old and a large part of that time has been spent right here!

where the wild things are!!!

Well, we have Max...

We have Thunder the cat...

We have Zuka and then there is Terra...

She is beautiful, but she is high-maintenance!

Ask Mark about the tropical bird we had flying through the neighborhood last Saturday. Sure she stayed with Mark for most of the day on the deck, but he brought out the hose to clean off her mess and she was startled into the highest of trees. After some more water, a towel, and Mark up a tree we did get her back to her cage. And it wasn't wild enough with 5 kids!

Happy Halloween everyone!

The princess, the pea and the mattress!

We had the Boxx family over on Sunday night so that Max could meet his new best friend, Quinn Boxx. They are 9 days apart and here they are (at 1 month) already throwing a few punches, as all good boys do!

The older kids set to work decorating Halloween cookies. Hudson & Owen Boxx with Tan & Ellie.

Zane was dubbed the winner of the decorating contest (as judged by the dads)- although Porter tried to claim that he was the designer and Zane's prize went to non-participant Jude Boxx (4 years old).

Last night we went to the Lewis' for dinner and pumpkin carving - our annual tradition. Can you believe that all of these kids (2 aren't pictured) belong to 3 families? Lewis, Woolf and Openshaw

Guess what is in the pile?

Tanner is our best leaf pile maker.

How many bags will we fill?

We can see the grass again! Nice job kids!

Yesterday we had some visitors on our street. Here they are at our neighbors pond getting a drink, we kind of chased them up there! Big horned sheep - our guests!

Max & mom at Salt Creek Beach with goofy Zane!

Aunt Becky was making sure that his first visit to the beach was authentic with a dip in the ocean as well.

We spent our fall break last week in California. Here is Max with his brothers and sister headed to the beach for the first time. The weather was incredible with swimming every day and throwing in a little bit of help with Grammy & Pops' new house. We are painters!