Nice Socks, David

Yup, that's the only pair of socks we could find today, even after we hunted through the dirty clothes. Poor orphan child.

Pumpkin Patch

I love how this picture makes it seem like we are in the middle of nowhere. In reality, we are smack in the middle of a huge city called Irvine. In Orange County, it is impossible to get away from people.

We took a pretty fun hike through a corn maze that led to these cute vegetable characters. Not one of them looked quite as tasty as my little James. :)

David and his cousin Natalia "lost" in the corn

As a comparison, here's the two of them four years ago at the same pumpkin patch... still such good buddies!

Pretty Baby

My favorite of Ruth's features: those eyes!

Here is a hint of a smile. Those baby smiles make all the hard work well worth it! Actually, her colic has worked itself out, and she is an amazingly good baby. I am really lucky!

My "D". I posted this picture because he looks like such a big boy. Will he ever stop growing?!!

Conference weekend was quite wonderful. I really needed to hear President Monson's talk on gratitude. Joseph came up with this wonderful idea. We put up a tent for the kids to watch conference in, loaded it with snacks, toys, and blankets, and they LOVED it! I loved it too, because instead of trying to entertain the kids, I could focus on listening to the talks.

Today has been a good day. It's been rainy, but I've been able to do lots of cleaning, cooking, and laundry. We have had an ant invasion the past few days and I finally solved it by sprinkling pepper all over the "hot" spot. Within an hour, there was no ant in sight! Hooray!