Happy Halloween!

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!

You know you are a mother of boys when...

in search of bobby pins, you can only find Lego pieces.

(true story)

Golden Dragon

This is a rite of passage for a So Cal boy. While rummaging through a bunch of Joseph's old keepsakes, we found the same picture of him in his soccer uniform at age 6. Pretty fun! These pictures are from David's game on Saturday. While he's not the most coordinated, he sure tries really hard. He's informed us that stopping the ball is his favorite part of the game.

Keeping up with the pack:

Moment of ball contact:

All-too-frequent collision on the field!

Go Golden Dragons!

Darth Vader

If you've ever been around James, no explanation should be needed.

Look who's

WALKING! She even tries to dance a little, but balance is still a tricky thing and often leads to floor collision. It's so cute to see this little head teetering around. Good job Ruth!

What a good daddy does...

I came into the room the other day to find this: DADDY ROBOT

King James. Doesn't he look stern?

on guard!

Family

We sure enjoyed having family in town. My mom was so sweet with the kids and brought such a fun sense of humor. She also made 4 batches of cookies, which were gone in one week! My sister brought her family from SLC, so the kids were in cousin heaven. We called it an unlucky vacation for them, because unfortunate events kept happening all week, beginning with the shutdown of I-15 due to fire and ending with Southern California's major power outage. For both events, they got to experience So Cal traffic at its finest. We did have some fun outings to the beach and lots of playtime.

The handsome guy in the middle of the picture is my brother. He drove down from L.A. for Sunday dinner. On the far left is my sister, Jessica, and the far right, is my mom.

Grandma with the Larsen bunch.

Sisters! Blond and brunette.

Cute nephew, Bryson

Cute niece, Adelaid.