Pumpkin Carving

Halloween is right around the corner.  Our annual Halloween party is this Saturday and we are worried about the rain in the forecast.  Tonight Rod and Tina went ahead and carved some pumpkins.  We have not carved the 94 pound pumpkin from the garden and are not sure if we are going to try to.  But we will be using it as a decoration at the party.

Rod's pumpkin had a little bit of Bear in it - with the tongue hanging out!

Tina did a Wolf with the moon behind it. 

TV in their Room

So what happens when you don't let your kids have TV's in their rooms?  They spend more time in the "family" area of the house, they whine about not having a TV in their room, you get to see more of what they watch, you get to spend more time with them because they are not locked away in their room.... and the list can go on and on.  For several reasons we decided a long time ago to not let the kids have TV's in their rooms.  Generally our lives are so full, we don't even watch much TV compared to the average American.

I don't think Tori cares one way or the other... but Tina would like to have a TV in her room.  So recently she has decided to make a bed in the floor of the Rec Room so she can watch TV in the evenings.  So this is now how she sleeps.... her on one side and Bear on the other :-)  (She would have killed me if I posted a picture of her, so this just shows where Bear sleeps)

Senior Pictures

Good thing I am not current on my blog postings or you would keep hearing the sob story that Tori is growing up WAY TOO QUICK!  I'm sure there will be many more posts about the momentous event of high school graduation this year.  I am just not ready, where did the time go?  I remember being her age and I couldn't wait to get out of high school.  Why does time go so slow then but when you are on on the other side of that event it speeds up so much?

We went to Montgomery Bell Park to take some senior pictures.  The day was great and we got some good pictures!