*Twilight*

I've been waiting for pic's before posting this- and someone finally updated their blog so I was able to 'steal' them. Last Saturday I crashed the other ward's Twilight party (thanks Annmarie!). They had a pre-movie party but it was my ward's Thanskgiving dinner, so I missed most of the party. The hostess made these adorable (and yummy) chocolate covered cake balls with quotes from the book. A few of the husbands camped out overnight to buy tickets and someone else stood in line at the theatre so we were the very first group in line. By the time they let us in, the place was packed. There was an extra ticket- so I called my friend Shelli to invite her to come along- but she called Anthony and told him to go with me and she'd watch the boys. I felt really bad, it was nice to see it together!

Anyway we really enjoyed the movie. Of course movies are never as good as the books- and I think you had to have read this book to "get" the movie. I don't think you'd understand Bella's attraction for Edward unless you'd read the book. I thought Bella's stuttered a little too much and was a bit too choppy, but it was actually much better than I expected given the cheesy previews and other reviews I'd read- I was prepared for dissapointment. All in all it was good- as good as a movie based on a book can be, and I'll definitely see it again.

I spoke too soon...

The day after my last post Joshua started to crawl! Here are some pic's of the little slow poke. I also had to share the pics of Ethan. He's growing up so fast. The other morning I was in the shower and heard the toilet flush, I looked out and Ethan was going to the bathroom. Then when I got out I peeked in again and saw him brushing his teeth. Our baby is growing up!

Leaves are falling all around...

Fall is my absolute favorite time of year! I love all the yellows and reds, going for walks in the crisp cool air, making apple crisp and pumpkin bars, it's the best. I really miss New England this time of year, and although the colors aren't as intense here, the colors have finally peaked and we managed to find some great foliage nearby.

Ethan had so much fun playing in the leaves, he would run through the leaves and laugh hysterically at the crunching sound. He's starting to add "baby" to the end of his words, it's so funny, for water he says "wababy", help "helpbaby" open "opbaby", you get the idea. Joshua is still rocking on all fours and he'll launch off but lazy boy still doesn't want to crawl. You'd think he'd want to move as fast as possible to avoid his big brother. Ethan injured him twice this week. We have a flashlight with a big rechargable battery pack on the bottom that Ethan likes to get out and play with, he dropped that on Joshua's face. Poor baby had a huge bruise on his cheek. Then later threw a toy car at him and now he's got a nice bump on his eyebrow. It won't be long before baby will be big enough get his revenge ;) Anyway, happy fall!

Halloween!

For Halloween Ethan was a lion, Joshua was a kangaroo, Anthony was Zorro and I was a witch. We went to the trunk-or-treat at the church and Ethan had fun running around. It's been so warm, in the upper 70's the boys were sweating in their costumes.

I normally would be ecstatic about having to turn on the a/c in November, but we are being invaded by ladybugs everytime it gets above 60. We have woods across the street so they fly from the trees over to our white house by the thousands. You can't even walk on the front porch without being attacked. They've found a small gap in our front door and every time we come home we have to vacuum up a hundred or so that end up dead in the windowsills. It's driving me crazy.

Saturday we went for a drive across the Ohio river into Indiana. We drove through a little one horse town and walked along the banks of the river and watched the barges. Ethan about had a heart attack when they blew their whistle. It was fun though to relax and enjoy the nice weather.