Welcome to our new house!

For those of you who have never been to our new house, here is a shot of it. Never mind the yellow, dead grass. This picture was taken right after we moved in and the grass is now much, much greener, even with the cold weather. Mike loves our willow tree. However, all the leaves are on the ground now and need to be raked up. I wonder how much longer he'll love that tree....

Playing in the backyard

The best thing about our new house is the BIG backyard. Boy, does Ethan love playing back there, especially with Dad.

Ethan loves the swing set in our big backyard

It's about time to get a sand box now. Poor Ethan wants to dig and dig but doesn't have anything to dig in but the hard, yucky dirt under our lilac bushes. (The nasty swamp cooler in the background has been removed and after lots of hard work, Mike and my dad have patched the hole and from the inside, you can't even tell there used to be a big hole in my wall.)

Fire truck, meet the Lion King

This was too cute to pass up. Ethan loves his new lion flashlight and wants all his toys to meet it, including his fire truck. You may meet it sometime if you drop by the house.

Breakfast time

Ethan loves eating pancakes, but only the kind I buy at the store, and a good glass of apple juice for breakfast. Mmmm!

Mike's game face!

After all that turkey, numerous rolls, lots of mashed potatoes, and PIE, Mike put on his game face for a rousing game of Ziggity!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ethan was very anxious for Thanksgiving dinner this year. Can't you see it in his eyes?

Making cookies with Dad

Ethan had a great time making chocolate chocolate chip cookies with his daddy. Between licks of the spoon, we had a couple of pans of cookies to eat.

Halloween 2007

Karen, Mike, & Ethan ready for trick or treating! Don't we look great in our halloween costumes?

Here's Ethan dressed up as a dinosaur and ready to go trunk or treating at our ward's trunk or treat.