Kids say the cutest things!

Egan this morning was trying to unbutton his pj shirt and couldn't get one undone. I was watching him and he suddenly said "Goodness sakes, I can't take my shirt off!"
I love when he talks like a little adult. Coming out of the teeny person he is, it's so funny!

News

Our most recent news that we have decided to keep secret until now is that Aaron's department, well the entire building, is being laid off. Ferguson Enterprises has had their profits cut down by almost half in the last 3 years. So they are transferring all the admin work to their national office in Newport News Virginia. Aaron was offered an opportunity to transfer and work in Virginia. We have prayed about it and it isn't the right thing. It did however open our minds to the possibility of moving for job opportunities. We are currently looking into areas like Salt Lake City, Seattle, and of course Portland/Vancouver. Right now, Oregon and California are tied in third place for highest unemployment in the nation so the competition is fierce where we are. We ask for our friends and family to keep their eyes and ears open to job opportunities where they are, winner gets us as neighbors! Aaron has a double major in Business Finance and Marketing, has excellent working knowledge of Excel, Quickbooks, Office among other things. He has 8 years customer service experience and most recently worked as an A/P Admin Specialist. I can email his resume to anyone who would like it. Thank you for all your support.
Here is a favorite pic of Virginia... I would have loved the lighthouses!

Family Reunion

This past weekend we were able to stay at a lodge at Mt. Rainier with my Dad, Step mom and most all the kids between them. Most of their kids have kids, so it was wild! so many little ones everywhere. Needless to say my kids had a blast with all their cousins. Here is Evelyn holding hands playing ring around the rosy with her cousin Jazlynn.

Family Picture outside on the porch. My dad and Lonna made us all matching shirts with our names on them for the reunion and for pictures that day. So fun to be matching.

Here is a group picture of the kids on my Dad's side and their kids. Harmony and I with our husbands and kiddos. While waiting for all the cameras to click the kids yelled a continuous "cheeeeeeeeeeesssseee" Its a good thing they weren't video cameras. he he.

"Haweee Pottow"

There have been so many projects this September. Here are a few that I got pictures of.

My grandpa has plum trees and he gave me a bunch of plums the last time we were down, I was able to successfully can several jars of plums and make a bunch of plum jam just like my Gramamom made. Yummy

For a lesson in my beehive class, we were studying Daniel and the Lions Den, I made lion cupcakes for the girls to tame. Fun Fun.

And my most favorite project of September.... Egan's new favorite thing is Harry Potter. Of course he has only seen the first 2 and doesn't get to see the scary parts, but he is obsessed with watching harry and his wand. He has been pretending he is Harry for a while now, so we plan on having him be Harry for Halloween.. I crocheted a Griffandore scarf, and made glasses out of electrical tape, toilet paper roll and silk flower stems. The wand he has is a twig from our tree out back. I have yet to make his cloak and we've decided that chopsticks are a little safer wands. I promise to post the pictures of our Halloween fun.

There is so much more to post, but so little time or ability to remember and just do it. The kids are getting bigger, and continue to say and do crazy things. I will make a better effort to post in the future!