finally...

...new moon. tonight. yay!images from barnesandnoble.com

new family pictures

thanks janelle! i will post more when we get them...these are just a few from her blog. you can go there to check out even more of us!

ok, i'm lame and behind...!
new family pictures are scheduled for saturday with...

of course, so i will post them as soon as they become available. =)

happy halloween!

a cute little monkey stopped by to see me at work!

linzi lou's true personality!

trunk or treating

austyn changed her costume twice! here she is a nerd...

britanee, brian and rian's pumpkin family

linzi and austyn's pumpkins... a little on the weathered side =)

we had a super fun evening!

happy halloween!!

what a GROOOOVY holiday...peace out, man!!

back to the beginning...

i was reminded the other day why i began this blog...to write. guess what? i'm not writing! i've been using it more as a travelogue rather than a writing platform. not that a travelogue is bad, it's not, but i need to be better at using this blog for it's original purpose.

i was chatting with an author the other day about collaborating on a book...i have a super great idea, just no time or talent to write. he told me that as great as collaboration is, I need to tell my own story...that it won't be easy, but that no one knows my story better than i do. (wow. he has a point.) finding the time (and the place) to write is not easy for me...in order to be successful, i cannot be distracted by ANYTHING. maybe a little background music, but that's about it. i need to be able to get "in character." at my house, everything is a distraction. there is not one place i could go (be?), where i wouldn't be interrupted by beautiful children, ringing phones and doorbells, arguments, televisions, and just plain noise.

SO...HOW do i do this, write-my-own-story thing??? WHERE do i do this, write-my-own-story thing??? how do i make others understand that i'm "working" and not hiding????

field trip

so yesterday we (david, colby & i) took a field trip to...we wanted colby to feel familiar with things before he decided for sure that was where he wanted to go. we had cute tour guides...sarah & tucker, who took us EVERYWHERE! colby even got to see a couple of examples of "on" and "off" campus housing. some of the "off" was closer to the school than the "on." i think he also got a good feeling for what was "clean" and "not clean," and to always keep your apartment at school CLEAN. you never know when the campus ambassadors might stop by for an impromptu tour. after the tour we grabbed some lunch and headed home, but not before we made a quick detour a few miles south.....
isn't that pretty? it looks very cool with all the changing leaves around it. beautiful.