Where has time gone?

I cannot believe it is almost OCTOBER!!!! What the heck - I feel like I have hardly taken a breath since August! Well, my twins turned two! They are growing like weeds and so is my little Jake. He turned 9 months old and is standing up and trying to walk and has the many bumps and bruises to prove it. He is always on the go and cannot stand to be still. He is getting so big, it is amazing. He is such a wonderful baby. He decided that he wanted to skip the baby food stage and go straight to table food. He won't stick anything mushy in his mouth- so funny. So he just had breast milk until he was 8 months old and then just started eating cheerios and is now eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and crackers. He has six teeth already and is eating just about the same things as the twins. IT IS AWESOME!!!! He must know how much I HATE the baby food stage- I can't stand sitting there cramming mush into baby mouths- I don't know why- but that is my least favorite thing to do, so it is so awesome that I don't have to do it- also, I don't have to waste any time making baby food or spending money on those expensive little jars of mush. What a beautiful thing!!

Anyway, it is almost Halloween and it is one of my absolute favorite holidays! I am feeling a little overwhelmed and wondering if I am even going to bother with decorating this year, but I probably will- don't want to seem lazy! It is so hard just to sit down to write this blog as you can see from the lack of postings! Darren suggested that Brandon be a pilot for Halloween since he is infatuated with airplanes and helicopters, so we are trying to find an awesome bomber jacket for him. Kate seems to want to be everything, so I can't decide what to dress her up as. I was thinking of making Jake be a little lamb, so I thought Kate could be little bo peep, but it would also be cute for me to dress up as little bo peep with Jake on my hip as a lamb- so I am not sure. Maybe Kate could be a cheerleader or a ballerina or something- something she could just be herself in. She is turning into such a girl- she is so bossy to her brothers and our dog.

We had to put down our dog Lucy recently and it is so different around here without her! At first, Darren and I kept hearing her bark and whine, like she was waiting to come inside. Kate was a little worried at first when she didn't come home, but we told her that Lucy went to be with Jesus and she was ok with that. So now when you ask her where Lucy is, she points to our picture of Jesus and says, "Jesus". So Cute.

Yesterday, It was our friend's (Ken) birthday and his girlfriend Gina had a party for him at San Onofre Beach and we all had a great time spending time as a family at the beach. Here are a few pictures of our fun day. I will TRY to update a little more often. Love to all of you out there! Have a great Halloween!!!!