For those friends who don't do facebook and who don't know yet, we had Kade last week. He's one week old now and adjusting to this crazy world quite well. His brothers love him and his sister will soon, once the jealousy eases up.

I had quite the mystery going on after church today. Steve had to stay to a meeting, so I brought the kids home. One of the first things I found was chocolate ganoush spread all over everything.


This picture really doesn't do it justice. It was everywhere, the dark floors hide most of it. I was trying to figure out what in the world happened. Sienna was very naughty at church today and I thought, "Are you kidding me? Steve came home from sunday school and fell asleep while Sienna ran wild." Then I found her shoes.

Then I found the shirt Steve had originally worn to church in the laundry.

Then I realized that Sienna wasn't wearing her tights or shoes when I got her from priesthood. (Notice it smeared all over the freshly washed sheets of my bed)

Then I noticed she wasn't wearing her little sweater either.

After an hour or so of cleaning, I came into the den and noticed that Steve had all of his home teaching reports and things pulled out. So I thought, "Okay, maybe he wasn't just taking a nap." But I'm still not sure that I have to just forgive and forget because he was doing church stuff. I think extorsion is in order. Maybe a weeks worth of dishes or something . . .

Steve's defense was "Do you know how long it took her to do that? 2 Minutes." and then wanted sympathy for her making him late for priesthood. Oh Daddy. . .

Our family is growing so fast, I can't hardly keep up. This last week or so we got a pet fish. His name is Arthur. This is in response to the post 4th of July goldfish devistation.



Then Steve decided he couldn't turn down a good deal on a lab puppy. So we have yet another chocolate lab. I thought we had decided to wait until the yard and fence were in before we got another dog, but Steve just couldn't help himself. I had mentioned that Palmer's had puppies and we talked about whether or not we should get one. The next day after work Steve was in the den and I went in to talk about whether or not now was a good time to get a puppy. I started talking about yard, schedules, kids, on and on (as usual). When I stopped talking long enough to realize what Steve was doing. The "discussion" was over. He was in the middle of reading his book on how to train the best laborador hunting dog. So what could I do except say, "Go get the puppy." She is pretty cute for now though.



We also found out that we are expecting another baby boy. Steve and Parker were super excited to find out it was a boy. Parker because that meant he was right, which is all he cares about lately. And Steve because when this baby boy grows up, he'll get to be the one doing fun manly things with him. Either way, I'm just happy we're having one! I've never been so excited for Thanksgiving weekend in my life.

Bronsen waited all day to see the seals.

We had promised the boys that on the way home we could hike Wilson's Arch. For Parker it was the best part of the whole trip.

It's a good thing that Grandma lives close and has plenty of grass for all the kiddos. Maybe by next summer we can host a pool party in our own yard.

I just think she's so adorable.

And to top it all off, grandma will have cherries here in a few days. No wonder all the kids love going there.

Parker was so proud of himself the whole ceremony. He picked to sing the song "Little Bunny Foo Foo". I wasn't surprised that he picked to sing a song about bopping field mice on the head. That sort of a thing would totally appeal to him.

Steve felt really bad that he got stuck at work and couldn't make the graduation. Grandma Einerson also got stuck in Cresent Junction as couldn't make it. But mom was there.

Nice work Parker, we are so proud of you!