Caramel Apples

Ok, my post are slightly out of order, but we had a little carmel apple party at the house that was pretty fun.
Polly talking with her hands and dipping apples at the same time (she' got talent)
The crazy Abbotts in their matching shirts
Emily and Alex enjoying (emily eats with her eyes closed, I guess)
more kids eating mostly the carmel off the apple

JD and Robin's Wedding

The girls and I took the exciting trip over to Arizona to help JD and Robin celebrate their big day. It was fun to see everyone and we are excited to have a new member of our family
JD and Robin

All the kids that were so patiently waiting at the temple in the hot sun

The whole fam damily

we met some new friends - the laux (sorry jeff, didn't have a picture with you in it)

The Pirate and the Princess

AARRGG!

the girls had fun trunk-or-treating this year for Halloween. We had enough candy for a small army, but they enjoyed dressing up, as always.

some friends at the church halloween bash

We went trick-or-treating with our friend Sage - I loved her superhero costume!!

Analise Turns 9

I can't believe how old our kids are getting! (of course, we are not getting any older!!) Analise celebrated her ninth birthday. We invited some friends and went to the park, played games, and had some cupcakes. It turned out to be a really beautiful day.

I'm so Glad when Daddy comes Home

Well, Chris has finally come back home after 8 long months gone from his family playing soldier. We are all very happy to have him back.

However, we are not happy to hear that he has to go to Alabama for some training for 5 weeks in about a month.

Beauty Lou and the Country Beast

Every year Missoula Childrens theatre come to the base and put on a production with the kids. They have tryouts on Monday and then practice all week and put on a show friday night and saturday afternoon. My kids are always excited to participate.

This year they put on "Beauty Lou and the Country Beast" (loosely base on Beauty and the Beast). Sage was one of the country folk/ scene changer and Analise was the younger Sandie Dee. Here are a few pictures. We had quite a few friends participate in the production as well, which always makes it funner.

Sheep

So, in San Angelo there are painted sheep all over the place. A little wierd ,if you ask me, but then again, we do live in Texas. They are even named. I stole this idea from a friend, thanks Ruth, for FHE we went around and took pictures by some of the sheep we found. There are about 30 or so around town and we didn't not make to all of them, but here are some. The girls thought that it was pretty fun. We might have do it again and find the others.

When "Ewe"are Hungry (at Sonic)

Welcome "Ewe"

Coat of Many Colors

Hands across America

AS"Ewe"

Lambscapes (one side is night - other side is day)

A Healthy "Ewe"

"Ewe"'ve got mail

Clover

Be "Ewe" tiful San Angelo

N"Ewe"spaper

Baa Baa Black Sheep

I found out this printed in an article in an issue of "The Big Apple" jan '06 and am assuming this is why we have colofully decorated sheep hanging out in our town.

"San Angelo has been called the “Wool Capital of the Nation” since the 1930s. Variations of San Angelo’s title include “Sheep and Wool Capital of the World,” “Woold and Sheep Capital of the World,” and “Mohair Capital of the World.” There were once one million Angora goats within 150 miles of San Angelo. The wool industry has largely gone overseas and San Angelo does not actively promote its “Wool Capital” or “Mohair Capital” nicknames today."

go figure