Scott is 8

Our swine-loving son celebrated a big birthday this weekend and turned 8! In our faith tradition, this is considered the age of accountability, and it is is the age that a person can be baptized. Scott has been looking forward to being 8 for quite a while, in part because he was excited to be baptized and in part because he will be joining the Cub Scouts.

Here we all are, slightly out of focus, after the baptism.

A card from some friends. The inside read, "You would now be a very wet one! Welcome to the church, brother (last name)!"

The pig brownies we ate in celebration of Scott's birthday

Mobility

Our adorable baby girl is not much of a baby anymore! She is now 10.5 months old and so much fun. 

Handel's Messiah

Every year since we've been in San Antonio, I have played in Handel's Messiah the first weekend of December. It is one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season.

Halloween

This is what the kids looked like as they headed to our ward Halloween party.

I finished sewing the Harry Potter robes the next day (Halloween) and five minutes later, the boys were out the door trick-or-treating. (Sorry, this picture is really low quality, but you can get the drift.)

Food, glorious food

What is more fun than introducing food to someone who's never had any?! Emily participates at meal times from her high chair. She likes to chew on carrot sticks, green beans, broccoli, and celery. She has actually consumed broccoli, cheerios, apple sauce, bananas, oatmeal (despite what you see in the video below), and all the paper she can get her gums on. 

Mr. M discovered a tooth poking through Emily's gums this morning. I caught her gnawing on the pumpkin stem, but she wouldn't recreate it for the camera.