October Tales

So Dan and I haven't written much lately because we haven't had too much to write about...so here are some of the short stories from our last couple weeks.

Short story #1: As those of you who read this blog know, I've been able to feel our little boy kick for a little while now. :) I very much like this feeling and I've really wanted Dan to be able to feel him kick too. A few days ago Dan finally felt the baby kick! I was very excited. Dan had his hand on my stomach and I kept trying to move it to the general area that the baby was kicking at. The baby gave a good hard kick and Dan thought he might have felt something. Then it happened again. :) Now we get to wait until the baby kicks so hard that we can see his foot poke out.

Short story #2: Dan and I went over to his parents house last Monday and we carved pumpkins for FHE. Cleaning the pumpkin was gooey and gross as always. I stuck my hand inside first and I made sure to share some of that first handful of goop with my husband. I think he liked it. ;) Anyway, we carved a totally awesome pumpkin that sort of looks like a ghost or like someone that is very nervous about something-like he's glancing over his shoulder. When everyone else was done with their pumpkins, we lined them up in a row and ours was on the end. It looked like it was scared of Dan's brother's pumpkin. We may post pictures later....right now we can't access them.

Short story #3: Yesterday our ward had our practice for our primary program. Dan got to come help us set up for the practice, then he got to run around and pick up ice and pizza for us to feed to the kids after the practice. He was very sweet to help and we very much appreciated his help. The practice was, of course, chaotic; but things went much more smoothly today. The kids were still a bit restless, but they were 100 times better than yesterday. Of course we did have the kid who said, "God's only Forgotten Son," instead of "God's only Begotten Son." We also had sunbeams, who really just can't sit still for THAT long, that started playing peek-a-boo with the congregation and other fun things like that. But you know what, that's part of what makes the primary program so much fun. :)

Short story #4: Dan and I finally saw Toy Story 3!!! I highly recommend it. We have a friend who was working as an intern for Pixar and he got to work on that movie a little bit. We looked for his name in the credits but we couldn't find it. Still, it is an awesome movie and I would watch it again.

Short story #5: Apparently it is the season for boy babies. Between my friends and my ward, I know of 7 women who are expecting. 4 of the 7 are having boys, 1 is having a girl, and the other 2 don't know yet.

Short story #6: Dan and I are starting a new family Halloween tradition. We are going to watch the movie, "The Burbs," every Halloween. For those of you who have not seen it, watch it and let me know what you think. It is a good movie to watch on Halloween.

Well, that's about all that I can think to write about right now. We'll try to not wait another 2 weeks before posting again. :)