SCANS!!!!!!!!

My scans are tomorrow and I'm feeling a bit nervous. But, to make it all better, we are going to spend a couple days in Monterey and in Petaluma. I can't wait to see my favorite oncologist and all of my favorite nurses! So.....S.F., here I come. I kicking cancer's a** and takin' names!!!!!!!

2nd Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest

We have now made it a tradition to have a pumpkin carving contest with my family. The rules are as follows:

1. NO, and I mean NO, tracing of stencils or copying of any kind.

2. Only allotted an hour and a half.

3. Pumpkin must be gutted and cleaned before arrival.

4. Creativity is a must!

A hillbilly and a vampire!

Brayden and Grandma Donna carving pumpkins. This is the first time in my G-Ma's life that she has ever carved a pumpkin herself!

Mike was automatically disqualified for the following reasons: 1. He used a stencil! 2. He went way over our time that was given. (Should have started earlier, Babe!!!)

The final pumpkins - 1. Meagan - Mike Wazowski 2. Jen - Skull 3. Brittney - Shish-ka"boo" 4. mom and Dad - Mr. Spider 5. G-Ma and G-Pa - Classic pumpkin 5. Peter - Basketball 6. Uncle Matt and Auntie Jen's "Winker", which was carved in under 10 minutes!!!

Judging of the pumpkins

My handsome boy with adorable Kenna

And the winner is...Meagan Johnson and Mike Wazowski!!!

Jaxson and Jonah

Our Judge for the night

Mike's cool Mummy pumpkin and my parent's Mr. Spider pumpkin

Cute little Jonah!

What a fun night we all had! Can't wait to do it again next year!!!

My Little "Edward"

Last week we drove up into the gorgeous mountains and went to Apple Hill. I had my camera with me, like always, and decided to take some fun pictures of my handsome, little man. Because of my obsession with Twilight, my first thoughts went to.....EDWARD (of course)! So I set him up in the tree (like Edward is in the movie Twilight) and started snapping away. He definitely is going to crush some girls hearts when he gets older! He is and always will be my little "Monkey Man"!!!

Yeah Daddy!!!!!!!!

Our wonderful husband and daddy received a new calling a couple of weeks ago and we couldn't be anymore proud. Mike was called to be the Young Men's President of our ward. We know he's going to be a fantastic leader and a great friend to all of those young men.

As a mother of a young, impressionable 6 year old, I couldn't be more stoked! I can't wait for Brayden to be around all of these boys who are working towards getting their Eagle Scout, receiving their Duty to God award and most importantly, preparing to serve a mission. I think it's just what we need for not only ourselves, but for our little boy who is an only child.

Yeah Daddy!!!!! We know you'll be fantastic! You always are!

Love,

Brayden and Mommy

(P.S. - I had to put up all of the silly pictures. You know they're my favorite!)