No! this was not staged.

The boys have a habit of reading the paper in the bathroom just like dad!. Top it off with Gavin who likes to take his clothes off when he goes to the potty and here is what you get!

Ducks vs Capitals

I don't have any pictures of this since mom did not go,but dad took Tristan to his first Hockey game at the Honda Center on November 19Th. The Ducks vs Capitols. To say he had a great time would be an understatement. He saw some fights and some one got a body check. He learned the Ducks song which I think is a Pennywise song. He had his own GO DUCKS chant. Dad said everyone would just laugh and thought he was so cute. Well he was so excited when he got home. He could not wait to tell his friends.

4th picture from the 4th picture file

Kinda blurry, but this is my 4Th picture in the 4Th picture file. This was at Gavin's 3rd birthday party (August 2008) with Grandpa Collins (Kami's Dad). We had a great time.

Thanks Megan.. Any one who wants to play has been tagged. As the tittle says, Find the 4Th picture from your 4Th picture file folder on your computer and post it.

Forts

Where are the kids you might ask??

Here we are at Fort Barlow. We Love to hide and make forts these days. We have always loved to hide under blankets. As long as you can't see us then you can not find us although we wiggle and giggle.

Lego

This little LEGO castle took Dad (engineering/drafting background) about 1 1/2 hours to put together. After some LEGO throwing and a few choice words (Tristan safe words) I finally completed this incredibly complex LEGO puzzle. Tristan waiting so calmly for Dad to finish, finally was allowed to play with this awesome Dragon protected fortress. After about 1/2 an hour he looks at me and says "Dad i'm all done can we take it down now". As you can see it is still standing and still being played with.

Day off!!

On Novemeber 11th mom had a day off from work. Aunt Laura (moms sister) with Noah and Aunt Jenny (sister in law) with Ethan and Cody came out for a play day. We did lunch at McDonalds (Dad met up with us) and then we went to the park so the little guys could play.

1st Picture - Allyson, Tristan, Noah, Cody, Ethan & Gavin

2nd Picture - Ethan, Gavin, Allyson & Tristan

3rd Picture - Cody, Gavin & Noah (boys love dirt and rocks!!)

Happy Halloween!

Well since the Tanners (Pat & Jolene) don't have a blog yet I will add them to ours for this Post.

The Tradition that Jolene started with Mark was from when they were kids is making Home Made Donuts and Root beer on Halloween. We have done this with them for the last 3 years. Roy helped as well.

Jolene made them with the help of Kami, Becky Jones & Sarah Rawls. Logan Tanner had the task of feeding the kids. That was a load off mom. Sarah and John Ralws transported the donuts out side where Mark fried them and Roy frosted them. Pat, Jordan, Logan, Bryson Jones, Kaitlyn & Blake (for a few minutes before he went to a Haunted House) manned the table were they handed out the Donuts, Candy, Hot chocolate and water (root beer did not turn out this year). Garrett was off with his friends. Tristan, Allyson and Gavin just got to be kids. Mom took the kids with the help of Becky Jones, trick or treating with Savannah ( friend from day care) Her sister Crystal and parents Debi & Patrick.

After about 1 hr Gavin was done. He wanted mom to carry him and go back to Aunt Jolene's. So we all made our way back. Tristan and Allyson were not done so they went off with Savannah and her family for about 30 more minutes. Back at the Tanner's where we had made somewhere around 650, from what Mark says), the donuts were going fast. The kids came home with a combined total of 4 bags of candy.

Every one had a great time. By the time we got home from helping clean up it was well after 9pm.

Here are some pictures that I got of the last big rush.