Lizzie's driving!

Lizzie finally got her driver's permit. She's a senior in high school so we figured it was time. Today we took her driving for the first time in her life. We lived through it!



Lizzie so happy to have her permit.



First time behind the wheel! She looks a little nervous.



Lizzie's friend, James, came along for the ride. He looks terrified.



Stop, foul squirrel!




You must not hit the children, Liz.

Actually it was a really fun time and Liz did a great job. We are teaching her how to drive on the Saturn because it is a stick shift. We found a new subdivision in Provo that doesn't have any houses on it yet, but the streets are paved. We'll be going back to that location again!

William's braces

William got braces on his front four teeth about 6 weeks ago. He had a cross bite and some of his top teeth were pushing against his bottom teeth. This is just phase II of William's orthodontic plan. Phase I involved a spacer that had to be adjusted every night on the roof of his mouth.



One last shot of his "before" teeth before he went back.



This was about 5 minutes after his braces went on.



This is literally 3 days after the braces were applied. He had been in so much pain for days and it was his teeth moving at such a rapid rate.



Lizzie had to get some camera time in. Lizzie is my only kid out of 4 who doesn't need orthodontic work.

Now that it is 6 weeks later, we have noticed that William's bottom teeth are straightening out a little since the top teeth aren't putting such pressure on the bottoms.

Halloween Party '09

We held our family Halloween Party on Friday night, the night before Halloween. Even though I had been sick for three weeks leading up to it, the night was successful. Everyone had a great time!


Helga, the barmaid from Germany.



Cousin Rachel and sleepy Joker.



Rachel and her friend, Justin get down with the Star Wars theme.



Dipti and Stefanie. This was Dipti's first American Halloween.



Mom, me, and Stef.



My mom was a fortune teller but I think she looked like David Bowie!



Roscoe and William. Roscoe was scared when he first saw William in costume!



Why so serious?



Lizzie and I as Mafia bosses.



Katie was the purple fairy. With sass, of course...



Christian and Jimmy, the two hottest babes at the party!