It doesn't snow that often in western Washington, so it was fun to have the kids go out with Robert and play in the snow. I think Robert had more fun building the snowman than the kids because the kids got bored of it and started doing other things. However, they really liked putting the finishing snowman features and now the kids think that we have frosty the snowman in our backyard.
Last week we had 3 major changes...
We went down to Utah for Thanksgiving. And for the third year in a row sickness took over. Beforehand I planned a schedule for each day... and we definatly didn't feel up to doing everything on it. If we go again next year I am just going to plan a list of movies to watch and card games to play. But nobody was throw up sick (just fever, a serious cough, runny nose and ear infection). We did feed the ducks, go to "Jump On It", watch Robert play in a turkey bowl, swam at the legacy center, ate at Texas Roadhouse, hosted a Rook Tournament & went to culture night at the Kinghorns. Somehow the men didn't catch anythings so they went fly fishing and shooting as well. I am glad we went, it was fun although the kids whined a lot more then usual. Poor Korver couldn't touch Pepper without her crying (the top picture was a rarity for this trip)... I just think her body was aching and she was overly sensitive. She was still very sad to say goodbye. 
No matter the weather my kids LOVE to be outside. They cry at the window whenever Grandpa tries to mow the lawn, take out the garbage, winterize the house or do anything else outside. So then I am a push-over and put on their jackets & boots and send them out. I am sure Grandpa loves the company :) But after following Grandpa & Grandma around constantly for almost a year we will finally be moving out of their house. The bank accepted an offer we made on a house in Monroe and if the inspection goes well, we get to move in mid-December. We will be about a half hour away. I think it will be perfect... we will get to see both the Salmon & Paxman grandparents on a somewhat regular basis, but not be in their constant hair.
Seattle is beautiful year round due to the blanket of trees EVERYWHERE. But most of the trees here are green year round. Green is good... but I have to admit my favorite tree has to be the red, yellow and orange one in our front yard. It really spices things up and makes it feel like autumn.
Tabor is obsessed with these lego blocks. He spent hours building towers. Grandpa helped him build a "big big big big big big big tower" (he couldn't seem to fit enough bigs infront of the word tower whenever he pointed at it) and was so proud of it. 
This little man started nursery this month. It has been my first chance to listen in two and a half years. Okay so Robert took him every other week and it wasn't that bad but I am feeling true freedom now. At least until December when our baby girl is born. But hey I am going to live it up and soak in Relief Society while I can.
My mom found a hamster cage, food, shavings & accessories at a garage sale for a mere 2 dollars. Before we knew it Grandma was promising Pepper that if she would get potty trained she could have a hamster. At first I wasn't to keen on the idea, but it worked! We had a chart she had to fill up with stickers. She got a vegetable sticker each time she went wee wee & a star sticker whenever she went poop. And she filled her book up in no time. There was a few accidents the first couple of days but then Pepper went 3 full days without an accident!!! Hopefully she keeps it up now that we have the hamster. 
