Had to share... my family

I was very pleased to have both the matriarch and patriarch of our family in character at our party, they were very cute as Little Red Riding Hood and her Woodsman!

This was the only shot I got of the brand new parents... they were eyeballs, probably signifying that they only had eyes for Vyolet??? I don't know, but what an amazing woman Ivy is, just released from the hospital only hours before and still showed up to support the family.

The Freeman's... complete with Elisabeth's boot, she was concerned that her boots might not make it into the picture, so with the help of her able bodied "groovy" husband the boot is in it's rightful place. What a great team they are. Oh, did I mention the cutest cow west of the Mississippi?? Cami kept hitting her moo button keeping us all amused for hours.

The Hatch's... Jenifur revealed her true identity as "Super Mom" leaving us to wonder what her mild mannered alter ego has been doing all this time, I thought she was super mom. A Ghost, a missing chicken, Darth Vadar, and whoever Michael is round out our family of stripling warriors.

Neverland found us as Peter Pan, Wendy, Jon, a lost boy, and Princess Tigerlilly flew in threw our window and tried to convince us not to grow up. (I let them borrow my Tinkerbell(Allie) to make the set complete) Doesn't get cuter as a family set.

I had so much fun watching my family what great people you all are. Thank you to everyone for making our Halloween party such a success.

Halloween at Home?

There were bones, fingers, toes and Brew. There were so many monsters I didn't know what to do! Along with the serving of witches fingers and troll's toes, we were treated to some of Mom's boiling brew full of floating eyeballs. It was great!

Dinner was served al a pumpkin style. Yummy, just like my mom used to make growing up.

It was a great success! Way to go Mom and Aunt Elisabeth for a great family get together, not to mention a bit spooky!

The Costume Parade

Only Time will Tell

What is coming . . . ? The word is out! Revealed none other than Halloween night amongst our family during a party hosted by my wife, I let the cat out of the bag so to speak. We are indeed expecting a new addition. What will it be? A boy (Jaxon LaVarr) or a girl (Anisa Grace)? Only time will tell. One thing for sure though, I will keep you updated throughout the process. I am very excited. It was hard to wait this long. Our tentative due date, May 14, 2010.

School pictures of my angels

Allison Hope

McKinsey Kay

Brendan Charles

Roman Wade

Seena Marcia

Taylor Wade

Alec Jeremy

I stand all amazed...

Have you ever looked at your children and had to stop to catch your breath at the beauty of them? Not physical beauty necessarily, although I do think my children are beautiful, but the beauty of that unique son or daughter of God with all the endless potential that entails.

I had one of those moments with Seena the other day. She was helping me make Halloween sugar cookies and I stopped and watched her and I was so moved by her gigantic spirit that I got emotional and teary. "What's the matter mom?" she asked.

What do you say to that? "I am just overwhelmed by the very power of you."I think this plan of children and families and parenting is amazing and I feel my soul grow every time I allow myself to see my children as my Father in heaven sees them.

Fraggle head

One of the joys of being a mother to girls is to do funny things to their hair.

Allison doesn't get as much of a kick out of it as I do, and she fights me every step of the way.

This latest creation was very fun to do even though she didn't like it.

And it didn't last very long. She pulled out every one of my twists which is how she was aptly christened fragle head.