Kjell in the SHADE

Kjell is coming to be quite the ham... He is always getting into things he shouldn't be and he smiles really big because he know that he isn't to suppose to be doing it. Kjell got a baby lamp shade and was play with it. I will post a picture of his new smile when I get a better picture of it. It is really cute!

Matthew's Anniversary Present

As I said before I'm a sucker for my husband...I would let him buy anything he ask me for. This is Matthew's new bike, it's a Ultra Classic from Harley. It is a long distance bike for touring and is moore kid friendly. The boys are so excited to get a rides on it. Here are some of the pictures I took on their first ride on it.

13 years & Moore to come

Can you believe it? I have been married to Matthew for 13 years today. I couldn't ask for anything moore. I love my husband and I'm so happy that he feels the same about me. My kids always ask when did we meet...so I thought that I should write it down so they have something to tell their kids. I was on date with someone else when I met Matthew. We were a Young Single Adult Dance in the Lake Stevens Building and I wasn't having much fun on my date. Some great music came on that I have never heard before so I asked my friend Bruce the DJ where this music came from. He told me that Matthew brought it back from his mission in Sweden.

and that's it folks! the rest is history!!!!!11!!! (Actually, there's moore... keep reading;) )

We started talking about it and it all went down from there, I was a brazen hussie and I swooped in and sunk my teeth in him (literally? you figure it out) After that we hit it off, he asked me out, or did I ask him? I was a brazen hussie after all. We were engaged a couple of weeks later... despite the fact that my mother in law to be erased phone messages that I sent Matthew and the fact that every time Matthew mentioned my name, both Sherrie and Sara looked as though they had a bad taste in their mouth. I mean come on! A Countryman???? Seriously, what was he thinking?

So we were at the Moore's house and Matthew pulled me into the bathroom there. The Gold Bathroom to be exact and he proposed. He had to do it in there because Sherrie and Sara were too nosy and followed us around everywhere else. I of course said YES!! because after all, three weeks and we knew each other in and out and knew we were perfect for each other. *sigh* (I know you're all sighing with me)

So we initially had our wedding date set for May 5, 1995 but since I didn't graduate until June and I didn't meet him until that month :( I highly doubt I could have pulled that date off. So we had a date set and I didn't like it and we kept upping the date until we came upon November 4, 1995.

13 long long long long long long long years later... we're still kicking! (and of course, way happy. I mean it. We're happy. Don't you believe me? WE'RE HAPPY. REALLY. HAPPY, REALLY REALLY HAPPY.) We're so happy that for our anniversary, Matthew is getting a Harley. Happy. Very happy.

Moore Fun Halloween

We forgot to take the camera the day of Halloween. They looked so cute. And I also paid about $80 in costumes(This isn't a cheap holiday anymore. We paid $50 in pumpkins (3) the week before.) and I wanted to have some pictures to show for it. So I made the kids dress back into their costumes so I could take a couple of pictures.

They had a fun Halloween this year...Karl and Lauren went to a social at Hidden River Middle School and had a blast. Well, for sure Karl did. Next they went trick or treating in downtown Bothell; where I work . They close down Main Street for kids to go trick or treating. There were a lot of people this year. We handed out around 530 pieces of candy and ran out around 6:15pm...kids were still coming around. Afterwards we went to Auntie Sara's House to trick or treat in her neighborhood. There was lot of houses that were handing out candy unlike our neighborhood where there is about 3 people that celebrate Halloween. They had tons of fun and got lots of candy. Kjell stayed with Matthew...it was too cold and he will not remember it anyways. I couldn't get him to wear his mask, but some reason he would wear Karl's mask. Go figure. Hope you all had a great Halloween!

5 Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins Sitting on a gate

The first one said,"Oh, my, it's half past eight!"

The second one said,"There are witches in the air!"

The third one said,"Good folk, beware!"

The fourth one said,"We'll run and run and run!"

The fifth one said,"Let's have some fun!"

OOOOOOOH, went the wind

And OUT went the light

And the five little pumpkins

Rolled out of sight

We had fun at Craven's Farm on our annual hunt for the Great Pumpkin. Afterward we went back to our house and carved pumpkins. Here are some of the pictures:

Benjamin was the sucker that helped all the kids with carving out their pumpkins. It's good having a brother-n-law that enjoys this... my husband sure doesn't. It turned out to be a very nice day and the kids had fun.

Kjell's first haircut

Thursday, I went to have Kjell's first real haircut. I had finally had it. I was going to get his haircut, much to Matthew's dismay. He finally agreed that I could go have it cut...only thing, he wasn't thinking that I was going to do it so quickly. The only thing that he said was that Grandpa had to go with me. So I called up his Dad and off we went. Daddy wasn't there and Grandma was out of the office. If they had known that I was going to do this they would have stopped me.

My husband is still mad at me for this.... We had Erik's hair long until at least 2 years maybe longer. My boys have these pretty locks that curl...so it looks cute long. The only problem with Kjell's hair it grew all up front so he always had to have it up to be able to see. I know that he is all boy...but I think that everyone else should know it too. Here is my little boy....

This isn't the best picture of him... he was given sucker to keep him still and he ran it through hair before we could take the picture. I like it and Grandpa likes it... Matthew wishes it was still long.

The New Girl at the Office

We have been growing at work, getting new clients and starting up some new businesses. We needed to get a new receptionist in the front office to help answer the phone and greet people that come into the office. We have been looking for someone and we finally found one...















The only problem is she can't speak, write or file, but we love her(him) anyways.

We have someone that is starting Monday that I think she will work at just fine.

Everyday I get home from work the boys ask how was Kjell's day at the office? Not, Mom how was your day ? What funny thing did Kjell do at the office? Well, this day was one of the better ones...Let say I do a lot of refiling, vacuum a lot more, make sure that Kjell doesn't sit on Lily, make sure that Kjell is not throwing things down the toilet or shutting the Server off...this list could go on forever. I love my Kjell...but some days are better then the others.

The office will be fully staffed with a few extras... What's going to happen when we have two of them are fully mobile... look out office it might be sooner then you expect. Lily is already trying to roll over.