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Halloween

I may not have sprung for new costumes this year (I was a bit busy with a new baby), but I had the boys rehearse the trick-or-treat door approach number of times so they would be pros for Halloween night. The neighborhood we live in is ideal for candy collecting! We read lots of Halloween books (thanks Grandma & Grandpa B!) & even had a fanciful breakfast. Bats & ghosts hanging from the ceiling, mummy cups & pumpkin pancakes. Collin's was constantly saying, "Happy Ha-ow-een!!". The boys lived in their monkey & lion costume.

They also had lots of fun with their Aunties on the big night.

And of course, it was Seth's first Halloween. He was my tired little sweet pea!

a name & a blessing

Sunday, October 30 was a special day for Seth because he received his baby blessing. (For those unfamiliar with this, it's a time when a new child is presented to the Lord and given a blessing to start out his life.) My favorite part was when he was told that he was named for two wonderful men- the first, Seth, was Adam & Eve's son. (Our) Seth was blessed that he would be righteous, steadfast & full of faith like him. He was also named for Sebastian (the guy who introduced Nate & me) and Seth was blessed to have great charity in his heart, just like Shebby. He was promised many other sweet things which I wrote down in his baby book.

We are honored to be Seth's parents- we recognize that he is first and foremost Heavenly Father's son. What an amazing & humbling responsibility we feel to try to be the best parents possible to our children. They are pretty awesome! (and crazy & hilarious & sweet & full of energy. LOTS and LOTS of energy...)  We love each of them so much.

white wedding

A few weeks ago we flew out to Denver for Tara & Jace's wedding. Seth was a perfect angel on both flights. Asher & Collin did really great too and were relishing being on an airplane. The only problem came when Collin (who, along with Asher, had been recovering from croup) started coughing so hard he threw up on himself & Uncle Scott. I still can't believe we had a 2 week-old in tow, but luckliy there were lots of people willing to hold such a new little baby. Tara couldn't have hope for a more gorgeous, autumn day. I wish I would've taken more pictures, especially at the reception & of the happy couple but I'm gonna cut myself a little slack given that I was away nursing every 1-2 hours! :)

My dad & his siblings:

Great-Grandpa Bartlett & Seth:

We are so excited to welcome Jace (White) into the family- finally the boys are starting to balance out the girls!