Halloween makes me lazy

So I am feeling lazy today. On Friday our ward had a Halloween party. It was really fun and the kids were thrilled to dress up. We even got Brian and the bishopric to all dress up together. For more information follow this link to my family's blog. The kids, and everyone looked great.

http://eprocrastinator.blogspot.com/2008/10/who-ya-gonna-call.html

Happy Haunting, but be careful, the Ghostbusters might get you!

Happy Halloween!

Here are some fun Halloween shirts that the kids gor from Brian's mom. They would wear them EVERY day if I let them. They are sure looking forward to Halloween, and it all starts tonight with a Halloween party with our ward.

Bunch O' Birthday Cards

I made a stack of birthday cards for my Grandma. It was sure fun to try out lots of different stuff. I think my favorites are the cards with the animals for the great grandkids. There are a bunch, so bear with me. Next week I am going to try out a scratch and sniff card. We'll see how it goes.

Nathan's Glasses

So after waiting very patiently, Nathan got his glasses on Saturday. He is so amazed by how he can see everything again. I think that he looks very handsome. I am glad that he is excited about them and that I don't have to remind him to put them on in the morning (we'll see how long that lasts!We are so thankful that a simple pair of glasses correct his vision perfectly.

Our Good News

Some of you may know that Nathan failed his vision screening at school. I found out through a letter in the mail from the school. So I got the earliest appointment possible and we took him in this morning. I never really worried about him having the optic atrophy that I have (as well as Liz, my dad, my siblings and my nephew) but I had one small moment of panic this morning as we were waiting to go to the doctor. Brian and I have been looking forward to Nathan's 16th birthday since we found out about Liz's eyes! Anyway, the report was good. His optic nerve his healthy and the right glasses correct him to 20/20. He was really a good boy and is excited about glasses.

On a different, yet related, note we think we have a diagnosis for what Liz and I have. Her doctor gave us this diagnosis 5+ years ago, but truthfully I didn't think much of it. I wrote it ona piece of paper, and have come across that paper countless times in the last five years. My younger sister has been living in Boston and earlier this year saw an eye doctor. He gave her a dignosis as well and it was the same one Liz's doctor gave her. So I have thought more about it. The name of it is Kjer's optic neuropathy or dominant optic atrophy. Here is a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjer%27s_optic_neuropathy

Now ona completely unrelated topic, here are some cute pictures I took of the kids a couple of weekends ago. Enjoy!

Fishing

Here are some pictures of when Brian went fishing with his dad and two of his brothers. You can tell which pics were from the second day because they are all pretty red from the sun.