pulling a tanner

short and sweet, but oh so funny (this comes from my sister meri's latest facebook message):

"Every time Tanner doesn't want to do something he lies down on the ground and says "I died." I wish I could do that. Haha."

next time i don't want to do something at work maybe i''ll just "pull a tanner."

*for those of you who don't know, tanner is my darling seven-year-old brother

veteran's day tribute to great grandpa wiley

a local news station in pennsylvania recently covered the closing of an armory named for my great-grandpa robert calvin wiley, a war hero who died in france in 1944.

click here for a link to the video.

we're so grateful for his patriotic example and brave sacrifice. and we can't wait to meet him in the life to come.

seven months old

and still ridiculously cute...

...even if he does refuse to pose with his doting mother

first halloween

check out christian's expression while watching shane carve

not so sure about his pumpkin

hitting it off with his pumpkin

the pumpkin shane carved -- doesn't it look like jack from "nightmare before christmas"?

halloween pajamas made by grandma larsen

ready to trick-or-treat (or trunk-or-treat, in the church parking lot)

the flying monkey

SUCH a happy guy