Here are some random items from our past little while.
A broken garage door--to say the least.
Those little dents at the bottom were due to monsoon microburst winds.
Those broken shards of glass were not.
They were due to a garage door fix-it man who "messed up" (in his words), shattered the glass, suffered a major six-inch-glass-shard-going-through-hand injury, knocked on my door asking me to drive him to the emergency room whilst I am staring at a large pool of blood quickly collecting on my garage floor and me saying, "Um....uh..." and trying not to faint. I gave the poor guy an old lime green towel, a gatorade (ya know, so he wouldn't go into shock), and told him to put out his cigarette (for I imagine smoking is not good when you are losing blood).
{sigh}
It all worked out, the man was back at work that night (wow) after some stitches, and our garage is as good as new, if you'd like to drive by.
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Fall Soccer and Volleyball began. I have no pics from the games yet, but this is Dad in the backyard with the kiddos "running drills" and other official athleticism.
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Which is true.
And, bonus, this book comes with 3-D glasses. Scary!
The other gifts included items from our pantry that the kids wanted to wrap.
Ya know, some of Dad's faves like salsa, kleenex, and mints.
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Oh, and also, there's this.
I know, it doesn't look "positive"...which is why there are two.
But I really took three.
I mean, four.
Just to make sure.
Since, you do that when you're in shock.
In a good way.
13 weeks and the little pumpkin (also known as the "Owens' Final Installment") is so far, so good, according to the many ultrasounds.
I have been not-so-good in my fog-like state of nausea and exhaustion.
But life seems a little rosier now,
and I remember that food tastes good.
Though it still doesn't exactly smell good.
Yay for babies!
Paige had her 2nd piano recital last week. She has been playing for about 3 years now and is doing so well and is so fun to listen to. She has the best teacher who is patient and encouraging. For this recital, Paige played two memorized pieces: The Entertainer and The Night of the Tarantela. 
It was a packed house and we enjoyed a nice little concert by all of the students.
His big brother made him a sweet Star Wars card:
"Pin the Parrot on the Pirate"
Everyone drawing their best pirate!
Trust me--you want to give this boy a gift, because his reactions and gratitude are priceless.
Matey Cupcakes (Fruit-roll ups for the scarf)
Lots of delightful dress-up time.
(Look how tall our Paige is!!)
Steve had a birthday bash. The kids had picked out a Shark book from the book order "because Daddy loves Sharks, Mom!" 
