New Blog Address

Okay, we've got our new blog set up!  Please visit us at:

http://themordorskifamily.blogspot.com/

Thanks for following our adventures,
Laurie, Paul and Owen

New Blog

Please be patient with us....we've used up the 1 GB of memory that blogspot allows, so we are trying to create a new blog.  Check back here for a new blog address!

Thanks for following our adventures!
Laurie, Paul and Owen

Family Photos Fall 2012

Several weeks back, our photographer Joyce was in town and captured some photos for our Christmas cards.  She does such an AMAZING job of getting Owen to cooperate!  Each time, it gets harder and harder to choose which ones we should order!  Here are a few of my favorites.

The Halloween Blues

Halloween 2012 wasn't one to write home about unfortunately.  Owen was very excited to be a fireman and our neighbors lent a costume to him.  It was a hair big, but he loved it, so a fireman he was!  He started to get his 3 year molars the week before Halloween.  He was crabby, had a fever and wasn't eating well, so he was home from daycare for two days.  Then he seemed better over the weekend and on Monday.  On Tuesday though, I got a call from Heidi saying that he was acting lethargic, not interested in his normal activities, was shivering and just wasn't himself.  So, I went and picked him up and by that afternoon, he had a 101.7 temp and was miserable.  I even asked Paul to bring a shake home for him so he'd get some fat and protein.  He's been living off of jusice and fruit/veggie pouches.  By about 7:30, I decided to take him in, just in case.  He got his finger "pinched" (blood drawn) and a strep test.  That came back negative, but his white blood count was really low, which meant he had a virus. 

He seemed to be acting more himself the next morning, but he still had a fever and couldn't go to Heidi's for the big Halloween party. :(  I tried my best to make it a fun day, but there is only so much that can compete with treats, costumes and parties!

After we convinced him to eat a few bites of dinner, we put his costume on and made it to one house before he was whining and not into it anymore.  We made it to a totaly of 3 houses, and then we were back home.  He did have fun handing out treats to a couple of kids, then off to bed. :(

These are the treats I made for Owen to take to his party at Heidi's. 

 Showing off the mask he made at Heidi's the day a few days before Halloween

 Our little fireman

 Our neighbor doggie, Bella.  Owen said, "Bellla looks nice!"