Christmas in all it's over-done splendor!

Christmas was fabulous. Santa was very good to us! I got some new piano music, a bath pillow. a crepe maker, and a skookie skillet set. Michael got a new golf bag, a massage mat, a new wii game, and a dremell. As for the kids, they made out well this year. Joshua's favorite gift was a castle playset. Andrew's was a wooden block set that makes farm animal noises. They had a blast opening their presents, and following the "treasure hunt" that santa left for them.

Thanksgiving Cheer

This one is for you, Ma! We love you!

Osmond Mania

How did everyone enjoy the Oprah Osmond Occasion (or OOO for short)? Laura finally understands the Barlow obsession with the Osmond family-- they are sooo cool! And, lest we forget they have made our family slightly famous (or at least 'rubbed on famous'-- i.e. Becky's 'date' with Donny!) Laura can now also say that she has hugged a man that has hugged Oprah-- Tom. That goes right up there with getting a private tour of Brisbane from Mel Gibsons cousin. But, that is a story for another time!

Halloween

Here are the kids, Laura too, in thier costumes. Joshua went as Batman and Andrew went as a Smore, in case you couldn't tell. We sent Andrew as a Smore because his nickname, given to him by Joshua, has been Marshmellow for a few months-- or as Josh says it 'Smarshmellow'. We went trick-or-treating in our nieghborhood and did much better this year-- Josh made it to 6 houses as opposed to about 3 last year. Luckily for hime, Laura had gotten a bunch of 'booty' for the kids at the Mall earlier in the day and we had oodles of extra candy at the house. It was a fun Halloween for everyone here!

Pumpkin Walk

We went to the pumpkin walk last week. For those of you who don't know what a pumpkin walk is, let me elaborate. North Logan has this quirky tradition of creating still-life scenes composed almost entirely of pupkins and various other squashes, arranging them all around the park and letting the community come to oooh and ahhhh. It actually is alot of fun. This year they had scenes including Thomas the train, pirates, an old west town, frankensteins labratory, farms galore, and even elvis. We only stayed an hour because it was stinking cold, but fun none-the-less. These pictures are of the kids at the end, where they had those boards that you put your face through. Andrew thought those were so cool.

Meet Shelob

We've had her for a couple of months now, even long enough to experience her moulting process (verry interesting)! Shelob the Tarantula is the newest addition to our household and I find myself absolutely immersed in teh world of "boys". Really. There's a spider living on my kitchen counter.

We do love her though, and she makes for a great pet. Right now she is about a year old, and she could live to be 25. Josh can take her to college. She eats crickets, which is quite violent, but the main reason for getting a spider in the first place. Like I said ... boys.

Email!!

We've given up our netzero account, and the email account to go with it. So we have a new email address. Just thought you all might like to know! Here it is:
thebarlows@digis.net