Big News! (no, Caprice isn't pregnant)

This is Jonathan here, reporting on some fun news.  The house that we put an offer on 2 months ago has FINALLY been accepted.  We will actually have our own house!  If the closing process goes smoothly, we close on Dec. 22.  It is in a beautiful neighborhood in Puyallup, with a spectacular view of Mt. Rainier.  

Also, my new niece was born this week and totally STOLE my birthday.  I have been the only November birthday in my extended family for a long time...my whole life!  Since she is so flippin cute though, I am happy she is here and glad to share our birthday.  Congrats Jill and Steve.

Yesterday I took Dean to the traveling Train Show that happened to be coming through town.  He was amazed at the hundreds of trains everywhere.  His favorite was the Thomas train display with all the characters.

He made me so proud by deciding to go on the big Thomas train ride.  He NEVER does anything like this.  

Dean was so good at not touching the trains, but couldn't help putting his finger closer and closer.

We need to make this a yearly thing Dean.  I really had a great time with you. 

Just me and the boys!

This is Jonathan here doing a post since Caprice is gone AGAIN doing something fun over the weekend.  She's a great Mom though and honestly deserves some time off.  She went to Seattle for a scrapbooking convention with her sisters.  So...the boys and I spent some quality time doing some male bonding.  Well, it was actually just a trip to the mall so they could play on the toys there, and lunch at McDonalds.  I think they had fun though.  We passed by a photo booth there and couldn't pass it up.  They had some great smiles for the camera, and I thought the shot of them both looking backwards was hilarious!  They probably did that on purpose so I was the only one looking like a fool doing the fishy face!

One of the malls here has this awesome play area.  The only thing I could think about was how many swine flu germs there are everywhere.  We used plenty of hand sanitizer on our way out!

Sunday evening we enjoyed some horsey rides!  

With Brittany and Aaron living here too it is quite the full house!  Evelyn and Dean are best friends and get along so well...I wish I could relay sarcasm when typing!

I love my boys, they are the best!

Walker's Halloween 2009

It's a little late, but Happy Halloween! We love Halloween in this family, and we were so excited to dress up. Dean really enjoyed helping us make our spider web sugar cookies with plastic spiders on them.

My sister Shelby is excellent at making her own costumes, so this is her witch costume that I borrowed. Jonathan was a vampire, complete with his own fangs he made at his office.

Dawson was a great sport wearing his puppy outfit. He kept the hat on for a few minutes, then kept pulling on the ears to take it off. At least he let us put the costume on him.

Dean was another story. One of his cousins was supposed to be Nemo, but refused to wear it, so Dean got the hand-me-down. Well, he refused to wear it also! We tried to get him excited about it, but it just didn't work. Finally halfway through our ward party, he put on the hat part and trunk-or-treated in that. Most people thought he was a dinosaur. Whatever. There's always next year...

Here he is with his cousin Roman being Spider-Man

Although he wouldn't dress up, he had a blast asking people for candy.

This is Monique's family, the pirates!! I love their costumes. Arrrrrg!

Jonathan was craving more than just the chili and cornbread... sorry, bad joke.

Surf's Up, Dude!

Last weekend, we were able to participate in an annual surf trip to Seaside, Oregon. So fun! Jonathan and I had never surfed before, so we were excited and a little nervous. We rented a house on the beach with some friends from our ward, the Crisenberrys, the Manns, and the Eltons. We left the kids with my parents (thank you Grandma and Grandpa!!!) and had such a great time getting to know our friends better and learning how to surf!

Getting ready to head to the beach.

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This place was beautiful! And the weather was perfect for us. Being in Oregon, the water is freezing, but we had wetsuits so we couldn't even really tell. Speaking of wetsuits, holy moly those things are hard to get on and off!

Heather, me, and Mimi

Okay, so Jonathan laughed so hard at me because I couldn't actually carry the surfboard like everyone else did. My arms were too short! I hope you all get as much amusement out of my piddly little arms as Jonathan did. (that's me in the middle, dragging the board). Jonathan didn't actually get any pictures of me surfing, but I did actually get up on my knees a few times, so I was proud of that.

Nathan, Jonathan, and Evan

This was the only good shot I got of Jon up on the board; he's the one in the background.

Evan and Heather and their cutie boy Merrick

Both nights we were there we all sat around and played games until pretty late. It was so fun. We found a new game that Jonathan and I love. It's called Cranium Pop, and I highly recommend it!

Thanks for everyone that came and surfed with us. We had such a great time, and we can't wait until next year's trip!

Just us boys!

Hey this is Jonathan. With Caprice in Cleveland and the "homemaker" responsibilities falling on me for a few days, I thought I better be a good househusband and update the blog! I got the boys ready for church this morning which made me break out into a sweat, but they looked so darn handsome I had to take some pictures. This is the face they both give me when saying "say cheese".

We miss Caprice so much, but I know she is having so much fun hanging out with friends and visiting our old stomping grounds. I received this picture yesterday morning from her. Am I worried that she is not having fun?...not at all! Thank you Chaffees for taking good care of her!

Last week was Caprice's birthday, so we celebrated and had a big family dinner and party.

Caught her right in the middle of the "surprise look". Oh alright, I was like one second late so this is my attempt to stage it.

Here's some shots of the rest of the fam! How did I luck out with such great in-laws?!

Dawson gets so excited every time Grandpa Ray walks into the room. He drops whatever he is doing, goes straight for him and says "Bom Pah!" He was definitely helping Grandpa with the little project going on here.