Thoroughly Modern Samantha

In the past few weeks Samantha has discovered that she loves to talk on the phone. She actually likes to listen more than she likes to talk, but nonetheless she lunges for the phone when it is in sight. She does the same with the computer.

Happy Halloween!!!

We had a trunck-or-treat tonight at the church. We had a lot of fun eating dinner, dressing up, and decorating our trunk. We even got a prize for third place in the trunk decorating contest!!!

The girls sitting with Samanta are the daughters of our new friend Jennifer. We met her this week when the missionaries invited us to go to an appointment with them. We are excited that she is getting baptized and we are glad to have a good friend.

Samantha was exhausted by the time the night was over!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Mom,

You've sure accomplished a lot in your life. Thanks! We love you and miss you!

Michael, Heidi, and Samantha

Will she ever say "mom"??!!?!?!

Samantha's vocabulary has been very limited so far in her progression. In her mind there is only one word....

Heidi has no bitter feelings towards our daddy's girl.

Oh, Samantha!

Now that we live in a new area, away from family, I am finding that it is harder to find reasons for me to get out and do somthing during the day. Because I don't go anywhere I'm finding that I take a lot more pictures of Samantha. I'm not sure why, but you all get to look at the pictures because of it!
The lady that lives upstairs has taken a liking to our girl. She stopped by last night to give Samantha this big, pink teddy bear. It's nice to have good neighbors. The bear is the same size as Samantha is. I wanted to get a picture of her with it, of course, but everytime I pushed the button the on the camera Samantha would move her hands up to her face. After about a dozen tries I gave up.

We had a Family Fun Fair tonight at the stake center. It was fun! There was food, displays, and blow up toys for the kids.

Unpacking with a Princess is Pretty Much Impossible

We found an apartment last week. It's small, but we decided to get it anyway because we are only going to be here for 6-8 months. After that we are going to be tranfered to a different post.

Unpacking has been quite the task in the small apartment and with a little princess. She did so well on the drive down and while we were in the hotel, but now she doesn't seem to like the change of environment. I hope she adapts soon or our little pathway through the boxes may not disappear for a while!!!

Apartment Hunting We Will Go.....