happy halloween!

We missed the church (non) halloween party last night, but we had plenty of opportunities to get in the halloween spirit back at home:

 Who's that coming up the hill?

It's Crocodile Jamie!

Happy Halloween everyone!

PS interesting article about the origins of Halloween here: http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/open-book/no-28-concerning-halloween/

visit to St Louis

Jamie and I have just returned from a 10 day visit to St Louis. We had a great time with the family. Jamie had fun playing with his aunts and uncles and of course Nana and Big Daddy. I got to go to the four World Series home games, which included perhaps the best postseason baseball game in history in Game 6, and also Game 7 of course, where the Cardinals won it all! Some of the daytime highlights include tailgating at a Mizzou game, Jamie's first visits to the Zoo, pumpkin patch and transportation museum. The mail reason we came in was to support Kyle in his capstone dinner, which is a final project for his degree at college. He was general manager of a team of people that put on a 5 course meal for over 80 people. They had to order, prepare, cook, and serve all the food. It was very professional and very tasty. We are very proud of him.

Here are some photos from the trip:

Mizzou game:

 This kid loves any slide:

With Nana at the pumpkin patch:

Petting a goat at the Zoo:

The Transportation Museum was a big it. Can you see all the trains he's lined up?!

Thomas the Tank Engine is Jamie's favorite cartoon character. He loves trains!

 And bonding time with all his aunts and uncle:

All the photos can be found on Flickr as usual: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwoodward/sets/72157627894011193/

a little green thumb

Christine (Paul's mum) came over today to have a massive pruning/tidy of our garden (backyard). We got a substantial amount cut back during Jamie's 2 hour nap--we easily have 2-3 carloads that need to go to the green recycling. When Jamie did wake up, we found we had ourselves quite the little helper. He obviously has his Nanna's green thumb. (Let's hope so!)