Our own personal jack-o-lantern for Halloween.

(2 more teeth out 10-28-07)

Hangin' out with Shadow

The Boys

Here's Eli sleeping with his shovel and his Snoopy... Here's Duncan at Deegan's birthday party on Sunday...

P.S. to Julie

Yes, I know I told you we didn't want another cat, and I didn't want to have four animals again.... But when a little gray kitten decides it's going to live with you, what can you do?

Shadow in Da House

We finally caught Shadow on Sunday. Joe blocked her in on the porch and I made the grab. She was freaking out at first, but she let us hold her. After a few minutes of petting her, a loud purring sound came from that little skinny body. She's still a little skittish around us, but I think she's getting used to us. She'll sit on our laps and cuddle; I think she's been starving for a little affection. She adores Te-Te....if she hears Te-Te come in, she'll peek out and start following her around. Te-Te likes to lick her on the face, and they'll rub noses. The only tension is Alf. There's been a little hissing going on, but mostly Alf ignores her. I'm referring to the kitten as 'she', but actually we don't know if it's a boy or a girl. We looked at its behind, but weren't able to make the determination. I'm going to call and make an appointment with the vet, so hopefully we shall know Shadow's gender soon...

Spooktacular

We went to Spooktacular at the zoo last night

with Grandma Kathy and Grandma Judy. Here

is Eli with Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

Here are Eli and Duncan at our house.

Duncan with Scooby-Doo

Some pictures of Scout for Julie and Charlie

We went for a walk today!

Shadow

Here are some pictures of Shadow, the kitten who has taken up residence

under our deck. She has made friends with Te-Te and Scout, but at the sight

of me, Joe, or the boys, she takes off. So we haven't actually touched her yet,

which is why I hesitate to call her "our new cat, Shadow".

She's been around for about a month, though, so she's not going anywhere.

By the way, Joe does not endorse the name "Shadow". He thinks it's dorky.

October!

Happy October! We are immersed in the activities of fall...school, soccer games, Wednesday night church, and lots more! Tonight was the world premiere of Joe's movie, Highway Pirates. If you weren't able to make it, you have one more chance tomorrow. It was quite a treat...I didn't realize it would involve so many comedic elements. If you don't get to go see it, DVDs will be available. Joe, Jessica and Nick are all awesome in it! The special effects were impressive too.

Tomorrow is Duncan's first Cub Scout meeting. We are going to go check it out and if it's something we think we'll do, we'll go get his uniform etc.

His soccer team is doing really good. They are undefeated, with one tie.

Eli got to dress up as a pirate for the movie tonight, he was really cute. We went to the store yesterday and he got some 'yummy' bears (i.e. gummy bears). Also we have lots of acorns in our yard, which Eli calls "eggrolls".

The boys had a fun weekend with Grandpa Jim, who came down to see the movie and to watch them while Joe and I went to St. Louis for a night with Chip and Shierine to see Ryan Adams at the Pageant. The concert was good, I was excited to see a couple of friends from the past, Wes and Penny (who is about 2 weeks away from having their second baby!!) It seems weird that it's been so long since we've seen them...so it was good to catch up. We went down and met them at the "Pin-Up Bowl" 9a cool bowling alley) for a while, and then headed down to the Casino Queen to lose some money. This losing streak has gone on long enough, it's time for the Livingstons to get back on a roll again!

After lunch in Soulard with Kelly and Jana, we went and picked up Grandma Livingston and brought her back to Springfield to visit and go to the movie with us. We had a good time hanging out, eating lots, and watching baseball. Red Sox? Diamondbacks? I just don't know who to root for, with no Cardinals....