Allred Family

Good times with the Allred side of the family: watching conference and visiting the ZOO!

Randomness

Kyler grew some chest hair.

We all got haircuts.

The attack of the burrito!

Eric is one HOT man.

Baby Bryce was blessed!

Halloween Decs

We found a box of Halloween decorations. It was actually a bit lucky that we found it amongst all the hundreds of thousands of other boxes that are in storage.

So we decorated.

Come What May, and Love It!

This move to Everett, Washington is really difficult for me. Yes, I know we are supposed to be going, but that means about three more months of transitional living.
 I was soo ready to move in to our own house and get truly settled . . .

And I miss our comfy king-sized bed. . .
And I will miss being so close to family . . .
And what about our poor boys who are in desperate need of some stability.

I set a goal for myself.

No complaining, out loud, about the move.
hmm, is what I wrote above complaining . . . or just explaining . . .

Last year, I made myself this little tile and it is displayed in my kitchen.

It is in reference to a talk given by Joseph B. Wirthlin. It really struck me. It was one of those things that I just couldn't get out of my head because it was exactly what I needed. My mother-in-law reminded me of this awesome you tube video:
Come What May and Love It!  

After a lot of pondering on his message and trying my hardest to stick to my goal, I think I am ready to

Go to Washington, and Love It!

Llama Llama Red Pajama

2009 October General Conference pajama tradition inspired by our current favorite bedtime story:

The much anticipated red pajama bottoms for all Allred family members were distributed Saturday evening (we do watch conference on Saturday, too, but two full days in the same red pajamas but would be a bit much for us messy folk). We feasted on both biscuits and gravy and the inspired messages from our current prophet and leaders.

I love how our new pajamas made the boys so excited to watch conference. They asked all week about when it would finally be conference. We bonded as we hung out in matching pajamas all day. Though Eric admitted feeling a little silly as we went on a family walk though the neighborhood . . .

Real Men ROAR!

Evidence that my dad has been spending a lot of time with my boys and that they actually listen to him:

I was making dinner. Kyler was sitting at the table working on a project. He gets up to get a drink and bangs his toe against the chair leg. He shouts, "Owww!" I ask if he's ok and he tells me what happened. I offer my sympathy because that really does hurt a lot. He sits back down on the chair. Then I hear the loudest "Roar, Roar, Roar" over and over again. Getting a little irritated, I ask him what he is doing and to please stop while he's here in the kitchen.

His response was

"But Grandpa says that men don't cry, they roar. So I was roaring!"

LeeLee's

LeeLee's Market is Eric's favorite store.

Mostly because they sell Brazilian food.

We took the boys on a field trip there so they could see a variety of asian fruits and vegetables (many of which I didn't even recognize--thank goodness for labels above the produce so I could at least sound smart to the boys when I would tell them what everything was), the live seafood swimming along oblivious to the fact that they will soon be someone's dinner, the whole roasted duck, the pig snouts and chicken hearts, the avacado ice cream, and much more!

We got our farofa and Guarana and then

we let each of the boys choose a treat, but it had to be something they've never had before.

Kyler chose a Korean milk candy with a rice paper covering that let out a nasty smell when you chewed it. I personally didn't try one. The smell was bad enough. Kyler and Eric liked them though!

Kacin did not (here is his half chewed candy that he spit out).

Kacin chose a Japanese strawberry flavored hard candy. Two thumbs up for that one.

We love LeeLee's!