Trunk or Treat and More

Dillan is wearing my costume, a jack-o-lantern that goes on my big tummy!

Here's the cute shark boy! At first, the only way we could get him to try it on was to tell him he would get candy. He got so good at saying "trick or treat," getting the candy, and then bringing it to me to put in his bag. So far, all he's gotten to eat out of it is a pack of M&M's!

He loves to pretend to sleep, especially when Mommy is tired and pretending to sleep also.

This box was for the bean bag toss at our ward Harvest Festival. Dillan turned it into his "castle box." It was totally broken after a week.

Daddy and Dillan working on dismantling our broken computer. It was so great for Dillan to use real tools on a real project and not be able to break anything or lose any parts!

More Fun Videos

Farewell to Summer

The Beach at Lincoln City, Oregon. Dillan loved his new bucket, the sand, the space, the attention, and running in and out of the freezing water.


Helping with yard work at grandma and grandpa Tanner's.


Tanner Family Reunion in St. George.

Dillan's first beach: Newport, California. Mostly he liked playing with strangers' beach toys.

Pool at Newport Beach.

All ready to go to school at 19 months old, ha ha.

Horseback riding in St. George.

In Salem, Oregon

These are the requested pictures of our apartment. Above is our triangle bedroom, below is Dillan's triangle bedroom, which is exactly the same size as ours.

Front and back halves of our family room.

Dining room and kitchen.

Our sweet triangle balcony with the pine tree that gets sap on everything.

We have now been in Salem, Oregon for 2 weeks and are starting to feel settled. So far we have:

• moved in
• gone to Portland
• gone boating, wakeboarding, and Dillan went tubing with us (he couldn't get enough)
• finished a sewing project
• picked blueberries at a farm
• gone to the beach (an hour away)
• hiked in Silver Falls State Park, a 5 mile hike with 7 waterfalls
• got forced to go the wrong way due to one way streets
• got forced to go the wrong way due to traffic
• made it to the second half of the pregnancy (ultrasound in 2 weeks)
• feel the baby kick regularly
• don't really fit my clothes anymore
• and Kyle is super excited about school after 2 days of orientation

Salem isn't what I expected

• the downtown roads are all one way
• the maximum freeway speed in the "country" is 65, and 60 in the city--makes for a lot of traffic
• the traffic lights are all timed perfectly, they turn green right before you get to it!
• Any highway going anywhere is lined with vineyards and Christmas tree farms
• Even when there is traffic (rush-hour compounded by construction) your drive time only changes by 5 minutes because the city is so small
• so far everyone is normal, no hippies, no druggies, no homosexuals
• it has only rained once in 2 weeks, and that was the only time it was overcast too
• you have to pay for metered parking at the public library, and $1 a movie you check out

I'm excited for this phase of life. I hope I keep liking Salem as I live here longer!