Pumpkin Fun!

We just went to our neighborhood pumpkin patch. The kids were so excited to pick out their own pumpkins, though the picture may say differently. Winston wasn't excited to take a picture but he and Shaelyn were sure happy to get 2 pumpkins each! Whoa! A little one and a littler one. They were so excited to get some my-size pumpkins. Walter did catch a good picture of both kids smiling, William was plugged so who knows if he was! If we get around to carving out pumpkins (good FHE activity) I will post the results! Happy Fall Ya'll from good old North Carolina!

Shawntel has been Tagged

Okay so I have been tagged by Ashley and Rachel so I guess I have to do it! This is going to be fun!

8 things I am passionate about
1.My Husband Walter Schenck (The most wonderful man in the world, to me)
2.My Children (Shaelyn, Winston, and William, I should put them all in there own number, he he)
3. My Family (I have the best family ever, they ROCK)
4.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (It's true, simply said)
5. Stamping (Stampin' Up! Baby)
6. Movies and TV (just ask Walter)
7. Teaching (not in a public school but in my home)
8. Physical Fitness (I love to work out and I love the way it makes me feel . . . I just need to find the time to do it while juggling the 3 kids . . . hmm)

8 words or phrases I say often
1. I love you (to my husband and my children)
2. Stop jumping/wrestling/playing/etc on your brother/sister, I know it is fun now but someone is going to get hurt. (to the kids obviously)
3. Close the fridge/closet/door/cupboard/etc. (there are a lot of things to open and close at my house)
4. No Worries (I picked this up from an Aussie that was in our singles ward)
5. Shhh . . . your brother/son is sleeping (to Winston, Shaelyn, and sometimes Walter)
6. Oh WOW that is really cool (directed toward the kids when they find something or create a project)
7. Very Cool (this could be an answer to anything i.e. . . . "we just crashed our car" response from me "very cool, I mean not cool, you know what I mean")
8. Sweet (Everything is Sweet I got to keep some of my CA heritage =)

8 things I want to accomplish in the coming year
***As in 2009?!?!?***
1. Get my Husband graduated (hopefully by summer 2009)
2. Move back to California (if we are meant to be somewhere else, I am okay with that too, all in all I would like to live closer to my extended family)
3. Become a better Wife (there are always thing that I can improve on)
4. Become a better Mother (see response above)
5. Get my body to to better shape (just need to find the time, or a free babysitter would be nice)
6. Study the Book of Mormon (I've read it many times and still get something new out of it every time)
7. Get some scrap booking done for my own family (all the scrap booking I do seems to be for someone else)
8. Do some traveling with Walter, I will go just about anywhere with him

8 places I would love to go or visit
1. Anywhere a Cruse goes (I want to go on one so bad)
2. Disneyland, Disney World, Disney Cruise, etc. (I think you get the point)
3. Tahiti is always nice (been there once but I was pregnant at the time and it was hot and muggy, not a very good combination)
4. France (now I have my own translator and maybe we could go to Disneyland Paris =)
5. Australia/ New Zealand (they have some great beaches and the wildlife is awesome)
6. South Africa (I would like to see were my brother went on his mission)
7. Egypt (I would like to see some cool pyramids)
8.Argentina (see response 6)

8 things I need or want
1. A kiss, a hug, and an "I love you" from Walter and each kid (everyone needs to feel loved)
2. A Strong Family (I want my family to be very close, and know how important it is)
3. A "real" job for my Husband and no more school (it will be nice to live somewhere and know we will be there for quite a while)
4. A Healthy Body ( this is kind of a reoccurring topic )
5. More Stamps! =) (big surprise)
6. A bigger home (we have filled this one out nicely and if we have another kid, it may explode)
7. More Knowledge (The more I know, the more crazy kid questions I will be able answer)
8. An Eternal Family (Don't we all want this)

People I tag: Sarah Gilreath, Kathryn Palmer, Janese Hockman, Tamme Mathews

William Wonders and other Kid sightings

My sister was making a request that I update this blog more often, so here you go! Love ya! Here is some more video of our crazy son. I can't believe he is doing as much as he does at 8 months. If I remember right, my other children were still rollie pollies on the floor at this age. William is just in a hurry to keep up with his older siblings. The following video is William waving, he has been doing this for about 3 weeks now. Shaelyn wanted to be a star too, so you will see some snippets of her too, and a brief sighting of Winston.

Here is some video of Will doing a little bit of furniture walking. Not very much but some none the less. He does a lot more during the day, I just caught him at a bad time and he wasn't in the mood.

This video is of little Will doing some more crawling and waving.

Enjoy!

William Videos

This is William doing some of his stepping. He loves to do this!

This is another video of William crawling and then sitting up on his own. Shaelyn also does a little pretend juggling act for the camera too!

Here is William crawling at 7 months. He has been crawling for a few weeks now, I can't keep up with him. He is just trying to keep up with his older brother and sister! He will follow them around the house, laughing and giggling! He really is a joy to have!

Disneyland Rocks!

I know Walter would tell you otherwise but we love Disneyland! When we were in Southern California our family made a trip to Disneyland. We had a great time!
Winston loved the horse but NOT the belt! He did not want to have to wear the strap. He got over it once the ride started!
Here they are having a grand old time!
And what is Disneyland with out Dumbo?
Shaelyn and Winston had so much fun! William pretty much just slept in the backpack carrier. I will post more pictures from our trip later! I just had a minute were I could do some posting.