Chris left for Huston, Texas this morning. He will be gone for 6 weeks before we will get to see him again. I didn't think it would be so hard to see him go, but it was. I think the pregnancy hormones are making things just a little bit harder then they would be. We found out Thursday night that Chris was needed in Huston asap. There is a lot of work to be done there from the hurricane and my brother-in-law Trevor Stephenson has already been down there finding roofs to do. He has quite a few ready for Chris to come in and take care of. Chris will be there until the end of February, maybe longer and the boys and I will be joining him the end of December. Until then I am going to be pretty lonely without my best friend and husband around. I am hoping the holiday season and all the projects I have listed for myself will keep me busy enough.

Vote Yes for Prop. 8

I know this doesn't really affect those of us in Washington right now, but it could eventually make a big difference if it doesn't pass. I really like this video of an interview with Elder Bednar about prop. 8. Elder Bendar is a member of the quorum of the 12 apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a special witness of Christ.
Please go to this site and watch this video.

http://deseretbook.com/video/view/13

Halloween

First we had to carve our pumpkins!

This was the only time we could even get Hyrum to touch to stuff inside the pumpkin. Right after this picture he had to go wash his hands.

Noah wouldn't even stick his hands in the pumpkin. He kept trying to use a spoon. I had to end up helping him of course, but he did have a good time.

On Halloween night we go over to my brother Joel's house and all the McCombs cousins go trick or treating together. We couldn't get all the kids together to take the picture. But the ones we did get looked so cute.

Hyrum is the Ninja, Noah is the Knight, Porter is the Lion, Garrett is the Monkey, Jenna is Cleopatra and Drew is the Dragon.

Interesting News

I just wanted to let you all know that my cousin McKay Coppins is now writing a weekly column for the Deseret News' Mormon Times website. Technically, they call him a "blogger."

The name of the column is "Single, Mormon Twentysomething." The premise is that McKay write from the perspective of a single, Mormon twentysomething. His first column (published last week) discusses sweeping generalizations of this generation of young, single Mormons (they love Facebook, Coldplay and blogging about their insecurities). This week he wrote about his basement-dwelling roommate who has graduated from college but can't seem to move on with his life. The articles are intended to be sometimes insightful, often funny and always brilliant. At least that is his goal.

I am including a link to his most recent article and he will be published every Friday on MormonTimes.com.

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/mckay_coppins/?id=4753

I am very excited for McKay and hope that his column is very successful. Please take a minute to check out his column.

Happy Birthday Noah Day 2

Noah Christopher Farman was born on October 12, 2005. Since that time he has brought so much love, laughs and life into our home. He is three years old and already has a mind of his own. He is determined to rid the world of the bad guys and still has time to have fun with his big brother and the rest of his family and friends.Sunday we had a small celebration at our house with just us and Grandma McCombs and Uncle Ryan.

I think Noah finally got the whole idea around birthdays!

He got this football piggy bank from Grandma McCombs which he thought was pretty cool!

Then he opened his presents from me and Chris. He loves these toy knights that we had started collecting so he got a few more of those.

Which he take everywhere he goes. In the car, to all his meals and of course to bed.

And what fun is it to have knights without a castle to protect.

Hyrum and Noah were so excited about the new castle. They haven't stopped playing with their knights and castle since Sunday. Happy Birthday my Noah Son!

Happy Birthday Noah Day 1

On Saturday we took Noah over to my sister Holly's house so we could take the boys out on our four-wheelers. Of course Hyrum and Noah were so excited about hanging out with their cousins they weren't as interested in riding on the four-wheelers. Although Porter and Garrett had a great time. Hyrum, Noah and Mason all got one turn and then they decided they had enough and wanted to play.

They decided to gather up some wood and try to build a house. Let's just say after they realized how hard it was to dig the hole they gave up a little.

Aunt Holly baked a cake for Noah and we had a little birthday celebration there. It was very nice. They boys loved the cake.

Porter didn't want to take the helmet off. He had the most rides on the four-wheelers.

Noah wasn't too sure about all the attention he was getting. I think he had a good time though!