Wall art......

So, what happens in the Tishendorf household, when I pay bills, and then leave the stamps on the kitchen counter?????   Apparently, in a 4 year old's world.....They become wall art!!!  Who knew?????

Look what we found!!!!

So, Tori decided to bring in our skeleton from the front yard and as she brought it into the entryway, she found this spider!!!!  Yes it is a real spider!!!!!  She screamed...............

..............went running across the room and jumped up on Matt's shoulders!!!   (Just kidding....this is actually a photo of her using Matt as a jungle the gym the other day!)  In reality ....she did SCREAM then run to her brothers and asked them to help her get the spider.  Which, of course, then I had to go and see the spider...and then get the camera....and then kindly dispose of the spider outside...being sure not to injure the rare orange thing and let it get back to nature.  Of course, about 20 minutes later I went out the front door to put out the recycling and apparently the spider wasn't a fast little guy and sadly didn't make it out of the way of my shoe.  Oops!

Movie theater deprived.......

So, what happens when you live in a town for 5 years and they FINALLY open a movie theater????????

Well, of course you head there opening weekend.....and ooooohhhhh and ahhhhhhhhh about the building and their "green parking lot"...............

And then you take the WHOLE family (thanks to Halloween money from Omie and Grandma/Grandpa) to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in 3D --- Which was funny and the kids LOVED IT!!!

Then, that evening.....Matt and I went back to watch Couple's Retreat!!!!  Which we found to be HEEEELARIOUS!!!!!!!!

Filming the news.....

A week or two ago, Sarah and I spent the day shopping in Clackamas and on our way home we stopped in Milwaukie at Bob's Red Mill for lunch.  While we were having lunch at our table, the news crew showed up to film a cooking segment for KOIN News Channel 6!!! 

The gentleman to the left with the red vest  is "Bob" the owner of the Mill!!!

After we were done with lunch we stopped to pick up some oatmeal (note here, if you haven't tried their strawberry or blueberry oatmeal.....stop what you are doing...go to the store...and stock up!!! ) Sarah saw Bob walking around and asked why his photos were on ALL of the boxes and packages?  Then she asked if she could have her photo taken with him.  I think her thought process went along the lines of......if I have my photo with him, then MY photo will be on the boxes!!!  Of course, Bob said sure and then treated her to a HUGE fresh baked cookie from his restaurant!!!

Halloween 2009

Halloween 2009!!!  The only trick or treaters left in our house are Sarah and Tyler!!!!

Sarah dressed up as a Fairy from the Tinkerbell Movie and Tyler as the "Grim Reaper"

Every Fairy has wings!!!!!

Sarah on our front porch with our "werewolf greeter"

It was Matt's year to take the kids through the neighborhood trick or treating.  So, while he was out and about, Ryan and Tori took turns handing out candy, and I spent the evening in the kitchen baking cookies for the kids to decorate when they were done visiting our neighbors!!! 

Check off another successful Halloween in the Tishendorf household!!!!

Carving up a good time.....

On Wednesday the kids carved up their pumpkins (note here....Brandon deemed it not cool to pick out a pumpkin at the patch this year....and didn't partake in the pumpkin carving :(  The teen years have arrived.

Carving away!!!!

Sarah and Ryley

The Ry-Man

Tyler and Tori

Sarah with her happy pumpkin!

Tori went for a scary pumpkin....

Ryley opted to let our Halloween guests know they should "BEWARE"

Ryan --  Who attempted a Portland Trailblazer symbol.....gave up after a while and opted for a quick face.

For some reason I am not finding a photo of Tyler's Frankenstein pumpkin....Instead, I'm posting a photo of him.....all ready to head out to a costume party at a friend's house Friday night!!!!!!

Teens night out in Portland!

On October 24th, I took Brandon and his friends to downtown Portland and they spent an evening at OMSI where they had a "teen night".  The boys had a blast!!!!

Shawn, Kyle, Logan, Corey and Brandon

Then we headed to Bullwinkles Family Fun Center in Wilsonville for a quick race before heading home!