Happy Halloween from our family! We hope you all had a safe and fun night. The kids all dressed up as pirates this year. They all looked adorable. These photos show the kiddos at the pumpkin patch. We found 3 great pumpkins to carve, then we ran out of time and they still aren't carved. Maybe they will turn into pumpkin pie instead. The kids had lots of fun this year. Austin didn't trick or treat, but he did like carrying around a plastic pumpkin full of candy. He thought that was pretty cool. Liam discovered that you don't really have to say trick or treat to get candy. He informed Auntie Becky of that when she told him to say the phrase. The girls had a blast going on their own and collecting as much candy as they could hold. Enjoy the photos of the kiddos. We love you all and hope to hear from each one of you soon!

Pirate babies!!

Austin and daddy (Dr. 90210)

the boys looking at all their loot!

Princess pirate Sarah!

Funny Updates

well, unfortunately I cannot find the cord that connects the digital camera to the computer to load the pics to the blog. But I will say that the pics we took of our family time at the park today were cute and funny as well... I used to take Dana out to the swings every now and again and they kinda frightened her then... Then I hadn't taken her in a while due to being super busy mom and wife... Today was a gorgeous day for once out here at Ft. Lewis, WA.... so I convinced Josh that he needed some fresh air and we took Dana out to the little park by our house. We sat her in the swing and pushed her... instead of being frightened she just sat there at squealed with laughter.... I being a little grumpy was coaxed by this innocent child to laugh heartily as well... then Josh and Dana went into a little tunnel and the plastic that the tunnel was made of made Dana's hair all staticky. haha! at one point every last hair on her head was standing straight out... it was too cute... she slid down the slide for the first time today... YAY! as long as she was on mommy's lap she liked it!

Watch out for your nose, fingers, chin, elbows, toes and such!!!! Miss Dana is out to eat you all! LOL.... Once again we find out chunky monkey teething... only problem is this time when she bites down to ease the discomfort her present two teeth leave wonderful evidence of the fact she definitely has them... the other day, Dana leaned over to me putting her hands on my cheeks as if she were going to give me a kiss and instead to my surprise she bit my lip... that squirt changed her mind at the last minute! LOL...

Many of you probably haven't heard... our family is moving again... but not tooo far from where we currently live. We are moving literally 2 minutes up the street (depending on traffic) to a 3-bedroom 2-bathroom 1-floor house... we got the house offer yesterday and are moving on November 5th.... soo...

the address is:

5773 N. 10th Ave.
Ft. Lewis, WA 98433

so we still expect to get some Christmas cards in the mail this year.... oh and don't forget Miss Dana is turning 1 on November 20th. We are having her big birthday party on November 21st.... anyways I am just rambling now so I will wait til I have something more important to say.... good bye for now...

Halloween Already???!!!

Well, it appears that 4 months have flown by without any news from this family. Have no fear - we have lots of updates to give.

Joshua is enjoying the little time he has to watch Dana continue to discover the capabilities she has to do increasing numbers of things. He loves to tease her and laugh at the annoyed funny faces she makes as a result. Aside from that, Joshua was promoted to Specialist in the United States Army on July 13th, 2008, just prior to his trip to Japan. Since his return from Japan in late July, his Unit has been training diligently for their fast approaching deployment next year. We are still assigned to the same Battalion just a different Company and Team. Josh recently went to Ft. Hood, TX where he visited the Emergency Room for a couple serious cuts to his fingers on his left hand inflicted by one of trainees. He doesn't get hurt often but when he does they are not minor injuries. We are looking forward to our upcoming Military Ball.

Teresa is also doing well. She spent the good lot of the summer tearing out the back yard and reseeding. So much work!!! Next time (if there is a next time) she is going to hire someone else to do it. She has enjoyed watching Dana grow and develop into a very healthy vivacious toddler. She is currently getting the house ready to be moved out of in the next few months including and not limited to painting 4 rooms, plugging nail holes, scrubbing walls, washing blinds, cleaning the carpets, bleaching the linoleum. As if all that wasn't enough, she is currently seeking Part-Time / Seasonal Employment to bring in just a little extra income. Teresa and Josh are also trying to succesfully make Dana a big sister. Teresa has donated way too much blood to the Madigan Laboratory for Infertility Assessment in the last 4 weeks. Hopefully this Baby thing will happen soon.

New Cut & New Color - done in August...


Finally to little Miss Dana Elizabeth. Wow! So much to tell. She is currently approximately a whopping 25 pounds. Still looking pretty chunky! She still hates Baby Food with a passion. She loves to eat anything she can feed herself. She holds her own sippy cups and loves to eat crackers and bread. One day we discovered she had sucked on a carrot stick for so long she had sucked all the juice out of it and all that was left was the outside skin. Needless to say we were quite impressed and surprised. The imp has discovered how to turn off Computers and Cellphones as well as change TV Channels on you. Yesterday, to our dismay we found our 11 month old Dana on the 3rd step of our staircase. She is cruising around everywhere. She doesn't care much for little people toys - she loves to meddle in Grown-ups toys such as our upright Piano peddles and reading Daddy and Mommy's books directly off the shelves. We were at Barnes & Nobles this morning and we handed her a baby book to read and she tossed it aside and went directly for the "Baby Development Book - the one with all the pictures of babies in utero." I am telling you - she needs a sibbling. She is a very sociable child that has to be discovering something, crawling somewhere, or talking to someone at all times of the day. It is hard to get her down for naps these days. We have been spending copious amounts of time at the Hospital between my appointments and those of our very close friends Sam (Hodgekins Lymphoma) and Lena (Pregnancy). So she discovered that everyone pays attention to her in all those waiting rooms. So anytime she wants to do anything impressive she crawls to the middle of the room and makes sure everyone is watching her for her to do something. Seriously, what a Drama Princess! Promise - that did not come from me! Don't know where she got that! She turns 1 already next month!

Mommy and Dana back in July sometime...




Dana loving the hat...



Beach Beauties... Dana loves to Swim...


Dana with her beloved Froggie Friend...




We can't believe how fast this year has flown by. Well that is about it for now. Now it is your turn to update!

Life is busy in the Embleton home! As you can tell with no posting for almost 3 months! In a nutshell ...Eli is working full-time and going to school full-time, Sarah is working full-time both inside and outside of the home, and our little sweetheart Owen is growing full-time and trying to keep up with it all! Our lives are full and we are blessed! We have also been blessed with our fair share of adversity lately as it seems everything is breaking, particularly the car. Oh well, as is old adage goes when it rains it pours! I let you know when we make it out of this trial alive!:) Here are some recent pictures of our happenings....

Where's Owen?!?!?

Fun at the Ft Sam Houston Park

Owen was terrified of the animals, he wouldn't even feed the ducks lettuce!

A helicopter just happended to land on base when we got there.

Apparently the Colonel had a meeting.

The soldiers were kind enough to let us tour it!

"Are you sure these things go here mom?"
Future pilot?

Believe it or not this isn't the first time we have had a lizard in our house.

Where are we living... THE JUNGLE?!?!?

Come on, really..... is it just me or does that tail

look like it could do some serious damage!

Owen is always ready and willing to help with projects around the house!

There's nothing like dancing barefoot, in a summer rainstorm!

(Aside from all the potentially dangerous pathogens swimming in the stormwater,

let's just try and remember what it was like to be a kid!)

Our first crisis as homeowners!

We slept the one night in the middle of the

summer heat with no air conditioning,

it was a very cool 91 degrees in the house.

It's a good thing we had the sellers buy us a home warranty!

Oh, and yes the leaking HVAC unit is on the second floor!

Owen is trying practicing early to fill some big shoes.

We told him maybe he should try by taking the garbage out first!

Last but certainly not least was the day that Owen got into the bandaids!!!

Thanks for reading our blog, hope all is well with you! We love "ya'll!"