Mark was sick yesterday...can't you tell? John said he looked up and Mark had done this all by himself. Is he proud of himself or what?

Next a quick torture session for Mobley that Mark likes to call, "Moby-horsey"

Number one Broncos fan!!! Thanks Bob for all of the gear!

Giddy-up!! Look at the the new horsey that Opa and Oma brought over for Mark! Thank you!

It's a hard knock life...

The next series of pictures is to prove that things aren't always easy as a Wingerter.


We only feed Mark wienies and lettuce.

You can scream as high-pitched as you want but we won't listen.

We keep Mark in this.

He earns his keep.

And he only wears hand-me downs...including my shoes.

Punkin Patch Time!

Yes, I know how to spell "pumpkin"! But Mark, like every other toddler in the world, says "punkin" and it is just too cute. So we went to the punkin patch last weekend and boy was it fun (and a rip-off says dad). Here is a pic from this year:

and here is a pic from last year:

Crazy!! I can't believe one tiny person can almost triple in size in just one year. I remember last year Mark was just learning to crawl so we could pretty much just pose him however we wanted for pictures. This year we brought in our special reinforcement, Grammy, the photographer extraordinaire just to make sure we could catch a glimpse of Mark and a punkin in the same picture!

We tried to pose for a picture but John handed Mark some corn and Mark loves to eat corn, right? So he tried a little bite. Sorry to whoever buys that ear with a few missing kernals.

So John says the punkin patch was a rip-off because 1) he had to buy tickets to the pony ride, tractor ride, and giant inflatable slide and 2) the punkins there are crazy expensive! Seriously! They are 10-15-20 bucks a piece. If you just want a staight up orange, round, punkin, go to Reasors where they are $3.99 each. This next pic is on the giant inflatable slide. Mr. Adventurous decided he wouldn't do this one without daddy.

Next was riding on a toy tractor. We did pay and ride on a real tractor ride but I was in that picture and you don't get to see it! I've decided I don't like my hair, sunglasses, new fleece I was wearing, butt, or shape of my face. Not that I'm hard to please but I'm just in one of those moods. I'm sure the girls understand. I like this pic because Mark is really concentrating on driving.

One of the most fun things at the punkin patch were all of the play houses. Maybe one of those should go on Mark's Christmas list.

Yes!!! Pony ride time! Mark wasn't so sure about Tonto, but they got along. Tonto didn't like us either...look at his ears laid back. Mark squeeked out a smile in this picture but don't worry, he had a death grip on my shoulder the whole time.