Boys Will Be Boys

Aren't you impressed my 2 1/2 yearold can bounce and play with my seven-month old on his lap?

Oh, wait, I guess that is with lots of help from daddy, as this photo reveals.

It's so fun to see the boys start to play together, even if it is with lots of help at this point. I'm sure there is much more wrestling, rough-housing, and tackling to come! Bring it on!

The McCune's Have Come to Stay!

Kyle's brother, Logan, and his wife, Shayla, have been living in Guatemala the past year. Much to our excitement, Logan recently got a job in Salem (with Cricket, of all companies)! They came to live with us while they found a car and an apartment, which ended up being two weeks. We loved having them here with us (especially Kylene & Spencer, who were in heaven with all the extra love and attention!) and getting to see them again. (I loved having my dishes magically washed; wow, that doesn't happen every day!) We are now looking forward to having them much closer and getting to do things with them.

On the day they were moving into their apartment, I realized we had not taken one picture of them here with us; I quickly gave Kylene & Spencer the camera and told them to go snap some pictures with Shayla. Logan was at work at the time, so we still didn't get any of Uncle Logan. Hopefully soon! Anyway, welcome to Salem, and welcome back to the United States, Uncle Logan and Aunt Shayla!

** Logan came over Sunday, 10/25 for a game night with the boys, so I was able to snap his picture so he could "make the blog". Here is the much loved Uncle Logan.

Big Sister Storytime

The other day while I was cleaning the bathroom, Kylene had storytime just for Skyler. She laid out the blankets, got his boppy, sat him in it, and read him the story a few times. It was so precious to watch her be the big sister reading to her little brother.

Here is a little video of the storytime:

Cowgirl Kylene

Here is my cute Kylene, sporting her "cowgirl" dress up clothes. The boots are hard to see. Her & Spencer have enjoyed the dress up clothes lately.

Neighborhood "Friends" Update

You may remember the little critters we had in our yard this summer (see here). Well, a few weeks ago, in the middle of the night, Kyle & I discovered we had a raccoon in our backyard that was enjoying something it had just killed and skinned. (It even left some remnants of fur, etc. in our backyard for proof, but I digress...) A couple of nights later my neighbor saw what she thought were five or six raccoons in the neighbor's yard behind us. Apparently the whole family had arrived. We called another friend in the ward (ward members are great, aren't they?!) who loves to trap and he hasn't been disappointed. This week he has set the trap five nights and caught, count 'em, FIVE racccoons! They apparently love dog food--who knew? We'll see how many more we get as the trap is still out there just taunting them to come in.

Here is one of the pesky critters (I know, cute, but not so cuddly as you might think):

In other critter news, Kyle caught a second mole last Saturday. Then this week, a "smarter" mole figured out how to get into our grass! (Previously they had stayed in the flower bed areas.) I love having a beautiful, green front grass area but, alas, no more. Let's just say I will feel no sorrow when this lil' pest is caught between the strong grasp of either of the traps awaiting his wrong move at this very moment. It's like we live in a forest or something! (Which is somewhat true, I guess.) Kyle says we should open our own zoo, but I'm thinking it might be smarter to take out the monster hedge that seems to be attracting everything. Although I honestly don't know if that is possible. (Sigh.)

**10/19 Update: We ended up trapping and removing seven raccoons from our yard. Seven nights in a row, seven raccoons. I was so relieved on the eighth morning when we finally had an empty cage. The ninth morning we had caught a darling, juvenile, black cat who looked at me with helpless, worried eyes. Poor thing:). He was promptly released and we all took a sigh of relief that it was only a cat. A special shout out to Chris, who so willingly helped us trap and relocate the entire family! Thank you!**