Happy Birthday Allison!!!

Allison turned nine today and since her birthday is in Oct. I thought I would post all of her Halloween pictures throughout the years . I liked Lissa idea so I'm going to name nine things I love about Allison. 1. Allison is very pretty 2. she is very loving 3. everyone wants her as a friend 4. she's very smart and loves doing homework 5. she has a great laugh that is very contagious 6. she is a good example to those around her 7. she's an artist 8. she makes us laugh 9. she can do anything she sets her mind to. Allison you are a very special girl and I hope you have a great birthday!

Whites Farm

Our family went with the Christy and Chuck to Whites Farm today and we all had so much fun. We went on a hay ride to a pumpkin patch, fed the goats, and then spent some time trying to get through a beautiful corn maze. It was a pretty day and we enjoyed being out together!

Past Halloweens

Here are some old Halloween family pictures I thought would be fun to share.

Full House

Last night we had a full house. I had Chuck and Christy's three kids over while they went to celebrate their friends birthday. Jacqueline, Lexie's friend was here because her parents are out of town and she didn't want to be home alone, so I brought her home with me after I got the kids from school. While I was babysitting, Tim and Anja came over to hang out and play games so we had a lot of little kids screaming and running around my house. It was cute to see Chase, Bryson, and Loren play so well together. I had so much fun playing with Anja's baby Kardyn. She kept making this funny little face that made Anja and I laugh so hard. She is such cute little girl, I just love it when babies start getting a little older and they start making funny facial expressions! I want to thank Tim and Anja for coming over and making our Friday Night a little better. We stayed up pretty late last night playing Settlers first with just Tim and Anja and the second time around with Tim, Anja, Chuck, and Christy. Tim won the game both times, the first time I wasn't very far behind. Next time we play, Tim is going down down to China Town!

You don't have to read this!

For those of you out there who make fun of my Blog or the little things I post. I'm sorry! I'm not blogging for you, I'm blogging for me. I have never been good at keeping a journal, I was never that into scrap booking. I have always wanted to make a picture journal but never got around to it. Now my Blog is my picture journal! The first reason I blog is because it's fun, It's something I can go to and get a break from house work or relax. Second reason is because I don't live close to my family and it's a good way for them to check in on us and vise verse. The final reason I blog is because I want to have those memories written down of family and friends so when I print a blog book I can look back and remember all the funnny little things my kids have done or moments we have shared together. I'm going to continue to blog and make posts about random weird things and if you don't like it, then don't read it!

Maddy's Hair Cut

Madison has been wanting to have her hair cut for a while now and because I'm a softy, I gave in and cut a few inches off her hair. I'm so not a hair dresser so I was a little nervous to cut it but, I thought to myself it's just hair and it will grow back. I made sure that when I cut her hair that I cut it a little longer so if it looked bad I could take her in to get it fixed. After I was done cutting Madison's hair she ran to the bathroom to look at it and was very happy with how it turned out.

Madison's growing up too fast! She has already had her first little crush on a boy she went to preschool with named Chris.

She loves to do things by herself without any help. Madison has come out of her shell and is not as shy as she use to be. She does a great job helping out with Bryson and he just loves being with her. She still loves the color pink, she looks forward to going to school every day and is doing a great job. We love you Maddy!

Our Turtle

I just wanted to post these pictures for Michele to show her our happy turtle. Faith is doing so well, she is very active and always out of her shell. Today I went and got her some new carpet and a pretty outdoor background to enjoy. Michele I miss you so much and think about you all the time. I love you!

Sixflags Discovery Kingdom

We went to Six flags this weekend with our friends the Kings. We left for California Thursday night. I enjoyed the car ride because I was able to listen to some cassette tapes Travis made me while we were dating. We drove for 2 1/2 hours and stopped and stayed the night at Jeremy's brother's house in Redding. Friday morning we drove three hours to Six flags only to find that it was closed. Because we had nothing planned we went to a huge Science Museum that had just opened up in San Francisco. The Museum was very crowded but we had fun looking at all the marine life. San Francisco is such a busy, crowded, crazy place to be. We had a hard time getting from place to place without being caught in a big traffic jam. Ethan kept commenting on how dirty it was there and the kids were very interested in watching a homeless guy that was following us for three miles, who was scanning the sidewalks and garbage's for cigarettes and food. They watched him eat ice cream and a sandwich out of the trash can. Saturday was very fun! We got to Six flags at 10:30 we played around on rides, saw some fun shows, the kids went trick or treating, and watched Zombies dance to Thriller. We all had a great time with each other and hope to do it again soon!

My Haunted House

While I was exercising this morning, I was telling Crissy about the weird things that have happened in my house. Because Halloween is almost here, I thought I would post some pictures that were taken in my haunted house. Since we have moved into this house we have had a lot of spooky things happen. And almost every time I take a picture in my house they turn out looking like these and I usually have to photo shop many of my pictures to get the "Orbs" out.



All these pictures were taken at different times

Never Again!

I'm so Mad!!! I'm never going to waste my time or money on chocolate chip cookies again! I went to the store today and got new baking soda and baking powder and attempted to make a good batch of chocolate chip cookies. I failed. I don't know what is wrong with me? No matter how many times I have tried, my chocolate chip cookies always turn out flat. After the first batch was done Bryson asked me for a cookie and when I gave him the flat cookie, he looked at it funny, took a bite and spit it right back out. Not only were my cookies flat, they were not even good enough for Bryson to eat.

4:00 PM

After Years Of Trying, I Did It!!

OK. I don't like to leave things unfinished so I decided to finish baking my flat, nasty cookies. I added more flour and rolled them in balls instead of dropping them on the cookie sheet with a spoon to see if that would make a difference and they turned out perfect. I'm so happy!!

Check Us Out

Halloween is always so fun!! I love to dress up and be someone totally different. We dress up ever year. Last year Travis and I were Rockers. Does anyone have any fun or original costume ideas?