Happy Halloween!!

Oh how we love Halloween, dressing up and especially all that CANDY!! Riann decided that she wanted to be a witch about a month ago. We had a little issue with her costume, I ordered it about two weeks ago off the internet, it didn't show up until two days before Halloween and they sent us the wrong size. I e-mailed the lady and she said she would overnight the right size to us and hopefully we would get it in time for Halloween. It came about one o'clock and it was still really short, Grandma Jann to the rescue!! She was over in Show Low and happen to stop by as I was about to leave for Wal-mart to get some material to fix it. We decided to take the skirt off the wrong sized dress and add it to the other one. She made it look really cute and long enough so she could wear it to the Trunk-n-Treat. So she was our "Fairy Witch." I had seen a child costume for a scarecrow that looked simple to make, so I decided that's what Brax was going to be. Sew a few patches on a shirt, cut up the sleeves and make a little hat, notice the crow on top, and he was set. We filled our bucket full of candy at the Trunk-n-Treat, made our rounds to see the grandparents and then hit the sack. Well not really, they were so hyper from all the candy but we had a great time.

Yummy Sugar Cookies!!

I'm sure you have all tasted those delicious, soft, sugar cookies you buy at Wal-mart. I told Riann that if she was good at the store, I would get her some cookies. Naturally she would pick "hot pink" but thats ok. Brax kept trying to grab my cookie so I decided to give him his own. We were watching TV and Dustin got up to get a drink and said, "Abbi, come look at this!" Holy cow, it was everywhere, in his hair, eyes, clothes. As you can probably tell, he really enjoyed that cookie. There wasn't much left. Next time, we will go for the white frosting.

Spaghetti for Dinner

We has spaghetti for dinner the other night and it was Brax's first time of having any real type of table food. I gave him his own bowl and he went to town with it. We decided to strip both kids and let them eat because we know it is always going to make a mess. These are the photo's that came from our yummy dinner.

Riann's Preschool

Riann was so excited to start preschool. She actually goes to the one at the High School and her classroom is right by her dad's. He takes her to her class each morning and brings her home when he comes for lunch. She absolutely loves it and Dustin loves having her right by him. Because he is gone so much during the week with teaching and football, this is his chance to spend a few extra minutes with her each day. She loves to paint, play with playdough, but most of all she loves to swing on the playground outside. Her teacher told Dustin, "I have never met a kid that loves to swing as much as Riann does." We are so proud of her, she is the youngest in her class, but does not mean she is the slowest. They had a track and field day and she took third place!! I can't believe she is old enough to go to school, but she loves all the friends she is making.

Riann's Swim Lessons!!

We decided to put Riann in swim lessons this year and she absolutely loved it. We put her in with her friend Karsyn and they had a ball. Their teacher was always getting after them about staying on the wall. They wanted to swim rather than waiting for her to help them. I don't know how much she learned, but she sure had a good time.

The first day, before she got to jump in!

Riann and Karsyn

She is supposed to be practicing her kicks?

Riann attempting the back stroke.

Riann fetching her ring.

Happy 4th of July!!

Riann enjoying the parade, ok more like the candy!

Brax sitting in a big boy chair eating his tater tots!

Let Freedom Ring!

Smile Brax!

Oh, we're having a good time!

Kids' Pictures...

We finally decided to go get the kids pictures taken, by what you might call a Semi-professional (Wal-mart). They turned out alright, it just seems like every time you go there, they are so grouchy and have no patients with little kids. They take a picture and ask "Is that one good?" I have to pipe up and say, "I know he can smile, can we try it again?" They just give you that look like, I guess. Brax was doing really well, but Riann didn't really want to be there. We tried many times to get a good picture that had both of them in it, so the lady would put a rubber duckie on her head and then sneeze to make the duck fall off her head and hopefully they would smile. It worked the first time and then she would put it up there and Riann decided that she wanted to be the one that sneezed instead of the one that smiled, so when we told her to smile and not sneeze she got mad at us and did not smile for another picture. We had to bribe her with candy to get a decent smile out of her. (Notice the one of them together) She usually does pretty good, but that day she wanted nothing to do with pictures, so the ones we have are the best that she would do!! I think they are pretty cute. Way to go kiddos!!

Brax 8 months

Riann 3

Riann's Rodeo...

On Saturday, Dustin's dad asked if we could come out and let Riann ride a horse since she has never done it by herself, so we agreed. I took my camera and took a few pictures of Dustin and Brax on their horse and then I took a picture of Riann. The flash did not go off with Dustin and Brax so no worries, I turned to take one of Riann and the flash went off. You guessed it, her horse freaked out and almost bucked her off. I was holding onto the reins and the horse jerked back and burnt my fingers, so I let go and the horse wouldn't stop. Finally it stopped and Riann decided she wanted to get off. Poor girl, her first riding by herself was not the best, so who knows if she will ever do it again. I think it scared me more than it did her. So that's why there is only one picture of her!! Way to go Ri :)

Brax's First Horseback Ride...

This was little Braxer's first time ever being on a horse. Riann was about 9 months when she first rode and that is about the age he is. He was a little unsure of it at first, but the more we rode around, the more he enjoyed it. He looked so cute, I guess now we need to get him some boots and wranglers and he will fit the part!! Hold on Brax...!

First Time Blogging...

this is my first experience blogging. i am not exactly sure what i am doing, but it looks like fun. the blogs i have seen so far have been so cute so i thought i might give it a try, hopefully it works!