I love...

...sleeping babies! And yes, she is as sweet as she looks!

Getting so independent...

Brynnie learned how to zip up her coat last week!

We love to color!

Cara's new favorite activity!

Trying on any, and all, shoes not put away. She is so stinkin' cute!

The Three Loves of My Life!

Halloween 2010

We had the best Halloween this year! Friday night we spent the evening cleaning out and carving our pumpkins.

Brynn was really into carving this year. I had to distract her with other "jobs" so I could do a little carving at a quicker pace. Shortly thereafter she caught on and was back in my lap "helping" me carve some more. She's getting too smart for me!
The final products!

Saturday we had our second annual Halloween party. It was SO much fun. All the kids were absolutely adorable and did so well playing together.


Here's Nolan in his pre-costume skeleton outfit.
Before the party began Aubrey kept herself entertained on top of the table.

Amanda, Jas, and Eli stopped over for a bit. They had to leave early so Eli isn't in the group shot of the kids so I thought I better put the cutie in here!

We played a little pin the smile on the jack-o-lantern.Brynn Tressa

Ella GraceAubrey Mae

Henry Dennis

After playing a couple quick games we set up some paints so the little ones could paint some pumpkins...I'm still finding paint on random walls throughout my house!

Rotted apple grins,

creepy fingers,

more creepy fingers,

and mummies (for the kids) were just a few of the fun foods we ate.

The little kids eating some dinner......and the big kids eating dinner.

An attempt to get a picture of all the kids in their costumes. Lots of smarties were eaten during this photo shoot and we still didn't get a good one!

Cara, who doesn't like anyone, loved Uncle Derek!

To wind the night down we got all the kids in their jammies and played with flashlights and glow sticks. A BIG hit.

Sunday night we ate an early dinner so we could head out and do our own trick-or-treating. Our annual shot of the girls and the dogs didn't turn out, but hey we captured a moment in time right?!?

Colby Cheese (doctor), Brynn Tressa (giraffe), Cara Noelle (elephant), and Oliver Pedro (mailman)

Cara lounging in the wagon as Brynn runs from house to house.

The girls thought they were so cool sitting out on the steps in the dark AND eating suckers!

I'm not sure why this video ended up here...it's from the fun party!

All Caught Up :(

I have been extremely slow at posting all summer/fall because I am so far behind and it is such a daunting feeling to go back and do all the posts in the right order. Well, apparently our computer knew this about me and decided to make it easy on me and the hard drive took a turn for the worse...and we lost ALL our pictures taken from the last 6 months. Yes, it would have been really bright of me to back them up on to something, but I didn't. So, half of Cara's life has been lost :( Despite all our efforts and those at Buds and Bytes (a flower/computer shop here in Farmington) we were unable to get any of them back. I am sick about it to say the least. Don't worry--anything I download now will indeed be backed up!