Better Late Then Never!

Halloween! (I told you better late then never!) We had a fun Halloween this year. We trunk n' treated at the community center, went to a halloween party and drove up to Utah in time to trick or treat with some cousins. Since we had just been in Utah for Halloween we decided to just stay here for Thanksgiving. It was fun to do it as our little family but I was pretty homesick all day for my Mom's Thanksgiving dinner. The weather finally cooled down the beginning of October and we have been spending most days outside! My family celebrating Logans birthday and baptism!
Tommy thinks he is pretty cool because he can "jump." I think he his adorable trying to do it. Sorry it's sideways again, my bad!

News and blues of September

I finally got Tommy's sandbox built over Labor Day weekend. He liked it until I put the sand in it. But after a few weeks of watching Abby play in it he decided he liked it too. Our other BIG news last month was that Tommy got EVERY SINGLE TOOTH in his mouth. Ok maybe not every one but 8, yes 8, all at once. It's a good thing he is super cute or I may have sold him on the street! I found these gems while going through my camera!
Tommy started walking the beginning of September and has taken some pretty bad falls too. Sorry they are sideways. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Tommy!

Our baby turned one today. It's always a mixed emotions day. We love watching him grow and develop into this little person but so sad to see our baby growing up! Here are some highlights of his big day!

This was when sister shared her spoon full of left over frosting, she is such a good "mommy" to him.

Opening presents! I've been on a "build my own stuff" kick lately so I wanted to build Tommy a sandbox for his birthday.........I have yet to get it done or started for that matter so I gave him an IOU for it!

Mom, Dad, and our favorite little man!

Ready to dig in!

Don't mind my singing in this video. As we were singing Tommy went for the cake and Abby lets out a SCREAM! I don't know if it's because she thought Tommy almost got burned by his candle or if she thought he would eat all the cake. Either way it gave me a good laugh!

Before

During

After! MMmmmmmmmmmmmmm

All cleaned up and ready for bed but had to play with his racetrack one more time!

Ready to race!

These last three are not from Tommy's birthday but I wanted to share.


Riding a big boy bike at my moms house. He looks big in this picture but don't worry he is still my baby!

Abby likes to leave the fridge wide open all the time for some reason. So when I walked into the kitchen one day there was Tommy digging into the watermelon! He thought it was the greatest thing ever! I thought it was pretty cute and it made me scrub the inside of the fridge so it was a win-win!

Abby started the fall session of her Ballet/Tap class. This is her ready for her first day! (Yes she picked out her own outfit, boots and all)

Before and After

$25 at the DI. Primed, Painted, new hardware and new backing, I LOVE IT! We can't forget about these two. Tommy is turning into a little boy and I am not sure how I feel about it. He has been the funnest little baby and I love him more than anything! Miss Abby J! She is the greatest and I love hanging out with her everyday!
A special little treat...

AHHH! IT"S A COOKIE MONSTER!!

He's finally crawling. My baby boy is growing up too fast:(

Sweet Sweet reward!

Relaxing by the pool.

I was trying to get Abby to pose for a picture but she would not hold still for one second so this is the best I got of the two of them!


Hope you all are enjoying your summer!

The Kid-o's

The "Tom-Tom"

Pinkalicious cupcakes!

Grandma and Grandpa!!

The perfect spot!

Abby the ballerina

Tommys attempt at crawling

April recap!

Let me see.....April......Ummmm April started off with General Conference which is my all time favorite. I love taking two days to just sit with my family and listen to the leaders of our church. The evening after Sunday conference I talked Matt into carrying our kitchen table outside for a "dinner on the patio!" Growing up we always ate dinner on the patio everynight durring summer time and I LOVED it.

Easter! My family drove through Las Vegas Easter weekend moving my sister out to California. I loved having family here for a holiday because usually it's just us. And of course Easter isn't Easter without new church clothes!

March Update

The month of March started off with a little "friend birthday party" for Abby. We invited all the little girls in our ward that live on our side of the base and Addi of course! Abby had a blast and loved having so many friends over.

March 3 was Matts big 29th birthday. Abby and I made a cake and bought a few presents. I gave him a new church shirt, Abby picked out a tie to go with it and Tommy got him a bouble-barrel-dart gun!

The kids and I went up to Utah for 2 weeks while Matt went to a training back east. We love going home, I get be with my Mom and sisters and Abby gets to play with all her cousins.


While home in Utah we celebrated Abby's and McKell's birthday. I can't believe these little girls are 3.

Tommy is now 7 months old and cuter than ever!

Me and my babies!

SEA WORLD!!

That's right we went to the second greatest place on Earth......Sea World!! We had a blast watching all the shows, seeing all the exhibits and playing in the pouring rain. We also went to the San Diego Zoo one day but only saw about half of what that zoo has to offer, it was huge! Here are some pictures of our California adventure!


Not the best family picture but it's the only one we got.....