Halloween

This Halloween we had to celebrate it without Dad. He had to work the evening shift at work, so he missed Halloween. We had a lot of fun though. I wanted to share this picture of Mack because I thought it was so funny. I have never seen him watch TV before. He only watches the Bark Off commercials and only the part with the Golden Retriever. It is really funny too see. He turns away when another dog appears, but as soon as he hears the Golden Retriever bark he will hurry and look again. So cute. We sure do have a good doggie at our house.

The morning of Halloween I had to work. She loves coming to work with me and coloring. She sets up a coloring station all by herself and gets to work.

Sorry, these picture are out of order. Here is Rylee!

Being Halloween and all, she drew a lot of Halloween pictures. Here is a monster with a lot of heads!

I thought this one was the best! She spelled Halloween at the top. She asked me how to spell it and from the other room I told her. She wrote it all by herself with no mess ups. I also love this picture because a the bottom of the paper she spelled her name, but each letter she made into something scary. The S is a snake. The H is a bat. The E is Tiger. The A is a saw. She is so creative and we love her to death.

This year Shea was a tiger. She wanted her face painted, so we went all out this year. It was funny because her preschool had a Halloween Party and all the little girls were Tinkerbell, a Ladybug, a princess but not Shea! She was a Tiger! ha ha.

Showing off her claws.

My little Dragon and Tiger.

I thought it was the cutest thing to watch Rylee try to get up after she fell.

And she is UP!

All the wards in Victor do a Trunk or Treat for the kids. After that I took Shea to a neighborhood and let her do a little door to door. It started to rain, so she was only able to do a couple.

Like I mentioned before, Wayne wasn't able to be with us for Halloween. During Trunk or Treat I didn't want the kids to come to our car and pour the whole bowl into their bag. So I looked this up on the Internet. I decorated the trunk like a monster. While I was with the kids going to the other cars. I put a sign up that said, "Reach in for your treat if you dare." I guess it worked because when we were done, we had a couple more treats left. So I let Shea hand them out. She loved it. ha.

By the end of the night, she looked like this! I only let her have 5 candy's and it was off to bed. Am I mean or what!

It was a long day. We also lost a friend last week. My bosses daughter was killed in a car accident two days before Halloween. She was killed by a drunk driver who was driving on the wrong side of the highway and hit her head on. She was only 21. It's one of the saddest things I have gone through, seeing a mother hurt so bad. I can't even imagine what she is going through losing a child. Wayne and I were able to go to the funeral yesterday and say goodbye to Shantay. It was one of the best funerals I have been too. They did a good job honoring and saying goodbye to her. I am so grateful for the atonement and the peace that it brings knowing that we all will see her again.

Our little getaway!

The girls and I went to Vegas with my mom, sister and little brother. We all needed a little getaway for the weekend. We were up all night trying to think of were to go with kids, and nothing was fun. So we decided VEGAS. Guess who drove most of the way. Nope, not mom, ME!!! Not sure how I got stuck with that job.

The was the picture most of the ride down there. Shea didn't shut her eyes once!

We finally got there, and we went for a little walk around the hotel.

Thank goodness for Brooke, who pushed Rylee around!!

Nascar Cafe

I was really nervous about the girls being in Vegas, but Circus Circus was right next door. Great place for kids to hang out, (and Ryan). We just made sure we were in the hotel room before the sun went down. Shea was the first one to hit the jackpot with this game. Ryan hit is about 5 times after that!! We had a lot of tickets.

Shea also won playing tic tac toe. She had to throw softballs and try to get tic tac toe. She was so proud of herself after that. She was a monkey.

We also went to the Shark Reef. (FYI: very expensive for not a lot.) But Shea liked it.

We all had a fun trip. When we got home grandma, grandpa, and Rylee all were sick. Not fun. Thanks family for letting us tag along. Nothing new has been going on with us. I still have 2 very silly kids. Rylee just loves wearing these glasses.

Shea absolutely loves her animals.

Family Pictures 2010

Our new family member!

Well, we have started work on creating the berm around the yard. We spent all day outside and we have so much more to do. I don't think we want to do this anymore, but we are already committed! ha ha.

Just a picture of our crazy kids!

We welcomed a new member into our family about a month ago. Wayne got a little kitten named Ross. He got him from a family in our ward. I must say he is really cute, but I won't say that when he gets older. I really don't like cats, but he will be nice to have around to catch the mice. Mack and Ross really like each other, and everyday the snuggle up to sleep.

Happy Birthday Rylee

On Tuesday, our little Rylee turned 1 years old. I can't believe how time flies! It seems just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. Everyday, she is looking more and more like Wayne and I. Which is really scary.

Rylee knew just what to do with her presents.

We all loved the cake.

WOW!

MMM. This is good.

This is really good.

RAARR! YUMMY!

All done.