PuMpKiN pAtCh

Halloween is coming so I decided to take the kids to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin before all the good ones were taken. They were amazed at all the pumpkins that were there. We only have 1 tiny one in our garden and it is still green! They ran through the patch saying let get this one, no, this one, no this one!! They were way excited!! We had a lot of fun!! Austin liked to pull the wagon and Alyssa liked being pulled so it was perfect! An hour and 10 pumpkins later...and even a white squash that we turned into a ghost. We went home and I let the kids decorate their little mini pumpkins, and we will wait until it is closer to Halloween when Chad can do his magic carving...he is the master at carving pumpkins!! We can't wait for Halloween!!

pumpkin hunting!

I'm a BIG KID now!!

I can't believe it!! My house is almost "baby" free. We are taking our last boxes of infant clothes and the biggest piece of equipment that signifies that there is a baby in the house....da da da...Alyssa's crib!! Over to Chad's brother Casey's house tomorrow. They are having a little boy in February. I know I should be happy and excited and I am, but a little sad to see my little baby girl, out of her crib and in a big girl bed. Austin and Alyssa share a room. Unfortunately the room is a little small and if we gave them 2 separate beds they would have no space whatsoever. So we got every child's dream bed....BUNKBEDS!!! They love it... Alyssa knows how to climb up the ladder (thanks to dad) and we practiced with Austin climbing up and down the ladder in the dark for those middle of the night, scary dreams, run to mom and dads room as fast you can nights...he is a PRO!! It's tough having a boy and a girl sharing a room, not for them they love it. But for me...because they have so many cute room decorating ideas and I would love to go all out but I think it turned out perfect!! I took a picture of them last night before bed and then another one of them this morning. They did GREAT!!! I can't believe I have 2 big kids now and not a baby, baby anymore....(shh don't tell them, but they will always be my babies)

Crazy day!

Happy Birthday Haylie and Jeana

I woke up this morning sick as a dog!! This has been a bad year for me with sickness. And I am sick of it :)!!(I know, I know it's not very funny) We didn't go to church today so we didn't spread this bad cold to the rest of the ward. Alyssa has got it too--yuck! We just stayed in bed and relaxed, all day. Our home teachers came over so Chad visited with them. Just a normal Sunday right? wrong! As the day went on I started to feel better so when it came time to go over to Jeana's house for hers and Haylie's birthday party I had a lot of energy and seemed everyone else did to. We had dinner opened presents and then came the cake. Haylie was loving it!! I thought that since Jeana was celebrating her birthday too, she should get messy and wiped a little frosting on her face then she chased me and then so on and so on, we didnt discriminate and we included EVERYONE. After we all cleaned up, Ashley and Jeana grabbed some garlic bread and rubbed it all over my face, so I grabbed Ashley (it was Jeana's birthday) and rubbed a whole piece of cake all over her face (dont ever mess with me!!) Me and Ashley even had some fun with our "Chin Ladies" (look at the picture to see what I mean). Then we continued our silliness and I gave everyone superman rides!!What a crazy day!!
Thanks for a fun party Jeana and Haylie!!!

Surprise!!

Today we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Spencer's house for Asenath's 25th Birthday Surprise Party!! Austin and Alyssa had a lot of fun playing with the other kids that were there. Asenath was surprised when she walked in---it was Awesome!! She had the cutest cake, it was decorated as a bikini,(the bikini top and bottom were little purses) She cracked us all up when she decided to put it on! Tomorrow we have a PrimaryProgram in the morning. Austin isn't in the program this year, he is still in nursery but he will be a sunbeam next year...Then we have Aunt Jeana and Haylie's birthday party that evening...cake 2 days in a row!!
Here are some pictures of Asenath's party...enjoy!

this is what we have been up to...

Back to Reality

Now that we are back from our best vacation ever, we have to get back to reality. I started watching my sisters kids again. Chad went back to work and school and even took his first test of the semester on which he got 91% (good job, Chad) Chad also started Hockey. He had his first game last Saturday...they lost, but the fun is watching the game and watching Austin watch his daddy. Austin is already talking about learning how to ice skate. He kept asking me when I was going to take him down to skate with daddy, I told he has to learn how to skate first and he wanted the lessons right then and there. I think they have to be 4/5 to play hockey so, you will probably see pictures of Austin in his full hockey gear next year, which will make for a very proud daddy. Alyssa loved the game too. She was yelling gibberish and clapping her hands. It was very cute!! Chads game tomorrow is at 10:30pm so I don't think we will be making it to that one.
I took the kids down to Gardener Village to the "Barnyard Buddies" petting zoo. There was this goat named Giggles that really like us and he kept following us around, the kids LOVED it!! They got to see bunnies, goats, sheep, ducks, chickens,cows,emus,pigs and a donkey. Afterward I let the kids go on a pony ride, their ponies names were: Sparkle, George and Lenny:) They had a blast!
A lady I visit teach gave us this little tikes car, that her kids had out grown and boy oh boy to our kids LOVE it. They take turns driving it. And will even push each other around the yard in it...so thank you very much Kim!! We are definitely getting all the use possible out of this car!
My sister Jeana is celebrating her birthday this Sunday so I decided to take some pictures of her kids to update her frames, I took her boys to get haircuts, and surprisingly no complaints, they did pretty good. Haylie had, had it as I was taking the last picture- perfect timing!I really LOVE taking pictures and would love to make money at it, so I think I am going to take some classes, and give it a try!
Well, we have a busy weekend, I will let you know all about it on Sunday so I don't spoil any surprises....

Newport Beach

Sea World

San Diego Wild Animal Park