Happy Halloween!

I was planning on making Jocelynn and Carter's Halloween costumes this year. They just didn't look right so I had a back up plan and glad I did. Jocelynn was going to be Ruby and Carter Max. It's the cartoon on nick and Jocelynn loves that show. I'll post pictures of it later. She loved being Minnie! She was very excited. This was right before we went to our ward Halloween party. They had a spook alley at the party and she kept saying, mom I want to go in there. I said ok. We got close and she said never mind!: )

My little giraffe. I thought it was a brown cow at first :)

Poor Carter. I walk out of the room and come back and he had Jocelynn's ears on. He thought it was funny!

Carving a Pumpkin

Monday we carved a pumpkin. Jocelynn loved it. It's so fun now that she's older. The pumpkin face isn't the best but I'm not an artist, Jocelynn loved it!

Thought this shirt was so cute!

Jocelynn didn't want to put her hand in it at first. I showed her how it was done. She said "EEwww!" She also said, "Mom, Ms. Brooke (her preschool teacher) said it was gooey! She was right!"

2 months

We went and visited Grandma Lane last weekend. We just had lunch and talked.

I started a co op preschool with some friends from church. Every 6 weeks the kids come over. We were doing "movement - pretend we were going to the zoo. At the end of the story you were supposed to pretend like you were sleeping. "

This month was on the 5 senses. I had smell and we made flowers with cupcake paper cups and cotton balls. I sprayed the cotton balls with perfume so their flowers smelled pretty.

Love these kids.

Jocelynn loves her brother so much. She loves to hold, hug and talk with him.

Can't believe Carter is only 2 months old. He seems so much older to me. My babies are born big so they always seem like they never go through the new born phase. At his 2 month check up he was 13 pounds 11 ounces. He's a big boy. He eats every 3-4 hours and has a long stretch in the night for 5-6 hours. He's a good baby. He talks a lot and loves my high pitch voice. He started laughing and smiles a ton. We love him. I started putting him in his bassinet after he ate and was up from 1 -2 hours. He fusses a little sometimes but for the most part goes right to sleep.

Gabrielle's 1st Birthday

This is Gabrielle when she was a month old. Gabrielle's mom passed away while giving birth to her. I used to work with Phil at the High School and we've kept in touch. Through out the year we have visited Phil and baby Gabrielle. We have some wonderful memories visiting with them.

Her theme for the party was Farm. It was the cutest party. Wish I took more decorations but it was so fun.

This is sweet Gabrielle.

This is what each child got to take home, a horse.

Daddy and Carter chillin.

There were free hay rides :)

This is Grandma Alice. Jocelynn really thinks this is her real grandma. Grandma Alice is so kind and sweet. When we would visit Phil and Gabrielle Grandma Alice was always there and would take Jocelynn for walks, make her lunch and play with her.

Gabrielle enjoyed the cake.

This backyard was amazing. They built a pirate ship in their backyard. The kids loved this.

High School Reunion Class of 2000

We had our reunion at the Double Tree hotel. I was hoping more people came then did but it was my first evening away without Carter and it was nice to get all ready. It was fun seeing old faces. There was music, dinner and awards for most kids, longest married etc. Look forward to going to the 20th.

Jocelynn's Birthday at the Park

We wanted to do something small with family and a few of Jocelynn's close friends for her birthday. Jocelynn knew that we were getting together at the park that evening so she fought taking a nap that day. On our way to set up decorations, I was singing "Today is Jocelynn's birthday! We're gonna have a good time!" I turn around and she was asleep. She slept the whole time we were setting up.

I brought little pumpkins for the kids to decorate faces.. They enjoyed that. This is Jocelynn's friend Mackenzie. They became friends when Jocelynn was a year and a half.

Jocelynn loves Melinda.

Cousin Preston drawing on his pumpkin.

Jocelynn's good friend Jordyn.

Jocelynn's other good friend Rylin.

There was a big area to play with sand toys. Cash and Preston likes this.

Jocelynn's friend Olivia. They are 3 weeks apart.

Family shot, except for Carter. He was asleep the whole time, 3 hours. Many times I forgot he was there :/. She got a bike for her birthday and was very happy!

Jocelynn is 3!

Hard to believe my little girl is 3. She knew her birthday was close and kept asking if she was 3 yet. The night before I decorated where she would eat breakfast with princess paper dolls and placemat. She wore a birthday hat and was really excited. I made homemade waffles, her favorite with whip cream and strawberries.

The Friday before she had preschool and I made cupcakes to bring to her class. They sang Happy Birthday to her. Although, she is shy she loves the attention. The also did a birthday march around the room and she was in the front. Last year was the first year I wrote her a letter. I wrote her another letter this year and so is her dad. We decided every year to do this and when she turns 18 this will be a great thing to give her in a book to see over the years how much we love her and all the things she learned that year. It's amazing though as soon as she turned 3 the attitude has started. 2 was a great year and hopefully 3 will be even better.