Pumpkin Patch

On Monday night we went to a pumpkin patch with some friends. We all had a lot of fun, even though it was much colder then we had anticipated. Bailey was more of an observer, but Carson was running around EVERYWHERE, and wanted to go on every slide they had!

The first one he went on was really fast, and Ryan had to take him down it. It was so funny to see them come down, because it was really fast!! Ryan would come flying down and slam against the end of it. Carson's face was pure terror, but he loved it, and went on it about 4 times.

Bailey was as sweet as ever! She is a very content baby and rarely cries. Sadly I think she gets more excited to see Ryan then me. It is fun to see how excited she gets when he comes home from work every night. She kicks her legs as fast as she can and won't stop smiling. Now if Ryan comes in and does not pick her up right away then she gets pretty sad and will cry until he comes and gives her a little attention. I love that Ryan is such a great dad and that my kids adore him. We are very lucky to have him!!

They had an obstacle course there that Carson did a few times. I was surprised at how well he could climb the little ladder. He was also very proud of himself and would always turn around to look at us when he got to the top, just to make sure we were still watching!!

Carson liked the little wagons they had, but would not stay in it for very long. He also liked pulling his friend Jack in it.

Before we left we got Carson a little pumpkin. I asked him to show it to me and this is what I got! I love Ryan's face!

Here is a picture of the kids that were there. We had a lot of fun with everyone!!

Viva Las Vegas

This last weekend we went to Las Vegas with some friends! We had so much fun! I don't think we realized how much we needed a vacation until we were actually there. It was nice to just be husband and wife for a weekend, and not mom and dad! We got there late Thursday night and we got to sleep in on Friday! Then we just lounged for a bit! The hotel had these bed things outside, and we thought it was pretty funny so we got a picture on it!

Then we went to an early afternoon movie.

After the movie we went back to the hotel to have so really really good sushi. Megan and I loved it! We were pretty bummed because on Saturday the chef at that restaurant was giving sushi lessons, but we couldn't go because we already had Lion King tickets at that time! Oh well I guess we will just have to make another trip to Vegas! :) (Just don't tell Ryan that we could probably find a class down here in California!)

Then after dinner we went down by there firepit to roast some marshmellows and have some smores! They were a great ending to our meal!

The next morning we went and had massages! Oh man it was heaven. Then we went back to the hotel to get ready for Lion King! Well before Lion King we went and ate dinner at CAFE RIO!!!! Ryan and I were really excited because we had not been there in a really long time, and it was just as good as I remembered it!

Then it was off to see the Lion King. People are probably going to think that I am crazy, but it was not my favorite show! Don't get me wrong the costumes were amazing, but I was really not that impressed with the singing and some of the characters voices bothered me. I don't want you to think that I hated it, but lets just say I think I would have reather taken the sushi class!

After Lion King we went and watch BYU take care of business. Now I am not a big sports person as many of you know, but everyone else had a lot of fun! There are some CRAZY BYU fans! A couple rows ahead of us there was a father and son that had a big Y shaved into their hair! It was pretty classic!

On our way out we took some pictures outside at the hotel! Ryan thought he was pretty funny! By the way, the outfit he has on, is what he wore to church, except he had his shirt tucked in! He wouldn't let me take a picture of it all tucked in, but it was pretty funny! He brought his suit, but forgot a white shirt. He should have just worn the shirt he had on with his suit, but oh well, you do what you have to!

Megan and I decided to do an advertisment picture for the Hotel! What do you think??

This is a picture of our friends! We had so much fun with them! Me and Megan can get in some pretty funny moods together! Lucky for us our husbands just laugh at us!

Overall it was a great trip! We had so much fun without the kids! Don't get me wrong...I love my kids and we were really excited to go get them from Grammy and Pa's but Ryan and I had so much fun together and it was nice to sleep in every morning! :)

Brother and Sister

So this morning I was folding some clothes in my room when Carson woke up and came in. He climbed up on the bed with me to see what I was doing. Then we heard Bailey talking in her crib. Carson said very excitedly, "Bailey awake!" He then kept talking and helping me for a bit then he left the room. A minute later I heard him through the intercom in Baileys room saying: "Hi Bailey." I then heard Bailey giggling, and then Carson said "You wake up." Again this was followed by giggling. I went in to see what they were up to, and to my surprise, Carson had climbed into Bailey's crib and was playing with her. It was such a sweet moment. I love that Carson loves Bailey so much. It is surprising to me, to see how much he loves her! From the day I brought her home he has been so sweet and kind. When I first had her, he didn't really want to hold her too much, but he would always bring her blankets and her pacifier, and he loved to give her kisses. But now that Bailey is a little older and can laugh with him, it is really fun to see them interact! I just hope they can keep this relationship going!! :)

(This is what they looked like when I first went in, but then I sat Bailey up to get a good picture!!)

Some big events!!

So we had a couple of big events yesterday! I will start with my sister Katie. We went down to her ward today to watch her get set apart as the new Relief Society President of her ward. We were so proud of her and know that she is going to do a great job! Growing up I have always envied Katie and have ALWAYS wanted to be just like her. I envied her because she has always had such a strong testimony of the gospel, and she honestly has the kindest heart. She would drop everything to help someone else. (She is just like my mom that way!) Katie is my best friend, and I am just so glad that Heavenly Father allowed me to be her sister. I have learned so much from her, and I am so jealous that the sisters in her ward get her as their Relief Society President. I love you Katie!!

Okay so the next event is only a big deal to me, but I put Bailey's hair in a ponytail for the first time! My sister informed me that is still probably a little to early, but I was SO excited! I think she looked adorable, but Katie is probably right!! You can hardly see it in the picture below...

So here is a side view!! She still does not have very much hair! One day I will be able to style it!!

Below is a picture of Carson and Ryan after we went to church! When I was getting Carson ready he kept telling me that he didn't want to wear a tie, but then when I showed him that his tie was going to match Daddy's he didn't want to take it off! He wants to do and wear everything his daddy does!

Below is a picture of Bailey with my mom. I just thought it was a cute picture. I love my mom!

Okay the last big event...Bailey is finally getting the crawling thing down! For some reason she just wants to roll everywhere and does not even attempt to crawl. She can get up on her hands and knees, but then she just falls back onto her stomach and rolls to the toy that she wants. Well yesterday while I was at my sisters house she finally started to do the army crawl! I was pretty excited, and hopefully this is a turning point and she will get the crawling thing down soon!

It's that time again...

That's right the L.A. county fair is back! We got to go on Wednesday with Ryan's family. We had so much fun with them. The best part is that we all got in for FREE!! Wednesday was La Verne day at the fair and Logan, Ryan's brother, was a La Verene Community Hero this year! That is an award they give to people who help out a lot in the community. And just so you know Logan was the youngest one that got this award! Everyone else was like 45 and older! So way to go Logan!! This picture is of Logan at the award ceremony!

Before the ceremony Logan got to ride in the parade on a float! Carson and Grammy got to ride along too! Carson loved throwing the bead necklaces!

I am so grateful for Ryan's dad he is such a great grandpa! My kids adore him. He will do pretty much anything to get a smile out of them! I am so glad that my kids have grandparents that love them so much!

Carson had a lot of fun at the fair! He got to go on a lot of rides with his Dad! What could be better? This is Ryan and Carson on the slide! I was shocked that Carson would go down it because it looked pretty big to me, but he LOVED it! This is the second time he went on it!

And below is what he looked like when he got off!!

He also got to go on the Bee ride. He has not stopped talking about this one! It is like the dumbo ride at Disneyland. You can make it go up and down! Well of course he loved it, and can I just say what a great husband I have! He went on all of the rides with Carson and that just made the rides more fun for Carson! He is definitely a daddy's boy!

Carson and Bailey are becoming great friends! Carson is the best older brother! I am really surprised at how sweet he is with her. He takes this big brother thing very seriously! It is really cute! So I will just say future boyfriends...beware of Bailey's older brother, I have a feeling he is going to be very protective! :)

Below is Bailey with her Grammy! I am so blessed to have Maxine as my mother-in-law. She is so helpful with my kids, and very very patient with them. When I am ready to pull my hair out because Carson is throwing a fit, she is always really calm and very lovingly distracts Carson with some magical toy she pulls out of her purse!! She is one of those amazing grandma's that always comes prepared with toys and goodies in her purse...you gotta love it! And just like Ryan's dad, my kids LOVE LOVE LOVE her!

Well we wore Bailey out, and she fell asleep for a bit!! She did have a bow in her hair I promise, but she kept pulling it out so I just finally took it off!!

But she woke up in a great mood! We gave her this straw to chew on, and she was all smiles!

We had such a great time at the fair! And of course we got eat some food! My favorite thing at the fair is Corn on the Cob! It is so good! There was a new things this year that I have not seen before!! Chocolate covered bacon...trust me, it is not good! Ryan's dad bought some because he says you have to at least try something like that, and we all agreed that it was not a good combination! But it was a great day! Thanks Zylstra's for letting us tag along, and Logan...thanks for helping out the community so that we could go for free!! :)

Dog Owners???

On September 14th I was on a run in the morning with my friend Megan, and as we were running we saw a little black puppy in the middle of the road! Before we knew it the little dog was running with us, and it continued to run with us all the way back to my house. Since I could not leave the little puppy I brought it inside. I thought Ryan was going to freak out when he saw it, but surprisingly he didn't! We put posters up, hoping to find the owners, but it has been two weeks and we have not received any phone calls. So since we are not really dog people, I think we are going to have to take it to a shelter. But Carson has really enjoyed playing with the dog the last couple of weeks!

The dog really does not have blue eyes, but they look blue in every picture I tried to take of her. She is a really cute puppy!

Ryan loved to take the dog out with him while he worked in the yard. And of course Carson and Bailey loved being out there too! Carson would run around and loved when the dog would chase him! However, Bailey does not like it when the dog jumps on her and tries to lick her face!

And last I just thought I would show how big and adorable Bailey is!!

Sweet Moments

Today we had some people over to watch the B.Y.U. football game. We had a really great time with everyone, and Carson was great most of the time. He did have to go into time out once for hitting Morgan, but after that he did pretty well. After everyone had left I was cleaning up the kitchen while Ryan was upstairs and Carson was in the mood to talk. He was telling me how he was being nice today and then he said "Solly Mommy" (Sorry Mommy). And I asked him what he was sorry for, and he said "I hit." I gave him a hug and said it was o.k. but that we need to remember to be nice. He said "I nice" and I said you are a nice boy. Then Ryan came down to get him for bed and as he was leaving I said thanks for being a good boy today Carson and he said "Yah" and I said I love you and he told me that he loved me and then said good night. I know it sounds like a pretty simple story, but as Ryan took him upstairs and tucked him in, I couldn't help but think about how great it is to be a mom! I love my kids and I love and treasure all of the sweet moments I have with them!