New Haircut!

Before

After

Yesterday Tyler and Cole went to get haircuts and when they came home this was the surprise I got. Cole decided he wanted to cut off all his gorgeous hair. Isn't this crazy! I didn't even recognize this kid. Brady wouldn't even talk to Cole for like an hour because he wasn't sure about it either. Cole hasn't had hair like this since he was like 2 or 3. It is definitely going to take some time to get used to - but he's still handsome as ever!

Halloween 2009

Our adorable little elephant Max. All of the boys have worn this costume now and I still think it is the cutest thing.

Here's Buzz Lightyear - Brady was so excited to be Buzz this year. He loved wearing his costume and has been my candy monster - he has almost finished it off already!

This is Cole at a friends house getting ready to play Rock Band. Our friends go all out every year and put their big screen in the garage with the disco ball, lights, and smoke to rock out. It is hard to see, but Cole was dressed as Obi Wan Kanobi - some star wars guy. (Sorry. This picture and the next are kind of fuzzy from the smoke.)

And last, but not least, here is Tyler and I. He was dressed as Slash and I was just the rocker wife. We haven't ever dressed up in the past, but decided it would be fun. No one really knew who we were so that was funny.

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. We went to lots of fun parties, trunk or treat, trick or treating, and came home with way too much candy! In fact, we were so busy that we didn't even get around to carving our pumpkins. So the boys carved them up on Tuesday. Oh well - they still had just as much fun I think. Can't wait to do it all again next year!

Where do pumpkins come from?

So last week we went to a farm that had a pumpkin patch full of pumpkins. We talked about how pumpkins grow on vines in a field called a pumpkin patch. The pumpkins were available to buy, but I didn't because I'm cheap and knew that they cost double or triple more than a grocery store. So this year we bought ours at Walmart. A few days later after I picked up Brady from preschool I got this email from his teacher.

"Today, when we were talking about our pumpkin, I held up a story about a pumpkin patch. We talked about how pumpkins grow, etc. Then, I asked the kids, "Where do we get pumpkins?" Brady yelled, "WAL-MART!" SOOOO cute!!"

I'm so proud of what great things I am teaching my children!

Day at the Farm

Last weekend we went to Schneff Farms for some fall fun. They had pig races, a petting zoo, hay rides, pumpkins,pedal bikes, carnival rides and don't forget the kettle corn(love that stuff). Too much fun eh? It was hot that day so we went later in the afternoon. It got me more into the coming holiday spirit. My parents were down visiting us and we also met up with the Marriott family so we had a blast. Brady loved the little roller coaster and cried when he wasn't big enough to ride on the swing go round ride. Cole liked the swings and the pedal bikes the best. Max was an angel just hanging out and being happy most of the day. When he did get fussy, it was nice to have extra people helping - thanks mom and dad!

Still the busy week!

This was just another pic I took for Tyler's Birthday - aren't these boys so cute? They are finally getting old enough to look half decent in a picture without one of them crying or throwing a fit.

Here's Brady again! He learned how to ride his bike without the training wheels. Tyler didn't really have to do much for him, he just picked it up so fast. Not bad for a 3 1/2 year old. I don't remember riding a bike when I was younger til I was like 10. He is so proud and loves zooming around the neighborhood with all the older boys.

The last fun part to our week was our visit from aunt Ashlee. Jeff dropped her off to hang out with us while he went to a concert. My kids were so happy to see them and had fun playing games on the wii with Ashlee. We live so far away from our immediate family so it's fun to have them come visit even if it is just for a few hours.

Busy Week!

We had a very fun and busy week. On Sunday we went over to my uncle Larry and aunt Doris's house for Sunday dinner after conference, which by the way I thought was awesome, especially Pres. Monson's talk on service, very inspiring for me. My cousin Rebecca was there and she brought my adorable Grandma Lunt with her. My grandma's eyes were black and blue from falling and hitting her head. It looked pretty scary, but she said it didn't hurt so that was good. I had fun catching up with some of the Lunt cousins. There were tons of little kids so my boys had a blast playing with them too.

The next excitement of the week was for Max. He started eating real food! It's so crazy that he is already doing this. I just tried some oatmeal cereal and applesauce. He didn't seem to love or hate it, just something new so he ate it without giving me any funny faces. I'm sure those will be coming with green beans or peas. He is such a good baby. He still gets up a time or two in the night, but I really can't complain because he often goes to bed at like 5:30pm or 6:00pm and doesn't really get up til 7:00 am.

Then here's Brady! He is pulling kind of a weird smile - whatever. He got to go on a field trip with his preschool class to the Hall of Flames. It was pretty cool. They had about fifty fire engines on display and learned all about fire safety. He had fun exploring the fire engine and wearing the fireman hat and coat. He was most excited about the fire hat souvenir.

On Wed. it was Tyler's Birthday. He's getting older, but also more handsome so we'll take it. We appreciate all his hard work everyday providing for our family. It was a busy day with Tyler working all day and then playing basketball games at night so we had to squeeze the presents in between and had late night coconut cream pie. This picture was an updated picture of the boys for his desk at work. We love you Daddy!

Happy Birthday to Me!

My birthday was a week or so ago. The day just started out normal. Tyler went to work. I took the kids to school, came home, exercised, cleaned, and did mom stuff. I had made my own birthday cake the night before and wasn't about to make my own dinner, so I thought when Tyler got home we would go out to eat. Tyler's mom has the same birthday as me and was coming for a visit in a few days so Tyler suggested we just go somewhere fast and easy for dinner and then we would have a bigger celebration when his parents got here. I didn't care where we went really - as long as I didn't have to cook it. Tyler suggested Rubios, and Mexican food always sounds good so I was fine with that. On our way there he turned a different way and said he changed his mind and suggested we go get a bucket of fried chicken at KFC. Uh, NO I said. I hate fried chicken. He knew that, he was trying to trick me. All of a sudden he stops the car and tells me to get out because I had a 7:00pm appt. in that store he stopped in front of. I was totally surprised and looked over to see that we were stopped in front of a spa to get a massage. I was hungry, but he figured I didn't want to go stuff myself right before I went. So I went in and the gal working there told me happy birthday and brought out this bouquet of flowers. She told me I was a lucky girl to have such a nice husband. I told her I totally agree. He is the best. He is always doing things to make me feel so special and loved. This was my first time getting a massage, but certainly won't be my last. It was so awesome. I can't believe I have never gotten one before. I was in heaven.