Happy Halloween!

Madison dressed up as an angel for Halloween! Even though she thought she was a butterfly because of the wings. So I guess that makes her a "white butterfly"
Mommy with her little Teddy Bear

Care Bear & Teddy Bear!

Also, Aunt Loriann with cousin Kaylin. Lori was such a good sport to dress up like a hippie for halloween. I dressed up as a mom I suppose.

The Three Cousins! Kaylin, Madison, & Robby. Maddie, of course, loved to take off both of babies ears.

This year was a little different for us. Jesse & I didn't go to any Halloween parties, so it was a no-nonsense, no-dress up sort of year. I had also already dressed up as Dorothy, from the Wizard of Oz, twice for our wards "Activity days" Halloween party and for a Halloween gymnastics meet I judged, so I was so not in the mood to dress up again. Oh well....there's always next year!

Parks and Playtime

 We love playing together (most of the time)!

Madison loves to pick any flower she can get her hands on!
-this pretty much makes her Dadddy crazy-

Thank heavens that the weather is finally starting to get a little cooler! We have enjoyed going to the park and playing outside now. Robby especially loves to crawl around on the grass.

Jesse's 10 Year High School Reunion

It is official....my husband is now OLD! (j/k) A few weeks ago we went to his 10 year high schoold reunion and I have to say it was rather fun. They had a lunch at the park where everyone brought their kids. Maddie and Robby had fun at the park, other than Madison being flattened face first into the sand after running in front of someone swinging. It's a good thing she's a tough kid! That evening they had a dinner in Mesa. We even got to see our coolest ever neighbors, Mark & Missy Glover! We can't wait for my reunion in 2010 (well... maybe we can wait a little while :)

This is a picture that I stole off Missy's blog (thanks!) of Missy and I-- isn't she such a hot mama of five !! She lives one street away from me in our neighborhood and we are sooo sad that they released her and Mark from nursery: Maddie adored them!

PARKS AND PLAYTIME WITH THE KIDS!

wE lOvE pLayInG toGetHeR (mOst Of tHe tImE)!

Madison loves to pick any flower she can get her hands on!


Thank heavens that the weather is finally starting to get a little cooler! We have enjoyed going to the park and playing outside now. Robby especially loves to crawl around on the grass!

Bathtub Babes

We just recently began bathing our two kids together in the evening before bedtime. Sooo much simpler (why didn't I think of this before) and they LOVE IT!!

Princess Madison

Madison is obsessed with princesses at the moment. She loves her princess books, princess movies, and especially her princess crown! She is kind of a sassy girl don't ya think?!

Please Feed the Ducks?!?!

Madison tried to get as close as possible to the ducks even if that meant laying down at the edge of the pond or actually climb in herself (well almost)...she couldn't seem to understand why they kept swimming away as she got closer to them. She also loved feeding them and would jump up and down and scream with delight when she threw bread in the water & the ducks would fight over the piece of bread!

I am way too lucky to have the two most handsome boys (I mean men) belong to me! Robby also almost crawled right into the pond when we turned our backs for a moment.

Running Races

Jesse has always been amazingly motivated to drag his buns out of bed early on a Saturday morning to run races. Just recently I also began running and working out (when I realized Jesse's reunion was coming up) and I even ran a 5K last weekend. Of course now my ankle feels like it's going to fall off (a lovely bi-product of gymnastics). But I guess staying in shape is worth anything, including pain. So I am still running and getting prepared to run in the 2mile turkey trot on Thanksgiving (I am a bit of a wimp you see-- and cannot get the courage to do the full 10K race). Now that I pretended that I am this amazing person running 5K's and dealing with ankle pains....let me tell you the real deal. While I was out running 3 miles, Jesse, his sister Abby, and my friend Carla ran the half marathon at the same event. Now that certainly puts things into perspective:) Like I said, Jesse is truly one amazing guy!

Here are the kids at one of the races... out supporting their mommy and daddy! Many thanks to Aunt Joanna for coming and watching them last weekend!

And yes... Maddie really does have her hands on her hips in the picture (my dad said it reminds him exactly of me)

I hate computers!

I have been working a lot lately and have slacking in the blog department :) I am super excited that my gal pal in Texas FINALLY gave me her blog address and is hopping on the bandwagon to become a blogger like all of us! It re-motivated me to try to find time to write down my thoughts and feelings. Our computer is still on the fritz and won't let me download pictures from my camera onto it. So... no new pictures of my kiddos.

On Saturday we took Robby to the ASU football game with us which was so much fun! Robby is a definite momma's boy, however, and I ended up holding him the whole time because he wouldn't go to Jesse. He was really good throughout the game and I am excited for when our kids get a little older and we can bring all of them with us. GO SUNDEVILS!