Sunday, October 26, 2008

A witch, a bat, a big black cat... I like scary things like that

These pictures are from our church halloween party last night. We had a chili cookoff and then games for the kids, then trunk or treating. It was really fun. Dallin hung out in the car with Nonnie and Bob during trunk or treating... same as last year. Hey, who needs to work for candy when you have a Nonnie to spoil you?

Ring toss pro...
Super (silly) Nathan
Ben 10 morphing into Heat Blast (for those not in tune with 1st grade pop culture), dinosaur, Super Nathan
Hold still Dallin (yeah right!!)

YMCA Halloween Party

Thursday we went to the YMCA for a halloween party. The kids had a blast. Nathan won brownies at the cake walk within the first 5 minutes of arriving. They had games and candy and bouncy toys for the kids to jump on. 

Dallin was a little spooked at first when he saw some of the scary costumes.
Dallin and Lainey - Best Buds
No peeking Nathan!
Cutest Buzz Ever!!
Jared jumped in this picture so it looks like Dallin has freaky long arms.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Dan and Anna Pics

Finally found them...


Making a Mess... I Mean Cookies

We made sugar cookies for Kyle's class to celebrate his birthday.

More of Kyle's Party at the Park

Must eat more cupcake!
Kyle climbing a tree

Even more Birthday Overload...

Nathan at the park at Kyle's party
Eyeball Cupcakes YUM!

Make a wish...
'YES! STAR WARS!'

More Birthday Overload

Kyle's Heeley's
Stick em' up!
Wonder what could be in this big bag...
Moon Shoes!!
And a pair for Nathan too!

Birthday Overload

Kyle gets ready to open his presents from the family before his party

Kyle is excited about his Air Hog car that drives on the wall from Nonnie
Dallin trying to stack batteries. Why do we buy expensive toys?
Alright! A nerf gun from Grandma and Grandpa
A new soccer ball from dad, what else? 

Kyle and I both celebrated a birthday this week. Mine was Thursday and Kyle's Friday. Kyle had his last soccer game on my birthday so we went to that and then grabbed some food and then went home. I opened a few presents and had ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Yum. On Friday Dan surprised me by taking the day off as one of my presents. We had a really fun day together and Dallin too of course. We ate lunch at a Chinese restaurant. We don't have many pictures of just Dan and I, so Dan set up the tripod and we took some. I can't find them on his laptop but will post them when he gets home. Saturday we celebrated Kyle's 7th birthday with a party at the park. He had a blast of course. He has had so much fun playing with all his new toys... Nathan too! After the party we went to the Patten's house for some games. The Pennocks came too. We left Dallin with my mom since he had a yucky cough. We ended up just talking and laughing and letting the kids play. About 10 minutes before we left to go the their house my eye swelled up and I looked awful! I didn't want to cancel so needless to say I was the butt of Dan's jokes the whole night. I may have scared a few of the small children too! Dan just told them I was gearing up for halloween. By the time we picked Dallin up from my moms he was having his first croup attack. He was up every hour last night with an attack. If your children have never had the croup then consider yourself lucky! Kyle suffered each year with it. Seems Dallin is the same way. He struggled to breath all night. We probably could have bathed a small village with all the water we used in the bathroom to make steam to help give him relief. Dan was such a trooper. He jumps right out of bed when he hears Dallin coughing. I have found that medication doesn't help a whole lot with croup. I will, however, be bringing to the doctor tomorrow. We will have about 2-3 more nights of this before it gets better. Poor Dallin! Dallin is so sweet through it all. He will be struggling to breath and lean over and kiss my cheek and say, all out of breath, "tank you mommy, love you," because I am taking care of him. Melts my heart. Ok, now some pictures of Kyle's party.... 

Friday, October 10, 2008

Morphing Cicada

We were having a yard sale and one of the boys happen to spot this on our tree... a cicada coming out of it's shell. It was pretty cool and offered about an hour of entertainment for all 4 boys... Kyle Nathan Dallin and Dan!
Just starting to come out of the shell

Finally out but it can't fly yet
Kyle checking out the final outcome

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Camping and climbing...


Kyle climbing trees on our hike
Kyle Dallin and Nathan camping in the backyard with Dan. The flash was SO bright and they kept closing their eyes so i asked them to try and keep them open... this is what I got. They were laughing so hard. 
Dallin riding the rail at Grandma Genie's
Nathan hamming it up at the park