Elizabeth's 1st Birthday Party!

We had Lizzy's birthday party on November 21st instead of on her actual birthday, because her aunt, uncle, and cousins were going to be here then from Hurricane, UT for Thanksgiving. Elizabeth actually did pretty well with unwrapping her gifts. She was really interested in it, and did a lot of it on her own. She got lots of toys, hair bows, sippy cups, books, money, and a sort of frame-like thing to hang her hair bows on. Kathy and Crystal (Bryce's mom and sister) made Lizzy's cake. We had a princess-themed party, hence the crown on the cake. We had soups and chili for her birthday dinner and then cake, of course, for dessert. It was fun spending time with everyone.

Miscellaneous

Here are more pictures of "Tigger". He didn't want me to take some of these pictures, so he's actually hollering at me in some of them. I think he just wanted to get to eating his candy! LOL!

I took a picture of the first big snow we had this year. We usually get snow early in October, but this year the snow waited until the middle of November. It looked so pretty outside, like a winter wonderland, so I snapped a picture.

Grandma has been babysitting the kids for me from time to time, and she obviously has the magic touch for getting Elizabeth to sleep! I thought it was so cute - her little mouth hanging open!

Halloween!!!

We went to a trunk or treat at our church building the day before Halloween. The kids looked so cute in their little costumes. Devon got tons of candy, and we decorated our trunk and gave out candy as well.

For some reason I couldn't get these pictures to rotate. Sorry!

My Little Kids

Check out the headband! LOL!

Poor little kid was so tuckered out! He's even holding a cookie!

I love it when the kids laugh together. It's so sweet and adorable!

Funny Stories

The other day, Bryce turned off Devon's Spongebob movie so that he could watch football. Devon wasn't happy about that, although he had watched Spongebob for most of the day. So the next day, Devon told Bryce that he wanted him to come watch Spongebob with him. Even though Bryce hates Spongebob, he agreed to watch it. Then Devon takes the remotes and tells Bryce, "No football, no basketball, and no Xbox, Bryce." I said, "He sure does know you pretty well, Bryce!" Oh, kids say the darnedest things! LOL!


We have been working on potty training Devon, something I should have worked harder on before now, but what can ya do? He had been showing some good improvement until today for some reason. But we'll keep working on it. So this wasn't funny at the time, but when I told my mom about it later, it seemed funny after the fact. Devon was playing outside while I watched him. All of a sudden I smelled poop. I asked Devon what he was doing and he said, "Pooping...and peeing!" He must not have realized that he had to pee, too, because I could tell that it startled him that all of a sudden he had pee running down his leg. The look on his face was priceless. I felt sorry for him, but I need him to see that that is not a good feeling to pee or poop your pants. Then he starts walking bowlegged through the garage. Once again I felt bad for him, but...it was kinda funny.

Group Picture

I just put all of these on here, because I kept snapping pictures trying to get the perfect one. I'm not sure I got a perfect one, so here's the best ones that I ended up with.

Fun with the Cousins

I absolutely love this picture. Devon and Titan were hugging goodbye, but we'll see everyone next month for Thanksgiving!

Elizabeth with her Uncle Yates.

Devon was really shy about being on the trampoline at first, but after awhile he started having fun with it. Although I think I liked it better when he didn't want to play on it! LOL!

Craig (Papa) and Elizabeth

Cute Little Lizzy!

I had never taken a picture of Lizzy in the bathtub, and I wanted one for her baby book, so I finally remembered to do it! Lizzy does really well with taking baths, as you can see!

Here she has sweet potatoes all over mouth. That is one baby food that she seems to really like. She's not real big on snacks, other than Cheerios. I usually give her a few after she eats her baby food.

Elizabeth is scared to death of animals, so she must not realize that the dog is right next to her. When she first saw the dog, (Anakin Skywalker is his name) she screamed like an adult woman! It scared me to death. I'm hoping that she will start getting used to animals since Grandma has a little dog named Maisy. Every so often she seems to get used to an animal, but the next thing we know, she's scared again.

Hurricane, UT

Check out the pink bike Devon is riding. LOL!

Jared and Kylie were able to come to Tucker's luncheon, and then they came to Crystal's house for the rest of the day. Here is their son, Dax.

Here's Tucker bouncing on the trampoline in Papa's (Craig's) boots. He kept saying, "Look at me! I'm Papa!"

Devon fell asleep on Kylie one night. He wore himself out playing outside all day!

Titan, Devon, and Dax enjoying some pizza.

Tucker's Baptism

Our nephew, Tucker, got baptized as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 9 in Hurricane, UT. We left on Thursday night and stayed at Bryce's aunt and uncle's house in Lehi, UT and then drove the rest of the way to Hurricane the next morning. We stayed until Monday morning.

The kids had a blast playing with their cousins. Devon practically lived in their backyard. The weather down there was perfect. We were still able to wear shorts and it was great! Devon is pictured here on the four wheeler with Titan and McKinlee.

Devon's Idaho Birthday Party

We decided to also have a birthday party for Devon at my grandma's house. We had it on October 3. Mom made a yummy chocolate cake with chocolate icing, and Kevin made 3 delicious pies. We had hamburgers, chips, cottage cheese, and beans for dinner. Yum, yum, and yum!

We couldn't seem to get Devon to smile for us. He kept saying cheese, but didn't add the smile with it. You can't tell by the pictures, but he was way excited about all of the fun presents he got.

Devon's Indiana Birthday Party

Devon got lots of fun toys, clothes, and gift cards for his birthday. In this picture, he is playing with a little toy Buzz Lightyear and some cars.

Devon got this RC car with Woody from Toy Story from my brother.

Here is his awesome cake that Kim Keifer made. She is very talented at making cakes. She actually made our wedding cake for our Salem reception.