Sydney turns 7!!!

This year Sydney wanted to get her ears pierced and so we let her invite one friend, Kaiya, to go with us. She did really good! She was nervous at first, but didnt cry. Then we did our usual stop at Red Robins and frozen yogurt. On Sunday was her offical birthday so we just took it easy going to church and making Sydneys favorite dinner followed by cake.

Swimming lessons

I finally got Sydney and Steven into Swim lessons down at the REC center. They both went at the same time every Tuesday/Thursday for 1/2 hr. for 5 weeks. They both are more comfortable in water, but Steven wouldnt jump off the diving board or even go down the slide on his teachers lap. Sydney well she was another story. She LOVED jumping off the diving board and swinging off the rope!

See Steve run......

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About 11 months ago Steve decided to start running again. He hadn't ran since High School, but hit his low when he topped the scales at 180!!! LOL!! He has been running a lot, playing basketball at the church and just finished his 1st 1/2 marathon. I was pretty impressed, he actually finished the race and did pretty good (for what he thought he could do). He finished 51st out of 1024. He is down to 150 and in the best shape Ive ever seen him in. Too bad he hasnt rubbed off on me yet....maybe when the kids are older and I have more time!!!!
Here is a Before and After of Steve

Old Buds!

Brittny and Aaron Stevens were passing thru, with their sweet little kids June and Logan, and we got to visit with them at the park. It was soooooooo fun to see them! Aaron was a good swing pusher....lol just ask Steven! June and Logan are so sweet and my kids really enjoyed them. I love seeing Brittny we have so much fun together. She makes me laugh!

 

Halloween with the Kanooth's

umm Rachel made me dress up.....but I cant blame that face all on her!!









We went to Washington for a super quick trip to see Leif and Rachel and there adorable little twins; Micah and Savannah. We got to be there for their baby blessing and the kids got to spend Halloween with all their cousins (except for Westin and Jade who were missed a lot)! We were happy to squeeze in visits to Grandpa Brooks and Grandma Suzie, too. We had a wonderful time with family and it was hard....REALLY hard to go home since we dont know when we will get to see Leif, Rachel, Savannah and Micah twins again.

Carving pumpkins/carameling apples and Stevens class party

Crafty...

My chore blocks for the kids. We made these for Super Saturday and they were really fun to make.

Pumpppppkin Patch!

Steven's Muscles/ Little Bunny Reese

Steven likes to show his muscles......


Steven had picture day the other day and he actually let me gel his hair...kinda of. I had to trick him and say its just water because he hates gel so much.

I tried on Tori's old Halloween costume on Reese to see how it fit.

Little girl hair cuts!

I finally decided to get Tori's haircut. She got in the chair and decided she didnt want anything to do with it. So Sydney went first and got hers cut, then Tori wasnt afraid anymore.