New Babies

I got to meet 2 of my favorite new babies over Thanksgiving.
First was my nephew, Dallin. He is sooo snuggly, sweet, and such a good baby. I got so many snuggles with him and it was heaven!
(His pants say, "Lil' Stinker!") I love it!

 Second was my best friend Lyndsay's baby girl Lilly. She is A.dorable! She was smiling at us and was a little charmer. I wish I could have had more time to snuggle her.

Allie's Bed

We bought a bed from Craigslist for Allie. It was an extra long twin and just really big for such a small girl. So we sold it and Doug made her a headboard. It's so much better and really cute. He got the instructions from a wonderful site called Ana White. It's called the Farmhouse bed. We just did the headboard but you can do sideboards and a footboard too. We'll make one for Katelyn too. 

Dentist

Allie has been to the dentist a few times and I've never remembered my camera. So this time we grabbed it on our mad dash out the door. I feel like everytime I leave the house I'm running back inside at least 3 times to grab stuff I forgot. It takes us about 20 minutes to get ready to go anywhere! Anyway, I diverted a bit. She was a champ. Sat right down, opened her mouth, didn't make a peep (which is very rare for her), and she had beautiful teeth!

Whilst we were there I had the dentist look at poor Katelyn's mouth. It's true. She's 16 months old and has ZERO teeth. He could see teeth but they are no where near breaking through. He told us not to worry. In fact he said we were LUCKY because she'll have healthier teeth. It's hard to think that...but I'm sure he's right!

Love that chair!

I feel the same way Allie!! :)

Check out those shades!

Look at her hand...she's so tense. I do the exact same thing!

This is Halloween!

Last weekend my parents came for a visit. They got to see our house, we went to the pumpkin patch, caught up, went to a Witches Tea with mom and friends, played fun games, and went for a walk by the river. It was so great to see them!

I love seeing all the kids in their costumes. My kids surprisingly wore theirs 3 times...with NO fight. I'm impressed to say the least.

Allie was a "Switch" and Katelyn was a teddy bear. We borrowed the witch dress from our friend in the ward and the hat and broom were from Nan and Pa G. The bear costume was the first thing I ever sewed (with serious help from my friend Valerie). Isn't it awesome!? I'm proud of it.

We enjoyed the ward "Trunk or Treat", trick or treating at the City of Meridian and in our neighborhood, and Allie's preschool party. I'm Halloweened out. Seriously...I don't want to see another piece of candy for a long time!

I felt like a mean mom...we didn't even carve pumpkins. I let the girls paint them instead!

Katelyn finger painting for the first time. She was loving it!

Of course she's trying to eat the pumpkin! :)

Look at that cute, cuddly bear that won't stop moving!!

Our little Switch!

Best buds

Katelyn is really into this candy stuff!

Sorting the candy!

The girls with their Boise cousins before going out trick or treating.

Allie and Sydney were both witches. Sydney's dress lit up. It was so cool!

The preschool picture attempt. Allie is snuggling up to her buddy Lincoln. Haha!

Goin' to the Farm

Fall is my favorite season. I just absolutely love it. Pumpkin patches are at the top of the list. Where were these when I was a kid?? We took the kids to the farm a few weeks ago and forgot our camera! So today we went for Allie's preschool field trip. It was a blast. The kids just love all the activities there. We went to The Farmstead this time and it's the best for little kids. They had animals, the pumpkin patch, a bouncing pillow (like a trampoline), hay maze, cow train, corn box, slides, spiderweb, and a few other things that we didn't get to. They are both out cold in their beds and I'm going to join them for a nap myself. It was exhausting!

What a fun truck! Look at all those cute kids minus Katelyn...she's cute but was in her stroller!

The pumpkins the girls chose. Allie wanted "a little, tiny one."

The Bounce Pillow

Katelyn put her face on the Bounce Pillow to feel the vibrations. She was giggling the whole time!

Finding our way through the hay maze. Endless room to romp around!

Allie and "Perry" the cow.

The cow train.

Katelyn couldn't ride the train but they had one she could sit in. She was happy with that!

The corn box is serious business.

The girls could have stayed in this box ALL day. I had to bribe them out with fruit snacks!

If spiders looked like that I would have them as pets!! :)

Ready for my attempts at a pumpkin picture with the girls?

#1. Katelyn is eating her fruit snacks and Allie has her cheesy smile.

#2. Climbing on the pumpkins...cute shot though!

#3. And we're done. Let's go eat lunch.

Note to self. Should have taken these pictures right when we arrived.

{We heart FALL}

Our Abode

Yes, we love our house. It is so fun to always have something to work on. It's wonderful to have our own space to work on as we please.
I wanted to wait and take pictures until we were completely painted and decorated. But like that's ever gonna happen :) So you get what you get. It's very much a work in progress...but it gives you an idea.

This is the front room. We painted it (Behr Ocean Pearl), got the entertainment center off Craigslist and the recliner and couch are hand me downs from Doug's parents.

Then you walk down this hall into the next area...whoo hoo, here we go!

This is the family room. We painted it (Martha Stewart Moonshadow) and it looks out into our backyard.

The kitchen is right off the family room as you can see. It's even somewhat clean. That is a miracle. I love the island :)

The other part of the kitchen. We love our fridge given to us by my parents.

Garage shelves that Doug whipped out on Saturday. He's a stud, I know!

I LOVE STORAGE!!!

Right up the stairs there is a loft area which we LOVE. It's perfect for the computer because it's open but not right out in the open. Get where I'm coming from?? We painted it the same as the downstairs living room (Behr Ocean Pearl). It took us from 5PM-12AM to paint this room. It was hard because of the stairs.

Here are pictures of Doug painting above the stairs. I was freaking out...even though I was taking pictures. :)

We had to use Ben (our BIL's) ginormous ladder. I think it's called "The Little Giant."

That is all for now. I will keep updating you...when I can! The best way to see our house would be to come visit. So call now to schedule :)

September

Katelyn started walking!

Allie started preschool.
We painted a lot of walls.

Put up a lot of blinds.

Hung a few pictures.

Play outside in the gorgeous weather A LOT.

Went to a Fancy Nancy party for cousin Sydney.

Went to a party for Nan G (not quite a Fancy Nancy party but still very fun).

Canned peaches.

Hung out with friends and family.

And it's over. What on earth!?

House pictures are coming soon. I forget to take pictures everytime we do a project because we are in such a hurry to get it done. SOOO...someday I will get some I promise.

She gets compliments everywhere about her cute hair. It's so curly and the pigtails are pretty cute too :)

On the move now!

Ooh la la!!

Fancy Allie

Dress up with Allie. She took our picture too.