Happy Halloween 2011!

This year Whitney had the hardest time deciding what she wanted to be. First a witch, then a princess, a ghost and then a lady bug, then a cupcake, a pumpkin and finally a cat. So when she finally decided to be a cat, I decided Brooke would be a mouse.  I thought they both looked so cute, and Whitney got into being a mean kitty with an attitude and all. 

This is our house all decorated for Halloween.  We weren't home to give out candy so I took down most of the decor this afternoon so it wouldn't get trashed by mad trick-or-treaters because we didn't have candy :(  I heard our neighborhood was the hot spot in town to trick or treat but I never imagined it would be as busy as it was.

We went Trick-or-treating at my Grandmother's house first.  Our neighborhood was so packed with trick-or-treaters that people were waiting in line to get candy at houses, cars were parked all along the side of the streets and tons of people were walking in the streets.  It was crazy, so we decided to go to my Grandmother's neighborhood instead.  There weren't as many houses to go to, but the girls still got tons of candy and were happy at the end of the night.  The door bell rang as soon as we walked in the door, so we hid from the trick-or-treaters who were still out headed up-stairs in our bedroom with the door closed

Miss Whitney Kitty showing off all her candy!

Brooke trying to smile with her mouth full of candy.

Daddy with his girls just before getting them ready to go to bed after a fun filled day.  We now have a huge bowl of candy on top of our fridge that will take us a very long time to eat!

Fall Festival

At church we had a huge fall festival. My sister-n-law Joyce delegated and planned the whole thing. She really put a lot of work into it and it was well worth it because it was so fun. There were tons of people there too. Lots of booths were set up with games to play were you could win a prize.

After the cake walk.  There were over 100 different cup cakes to choose from so it took them a while to look through them all to get the one they wanted.

Whitney was so happy to meet Cinderella! 

This was a really good Snow White!  I think this was Whitney's favorite part of the whole night.

Decorating cookies. 

Getting ready to go trunk-or-treating, which is definitely the way to do trick-or-treating.  Every 5-6 steps you get candy instead of walking from house to house.

This is our family Fall Festival picture taken in front of the back drop that I set up.  I thought it was super cute, but not many people used it for a photo-op.  Brig didn't dress-up, but I just had to wear my "signature pregnant" skeleton costume so that our baby boy could be dressed-up too.

Face painted by Dorothy, one of Whits favorite movie characters.

Bowling for candy.  Look at the stance!

Downtown Denver

In August, we went on a little family trip to Denver.  The drive was long but, the girls did really good.  They watched movies and just looked out the windows and slept most of the time. 

On our first day in Denver we went to the Zoo.  We got to see tons of animals; it's a huge place.  There was every kind of animal and the girls really enjoyed it.

                         

A real polar bear.

I would have had Brooke sit on the statue, but it was extremely hot.

Under the flamingo in the middle there is a baby one that was only a few days old.

Those arm are unbelievably long!

Later that afternoon we checked into a hotel located downtown in the middle of everything worth seeing.  We all took naps and then walked through downtown to the baseball stadium and went to the game.  We were only there for the last half, but it was entertaining and the girls enjoyed the crowds, lights, and the noise.

I had to sleep between the girls so that they would actually sleep!

Walking around downtown.  Good thing I brought my stroller.

                                                       
The next day we packed up our stuff, loaded it in the car and then walked around downtown and then to the  capital building.  The capital building was closed, so we just walked around the grounds.

While we were there we saw groups of people dressed up in costumes like it was Halloween.  It was a city scavenger hunt and we were part of it because we are from an "N" state and I was asked to show my license and be in a picture.  We were trapped there for awhile and then finally got away by telling groups that we had to go.

                                     
By nap time we were in the car heading out of town.  Denver was definitely a cool place to visit, and we wouldn't mind going back there someday!

It's a BOY!!

 We are so happy to find out that baby #3 is a BOY! The lady who did the ultra sound looked at "it" from all different angles and was 100% sure that this baby is a boy. I'm not even sure what to do with a boy though. Can I snuggle, kiss and sing to a boy? Probably...but it might feel weird at first :) Our world will change so much! A house full of dress-up clothes, dolls and pink will have to evolve into a house full all trucks, and tools, and all the girly stuff too. 

                             

   
This little guy is going to be sooo embarrassed when he finds out that I have been posting his "goods" all over the internet! lol

You can see his hand up by his mouth trying to suck his thumb.

He was lazy during this untrasound and wouldn't really move so I'm going to have to get another one in 4 weeks so the Dr. can see his backbones and some of his other organs.  Luckily...today he didn't sleep with his legs crossed!!

Summer Swimming

This summer the girls have gone swimming a lot.  At school, Whitney swims with her class on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Brooke's class sometimes joins them.  Here at home we have a small plastic pink pool that the girls have swam in a few times.  It is very small, so we recently upgraded to a larger pool that is deeper and a lot bigger.

In the afternoons our house shades our yard so the girls can swim without getting sunburned, but it's still hot enough.  It's not Brooke's favorite thing to do, but Whitney loves it.  She would stay in for hours if I let her.  We've also gone to the cousins house to swim.  Whitney had so much fun running and jumping into the pool with her crazy boy cousins.  They have a lot of fun together every time we hang out.