Ashley's 11th Birthday {11-1-2008}

This year for Ashley's birthday I

took her and these cute girls...

Myla, Ashley, Allysa, Maya and Sam

to see this really cute movie...

After the movie we had lunch then went back to
our house for cake, ice cream and gifts.

After everyone left I took Ashley for a little photo shoot.

Happy Birthday Ashley!
We love you so much.
Sorry it took me so long
to blog about your birthday.

Halloween {10-31-2008}

Halloween night was a lot of fun.
The kids went Trick or Treating in our neighborhood.
Then we went over to the Gerber's house for "Soup Night."
Then we went over to my mom and dad's house.
It's nice when Halloween isn't on a school night.

Ashley was a Vampire.

Bryce was a Vampire.

We tried to make him look pale, it didn't work so well.

Ally was Tinkerbell.

Aubrey was a ladybug.

Until next year...

I'm still here....

I know I haven't blogged in a while but the last week of October was not a good one for me. I got a call on Wednesday from our bank needing to confirm that I made some purchases with my debit card. I didn't make the purchases they were asking about. I was told they would cancel my card, send me a new one and not let the charges go through. Well that didn't happen and I got another call Thursday morning to confirm some more. I wasn't to happy that they didn't take care if this Wednesday plus now the charge for $225.00 came out of our account. I got all of that taken care of then our computer crashed Thursday afternoon. Guy took it to Circuit City and the man there said he could get our files off. He called Friday and said he couldn't do anything with it. I lost it! All of my pictures are on there and that is all I want off of it. I know, I know! I should have them backed up or on disks or something. I was in the process of doing that. We took it to Data Doctors they said they think they can get them off if not they have a "Recovery Lab" they can send it too. Guess what, it is at the recovery lab and I'm still waiting to see if I get my pictures back. They told Guy they have a 95% success rate. I really hope I don't fall into the other 5%. We did get a new computer but I haven't felt like using it much but I told myself I need to blog. I deceided it was time to catch up with everything our little family has been doing, so more posts will follow....

And to all of you moms, scrapbookers, photographers out there backup your photos to as many places as you can. It will save you a lot of stress and money!

Pumpkin Carving Fun!

Last night we carved our pumpkins for Halloween.
Everyone helped clean out their own pumpkin.

Aubrey was eating it too.

Ally posing for mom.

♥Sisterly Love♥

Aubrey posing and making eyes at me.

The finished product...

A spider web with a spider.

A skull and cross bones.

A happy pumpkin with circle eyes.


A happy pumpkin with triangle eyes.
Thanks Daddy for carving all of them out for us.

Happy Thursday☺

Principal's List

The first quarter of school is over.

Ashley and Bryce both got straight A's.

We are so proud of them and all their hard work.

Bryce was really excited because it's his first time

on the Principal's List.

Which is a Good Thing to be on.

Ashley is on it too but they haven't given

her a certificate yet. They both also got

certificates for perfect attendance for the first quarter.

I'm so glad that they both love school so much.

It makes going more fun.

Happy Friday☺

Schnepf Farms

This last Saturday we went to Schnepf Farms. My mom, step-dad, sister and her friend Matt came out from Las Vegas. We go every year and this is the third year they have gone with us. We don't usually go the first weekend it's open but it was the only time we could go together. It was cloudy and sprinkling a little by the time we left. We weren't sure how much we would get to do before is started raining. It was a great time to go the place was empty.
We got sprinkled on a couple of times but nothing to bad.

All four together

Then it was off to the "Pumpkin Patch" for more pictures.

I get all the pictures I want of them first

thing then they are free to have fun.

Ashley and Heather

Me and Heather

Ally trying to get on the swing ride.

She went in the exit and was going to ride it by herself.

Guy carrying her away and she wasn't happy.

Ashley, Heather, Matt and Bryce riding the roller coaster.

You would think that everyone on it new me because they

were all looking at the camera for the picture.

Ashley and Ally on the Bee ride.

Ashley and Ally on the airplane ride.

This is the beautiful sunset we had that night.
I wish I could of got a better picture without
the people, power lines, the big lights etc.
but it was still nice.


Ally, Heather, Ashley, Bryce and Matt


Aubrey was so good riding in the stroller.

We had a really nice time. I took a lot more pictures
but just picked out a few of my favorites.
If you've never been to Schnepf Farms I would
recommend that you go. It's a lot of fun for all ages.

Happy Thursday ☺

Aubrey's 1st Haircut!

I waited as long as I could but it was

time to take Aubrey for her first haircut.

Here is the before without a pony...

She wasn't happy because we

tried to put the cape on her.
She wasn't having any of that!

Guy sat in the chair and held her

while I kept feeding her sweet-tarts.

{that's why she has all the funny faces}

She did great!
It was also past her nap time
so she was about to fall asleep.

The after...

Doesn't she look so cute!

Happy Monday☺

Happy Birthday Bryce!

Happy 9th Birthday Bryce William!

It's hard to believe he is 9 already.

I remember sitting on the couch and crying

thinking "I'm never going to have this baby."

He was a week over due and the hospital

was to full to call me in to be induced.

They did finally call and we got our Baby Boy!

Bryce is our one and only son...

...a great brother to his three sisters...

...loves to play baseball...

...a great student...

...kind and caring...

...loud and 100% all boy...

Happy Birthday Bryce!

We love you ♥

In Memory...

Big Girl Bed Part 2

It's been a week now that Aubrey has been in her toddler bed.

She is doing great! She cried the first couple of nights

and came out of the room a couple of times, but now

I can just lay her down. I check on her every night before

I go to bed to make sure she is still in her bed. A few

nights she's been asleep on the floor, so I've put her

back in her bed only to find her on the floor again in

the morning. I'm sure she'll stay in her bed someday.

She has been the easiest one to move into a toddler bed.

I'm so glad for that. Now I have to decide when to move

Ally out of Ashley's room into the same room with Aubrey.

I now this won't be easy because Ally won't go to bed

without Ashley in the room. If Ashley isn't home she'll

cry for an hour " I want my Ashley! " I think I'll wait for

Fall Break in October so Ashley can still get some sleep for school.

Happy Tuesday ☺