Happy Halloween

Wow what a beautiful Halloween we had! I loved that it was a Saturday. We hadn't had time to carve our pumpkins so we did that in the morning--mine is the really good one! Then we had a little neighborhood soup potluck before we went trick-or-treating. Saylor was loving it and Sawyer is not one to complain about a stroller ride, even if he is forced to wear a dog costume. We ended the evening by playing some games with friends. It was a ghoulish good time! Oh, and in an effort to be more like my friend Tara I got my craft on and made both Saylor's "stylish"kitty costume (her name not mine) and my witch hat.

As is tradition we made our way to the Black Island Farms Pumpkin Patch. Sadly it was a REALLY cold day to go, but neither of my kids seemed to mind. Another sad note is that my power went off half-way through drying my hair and didn't come on before time to go so I have some serious hair issues in the pics. I know I shouldn't have mentioned it and now you are all just staring at the pictures and agreeing with me! Anyway, the hayride and pumpkin picking were great, as were the slides, cow train, jumping castle, cornbox, and animals.


This BTW is Saylor's best friend Hyrum.

Halloween Party

Saylor really wanted to throw a Halloween Party, and being a sucker for the scary myself I relented and we had quite the bash with the neighborhood 3 yr olds. We played find the skeleton bones in the backyard, pin the face on the pumpkin, and throw the candy corn in the jack-o-lantern. The kids also made a foamy pumpkin craft and I served monster face pizzas and pumpkin rice crispy treats for lunch. We finished with a photo shoot by Scary Gary our super cute scarecrow and a spooky story time. Sadly I hardly took any pictures because there were 10 3 yr olds and even though a couple of mom friends stayed to help, I was too busy wrangling kiddies to take photos. It was frightfully fun!

He's found his toes

a mother's mani

Ok I am officially going to do my first blog commercial. The other day I was waiting for a car repair flipping through some style magazines and I saw a review of a new product Sally Hansen Insta-dri fast dry nail color. It sounded too good to be true so I bought a bottle to try. I haven't painted my nails since I had the baby because honestly who has time?! Now I do. The brush is big and perfectly shaped so you make one or two strokes per nail and it gives complete coverage. It is awesome, even with a shaky left hand my nails look perfect and they dried in literally 60 seconds. Ladies, that means if you have a minute and a half you have time to do your nails for reals! Go buy yourself a bottle and thank me later. p.s. The magazines said deep plum was the color for fall so I purchased pronto purple and am loving it!

Now and Then

I have been waiting for the moment that Sawyer was old enough for me to take this picture. We took one of Saylor like this at 3 months and it is one of our favorite baby pictures. ( I am pretty sure it is still my mom's screen saver). Here was Saylor at 3 mo. February 2005:

And now here is little brother Sawyer ( I should say big little brother since he has at least 5 pounds on her at this age!)

In my head I think my kids look just alike, but as I compare these pictures I am not so sure. i do, however, know that they are both adorable! Go Cougs!

Lately

I just couldn't resist posting this picture of my two sports fans. OK, the term sports is being used loosely here since they are watching one of Saylor's tiny tot soccer games, but how cute is Sawyer in a hat?!

Thanks to a friend's recommendation, I took the kiddies to see the elephant parade at The Gateway. It is a kick off to the circus being in town, and at 2 minutes and thirty seconds, it is the shortest parade I have ever been to. Luckily Saylor thought it was well worth attending. Here is what we saw:Saylor was standing here in anticipation. She is really into "Kangaroo Care" these days, she always keeps some stuffed animal tucked in her shirt during her other activities. They recommended this kind of contact when I had Sawyer to improve the bonding or something so I guess Saylor and baby bunny are going to be really tight now.

The real excitement was coming home with another item for the dress up box:

Travelers

Snow and Saylor decided to go and visit his parents in Eagar. Actually it went a little more like this:

Snow: I think I might go hunting with Alma (his brother) in Eagar for a week.

Summer : Sounds fun! (trying to be excited for him because he needs a break even though it will make me a single mom of two for an entire week)

Snow: I think I will take Saylor so she can visit my parents

Summer Sounds fun! (this time genuinely excited)

Saylor of course thought this plan was fantastic. They headed out Last Thursday and Saylor was so excited I barely even got a kiss goodbye. Snow said when the airplane took of she was full on cheering arms in the air like she was on a roller coaster or something. Per daily phone updates they are both having a wonderful time and Sawyer and I have enjoyed having the house to ourselves. Can't wait for my mighty travelers to return!!

Cute kid

Congrats to Shi and Mike

My sister just got married in the Salt Lake temple. It was so fun to be a part of watching her become Mrs. Hancock. Here are a few pics from the day.

Swimming lessons

Snow taught swimming lessons and coached a community swim team during his high school days. He decided it was time to start teaching Saylor to swim, and here are some cute pics Grandma Slade took of Snow's efforts.

What it is like to have two kids

The rest of our Summer

I can't believe how I have been slacking on my posting. I promised myself I would update the blog once a week and you can see how that went. Oh well, chalk it up to being a new mom of two. We spent a pretty quiet Fourth of July at home. Snow got some fireworks to do with Saylor and surprisingly, she wasn't afraid of the sparklers. We also made some s'mores using our grill. This is how my precious two-week-old little boy looked.

I got brave enough to bring Sawyer to church (covered in his car seat with a take-a-peek-if-you-dare look on my face) and this is a family pic of us.

This big bow on my shirt came in handy since my milk leaked through my nursing pads and left two huge spots. Here is one of the men in my life. The verdict is still out on who is cuter.

That was a little tummy-time and I want to cry because my little man has totally outgrown that sleeper. How is he getting so big so fast?! Saylor loves being a big sister. I don't think she has played with a toy in Sawyer's 10 weeks of life. Who wants a doll when you have the real thing?

I can tell he is going to be a genius because he is already pondering life's mysteries. Here he is post-bath.

I don't really know if he looks like me, but I am willing to take credit. Thanks to Dora and Naomi for this adorable onesie.

Snow gave him an amazing blessing at 8 weeks. We were lucky enough to have about 35 family members present. Thanks to all of you for making the day so special! Jan and I were cheap enough to give $2 Tuesdays at Thanksgiving Point a try. NEVER AGAIN! but at least Saylor and Gabby had fun!

Here is a picture of Sawyer at his 2 month check-up. This, of course, is before his immunizations. We learned that he is in the 95% for length and 85% for weight. Apparently this go round I am producing whole milk instead of skim!

Saylor's second year of soccer has started. She convinced the other 7 kids on her team to go with the name sharks again. She is much improved in fact she scored a goal at their first game and yes I had tears in my eyes.

Here is a picture of Saylor and I that we took just because.

This is Saylor holding Sawyer this last weekend. I know what you are thinking and yes I do believe he is about as big as her.

It has been pretty crazy so far but I am loving being a mom of two!