Where have I been...

Here we are already more than half way through 2011! I hope to catch up on the happenings in my life and my beautifully wonderful little family here in the next gazillion posts. What a perfect day to play catch up. It is a Sunday morning, my stomach has been satisfied by warm, sweet waffles, my 4 sweet little ones are cuddled next to one another watching a new "church" movie from Netflix, my home is newly painted and cozy and we don't have church until 2 oclock. Perfect. Wish me luck!

On Second thought...I just found out That my computer that stores all of our pictures will not turn on! Really? On a side note : Life is good.

Halloween party..adult style

So we went to this Halloween Party in Jenny and Cody's Neighborhood. It was crazy. There seriously was 100+ people there! Debbie and Paul went and it was fun to hang out with them again!

Trunk or treat

Trunk or Treat for our church was on Saturday night. It was fun! I am so thankful that my parents and both of my sisters and their families came and also my friend Nancy and her family came. A festive time was had by all. The funniest part was that Janelle kept on getting mistaken for me.... we should have planned to dress totally alike, that would have been great! There's always next year!

Dress up Birthday Party for Vance

I think the adults had more fun than the kids did! Vance loved his Halloween costume so we decided to have a dress up party. He was so serious all night. He could'nt figure out what was going on and he was a little confused by all the costumes. My favorite part of the night was when we started to sing Vance Happy Birthday....Well I should say that he started to sing to himself first and super loud! It was so cute.

Fall Break.....

Eating Breakfast at The Hangar Cafe at the Chandler Air Park. We ate on the patio and saw lots of Planes come in. Vance especially loved it! I love my family!

What do you do for Fall Break in Arizona??

Swim......of course!!!!

We decided since it was so hot still during fall break that we would enjoy some fun in the sun! Basha pool is so great, Vance just walks around and sits and splashed; Blane plays on the water playground the whole time. I get tired watching him slide down the slides and back up again and again and again! Madison and Davin hung out at the lazy river and on the water slides. It was so cool that they can go by themselves now that they are stronger swimmers. This was such a fun time!

My SwEEt Vancey Pants is TwO!

I love this little guy so much, what more could I say! Well, I have lots to say!.He is just so wonderful and amazing. He is talking so much. I love how he is so polite. When I give him something (dinner, drink, toy, ect..) He'll say this, "Tanka Mom". and then he'll follow it with this, "yawelcum". He is so sweet. He gets so mad and screams, "My Mom!" when the other kids sit or lay on my lap. The older kids, especially Blane will pull a toy out of Vance's hands for no reason and I will tell them to say sorry to him. Vance hears me say this and goes up to Blane and says, "Surry Bwane". It is so cute! He tells the kids that they are in trubble or if Penny has an accident in the house he will say, " Penny trubble!" When he goes poop in his diaper, we will ask him if he went poop and he usually says, "no, toots!" Sometimes he is only stinky from toots! He is a great listener. He likes to go shopping and play outside. He still loves BIG trucks. Vance loves his blanky. He likes to sing, "Popcorn Popping" and "Twinkle, Twinkle little star". He likes Curious George books and Pajama Time and The Belly Button book. He likes to give everyone hugs and kisses before he goes to bed. He gets mad at Davin and Blane and screams at them. Madison is really good with Vance and when I am at Mutual or gone, he likes to lay or sit with Madison on the coach before bedtime. He is such a joy in all of our lives! I can't believe he is already 2! Happy Birthday Buzz!