Gabs in Boots

Flying

with a little help from Dad

First Haircut

Nate was looking a little too scraggly, it was time for his first haircut. Auntie Amy did the honors.

What a handsome little guy!

3 cheese

We are moving...

to somewhere in the Gila Valley! Our life is crazy! Robert got a job there and we'll move up after Christmas sometime. It wasn't what we had planned on but we are really excited to tackle this next adventure. We went up a few weekends ago to meet with the Dentist and had a fun time.

This was Gabby's first time to stay in a hotel (that she can remember) and she was sooo excited. We were all in bed and she was still running around checking things out, opening drawers, playing with the little soaps in the bathroom etc. Finally, she got tired, came over to me and said, "Mom, can we all sleep here tonight?" She was one happy camper sleeping in that big, cozy bed.

The next morning we went downstairs to get breakfast. Holy cow! I have never seen my two little girls eat so much food. They had to try everything and hardly ate the rest of the day. We spent the day house hunting and played with friends (our girls can't wait to live by the Tenneys again!)
We are very happy for this blessing and I'm sure we'll love it there.
Oh yeah...

if anyone wants to come up and do a little yard sale shopping, there's plenty to choose from. We had to chuckle driving by this corner :)

Mini Maestro

Boo!

A black cat, witch and spider will make a spooky little trio tonight. Happy Halloween!

Costume Party

Jaycee and Brody as a present and dino

2 kittens on the teeter-totter

Dancing Queen Ellie trying to bust the pinata

Candy!

Cutest Cupid

Claire taking a swing at the pinata

Cruz smiles as he rides past

Gabby takes Chloe to join the party

Snugglers

It was so cold when we woke up this week that all three kids wanted to snuggle up to get to warm. We are wimpy valley people again! Note: Nate does not sleep with a Belle doll. Gabby just put it on him when she was climbing up :)

First Time for Everything

Nathan has had lots of firsts lately: first tooth, first word (da, da), first Hamblin cousin (Baby Jack, see here or here), sitting on his own, starting to wave and give high fives, army crawling, he's a busy little almost 8 month old.

Last night Nate was being fussy before bed. Gabby told me that, "we need to get a party baby because this one is cryer."
He rarely cries so it was pretty funny. If you know of any babies that never cry, Gabby is in the market.

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Road Trip

We took a road trip to Flagstaff this week and came back through
Oak Creek Canyon and Sedona. It was so pretty with all of the Fall colors! It made me want to make caramel apples and get halloween costumes ready.
I love this time of year!

Painting Pumpkins '09

The kids really love this tradition and it was a fun FHE project!

Backyard Picnic

Gabby packed her lunch in this little basket to have a picnic in the backyard.

Nate woke up from his nap and wanted to join the picnic. Looks like baby puffs for you Naters.

He's easy to please.

Nighty Night

Baby Doll Birthday

For Gabby's birthday, she wanted a baby doll party. All the girls brought their favorite baby doll and got to feed them, dress them, rock them, just be little mommies.

Gabs got a baby bottle birthday cake, compliments of Grammy...

...and the girls got to decorate baby bottle cookies.

They played pin the binky on the baby and also got to make (or the adults got to make) little blankets for their dolls. Gabby LOVES her friends and cousins so her favorite part was having everyone there to celebrate with her :)

My Bubbles

Oh how we love Saturdays now! The girls played outside most of the morning while it was still cool enough and played with bubbles. Carter even sported this amazing jacket (with hood, mittens, scarf, and no shirt...nice).