Cousins Come to Town

We finally got to meet little Addy! LeAnn and Ammon came for a visit and the two boys, as always, had a blast, and McCall got to meet her new best friend! What a cutie! 

The girls in their matching outfits.

 A picture of Cade and Kent right after Kent was born. Ironic similarities huh?

 The boys having a little 'tea party.' Thought it was pretty funny. 

(sorry Ammon, you were sleeping and missed the whole thing!)

 McCall in one of the play fire hats.

 Grandma and Cade

 Cade riding Grandpa's new "snow removal" toy.

 Playing swords. 

 Watching Mickey Mouse.

 Grandpa tickling McCall's nose.

 Grandpa sandwich!

 Playing with Grandpa's hats.

 Playing in the snow.

 Building a snowman.

Kent helped too, but got too cold before we finished. Ta-da!

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles...and other stuff...

 Yes, it's been a while. My apologies. We've just been living everyday life, 

and here's some glimpses of it!

Brett had to part with his first love...his Civic. It was a great car for us, but we recently added a Honda Odyssey to our family (or rather, to transport our family) and we just didn't need three cars! 

Sad Brett.

I attempted home made noodles for the first time, and Cade wanted to help.
I think they turned out quite delicious if I do say so myself!

Here's the airplane portion of our post.

I'm just in love with this little girl!

She's rolling all over the place, but what she really wants, is to run like her brother.

They both thought it was funny to be in the same bed.

Cade has been quite into trains. He was having a lot of  this particular day.

I found his little LEGO man taking a ride.

Hard at work.

Just a little photo creativity!

This is how I know he's done...the trains all derail. 

Going Solo

Having a big brother can sometimes take attention away from me. Mom wanted you to see that they love me just as much, even though my brother gets to be the star of a lot of pictures!

 Yes, I'm wearing mittens because I insist on sleeping with my hands outside of the covers.

 I think I'm pretty cute too.

So solum

 Mom had a hard time getting me to sit still for this one

(notice the blurry hand- the others had one or more blurry appendage)

 Mom just loves putting bows in my hair!

 I got to watch everyone carve a pumpkin!

 Cute girl

Hope you enjoyed a spotlight of me!

Happy Halloween!

We went "real" trick-or-treating this year and handed out candy for the first time! It was quite fun for me (decorating the porch and playing Halloween music, dressing up the family, etc.) and I'm already looking forward to next year and creating our own traditions! 

 Deep in thought

 There's a smile!

 Trying to figure out how to get it in her mouth.

 She loves when her Dad throws her in the air!

 Our little clown

 He looked forward to wearing his "silly" nose for several weeks.

 Mom was a "nice witch"

 Dad was Waldo

(several trick-or-treaters pointed out that they had "found" him.)

 (My porch display)

Family picture

Trip to Utah Part II

(Sorry this has been long in coming, apparently 2 kids is twice as much work, hence, taking twice as much of your time. Hmm.) 

So our second half of our trip found us at the Zoo which Cade has been to before but was too young to even stay awake the whole time we were there! He loved it this time and has talked about it ever since!

It took some persuasion to get him on the horse, but he liked it once he was up there.

The whole gang (minus me). 

McCall just liked being held most of the time!

Watching the tigers.
(They [the tigers] had a little squabble while we were standing there, but I was too slow to get a picture of it. )

Loving the attention

The giraffes. We found out the next day that one of them had given birth that day
but the little one didn't make it. Sad.

The view a 2 year old gets.

The famous lion drinking fountain.

I think this is meant for kids Aunt Lindsay!

Cool dude

Love this picture!

Love this one even more. McCall was really hamming it up!

I made Cade put on this head band and tale just for kicks, and he thought it was great having a tale to wag!

Havin' a swingin' good time with Grandma and Grandpa!

Great-grandma Poll

The Raptors baseball game (or beesball game, as Cade calls them)!

Cade's prized possession.
Lindsay was standing at the bottom of the bleachers with Cade, surrounded by some 8 to 10 year olds. Out of the blue, one of the players handed Cade a ball from the game. He was grinning from ear to ear while the other boys stared in disbelief! 

Playing baseball with Cousin Kent

Cade had a blast playing tackle, as long as he was on top.
Kent kept saying, "Ok! Ok!" letting us know he was alright!

A little tackle on Aunt LeAnn

And one for Brett
(This is one time I'm glad I'm not in the picture!)
Loved seeing all of our family! We miss you!