HALLOWEEN 2009

Here are some pictures of our Halloween party we had this year. I love when people dress up and get involved. It makes it so much fun!!!

My nephew Aidan

Greg and Teresa...they even decorated their car. It was pretty funny!

Little Cole the vampire...bummed i didnt get a good one of Jake. He was a hobo

The super heroes of the party...Joshie and Coy

Josh...Go Diego Go

Me!! Dora the Explorer

Lauren and Clayton...LOVE IT!!!!

Mika and Kevin...they found this at a goodwill that day.

Becky and her Lumpy Luke

Little Tinkerbell

Jason and Kristine...Dog the bounty hunter and wife

PAYTON JANE

Today is my nieces birthday!!! Ms. Payton Jane is 5 years old today!

I love you Pay Pay and i hope your have fabulous birthday!!! Cant wait to see you soon!

DRAG RACES

We took Joshie the drag races this past weekend. We weren't really sure how much fun he would have or if he would even like them at all, but we had free tickets so we took a chance! Thankfully we had the head phones for him. He just kept those on the whole time and loved watching the cars. He would get a little bored in between the races but he had fun watching them.

I HAD FUN!!

Joshies Heart

You know that cute, adorable things that kids say?? Well Joshie had one yesterday. I figure if i write it on blogger i would always have the story. It was cute and funny at the same time.

M= Me

J= Joshie

First thing...early that day we were talking about our heart. There is a kids song on Noggin that say "When your in my heart, your in my family." One of our favorite songs!! So i told him where is heart was and we tried to feel it and listen the each others heart.

J - I think my heart is here (points to his stomach)

M - No, you heart is up here

J - But i think it fell in my tummy

M - Your heart cant fall in your tummy. Its stays right here and it never moves anywhere.

J - Cause its got sticky tape on it?

M - ummmm sure!!!

GREEN GHOST

We had a rainy day a few days ago. So we were stuck inside. We did all kinds of stuff. I downloaded a bunch of kids music videos on youtube and the kids love that!! Joshie is learning out to use the mouse and click on the video he wants. I put a sticker

on the side of the mouse that he has to click until he gets more use to it. We played hungry hungry hippos, did puzzles and then i got creative!! :)

Well this is something we did when i worked at the day care, but we made butterflies. These are so fun and so easy for the kids to do.

First you cut out any shape you want out of wax paper. Make it easy for you for the last step! :) The cut out any color of tissue paper you want. Cut them in squares or have the kids rip it apart for you (that makes a GINORMOUS mess)

Put glue all over it and let the kids cover it with tissue paper.

She didnt get very far! She got bored :)

Doesnt look so cute but you have to cut all the pieces that hang over.

Then take your cut and trace it on any color paper you want. Then i just cut on both sides of the line you just made...make sure you do two of them. One for each side of your cut out.

Turned out so cute!!!

DANCE CLASS

Reese had her first dance class a few weeks ago. WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!! I put her in the class so she could play with other girls. All my friends and neighbors have boys so she has NO girlfriends. I feel bad for her. I also hoped this class would have more then 3 girls! :)

Well the first class was horrible!!!! Its started out good. We did some stretching and she did them with me. I thought she is going to have fun and be a good girl!! I COULDNT HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG!! We started using props to get the girls to dance and Reese wanted no part of it. She decided she was going to cry and cry and cry. She would run to the door and try to get out. Finally i just gave up and we left. Luckily the class is only a 1/2 hour and we only had about 10 more minutes left.

Oh one more thing...it turned out she was at the beginning of a week long sickness!! The second class, which we had this past weekend, went so good!! She had so much fun and love playing with all the props the teacher had and even playing with the 2 other girls!! YAH!!

Before class...eating donuts and happy as can be!

Stretching...look at the look on her face. "I think im not going to like this."

"Okay maybe i will try stretching with mom"

"Okay this is not what i want to be doing."

"THAT WAS THE MOST TRAUMATIC THING I HAVE EVER DONE!!"

That was just so much fun!! :)

HALEY BREANNE

Today is my nieces 11th birthday!!! 11!!!! REALLY? I cant believe it. Josh and I always remember the first day we met her and got to hold her. I was the happiest aunt in the world! (i actually have a picture of it but not on the computer)

Haley is a HUGE soccer fan and a GREAT soccer player!! Im pretty sure she is the best in her age group! She loves the Chelsea soccer team and has her room decorated in everything Chelsea blue! She has even named her dog Chelsea! :)

She wants to be a professional soccer player when she gets older and there is no doubt in my mind that she will accomplish it! She really is amazing at it!! I wish i was able to see her play more often. She even practices her autograph!!

She is growing up way to fast and i can only hope to be close to all of them someday!!

I love you Haley and i hope you have the best birthday you've ever had!!

i wish this was bigger but i dont know how to do it.

HALLOWEEN????

FUN

I found this new collage center on Picasa. Well its not new i just never played around with it before.

Having way to much fun with it!! :)

WHAT I HAVE BEEN UP TO

I have been getting in touch with my crafty side lately! :)

It all started with this

What is it you ask?? Well my neighbor, Becky, asked me if i could sew her son a nap mat. He started preschool and needed one. She didnt like anything she found on line and wanted a pattern that Luke would like. So she found a very easy pattern on line and asked if i could do it. I HAVE NEVER sewn anything like this before. I am used to sewing little blankets and stuff that doesnt need a pattern. Well anyway..I DID IT!!! I was so proud!! :) It turned out so cute!

This is what it looks like when you roll it up..it even has a strap to throw around your shoulder.

Then i thought maybe i could make an outfit for Reese. So i bought a pattern that was labeled "easy." Mind you i havent sewn an outfit since i was in 7th grade. It took me a while and had to throw away the first outfit, but i didnt give up and i tried again and this is what i ended up with...

FRIEND FOREVER

Today we went to my nephews baseball game. Josh and I were in charge of watching the 4 kids. Our two and then my other nephews Cole and Jake. We were sitting there watching the game and all the kids were playing on the bleachers. Well Joshie comes up behind me and puts his arms around my neck to give me a hug. He then whispers in my ear "I'll be your friend forever."

I had sunglasses on so you couldn't see my eyes and Josh looks at me and says, "your crying aren't you?" OF COURSE I WAS!!! That was the sweetest thing i have ever heard in my life. I still get teary eyed when i tell the story and i have done it about 5 times today!

I LOVE THAT LITTLE MAN!!!!

AIDAN ROBERT BRYANT

Today is my nephews 9th birthday!! I cant believe he is 9 and in one more year going to be 10!!! YIKES!

Just a few things about Aidan

He is a lover!

He loves his brothers so much...always willing to help then with anything.

He is a mommy's boy!

He loves to play baseball and has been playing now for a few seasons. I love watching him play!

He loves Joshie like his little brother!

He ALWAYS gives me hugs when he sees me and when he leaves.

He loves going to school and hates when he has to miss a day..he always gets the perfect attendance award.

He has been on the honor roll ever since he has started school.

I love you Aidan Robert and I hope you have a great birthday!!!

MUSCLES

Joshie was showing off his muscles the other day and of course someone had to jump in and show off her muscles also!!!

This all started because i have been going to the gym a lot lately and i have been showing off my newly found muscles to Josh. :)

Dont mind the paint in the background...thats what happens when you buy the exact same thing at two different stores!

PROJECT

My mom was here a couple weeks ago and on her way to TX from CA she stayed in AZ with one of her long time friends. Her friend gave her these mint plants to plant when she got back to CO. Well she left them at our house and they smell so good that i couldnt let them to to waist. So we made an art project out of it. The only bad thing is that i dont have any non water proof paint or markers. So the first time we watered them all the coloring washed off.

After we planted them we set them by the window and left them alone to grow. Well i checked on them the next day and they didnt look very good..so i had to pull them out and stick them in just plain water. They are still there and doing good. So we will see what happens next.

SUNFLOWERS

Joshie came home yesterday from his grandma and grandpa with these in his hand. I have never gotten flowers from him before like this! It was so cute!!!

So i immediatley got out the camera and started snapping pictures of them. If you dont know but i love taking pictures!! I wish i was a lot better at taking them, but i am learning. I steal my brother in laws camera all the time. It is one of the super nice ones!! I LOVE IT!!!

Well here are some that i took and of course had to play around with a few of them.