Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Pumpkin patch!

On opening day of he pumpkin patch at gilcrease orchard my some of my family went to pick some goodies. Pumpkins, squash and apples! YUM! Even though I work nights and don't get off until sometimes 6am (yuck!) I REALLY wanted to go! I haven't been to the orchard since I was a little kid and I remember it was tons of fun!



Well...I didn't wake up...surprise surprise! So Ivy went along with my sister and her kids and my parents and my too yougest brothers.



They had fun, when they went to weigh and pay for all the food they picked they got some apple cider doughnuts freshly made right there! Sounds AMAZING!



I guess the kids were all camera shy, they couldnt get them to corroporate so they could get cute pumpkin patch pictures that we all love )= boo! Brittany went back a few days later with her little family but it was FREEZING so I'm thing another trip is a must! With Ivy, it's my fauly because I didn't bring a cute outfit or hair bow for Ivy...oops!




Brit's kiddos (=




Grandpa & the twins
No pictures please!

My grumpy punkin





She found a squash!!!

Ivy's interveiw

I was looking at blogs on Sunday and saw this awesome idea on my friend Kelly's blog! Her twin girls just had a birthday and she sat then down and had a little interview with each one of them. Now, it's not Ivy's birthday but I thought this was such an awesome idea! Ivy's growing so fast and she makes me smile everyday with her comments. She's very very silly and says lots of funny things and shes so smart, sometimes she uses words or phrases that make her seem like she is 20 years old! Here is a picture right before we started....she was in a very silly mood (as always) and some of her answers were just nonsence but I wrote it all down so we can look back and remember her at this fun age (=

Oct. 9, 2011


Ivy, what is your favorite color? My favorite colors....umm...pink and umm red and purple!


What is your favorite animal? My favorite animal is a graf (giraffe). A baby graf and a mama graf.


Favorite letter? "IVY" (????...)


What do you love to do? Color crayons and coloring stuff like reading books. I have the one with Minnie and Mickey!!!


Fav food? Fish & crab (LIES!)....Whats your real favorite??? Chicken and salad with dressing.


Candy?!?!? Ducky stuff (Sugar factory candy bag has a rubber ducky on it) and ducky store chocolate.


What is your favorite book? Disneyland, Wizard of Oz book


Song? Hercules (I won't say I'm in love), "Dunnel dunnel" (the beginning of the glee song has a cool acapella part) Baby mine don't you cry (from Dumbo).


Favorite thing to do in preschool? Go outside and color (trace) our bodies.


What is something that you can do easily? Color my name myself (almost)


What is something that is hard for you? I can work hard games stuff, Dora the explorer game (I don't know were this came from...Dora is not welcome is our home haha...no, seriously!)


-pause-


she wanted to sing her ABC's!!! Whcich she did perfectly minus the "H I K,K L M N O P"


Then she sang Rodolph the red nosed reighdeer.


What do you love about mommy? I donno (while looking at a Harry Potter book).


What do you love about mommy? I wanna make a heart for you, I love you. (= then she went on about loving her friends.


What is special about IVY?!?!? Because thats why my friends like me speical. Johnny Smith is my friend and Jesus.


What do you love about church? Playing with friends...I love my aunt Bethany!!!...sing baby minedon't you cry, Jesus is my favorite!!! I said, "hey" because there was a picture with Jesus on it.


Do you have any questions for mommy? I do, can you write (draw) me a baby teddy and like a mommy teddy and a baby teddy? PLEASE!!!...PLEASE!!!


Thats the end (= she was getting bored and distracted at the end...as do most 3 years old after five minutes (=

Preschool!

Ivy and my nephew Ezra are doing school with my mom, she used to be a preschool teacher so it works out perfectly! Its crazy how fast kids leran! The other day Ivy was showing me some letters shes been learning.....


above there is a C, an O an R(lower case) and another O
here are a couple of I's

the first O she did for me!!!!

On one fun preschool day they had an activity while learing about corn. They got to do some corn husking and then they cooked it. My mom made Ivy a corn husk doll and Ezra an octopus! Really fun!

here is Ivy and her doll

its ready to be cooked!!!!



they are LOVING preschool!



she is a pro!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Mommy's get away

I LOVE LOVE LOVE DISNEYLAND!!!!!! I was able to go on on a trip with my friend Amber and her family in September and we had tons of fun! THANKS AMBER!!!!! It was my first time leaving Ivy and I think I did pretty well.....I didn't cry AT ALL! That's big for me (= Of course I bought her presents so she was more than happy with the situation.


And we're off!
Driving is not fun...but it went by fast because we were being silly the whole way.

La La La.....

We made it!!!

The next morning, on our way to the DL!!!!



We can't wait!



Skipping with the Goof!
All of us



HOTTIES




Ta Da!



Our shades




My favorite spot









As you can tell we had a wonderful time! I can't wait to go back.....fingers crossed for December (;

Friday, September 30, 2011

The Aussie's are back!!!!

THEY ARE BACK!!!!!!

YAY! My family is back (as of the end of Aug) and we are very happy!!! We missed them sOoOoOo much! Two years is just TOO long! They had many amazing experiences, I've snagged just a few pictures to show some of the things they got to do and see....Enjoy!

above is a picture of Ivy and Ezra in the winter of 2009. Their grandparents sent them there aussie shirts (=
so cute! I want to hold one! They were lucky enough to live close to the Steve Irwin zoo and they had season passes so they visited many times (=


My brothers in their school uniforms....silly hats!



Alright this one makes me jealous...I LOOOOVE dolphins! I'd love to get this close to one!


Most of my family participated in big plays. This picture is of my dad in the Ester And The King, He had a starring role!! Go DAD!


My dad made lots of friends (=

Brittany, Ryan and Ezra got to go down for a visit! They had lots of fun! Went to the zoo, beach (which was just across the street from the parents cono..LUCKYS!) they went to the rain forest too, how cool is that?! There is much diversity in the entertainment there. They all got to go to this cool ranch type thing and make didgeridoos! That's defiantly something i'd enjoy!

I'm so glad they had fun and got to experience the many awesome things about Australia, but i'm sure glad they're back!

The girliest girls on the block!!!

Ivy is such a girly girl!!! She LOVES make up, purses, nail polish (even though she always picks it off and it bugs me ugh!) and dresses! Here are a couple of pictures of Ivy's beautiful make up art...........

The master and her pallet
when I took this photo she said, "I'm going to the singles ward to get married!!!"

oh my!....she knows the rules.....not before mommy!

oh how fancy are we (;


Oh shes good.....and she knows it!