Family Pictures

Family Pictures

holloween costumes

Ok so my kids are not the most cooperative kids when it comes to taking pictures so of course I had to bribe them. With the twins all you have to say is that you will give them chocolate and they would do just about anything, but Kota demanded a whole days worth of allowance...which it a whole quarter hee, hee, hee

BrynLee is so excited that she gets to be a "princess" for Halloween that she even let me do her hair, which at our house is usually kind of an ordeal lol...

BrynLee and Braxton are going to be a Princess and prince hence the outfits, but Dakota just had to be "Iron Man" and of course the costume is one of those spandex with fake muscles and I'm sorry but it is so dorky. so instead of having him ruin these pictures I made him put on the tux that he wore at Bret's wedding. I know its kind of mean but just picture this picture with a corny Iron Man costume in it lol... He can get those pictures on Halloween.

When I showed Steve this picture he laughed and said that it was weird. I asked him why and he said that when the kid look at it they will think its gross because they are brother and sister... I just thought it was cute, that shows the difference between men and women I guess.

Kotas first day of school

I cant believe that Dakota is Kindergarten, time goes way to fast. He continues to crack us up all the time. I swear he is 5 going on 30 lol. So far he loves it and he likes his teacher (even though I think that she is kind of crazy, but that's a long boring story so well skip it). His teacher told me that she has caught him falling asleep in class a couple of times and we think that he is just getting board. She sent a note home asking us to think about getting him tested for Alps. It kind of made me laugh a little because as a parent it is great to think that your child does well in school but in the back of mind Ill always remember that as a kid I thought that the kids in the alps class were weird or nerds lol. Its funny how things like that just automatically pop into your head.

OK I had to throw this picture in because the night before the first day of school he actually practiced this pose in front of me and the mirror,and asked if he looked cool. What a spazz lol

OK I know that whoever reads our blog is most likely laughing at me right now because I never update it and now I am writing about a trip that we took two months ago but oh well, that's me. In June we went with Betsy and Gentry to their house in Mesquite alone with two other couples that are their friends as well. We had a great time because everyone was so funny, and we spent most of the time laughing. It was relaxing and fun because both Steve's and my parents took the kids so that there were no kids (hurray!). We ended up going to Vegas and just basically walking the strip, but because of great company it was the funniest time we have had in a long time. We made new friends and got away from life for a few day (we wished it was longer lol) so what more can u ask for. Thanks Betsy and Gentry!

Our night in Vegas... Me, Laura, Betsy, and Adrian

Everyone having a good time eating and getting out of the heat in a really expensive restaurant lol.

We had a great time but it was about 107 degrees that night in Vegas.

What studs lol. Steve, Gentry, Ian, and Mike.

short but sweet

Ok this one is going to be short. Yesterday I wrote that Bret is engaged and he came over to our house tonight with his engagement pictures. They are so cute Im even more excited about it now. So anyway this will probably set the record for the shortest blog ever but oh well. Here is one the pictures.

candice

snow, snow, snow!

Well hello everyone,

Ok Im just going to come right out and say it, I am sooo sick of the snow. I havent seen steve hardly at all in the last month. To top it off I woke up this morning to a fresh 18 inches. I know Im a big baby but it took like three scoops in the same place before I even hit concrete. Ya Id say that for me I pretty much cant wait until spring.

Well now that I have vented Ill get on to something that you might be interested in. Because I havnt been doing this blig for very long (and because we never do anything exciting ha ha ) I have decided to back track a little and put some of the things that we did last year. I guess that today I will start with our vacation to Yellowstone.

Yellowstone is one of my favorite places to go. We always go on vacation at least once a year with my parents and the rest of my family. I love it because it has always been a tradition in our family and now it is a tradition with my kids to.

The kids loved it to and It was fun for them to spend more time with Bret and Bryce. They couldnt hav better uncles, and I love to see how close they are. By the way, I have to anounce that Bret is getting married! We are so excited and we love Karen. She fits in so well with our family. Its also nice that the rest of my family comes to because they help soooooo much with the kids and that makes it even more of a vacation for Steve and I.

I was suprised because the twings we realy good. If and of you have been to Yellowstone you know that it is a lot of walking and hiking to see the different sights and that ment that the twins were in a stroller a lot. I thought that they would get sick of it pretty fast but they were kind of interested in the sites, and when there wasnt anything to keep their attention the played with each other. It was kpretty cute because they kept hugging and kissing and for some reason that was so funny to them.

Well the twins are in a big fight (suprise! suprise!) so I am goin to have to stop writing.

I hope that everyon is doing great and I hope to see you soon.

love,

candice