Fall Pics

Dang!!

Dang! It has been a long time since I updated my blog! The past month has been filled with lots of fun things, 2 best friends weddings, Peyton being potty trained, Braxton having girls call him and trying to hold on to every bit of warm weather we have!! I am so not ready for the cold- although we are ready for Halloween! We love halloween at our house! Peyton is being a "T-Rex", although the costume is actually an Alligator- to everyone that we will be visiting its a T-Rex, he is VERY particular! Braxton is going to be Dracula. My little Braxton is getting so big- we pulled out our Super Nintendo (from when I was a kid) last weekend and I seriously feel like I am 7 years old again! Braxton and I have been having SO much fun playing- I forgot how great that thing is! Anyway, a few weeks ago girls started calling Braxton. Yes, he is 7 years old and in 2nd grade. So one day, I came home from work and Dee proceeds to tell me Braxton has been on the phone for the past 45 minutes talking to some girl. So, as any mother would do, I go to "investigate". Our rooms are right next to each other so I listen from my room and hear him say, exact words..."From the first time I saw you in 1st grade, I knew we should be together. We have a CONNECTION ya know, I like green, you like green! I almost peed my pants! I was laughing histerically into my pillow, trying to keep quiet. I told my dad this and he is getting all the tips he can from Braxton:) Then after my laugh attack, I realized the seriousness( is that a word?) of the situation- I have to deal with girls NOW!! I thought I had at least a few more years. My mom told me I used to kiss boys when I was 4- Needless to say, she does NOT feel bad for me:)

Braxton started 2nd Grade!

Braxton started 2nd grade today! He was so excited to go back, mostly to see his friends. He was getting so bored with summer. Its fun to just hang out, sleep in and play all day but we were ALL ready for school and a daily routine again. I bought him all his school clothes a couple weeks ago and I told him he had to wait for school to start to wear them. He said "well you better hide them then, cause I have a short memory":)

Seattle

Dee and I had a chance to go to Seattle last weekend ALONE and it was great! We had the best time- We havent gone on a Vacation with just the two of us for a long time. We went for Dee's cousin, Ashleys wedding. She got married at a really cool place in Seattle called "The Ruins", It was Beautiful. Her mom and dad actually married them too:) They got ordained online- which is the most awesome thing I have ever heard! Anyway, besides wedding stuff- we just sorta chilled out. We went to Pikes Market and to the downtown shopping district, where I was in HEAVEN!! Poor Dee, he just sorta followed me into every store I saw:) I have such a good husband- what a trooper! I love, love, love to shop:) Pikes Market was a blast too, they had the most Beautiful flowers I have seriously ever seen, bouqets were like 5 and 10 dollars- the same bouqet here would cost like 90 bucks! I wish we had a place like that in SLC. We also got to hang out with my BF Lindsay and her daughter Stella, which was great- they took us to a few farmers markets and just kinda showed us around. The best part of all though, I think was just doing nothing at all- sleeping in, taking naps, and not having to worry about anyone but ourselves! Dont get me wrong, I love my boys to death but I think every parent needs at least a weekend away every once and awhile:) We missed them like crazy but it was definately a much needed getaway!

We love the 24th!

We had a great 24th! First off not having work makes it a great day to begin with:) We started off our day by going to the new water park in Draper, Cowabunga Bay. The boys had a blast- It was a really fun place to go, it was overcast most the day so it was a little chilly but we still had a great time. We were going to see the big fireworks but were so tired( by that I mean me and Dee) so we did our own little firework show with our neighbors and it was just as fun. I figured we saw the big ones on the 4th so it was ok. Peyton was obsessed with sparklers! He didnt care about anything else- so we lit about 10 boxes of sparklers and called it good! Here are some pics of our day:)

4th of July!

MARLEY

This is our little Marley. She is such a good dog just a little hyper:) She just turned one in April so thats expected. She really is a sweetheart though, we love her. We got her spayed last week and it was HORRIBLE! It was the saddest thing I have ever seen in my life. I dropped her off at the Vet at 8 in the morning and couldnt pick her up til 5 later that day. She was SO sick from being put under- she is normally an outside dog but I would have let her sleep in my own bed ( I didnt though), I felt so bad for her. I made her a bed in my living room, she was so out of it all day. She would just look at me like YOU! YOU DID THIS TO ME! She threw up all night- it was so sad:( The next day I could start to feed her again and start her pain medication- she would NOT take anything! I ended up feeding her water through a dropper and shoving the pain pill down her throat. After about 20x of trying- I succeeded and she was more like herself a day later. After the surgery they are supposed to take it "easy" for 10 days- Ya right is all I have to say. Try making a 1 year old Lab lay low for 10 days... not gonna happen.