Jogging girls

These are the cuties I have with me when I jog on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  It's so funny-these girls LOVE to go running with me!  Sydnee points out all the stuff she sees around us, and lexie usually just sleeps!  I love that I can take them--and it makes my arms buff, because the stroller is SO HEAVY! HA! 

What Lexie's been up to...

So, here is our little climber....and candy swiper! She loves to climb up into her carseat and grab things.  This is what I found a couple days ago....

I was going through the kids halloween candy, and I turned my back for a minute, and came back to find her climbing in and going through all the candy! HA!  

Halloween Festivities

Halloween weekend was super busy for us! On Friday night we had Sydnee's school party- they had parents decorate "little houses" that the kids got candy from. CUTE!  On Saturday, we had Sydnee's dance and Halloween party, Brian's soccer game, lunch with Charles and Sharon, a visit with Nanny to show of the kids' costumes, and, of course, trick or treating!  Whew!  It was all super fun though! Enjoy....

Brian playing soccer

Pre-game stretch

Nanny and the kids

Sydnee before her Halloween dance party- they got to wear their costumes and bring treats!

Already...

Lexie's already all over and into everyone's stuff! Here's what I found on Sunday morning before church....(they try to be good sports, but sometimes it gets ugly when she really won't leave them alone! we won't show pictures of that)

8 months old

I know I say this all the time, but where does time go?  It seems to pass me by faster every day.  I truly cannot believe that October is nearly over.  It feels like it just started!  It will be matt's 30th (yikes!) birthday soon, thanksgiving, brian's birthday, MOVING time, and then Christmas.  WOW!  Ok, I got off track- the reason for this post is because my baby is 8 months old tomorrow!  Holy cow!  She is doing soooo well!  Very active and interested in everything around her.  She craws so fast and stealthy...one minute she's across the room, and the next minute she's at your feet-and you didn't even know she was coming!  :) Lexie is already standing up to the furniture, and yesterday she even started to let go and try to stand alone.  NOOOOO!!!  NO STANDING ALONE-NO WALKING YET! STAY A BABY!!  Ok, sorry for my outburst, but it breaks my heart that she is moving through these milestones so stinkin fast!  Lexie LOVES to climb up to things, and destroy whatever Brian and Sydnee are making, or get into their stuff.  It's so funny how she just wants to play with them SO BAD! She also loves to dance to music and shakes her little bum when music comes on.  This past week we spent some time outside in the wonderfully cooler temperatures and sunshine. I took her on the trampoline for the first time with Brian and Sydnee. She LOVED it!   She was crawling all around, and loved it when Brian or Sydnee did tricks.  Lexie is such a little ball of sunshine and brings so much joy to my life!  

My smily girl

She thinks she's really big now that she can move between the ottoman and couch!

Brian and Sydnee playing "dead man". it's so funny-they remember this game that Ashtyn and Daidre (cousins) taught them when we were in Utah in June. 

Church trunk or treat

Wow- I am a terrible mother!  It seems all these pictures before the trunk or treat are of me! LOL!  well, the girls are in here too....we had a trunk or treat at the church (also on Saturday!), and Matt was still sick, so I was running around with all the kids instead of taking pictures of them.  Yeah-i don't like that too much! HA!  Anyway, rest assured, we have Sydnee's school party this coming up Friday and, of course, ACTUAL Halloween on Saturday- so you will get to see more pics of the kids.  But for now...enjoy my witchiness! 

more from the orchards...

OOPS! Here's a few I forgot from our trip to the orchards!  Nicole brought her awesome camera and she took all the ones from the previous post.  (It really helped too, because Matt was sick, and Lexie wanted me to hold her the whole time-so it was WONDERFUL for Nicole to be in charge of pictures!) Thanks Nicole!!  I did capture a couple, and here they are....

Sydnee chatting with Michelle (nicole's FUN mom!) and Nicole

The kids painting their pumpkins

My cutie longhorn baby!

LOVE CREEK ORCHARDS

On Saturday afternoon, we drove up to Medina to Love Creek Orchards. Nicole and her mom came with us too! They had lots of fun stuff for the kids to do--pumpkin patch and painting, face painting, pony rides, hay rides, petting zoo, food, etc!  We had never been before, but I see it being a tradition!  We got the kids on this GIANT longhorn, and they were good at first, but the cow started moving and wanting to lay down-the kids were screaming bloody murder and freaking out cause they thought he was gonna take off! hahahahah! anyway, he laid down and we got our picture.  As you can tell, not everyone is happy in the picture!  Matt was pretty sick too- so he was a good sport to come with us, and still smile for pictures.  

We love our Longhorns!

A much known fact- we love the UT longhorns!  Every GAME DAY in the fall- we are dressed to the nines in our Longhorn gear.  We watch every game.  WE JUST LOVE IT! Here are a few pics of us being crazy and having fun...oh and the last one is one I snapped of Matt and Charlie when they were watching the game--are they father and son or what?? Hahahaha!

Halloween teaser...

Don't worry- there will be many more pictures of these little cuties I found around my house...