Loving Fall!

We have had a few gorgeous sunny fall days this week, I love this weather, it is perfect!!

These two are starting to have so much fun together!

We had a huge storm a couple weeks ago, luckily it warmed back up, dont think I'm quite ready for trying to find gloves and jackets and socks and boots before we can leave the house.
....Dane was almost ready to go play in the snow, but the problem is he's not a fan of clothes, but he likes his new boots apparently.
Last weekend we went to one of my old roomate Amber's wedding in Rexburg. It was a fun weekend! We walked around campus with the kids in a stroller and I felt so old! Also BYUI has changed soo much that I hardly knew how to get around. What a nice school, with so many good memories!
Amber was gorgeous and so happy!! It was so fun to be with these girls again, we had so much fun!
Zoe, Summer, Carrie, and I
Summer just got engaged to Karl in New Zealand! They get married next month, I'm so happy for them!
We got to spend time with the Williams, and it is always great to stay with them!
Sarah and Vinny, he is such a cutie pie!
We had a little halloween get together and I'm pretty proud of these cupcakes :)

Preview of Brynnes costume...I thought she would be deflated by the end of the night, but all of her balloons were intact. She even trip and fell, and she just kinda bounced right up, I should have my kids wear balloons all the time!
Balloon pinata...Mom this is sadly the only picture I got of the back of Dane, so this is a teaser until Halloween :)

Starts with a "T" and ends with a "E" We've got TROUBLE!

One of my friends just blogged about her rough day dealing with motherhood and messes, well I have been frustrated with my little trouble makers latley too so I thought I would take pictures of everything they get into because I know the day will soon come that I will miss these little one's, and I just want to remember them as funny, not me pulling my hair out :)

TROUBLE
"Helping" with the dishes :)
Heres one way to get rid of all my zucchini!
Mr. I'll climb anything with no fear, but I wont know how to get down so I'll fall or scream until you come get me, and by the way can we go up and down the stairs for a hour straight please?
Ya, just eating 2 pounds of cheese, no big deal.
One whole pot of waterproof eyeliner. Half way through the clean up process. Doesnt come off with soap and water, had to coat her in baby oil and Vaseline, let her soak and then scrub for a hour, then clean up the oil. The tub is still suffering. 2 hour clean up project.
Hey, I'm teething and my sister scares me, please don't ever ever set me on the floor while she's around, got it mom?!
Guess she wanted to get dry after swimming...oh wait she wasn't swimming just loves to wear that cute swim suit..all the time!
Fun with dad!


Labor Day at the zoo with the Broughtons

Brynnes favorite by far, the baby elephant!
Grandpa to the rescue pushing that 1000 lb (almost) stroller and diaper bag!

The girls with Grandma B!


House projects and D.I. finds

$3 picture frame painted blue and glazed, and old book wreath.
End table that came with the house painted almond and glazed. Tray from D.I. for $1.50
Painted and glazed picture from from d.i. $3.
Picture frame arrangement.
Yellow valance that is far from perfect and cricked but I love it anyways!

4 years?!

Taylor and I recently celebrated our 4 year anniversary, it has gone so fast, and soo much has happened it is crazy! I just found one of our wedding invitations, and it has made me think of all the fun we had planning the wedding! I think if I were choosing invitations again I would want these to be exactly the same. I knew what I wanted when we were looking for invitations but couldn't find it in our budget, so Taylor to the rescue! He ended up making these on powerpoint, haha! He is amazing and talented at so many things, and he rescues me from something everyday. I'm one lucky girl!

Creepy...

Brynne was NOT happy about taking a nap today.
So she sent me this message under the door to let me know.
I'm a little disturbed...this WAS one of her favorite dolls.
Ahhhh, I will miss life with both kids taking a nap!

One year of fun!

Brynnes Birthday song for Dane: "happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday DANNNNER BOY!"
I love Brynne's extreme jealousy of Dane's new toy in this picture, haha!
Who's more excited about the shoes?

We took Dane to this lake when he was a few day's old last year, he had alot more fun this year! This is one of my favorite summer destinations in Utah, Payson Lakes.
Dane wishing he could jump off the dock like me and his sister.
walking around the lake


So tired after swimming all afternoon

The Angel Fish cake
School of cupcake fish







Some of the Broughtons and a Walker came over to celbrate Danes birthday. It was a great day!



Some of the things I want to remember about Dane at age 1.

- Scoots around using one arm and a one leg landing on his bum. Resembling a little chimp.
- Saids mama, dadda, nanna (banana or food), and uh oh.
- Loves dogs and makes a strange barking sound while bouncing up and down when he sees one.
- Is so excited to see who ever gets him out of his crib in the morning
- loves to swing, and this is the only time he will blow kisses
- Is great at giving high fives, and is very proud of himself after he gives someone one.
- when his sister takes a toy he has started getting up on his knees, putting his arms wide out, and screaming ferociously until Brynne gets freaked out, starts crying and gives the toy back. I think this is hillarious. This also makes me very nervous for all the future fights over toys that will happen.
- Has his top four teeth, and it looks like the bottom two are finally about ready to come in.
- Loves spaghetti and anything sweet
- is not a fan of me feeding him anything, wants to do it himself
- Is still a cuddler for short amounts of time
- wants to climb every stair in sight, but trys to dive back down them
- Favorite food must be dirt and rocks because he acts like he is starving when he sees them and dives right in if i'm not watching closely.
- likes his peace and quite at night
- thinks Brynne is a comedian and laughs at her all day
- favorite game is trying to stick his fingers, toys, bottle, binky, or anything he can find into his parents mouth

We love you Dane, you are such a sweet, fun, energentic little boy and we are so glad we got to have you a year ago today!

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