Paisley's Baby

Yesterday we went over to my Parents house and my Mom had bought a baby doll for Paisley. She went to give her the baby and Paisley was scared, she'd jump and back off from it. After a few attempts I had Paisley sit on my lap and then try to hold the baby and she did, and she leaned over and gave the baby a kiss.

So we got home and she took her baby to bed with her. This morning when she woke up I went in to get her and she was holding her baby waiting to get out of bed. I took her downstairs and she grabbed a binkie (which she hasn't used since she was a few months old) and took that with us. I took a couple pictures of her with her baby! She seems to really love her now!!

How Many Days Until Christmas Comes?

This is a question that we get asked several times too many during the day. Gavin is SO excited about Christmas!! About a week or two ago we put up the Christmas tree and put the lights on. Here are a couple of pictures from that day.

***I just know I'm going to have people asking why we did it SOO early ha ha!! We're going out of town for Thanksgiving and the have something planned already for the 1st weekend in December, then the next weekend is Paisley's birthday... so we figured why not!! :) Just be glad we didn't put it up in October again!! *****

BIG HELPER GAVIN!!!

This is going to be a new attempt at getting Gavin to make good decisions :) I'll post a blog with the good things that Gavin does!! He seems excited so far!!

Yesterday we got groceries and Dallas was putting things away in the outside fridge and I was cleaning out the fridge and pantry and Gavin came up to me ON HIS OWN and said "Is there anything I can help you with" I was surprised so I asked what?? He said "I said is there anything I can help you with." I was so happy!! I gave him the bag of cans to put away and he did it and was so happy about it!! So THANK YOU GAVIN for being such a BIG BOY and such a BIG HELPER!!!

Returning with Honor!!

ELDER TYLER J. BENSON

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA MISSION
2006-2008

Elder Tyler Benson has Returned with Honor tonight from serving a full time LDS mission in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!! Tyler's "girl" (MOM) waited the 2 years as promised with no "Dear Johns" and they finally got to see each other again! Along with his Dad and sister Breanna! We're so thankfully for the great example that Tyler has been to our family and the families in Pittsburgh that he served!

Welcome Home Elder Benson! We Love you!!

Happy Paisley

Each morning I get to wake up to get Paisley normally around 6am, the only thing that makes it worth it, is she is SOOO happy when she sees me. She gets the biggest smiles and starts jumping in her crib!! She'll do this after a nap or when she wakes up in the morning! Today after her nap I decided to take the camera in and take some pictures of how she is!! TOO CUTE!! I also put in a picture of her new talent of folding her arms!! :) She's such a sweetheart!

(Ignore the chocolate on her face and clothes... she just loves chocolate ha ha!!)

I hate snow!! But she looks cute!!

Here's a couple of pictures of Paisley. The first ones where she's in her crib, I went to put her to bed and she was crying to get out, I just let her sit there and cry until she fell asleep, then I found her like this!

The next were from yesterday I dressed her up to go to the bus stop with Gavin and freeze in the dang snow... I put this hat on her and her snow boots, she was full of smiles although the camera wasn't fast enough to get them because of the delay :( she's sure cute! We got to the bus stop and she did not like the snow one but (just like her Mama) she starting screaming until we got back inside... at least she looks cute ready for the snow!!

Happy Halloween... a day late!!

We had a good Halloween this year! We took the kids to boo at the zoo on the 25th and can I just say it was SOOO crowded, I don't know that I would do it again!! Gavin sure enjoyed it and Paisley I think could care less, but it was fun. We met up with our friends Shari and Arthur and their kids.

For Halloween this year Gavin was an "Ice Wolf Ninja" he loved his costume. This is Paisley's 1st Halloween so it made it a little more fun :) (except for the fact that she has an ear infection in both ears again and a cold...) Paisley was a chick. We went to Gavin's first Halloween Parade for school and he was super happy to see us there!! He kept waving and yelling our name! We helped with the games afterwards and the day was super busy. OH... since Gavin wasn't allowed to wear a mask at school we decided to spray his hair black and to put face paint on too... it looked decent. I kept telling Gavin not to put his hair on anything and not to rub his face on anything... of course when Dallas was left to "watch" the kids Gavin must have forgotten what I had told him since I now have 4 different spots on my carpet from his dang head.... I swear that boy can't go a day without doing something stupid.... So we washed his hair out and the face paint off then got ready to go trick or treating. We went to the Montoya's like we do every year! We had a great time! We took the kids to a few houses, it was kinda sprinkling so Gavin got sick of it quick! Our friends little boy Luke is the cute giraffe! I went as a boring ol' mom and Dallas as a boring ol' dad!! My other sister Lindsay dressed up in scrubs and her friend was the phantom of the opera!!

Dallas and my sister Brittany's work dressed up for Halloween here's a couple pictures of them. Brittany went as a pirate, she looked super cute!! Dallas' team theme was something to do with Cowboys... Dallas won #1 funniest costume... lets just say I'm glad I didn't have to be seen with him for too long... he was one ugly cowboy!! Here are some pictures from the events!