Anthony's baby

On Friday, while Anthony was laying on the floor he noticed his kitty laying a little out of his reach. As he reached out to grab it he said "that's my baby." I thought that was so cute and sweet!!

The Pumpkin Patch...

Going to the pumpkin patch is an activity that we as a family look forward to all year long. Josie especially loves to go. She starts asking to go back about a month after it closes. So every year we buy the family pass so we can go as often as we want throughout the month of October. There is so much to see and do there that we never get bored. Matt's parents went with us to the pumpkin patch. Grandada spoiled us with cotton candy, caramel apples, dinner and a fun time being with them.

One of our favorite things to do is to ride the train. Most of the time it seems as though we always sit in the caboose.

The kids love to jump on the big blow up pillows. They had so much fun jumping with dad, you could hear Anthony giggle from quite a distance.

Here is Anthony with his caramel apple from his Grandada. It was so cute watching him try to eat that thing.Another thing that we like to do while we are there is watch Zander the dragon. He talks to the audience and interacts with a worker there. Then he eats a pumpkin then "yaks" it all over the ground.

Josie went to the pumpkin patch with her preschool, so Anthony and I met her up there after she was done with her tour through the apple orchard. While we were there look who we found. Anthony was so excited.

There was a goat loose in the animal petting/feeding area. It followed Anthony around looking for food. Josie went up to pet it then stopped saying "It stinks." She did find a pony to pet. She really liked petting it and she made a point of telling me how much she likes horses.

The kids had fun sliding down this big tunnel slide.I thought this was a cute one of the kids on the train. Once again we are riding in the caboose.

A couple more Josie sayings...

1. Daddy don't be nice to my mommy, I love her.
2. (We were looking at pictures of my side of the family and I was pointing out different people... this is what she said) I said: "Look there's Emma and Dallin," Josie said: "Big Deal!"

Happy 4th Birthday Josie!!!

For Josie's birthday Alainna and Aunt Carri gave her this chef's outfit. She is now an official cook, so she thinks. She helped me bake her cake in it. She is pretty cute in it if I must say so.

Josie had a great time decorating her cake. She couldn't decided what kind of cake she wanted she we incorporated two of her ideas. A dinosaur and a bug cake. We used some of her toy dinosaurs and gummy spiders and lightening bugs to decorate it.


Anthony's contribution to the cake was licking the frosting of the spatula we used. He really enjoyed it.For dinner we took Josie and Carri's family to Chuck E Cheese for pizza and games to celebrate her birthday.
I ordered a necklace and bracelet for Josie from a friend of mine. She really liked it. To go along with Ramone's auto body set, Josie got a new Ramone car.

Both kids love this jeep ride. Josie really gets that thing to go up and down pretty quick. We played lots of games and won lots of tickets for a prize thanks to Dad.

Josie had a fantastic birthday, she wants to tell Grandma and Grandada thanks for her new clothes, her fun bouncy ball, fish necklace and new game. She wants to tell Grandma and Papa thank you for her new Mulan 2 movie. She loves it, she has watched it everyday since it has arrived in the mail. Thanks for the money from both sets of Great Grandparents she looks forward to buying something with it.

Thanks to Alainna and Aunt Carri for spending the morning with her at the Children's Museum. We had lots of fun playing there.

Matt and I want to say a special thanks to our Heavenly Father for sending us such a special girl. We are very honored as parents to have her in our lives and to be her parents. We love you Josie, thanks for being you!!

Josie the day after her birthday modeling her new necklace and bracelet. She wanted to wear them to school to show her teachers and friends.

A cute picture of Anthony

Josie's first day of Preschool!!

Well, the day finally arrived, Josie's first day of preschool. She has been so excited to go, she told me today that she will make me a picture while at school. She is so excited to play, learn and make new friends.

Here is Josie outside her school.

Once inside her school she hardly held still for me to hang up her back pack and jacket before running into her room. I had to stop her so I could kiss and hug her goodbye. What a big girl she is.

Our trip to Melissa's...

For Labor Day weekend we went out to see Matt's sister Melissa and her family. While we were there we went to the taste of Colorado. They had lots of vendors and rides for the kids to ride on. Josie was especially excited for the rides.

Anthony always has such a serious look on his face while he rides a ride. As he passes you at times he will flash you a smirk to let you know he is actually enjoying himself.

This was Josie and Anthony's favorite thing to do at the taste of Colorado. It was a fort with a huge slide at the end. Anthony was to small to go by himself so Matt had to go with him. Anthony wanted to go again and again he loved it so much.

Uncle Chad was eating this corn on the cob when Josie asked for a bite. So he let her have a bite, well she grabbed the thing from him with both hands and tore into it. Chad then said she can have it. It was so funny. Thanks for sharing Uncle Chad!!

This is Melissa, Elle, Chad who is holding Nathan and then Katie.

Towards the end Anthony fell asleep, he was hot and tired. He looked so cute sleeping in the stroller also a little uncomfortable.Yesterday, was our first day home. Josie disappeared and when I went to find her to get her ready for dance class this is what I found. A huge lump in my bed. When I moved the covers back there she was.