Hand print turkeys!

We did our first Thanksgiving craft this weekend! WOOT! We made hand print turkeys. It was fun! We made the bodies out of lunch sacks and then made feathers out of construction paper. They had google eyes and pipe cleaner beaks feet and waddles. We had some of the nieces and nephews making them with us. They all seemed to enjoy themselves. Nicco didn't really understand but he enjoyed coloring his turkey. It turned out awesome! I will keep it for many years to come. I Grayce and her turkey!

Ashley and her turkey Ben and his turkey
Felicity and her turkey
Nicco and his turkey
Jacob and his turkey

Halloween time!

Daddy and an angry flower!

Nicco was a really tired chicken!
Our sweet little flower!



The chicken and his daddy


Nicco was a little chicken for Halloween and Lola was a purple flower. Both costumes were super cute! I love that I still get to choose what they will be. I think that will end next year! Nicco will probably have an opinion by then. We went up to Foothill village to trick or treat. It was great! Nicco was angry and throwing fits until he realized that every new place we went to had a new piece of candy for him. He would take one out of each bucket and then hand it to Nick or I to put in his bucket. I was very proud of him for being such a big boy and only taking one piece! Lola had a good time riding around and collecting a few pieces of candy too! After trick or treating we had snacks and watched movies as a family. It was a great holiday!

Pumpkin Patch!

We had an awesome time at the pumpkin patch! It was more like a field with pumpkins in rows but it didn't matter to us or the kids. It was on 11600 south and 3600 west for anyone who wants to check it out. They have a little corn maze as well and a whole row of tractors that the kids can get on and pretend they are driving. They do a hay ride on Monday, Friday and Saturday nights from 5 til 7. It had a ton of great photo opportunities! Nicco had a great time running up and down the rows of pumpkins!
Lola on tractor! She seemed so little!
Self taken family portrait! Woot! Mad photography skills!
We had a hard time getting Nicco off the tractors! I think that was his favorite part.
Yay family!
Beautiful boy!
He army crawled under a fallen corn stalk. It was rad!!!
Nicco and I in the corn maze.
Lola and daddy in the corn maze.
Entrance to the corn maze.
My he-man
Lola throwing a pumpkin. Both kids threw them!
Nicco in the patch.
The stroller in the dirt was less than fun to say the least.
My sexy mans!
Pumpkin patch rules!!!

Holla!!

I just had to blog about a momentous thing that happened on Sunday! We not only made it to church but we were early! What you say? How can this be? I have no idea how it happened to be totally honest. But it did and I am proud. I can't remember when we were all clean, well dressed and on time to church! Good things happen occasionally! I can't guarantee that it will ever happen again but I will always remember Sunday, October 18th, 2009 as a day that the planets aligned just right and we made it there!

OWL CITY!!

This is Adam Young. He is basically Owl City all by himself.
Owl City yo!
This is us right after we got into the venue. Who looks hot?! Yeah I do!!!
This guy is amazing. He is a homeless man that plays his cello for money. You can see him all over down town. He played while we were waiting in line.
This is Brooke Waggoner. She was freaking awesome!!! She Played before Owl City. I wish she had played longer.

We had such a fun time! The pictures are all out of order but the captions let you know what they are.

Brooke Waggoner played first and I thought she was wonderful. We bought one of her albums the very next day because we enjoyed her so much. The band that played after her was called Scene Aesthetic. They were a Dashboard Confessional wannabe band and they left something to be desired to say the least! Owl City was awesome! It was super fun! They are a great band to dance to. Loved it. The venue was pretty cool too. They played at Club Sound (formerly In The Venue). It was a small intimate show which made it kind of special.

Our trip to the zoo!

My handsome husband and me mugging for the camera

Nicco loved the zoo! Can't you tell?

Thanks Alex and Karen for letting us come with you!

Baby Lola did so great!

Nicco apparently had a lot to say

We are back yo!

Yo yo yiggity yo! We have taken a little hiatus! We are back up and running. More blogs to come!

The infamous pink goo!

How the flip are you supposed to get a two month old to take antibiotics?! And why the hell is it pink? It has become a power struggle between me and a tiny baby and I am ashamed to say that the baby is winning! There is pink goo all over her and me by the time we are done. I have tried everything! Shooting it way back in her mouth, blowing in her face, sneak attacks! She purses her lips when I get close to her with the syringe. I manage to get it in there and she spits it out. I bet only a quarter of a teaspoon gets in there. I never realized how much fluid is in one teaspoon either. Not to mention that the whole time I am fighting Nicco off because he thinks that his little sister is getting a special treat that he is not allowed to have. It has been awful! Two days down and eight damn days to go! I am tired just thinking about it.

Lola got shots!

We took Lola to her 2 month appointment yesterday. She is doing fantastic other than an ear infection. She is in the 73% for her height and the 69% for her weight. She has gained four pounds!! Little munch mouth! Makes sense- she eats every two hours or so. Fortunately her head size is in the 52%. I was worried because Nicco had a massive head when he was a little baby! Big and round.

This is my birthday boy! Happy Birthday to him.

We celebrated Nicholas' 26th birthday this weekend. It is on valentines day- poor guy! It is the worst holiday to have a birthday next to Christmas. We celebrated with take out chinese food and ice cream. We spent the night as a family and watched Without a Paddle (hilarious). I keep teasing him that he is getting up in years and I will forever be his young hot wife! He tries to act like it bothers him but I think deep down he likes to be teased. He is such a great man. I have so much fun with him. It is a good thing I married a man with a sense of humor because I can be dramatic and a little crazy. He keeps me grounded. He keeps our entire family grounded. He is the love of my life! Our children love him. Nicco loves to play with him and Lola is already following his voice. What a great guy!

This is my Lola Ola! I loved her the second I heard her little cry. What a blessing she has already been.

This is my wonderful husband Nicholas when we were in the hospital having Lola. He looks tired and I don't blame him- he had to stay home with Nicco who was extremely sick and not sleeping.

My Nicco!! I love him so very much. This is a recent picture of him.

This is me and my nicco when he was much smaller than he is now!

Hiedi- Ho fellow bloggers

Hello everyone! I finally jumped on the band wagon and created a blog. I am sure my husband ,Nicholas, will be pleased considering he has tried to get me to do this for six months or so.