Improvising

To say that Bryson is an active child is definitely an understatement. He is on the move from the time he wakes up (which is usually in the 5am hour) until the time he hits the sack. With Winter quickly approaching, we decided that we needed to create a play space for Bryson that is inside- at least sort of. We put foam floor mats in our garage and then moved his play house from the yard into the garage. Genius! He loves playing out there. The other night he spent an hour climbing up, sliding down, climbing up, sliding down-------- over and over again! He slides on one slide, then the other slide. He slides sitting on his bottom and then turns around and slides feet first on his belly!

 He looks way too old in this picture! {sob, sob}

Next up: filling our sandbox with corn and moving it into the garage. I think this just might be our life-saver this winter!

Of Course!

The other night I was running late, turning my entire house upside down trying to find my keys. I finally gave up, locating my spare set and running through the garage to my car.  Fortunately I just happened to glance into Bryson's car on my way out, and what did I see???

This---------------->

 Look closer------------->

 Of course they would be in the ignition of Bryson's car! Why didn't I think to look there in the first place???  :)

Our lives get more and more interesting every day...

Trampoline Time

Erin snapped this shot of Bryson last week on her trampoline. Thought it was so cute! Is he having a good time, or what?!?!?

Randomness

We had a wonderful weekend- pretty much just hung out close to home, cleaned {which my house REALLY needed}, went to Eden's first birthday party on Saturday {HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDEN!}, went to church, and spent lots of time together as a family.  Just the weekend I needed. :)

Randomness from the weekend:

Bryson LOVES his basketball right now.  So much so that he wants to take it everywhere with him- even in his car. They don't fit in there too well together- but he works it out.

 Pickiest eater on earth = worried mom.  Enter Juice Plus.  Happy Mom.  No more constipated baby, and I know he is getting all of the nutrients he needs.  You can read more about it here.

 Cutest. Party Favor. Ever! Leslie did a great job with these and I just wanted to share...

In other randomness, I joined the land of Facebook today. What is going on here!?!? I have boycotted it for so long, but finally got on board. We will see!

Have a wonderful week!

Pity Party

Today was one "those" days.  This week was one of "those" weeks. Ever have one of those? 

I'm facing some crazy circumstances and am pretty much disappointed in more people than I care to discuss.

I pronounced my first death this week. You read that correctly. I didn't get home until 8pm that night. What an experience. Definitely one I will never forget.  Definitely one that will mould me as a nurse and a person. 

On another note, I did get to enjoy some girl time at La Bodega last night. Splurged on a margarita and a strawberry tart. Fixed most things about the week. :)

Just wanted to share these thoughts. Just wanted to send them somewhere so I can stop thinking about them and move on.

Definitely remembering that God is the only one who does not disappoint. After all, we are only human.

Resting in this tonight...

Trick or Treat!

The Kenleys hosted our annual Halloween get together.  We had a great time hanging out in their beautiful backyard with them, the MacDonalds, the Rowses, and the Hindes'.  The kids played, we ate, and everyone enjoyed the company.

Sweet new friends Abby and Maddie- they were hand in hand all evening...

Jared and Annabel

Little Pumpkin Reagan

Sam the Cowboy and Cooper the UPS Man

Daniel and baby Kyleigh

Cowgirl Mia

New friends checking each other out...

Bryson with his stringer of {weird looking} fish (they didn't turn out quite as well as I had hoped! :)

Walking up to his first stop on our trick-or-treat trail...

Some of our gang visiting Mrs. Andrea.

Bryson had a great time. He surprised us with how well he did. He liked the candy, but really loved just visiting with the people. We had to stop him a few times from walking into peoples' homes! And the people with dogs- they were a definite hit. So much fun!

So excited!

Two princesses celebrating in style!

Sweet Mia running back after getting her candy...

Jason visiting with a neighbor...

The Fisherman

Stacey and Mia

Kristin and Annabel

The Three Amigos

The Hindes Family

Bryson enjoyed going up to the doors for a while, then decided that he had had enough. He started sitting down at the end of every driveway and dumping all of his candy out. Crazy boy!

After trick-or-treating we headed back to the Kenley's for MORE SUGAR!

Jenny made these cute spider cookies,

and I made a few treats too.

Can you say "sugar high"?!?!?!

Bryson loving on Sam...

After a great but exhausting evening we finally gathered up all of our stuff and made the long trek (around the block) home. Bryson was wound up, but took a bath and crashed into bed. He slept so well last night that we had to wake him up this morning! His usual wake-up time is in the 5am hour, so this was a special treat for Jason and me.
Bryson's Halloween PJs from Grandma

What a great Halloween! I don't think it could have been much better. We are so thankful for good friends and the fun we are having watching our sweet boy grow up!

Happy Halloween!

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Bryson

Halloween 2009

 Only made it half way around the block before conking out. :)

Sweet times...

~Halloween 2010~

 We had a great Halloween weekend. We relaxed on Saturday and I was able to finish

Bryson's fisherman's vest while Jason and Bryson napped. It was wonderful to just be home and get things done around the house. 

 Here it is before the final touches (luers) were added.

 On Sunday afternoon we continued with more of the same-- lots of down time, and baking. Bryson especially liked the baking...

 Tada! Here is our little fisherman just before we headed over to the Kenley's.

Isn't he the cutest fisherman you've ever seen???

We definitely think so!