Road Trip

We had a great Thanksgiving. We went on a trip to visit Derek’s Sister the Buhler family in Columbus Ohio. We left last Monday morning for the almost 600 mile drive (each way). The kids are great little travelers and we had a great time.


This is a replica of the Santa Maria (it was a lot smaller than I would have thought) there was also a statue of Christopher Columbus very fitting since we were in Columbus Ohio also a little odd since he never visited there oh well.

On Thursday we did the usual. We cooked a lot of yummy food and stuffed ourselves silly.

Don’t those pies look yummy! We made pumpkin, apple and chocolate

At the topiary garden

Walking around Ohio State to see where Clint goes to school. We stopped to feed the ducks.

It was a little cold. Bur!



Bath Time! What cute kids!

We drove home all day Saturday. We did spend a few hours in Lexington visiting a horse park and museum. Jensen and Siesa enjoyed seeing all the horses. There were all different types of horses. It was interesting to see and be able to compare them. Now I understand the difference between a race horse, work horse, etc. The museum had some interesting exhibits about the history of horses. It is amazing how long horses were used in society for so many different things and in just a relatively short time most people don’t even know how to ride a horse.

M&M’s - melts in your mouth, not in your hands

For some reason when it comes to Halloween costumes we always seem to go as food. What can I say, we like to eat around our place. And what's better than chocolate?

Saturday we went to our ward party and had a great time. We had a BBQ and trunk or treat. There were also small pumpkins to paint and trick or treat bags to make. Some people went all out for the car decorating and that was fun. Jensen enjoyed trick or treating but the whole time he kept asking if he could have a donut yet. There were some donuts in the church to eat after we went trick or treating. I guess he likes donuts more than the candy.

Happy Halloween!!

Family Pictures

We got family pictures taken his week and they turned out wonderful. I had the hardest time trying to decide what ones are my favorites because they are all so cute.

Happy Birthday Derek!

Jensen and I made birthday hats for him early that day. That was a fun craft project. We used almost a whole container of Elmer’s Glue on the four hats. Jensen also enjoyed using scissors to cut up the paper for the hats.

For dinner I made Chimichangas and of course we had cake and ice cream. Jensen was very excited all day(really all week for his birthday)when Derek walked in the door Jensen ran up to Derek and said “ daddy I’m making pizza” What?! I guess by the time Derek finally got home he was tired of this birthday and had moved on to bigger and better things like pretending to make pizza with corn and macaroni and cheese on top according to Jensen. Derek got a manly drill, a watch, socks, gift card to home depot, a shirt, a tie and ten new songs from i-tunes. For two hours Friday night we partied to music as Derek tried to pick his favorite ten songs. I must say it was definitely a flash back to the eighties.

Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to get some pumpkins for halloween. At the pumpkin patch there was a petting zoo(but you couldn't really touch the animals, go figure), we also went on a hay ride, looked at snakes and other reptiles and got the perfect pumpkins. The weather was perfect and we had a great time.

Curls or Straight?

For the first time since Jensen was 12 months old I have let his hair grow. Usually I cut it every 3 weeks. I didn’t even know that his hair was so curly because it has always been very short. So what do you think curly mop top, or short and straight? The Young Women in our ward think curly but I can’t decide if I like it.

Teeth, teeth, teeth

Siesa’s teeth came in a month ago but I finally got a picture of them. So cute. She’s been drooling and been very irritable for a few days, I think she is getting more teeth.

6 months

That’s right Siesa is already 6 months old. (She actually was 6 months September 12) She is 24 ½ inches and weights 15 lbs, 11 oz. The biggest change in Siesa over the last few months is that she is mobile and loves it. She loves to be on the ground exploring and eating anything she can find. She is still a very quiet baby but very happy and smiley.