We love Halloween!

Halloween is one of my favorite times of year. I love the decorations, the costumes, baking fun treats, everything! So when I came across these cute halloween pajamas I couldn't resist. So I snapped a few photos of the kids in their new jammies.

I also loved them because they glow-in-the-dark. So it was absolutely adorable to see Madison glowing like a little skeleton baby in her bed. Cassidy's didn't glow-in-the-dark and I tried to tell her that at the store and tried to convince her to get the ones that did but she insisted on the ones she's wearing so needless to say she was pretty upset at bedtime when her jammies were the only ones that didn't glow. She cried and told me that we had to go back to the store and buy her the ones that glowed but I told her I wasn't buying her new jammies and she would just have to wear what she picked. She was over it by morning.

Statton still likes his jammies and wants to wear them every night. I let him go about a week and then he has to get them washed and he hates wearing anything else. Getting geared up for Halloween!

We loved Meeteetse!

I have to say when Blair and I first drove into town I was a little hesistant about living here. Then when I was talking to the guy renting us an RV spot and was told the closest grocery store was 30 miles away I really didn't know how I was suppose to live like this. Honestly I cried all that night and I think Blair was a little concerned about me. Well I have to say being LDS certainly has it's benefits because you really get to meet some nice gals. Brenda was the first to befriend me and we planned a lunch date at the park with our kids and she invited some of the other girls from the ward. Then some of us planned to walk in the mornings at the local school's track and we had fun walking and talking while our kids played in the sand(long jump pit). So when Blair told me that his job had finished and we had to be moving again I was heartbroken. I had met some wonderful gals that I loved hanging out with and just the most amazing down-to-earth girls. Thanks to Brenda she arranged for all of us to get together and have dinner the night before I was leaving. It was such a fun night! We met for dinner at 7 and I didn't get home until almost 11pm. That's why I make this post so I can always remember those wonderful gals from Meeteetse!

Larissa Lapierre, Amberli Shumway, Brenda Allen, Kristen Heward, Jennifer Loveland, Catherine Leithead. (Thanks Amberli for getting one of drunkards from the bar to take our picture!)

Since we werent leaving until that afternoon the next day I took the kids over to Brenda's so they could see some of their friends one last time.

Statton, Ella (holding Lily), Lucy, Cassidy, Madison, and Anastyn. We missed some of the other kids since they were in school or gone that day.

We really ended up enjoying our time here and made some great friends!

Madison's Teeth

Well Madison's bottom teeth just barely were breaking through when she turned one. Her top teeth came through a few months later. These pictures were taken on Sept. 9. I was trying to get a picture of her cute teeth coming through and her brother and sister wanted to get it on the fun.



Statton actually helped me get this picture he pried her lips up for me and then let go so her teeth were exposed long enough for me to get a shot. Thanks buddy!
What a happy little pair. Notice the death grip on the ducky. She loves that thing and packs it around everywhere.

What a great bunch of kids I have. For as much as we are moving around right now they are always so willing to do whatever. I just hope they can survive having me as a mom. Great patience is needed when you have children. Still wouldn't trade them for anything!

Visit From Grandparents!

Well we had a busy September. Labor day weekend Blair's folks came and played with us. We met them in Cody on Saturday, had lunch and walked the shops and bought Cassidy and Statton a pair of cowboy/cowgirl boots.(gotta fit in) Went to church on sunday and decided to take a drive up to Kirwin. It's an old mining town that's only accesible a few months a year.

Cassidy just loved Grandpa Heward and always wanted to hold his hand. Statton found a big stick and walked around with it the whole time.

All these buildings are now boarded up and but it use to be a thriving town. From what I read the town was prone to avalanches and many people were killed. I believe that's why they eventually left because they got tired of it. It's tried to be revived a few times but never quite got going.

I also read the Amelia Earhardt and her husband fell in love with the area and she wanted a cabin built here. Her husband had just started on it when she took her solo flight across the atlantic and never returned. He then abandoned the building of their cabin. It was only a few boards high.

This was the mine shaft.

Monday was Labor day and Meeteetse has a parade in the morning. The kids had fun picking up the candy.

Madison was happy to take whatever candy someone would give her.

This boy makes me laugh. He was so insistant on wearing shorts with his cowboy boots. For some reason it works and he looks adorable.

This is our Bishop. What a nice guy! He just got put in a few months ago and I believe it's the first local bishop the ward has had in a while. The last few have been called from Cody, 30 miles away.

Look at the loot! These kids got more candy then I knew what to do with.

We were so excited to have Grandpa and Grandma Heward spend the weekend with us!

I made Blair go run in the races for the 30-60 year olds. It was pretty funny to watch.

Even better was having Lynn go run in the 60+ race. Well we finished off the day by going and having a bbq lunch in the park and then we sent Grandpa and Grandma Heward back home to Idaho. The kids cried.

The following weekend we got to have my parents and Grandma Merz (my mom's mom)come to visit. Since they arrived on a friday evening we had Saturday to play so we went to Thermopolis and went to the Dinosaur park. After that we went swimming, had a picnic in the park, and more swimming.

I can't believe how big my kids are getting. I think if I could freeze them in time this would be it. They still love ya, listen (most of the time), and can somewhat do their own thing. I love it!

Grandpa Darrington packing Madison and walking with Statton. Blair and Grandma Darrington (Grandma Pam as the kids like to call her) in the background.

This dinosaur was huge. It almost touched each end of the museum. The description on him is below.

Madison with Grandma Darrington. Sunday we went to church we fed them lunch and sent them back to Idaho.We had such a good time with both sets of Grandparents and happy to have people want to come visit. The kids certainly enjoyed it and also cried when my parents and grandma merz left.

Swim lessons

Well since there is not much to do in Barstow I was getting bored and wanted something to keep us occupied for a few weeks so I thought swim lessons would be the best fit. The kids love the water and it would be something to keep us busy for a while. I didn't really expect them to learn much like I said I was more just wanting something to keep us busy. So our first day they tested the kids to see where their water ability level was and then broke them up into seperate classes. So 9am for swim lessons is pretty early and it's not the warmest time of the day so the kids weren't the most thrilled about being cold that early in the morning.

They took the little kids on the first day over into the kiddie pool just to let them blow bubbles and paddle on the edge. As you can see Cassidy mostly just cried that first day and kept telling me she was cold. Statton on the other hand wandered around the kiddie pool playing and splashing instead of listening to the lifeguard when she asked him to do things. Silly kids. I had to keep reminding myself that this was just for fun and not to get worked up that they weren't following directions all the time.

This was the end of day one.

Well the next few times after that first day went much better. I had a few talks with the kids about going to swim lessons and how they need to listen to their teacher and stay with their class. Cassidy assured me that she wasn't going to cry either. Thanks Cassidy that would be nice.

So by the time our two week session of swim lessons was over both Cassidy and Statton were floating on their backs and would paddle on their belly's and put their face in the water. I was proud of them for being good listeners and willing to try what their teacher asked them to try. Good job!