Pumpkin Patch

We went to the local Pumpkin "patch" last week.


Kirsten wanted to try out everyone of these.


Colton just kept pointing and saying "ball".



And then they found the dirt.




Kirsten reading her Bob books to daddy.

Big Day

Colton is 18 months and is in nursery! I cannot say how happy this makes me. When Kirsten turned 18 months it wasn't a big deal because I played the piano in primary so the presidency just stuck her in nursery when she was about 15 months. I play the piano in relief society now. It is so nice to not have Colton helping me play the piano or running all over the place.
As for his 18 month stats:

Height: 75%
Weight: 90%
Head: 75%




This is such a blurry picture but such a typical Colton face.

The big news today... Kirsten was in her very first primary program! We've been practicing her part for the past few weeks and besides the one time she picked her nose and ate it, she did great! She said, "my favorite thing is to do at family home evening is to teach the lesson and eat the candy after." She did such a good job and wasn't nervous at all. I was so so proud of her!

Update

I don't know what my deal has been. But I have been horrible with computer stuff recently. Maybe it's my recent obsession with crafts...I don't know. Here is what we've been up to the last few weeks. Warning: most of these pictures were taken with my camera phone so they're not the best. Warning #2: It's been a while since I've posted so there are LOTS of pictures on this post.

I went in with 6 other girls from our stake with kids about Kirsten's age for preschool. So once every 7 weeks I have to...I mean get to teach.
One day while the kids were at our house I let them decorate a haunted house.


Here's how it turned out.


Whenever I go to the park during the week with the kids. I usually just keep Colton in the stroller because I don't want to chase him around. I was feeling kind of bad about that. So,
one day while Kirsten was at school I decided to take Colton to the park. He had so much fun.


He was a little nervous to go down this steep slide by himself. So it took him a while to let go.


Colton is kind of a crazy kid. The ladies that watch him at the gym had to make an accident report when he fell down last week and hit his head on the table. The first line of the report was, "Colton is a very active child." That may even be an understatement.




Kirsten has been loving ballet. At the end of class they get to play freeze dance.


Colton gets to join them for that.


This is mostly what he's doing while his sister is in ballet.


We go to the park every Wednesday for playgroup. Last Wednesday was a lot colder than I had anticipated so Colton was forced to wear his sister's girly jacket.


Friday night we decided to check out the drive-in theater. We went and saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Which was a super cute movie. We were teasing Colton that if he kept shoveling food into his mouth he was going to look like the mayor in the end of that movie (if you've seen it you know what I mean). Colton sat in the back and actually watched most of the movie. I think it may have been a little over Kirsten's head.


Yesterday the library had a little Halloween party. Kirsten's dressing up like Little BO Peep. I still haven't finished Colton's sheep costume.




Colton kept hoarding all of the bean bags...


So he could go and try to throw them in this.


In the middle of August this family moved into our ward. It's no secret that I haven't totally loved it here, but Danie has made it so much better. They have a little girl, Brighton, who is a year younger than Kirsten, and a son Porter, who is 6 months younger than Colton. They are seriously an answer to my prayers! Here's Kirsten and Brighton playing dress up.


Ok, so this is random, but did anyone watch the Bachelorette this year? Well, if not there was this super jerky guy named Wes who was in a band and was basically just on the show for publicity. Well, when I drove by this sign yesterday, I have to say it warmed my heart to know that this was as far as he had made it in his music career.

Happy 30th!

Jonathan turned 30 on Thursday! Can you believe it...I'm married to an old man!
We made him some of his favorite things to eat for dinner.


Blowing out the candles.


Present from Kirsten.


I wanted to take him to a Cowboys game for his birthday but he decided that this is what he really wanted.


Kirsten and Colton got presents too from grandma and papa.


Jonathan's mom and grandma came down for the weekend to wish Jonathan a happy birthday. She decided it would be fun to get him with silly string while we were at the park...


The rest of us got it worse than him, thanks to Kirsten.



I hope he had a wonderful birthday!

Last minute trip to Oklahoma

Jonathan's Grandpa has been in the hospital for a few weeks. Last Friday we decided to take a quick trip up to see him. So the next day we drove the 8 hours up to Oklahoma to spend some time with him in the hospital.

Colton, Jonathan, Jonathan's grandma (Grams), Jonathan's mom (grammy),
Kirsten (pretending to be a doctor), and I.

Kirsten and Colton also got in some relaxation time in Grandma and Papa's tub. Colton is still not sold on the idea of a bubble bath.




And for Jonathan's 30th birthday (coming up this Thursday) we brought home a little surprise from Gramps.



Marpi the 3rd

More Dallas Trip Pictures

Hanging out at the hotel.


Colton's favorite thing was to run down the hall and press the buttons to get on the elevator.

We stayed across the hall from my parents and Emily it was so fun to put the kids to bed and play games or just hang out.

We took Kirsten to the American Girl store and she bought this stroller with her very own money. She's wearing Aunt Carrie's old dress here, grammy came down to watch the kids while we went to the game which was so nice!


We went to this really big park in Dallas. We drove around and could not find an actual playground. So we tried to convince Kirsten that this little exercise area was the playground. After doing her push ups, climbing the ladder and crossing the monkey bars she decided she wanted some swings and a slide.


Colton found the slide.


Six Flags




My parents were so nice to take the kids while Emily, Jonathan and I rode some big kid rides.








Most rides I can handle, this one, however scares me to death. Emily and I decided to be brave and go on it. It was super scary but super fun.

BYU vs OU Game

We spent the weekend in Dallas at the BYU vs OU game. Leading up to the game Jonathan kept telling everyone it was a win win situation. But in the end it was just like every other OU game. Can you see the tracks of tears on his face?

This was after the game. Just about all the OU fans had left leaving only the stunned BYU fans behind. Such a fun game. And the biggest stadium ever! it was insane!
More pictures to come. And yes, that hat is too big and makes me look like a dufus, I know.