My Beautiful

Taya, I love you THIS big.

Halloween 2011

This year for Halloween, we had Rambo, a baseball player(who at picture time thought he needed to be a dracula player), and the most beautiful cowgirl you will ever see.


I think this picture should be on a poster. 100% "Breezy", AKA Ethan.


Our first stop...church, for TRUNK or treat. All the cars were decorated and had drivers to match. Kids took the candy staright from the trunk. Then we were off to a real NEIGHBORHOOD for more fun stuff. The boys decided the houses within the neighborhood were "mansions". That was a blast. So much candy, the kids couldn't even see straight. After a while, Taya, of course had to potty so we ended our festivities and headed to the house. The kids have all decided that from now on, that's the neighborhood we need to hit up.

Our New Found Loves

Now that we live in the country, we have lots of open space and acres and acres for the kids to play on. Along with that comes neighbors...neighbors that own horses. 5 horses to be exact. I believe the boys say their names are Chico(my absolute fav), Bity(apparently this one likes to bite), White Socks(self explanatory), Sophia(who we decided yesterday is probably a boy, but the kids swear it's a girl) and the last horses name escapes me at the moment. At any rate, all 5 are magnificent creatures and absolutely beautiful. Here for the past year we have been going to visit them a couple times a month but only stopping at the fence and petting them from there. Well, this past weekend, the boys decided to venture out and jump the fence and be IN with the horses. Good idea? Bad idea? Being the good parents we are, we decided this is okay, as long as the kids respect the horses and their space. Of course Taya wanted in so after a couple minutes, Taya and I shimmied over the fence and got up close and personal, too. A-mazing. I fell in love. All 5 are wonderful, but Chico stole my heart. He gave me a few nudges as if to say hello.

These pics are from our Saturday visit. We went back Sunday too but with no camera.

I think this one should be in a magazine. So calming and peaceful.


This one puts a smile in my heart.


Love them.




Corbin has decided that we are going to spend time with the horses every Saturday and Sunday from now on. Who knows, maybe one day they'll let us ride em'.

Report Card Time

It seems the first 6 weeks of the school year has FLOWN by. Before we know it, school will be out for Christmas break(I REALLY should have been a teacher).

AS the kids(boys) get older I keep thinkin school will get tougher and their grades MAY start to slip. Nope, not our boys.

Corbin for the umpteenth time has once again gotten staright A's. So Smart.

Ethan once again has gotten A's and B's(3 A's and 3 B's to be exact-89 in MATH!). So Proud.

We love them both so stinkin' much and they make me SO, SO proud.

Ahh, Corbin

Corbin, Corbin, Corbin. You never cease to amaze me.

Last night we were eating dinner and I made some wild rice. Ya know, the kind that is mixed with white, brown and black rice??? Well, for whatever reason one of the boys asked where we got it from. I told them Matt bought it for school(back when he was in college a few months back) for a project. This statement led both Ethan and Corbin to believe that we have had the rice for years...20 in fact..since Matt was a KID in school. So, like any good parents, we decide to play along with them. Matt said his grandma bought it specially for him years before and that the rice was so special to Matt he has kept it and we finally ate it last night.

Simple Corbin...only had to say ONE sentence...

"Oh, that's why it's dark."

I love him.

Pic Of The Day

Not sure exactly why, but everytime I see this picture, I smile:-)

A School Day In The Life Of Taya

Our little angel has started school and so far it seems to be a huge hit. Just look at what her school day entails.





Her classmates.


Baby girl hard at work...



Out for a walk..


I LOVE her.