Outnumbered

Those of you who are familiar with our family at all already know that my husband is a pretty big Colts fan. He's had Jace brainwashed from about 12 months old and now Paityn (whose name came from Peyton Manning) is the most avid fan of them all. I tried my hardest to get her to say "GO Patriots!" but "Go Colts" was easier and the rest is history. Every time Tim and Jace put their Colts' jerseys on Paityn pats her belly and says "my colts?", so I had to find her something. I got her this cheerleader outfit for $1.04 on ebay, brand new! I love ebay. Needless to say, she loves it and tries to pull it out of her closet every day.

Yes, I realize Paityn looks evil in this picture. What most of you don't know is that she is evil.

Touchdown Colts!

Happy Halloween - ARRRR!

Jace has been obsessed with pirates for the last few months, so for his birthday Mandi got him a pirate costume for both dress-up and Halloween. I was a little nervous about the Halloween part because he would only play with the accessories (hat, sword, hook, eye patch, etc.) and would not put on the costume itself. Luckily, the night before Halloween he decided he would put it on because he had a pre-school Halloween party the next day. He thought he was the coolest thing ever! Thanks Aunt Mandi!

Paityn just likes to do whatever her brother does and wear pretty dresses, so getting her to wear her costume was a cinch. She strutted around thinking she was something really special. She kept patting herself and saying "pretty, pretty".

They had a great time trick-or-treating and Tim and I were pumped because two kids means twice as much candy for us! Jace had a really hard time not eating the candy that was given to him at one house on the way to the next house.

Jace's First Field Trip

Jace had his first field trip and they went to a pumpkin patch in Bruneau. Tim lucked out and got to go with him because I had to work (bummer!). They had a lot of fun and Jace even found a pumpkin for his sister

Jace's Pictures

Jace's first school picture. Can you believe he just turned 4? I swear he looks 10.

Jace played soccer this fall. We'll just say it didn't go so well (there was a lot of crying), oh well, at least I got a cute picture!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As some of you might know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. I would like to take this chance to remember my Grandma Carol who passed away in December 1996. I wish I had a picture of her to post, she was a beautiful woman and had a great smile. She was an amazing lady and is the person I most aspire to be like. She was a very important part of my childhood and I will never forget all of the things she taught me, especially about how to treat people. She was the kindest person there could ever be. She would do anything for anyone. I miss her every day and I want everyone to tell the women that are important in their lives to take care of themselves and have their annual checkups and mammograms. Breast cancer is a horrible thing and one out of four women will get it. The best way to beat it is to find it early, that's why checkups are so important. Ladies, please take care of yourselves.

I miss you grandma.