Hair Ideas 2

It's time for some more hair ideas!!!  As I have said in the past every time Makayla has a new hairstyle we take a picture so we can remember it and do it again.  Right now we are up to 167 hair dos.  Here are a few more that we love.  Enjoy!!!

He's A Big Boy Now!!!

Kyle is growing up so fast.  He has had a lot of changes in the past couple months and I am so amazed at what a big boy he is.  

First he is in a big boy bed now!!!  We are so proud of him.  He does pretty well staying in it throughout the night but every once in a while in the morning we find him in his favorite spot... Makayla's bed!!!

Second, Kyle is now a potty-trained boy!  I am so proud of him.  He has done so well and loves wearing his big boy underwear and going in the big boy potty.  (the picture is censored because my blog is not private!)

One day Ben left the jam a little too close to Kyle and we discovered that he even knows how to put jam on his bagel all by himself!  We are so proud of you Kyle and love you more than anything!

Apple Hill October 2011

For years now we have been hearing about Apple Hill in California and how fun it is.  This year we decided to try it out.  We woke up really early and drove the three hours to our destination.  It was a beautiful drive but for most of the time we were winding all around the mountains.  Makayla got car sick (this has only happened once before!!!) but afterward she felt a lot better.  Next time we make this trip we will be sure to bring plastic bags!  When we got there this was one of the first farms we went too.  It was full of flowers and so beautiful.  Even the kids were amazed by all the flowers.  The weather was perfect!  Luckily we wore shorts because it even got a little hot!

At this farm Ben and I shared an awesome piece of pumpkin cheesecake pie.  It was so good!  The best part was that the kids didn't like it so we got it all to ourselves.

Next it was off to feed some farm animals.  There were sheep, goats, cows, and chickens.

Makayla loves to get her face painted.  She was so excited that she got to wear her beautiful unicorn the whole day and was very careful not to mess it up. 

While Makayla got her face painted Kyle patiently waited and let me take some cute pictures of him.  It was nice that he didn't care that she got something that he didn't!  I wonder how long that will last???

At practically every farm there was a pumpkin patch.  They were all so beautiful.  The kids each got to pick their own pumpkin.

It is called Apple Hill Farms because every farm has apple orchards.  The apples were so good and the kids loved roaming in the orchards.  We had the most wonderful day.  We will for sure be making this trip again.  It was a long day but it was really nice to be able to sleep in our own beds that night!  We love those day trips!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

This year we had an awesome Halloween.  It was so fun because it was the first year that Kyle really understood the concept.  The kids were able to dress up in their costumes three different times for three parties and they loved it!!!  

Makayla was the Little Mermaid.  She was able to pick out what she wanted to be and then I made her costume.  It turned out so cute and she loved it!  The only problem was the poor girl had strep throat during trick-or-treating.  We didn't know at the time (she was just complaining about a sore throat.)  She still had a lot of fun but hopefully she will be healthy next year.

Kyle was the cutest little dinosaur in all of Nevada.  I also made his costume and he loved it!  Kyle was so impressed that all he had to do was say trick-or-treat to people and then he'd get candy.  He loved that concept.  He realized that if a person only gave him one piece all he had to do is say "more" and then they'd give him more.  It was a little embarrassing but Ben was really impressed!

Sometimes it is really hard to not have any family around us here in Fallon.  I see all my other friends with their families going to parties or having family dinners.  It would be so much fun to be able to have my children go trick-or-treating with all of their cousins like so many of their friends get to do.  But since that isn't going to happen anytime soon (if ever) we need to make the best of it.  We had so much fun just the four of us going around our little neighborhood and getting candy.  I love my kiddos so much!!!