Davey Crockett

Here is our little mountain man...Davey Crockett. Thanks to my friend Bree at work. She brought a whole bunch of costumes to work and this is the one Ryver picked. He had all sorts of ideas of what he wanted to be. A car, ice cream, mickey mouse. He changed his mind every day. I was soooo happy he picked this one because that meant no work for me, easy assembly, and he'd stay warm.

I think is the first year Scott has been able to go Trick or Treating with us. It was just the 3 of us and we just went up and down 2 streets. The houses were in ward boundaries so it was fun to see familiar faces. Ryver actually went up all by himself to all the doors. He said Trick or Treat, and then thank you after each each. Yea!!! He's growing up and getting braver. After we were done we went to Aunt Dawn's house and the kids dumped all their candy out and started the trading process. It was a great family night that ended up being tons of fun.

The Carving of the Pumpkins

It is sad to say but this is the first year we have ever actually carved pumpkins with Ryver. Yes, I know he is 4 years old. What terrible parents we are, right. It is what it is. We all picked our own pumpkins out and the design we wanted to carve out. We ran into trouble just trying to cut the lids out. Ryver and I's pumpkin had the toughest skin ever. Scott cut all the tops off and I scooped out the guts. Ryver started freaking out when he saw my hand in the gooey mess. He kept telling me to stop because my hand was going to get dirty. I had to keep reassuring him it would wash off. He obviously didn't even try to clean his out.

Trying to carve the designs in Ryver and I's was a joke. The skin was so hard that there was no way Ryver could do his. He was devastated. I called Dawn to see if she had a small one from her garden we could have. She did, but it was green. At this point it didn't matter. Ryver didn't care either. I got the markers out and gave him a little saw/knife and he just mutilated and decorated his pumpkin while we struggled. It took allll night to finish them. I think it took between 3-4 hours. As you can see Scott got out his drill out to speed things up. He was able to carve his pumpkin in like 5 minutes. Next year, Scott is picking out all the pumpkins.

Getting all the GUTS out! YUCK!



Notice there is still sunlight outside! This was just the beginning.


Scott actually finished mine. I was losing patience really fast. I was so irritated and actually mad. Thanks Scott!


Ryver is happy as a lark now that he has his little green pumpkin.



Thank heavens for power tools!


The finished product!

My Chef!

After making sugar cookies, Ryver was in the mood to cook. He collected a bunch of cooking "things" and entertained himself for hours actually I think it was days. The simple things that keep him going.

Halloween Sugar Cookies

Once again I'm trying to make Grandma Elsie's sugar cookie recipe. They just never turn out like hers or my mom's. This time I actually called my Mom on the phone and she literally walked me through the flour part. I know it sounds retarded but it totally worked. I was mixing all the flour in with my mixer, and Mom told me to knead the last 4 cups by hand. It made all the difference. Thanks Mom. We'll have to see if I can do it on my own come Christmas time!


Ryver decided he wanted to help me mix the flour in by hand.

Ryver spent close to 2 hours just playing with his small amount of dough I gave him. He would roll it out with a glass a gave him and use his cookie cutters to make shapes.
Below is Ryver's 3 cookies. He requested no frosting on them. I promise I didn't take this to anybody. After his grimy hands played with the dough for 2 hours, I figured they were only safe for his mouth!


Here is the finished product that I shared with work and some neighbors.

This is the baby's room. Not knowing if I'm having a boy or girl is hard to get a nursery ready. With some strong advise from Dawn, I painted an accent wall chocolate brown, the other 3 walls tan and cream with a chair rail of chocolate brown. When it is was all said and done it looks like an office. YIKES! It needs some color! I"ll just have to wait to finish it.

32 Weeks and 4 Days Prego!

Here I am! I am officially 32 weeks and 4 days. Actually getting excited and can't wait to meet this cute little kiddo! This is one of the 2 skirts I can fit into now. Thank heaven's for elastic!!!

It snowed...is the baby coming now?

Here is our first snow of the year...in October. Not unusual but caused some issues at our house! When we first told Ryver we were having a baby he asked everyday if the baby was coming today. I told him not until after Thanksgiving. He didn't grasp the concept. So then I told him after it snowed the baby would come. I was at work and it started snowing and I knew I was going to be in trouble. I went to pick him up from Keli's and walked in and smiled at her. She already knew what I was thinking. He had told Keli that his baby was coming today because it snowed, she had to break it to him that she didn't think the baby was coming today. He told her, "I bet my Mom thinks it's coming." So now we are looking at the calender and counting down the days. Ryver couldn't wait to get home and play outside. His snow pants from last year didn't fit anymore so he just went out in his jeans. Needless to say he came in soaking wet, but he didn't care.