Halloween 2010

I loved Goodwill this year for costumes. Derek wanted to be a pirate and Emily wanted to be little mermaid. Well after seeing the little mermaid costume at Walmart for $20, I thought I would check out Goodwill before spending $20 bucks on a costume, and boy did I luck out.

Derek's costume was $4.99 plus the sword and accessories for $3 at Walmart. Not bad, and he looked so cute...I mean ferocious:)

There was no Little Mermaid costumes, but this cute Barbie princess dress was only $4.99 at Goodwill and Emily was more than happy to give up her little mermaid dreams for this one (thank goodness). She has been wearing this a lot. I finally had to tell her a few days after I bought it that she couldn't wear it until Halloween...I wanted it to still be in good shape.

We recycled Emily's costume from last year for Sarah...isn't she a cute little spider:)

Katie took all the kids to a Halloween party (yes brave) and they posed for a picture that morning.

Shooting Adventures

Matt and Darrell took Derek, Emily, and Jayden out to the desert for some target practice. They had a blast. Mostly the kids just like walking around finding "treasures," as Emily calls rocks and things, but they also posed a few times with the guns.



This is Emily and Jayden posing nicely for the camera.

Derek loves to try and shoot the 22 and his bee bee gun. I know it's hard for me to aim right, so I'm sure it's hard for him, but he does a good job trying.

The PINK SKIRT

For Emily's birthday this past June, we bought her a pink skirt for $6. I have to say that was the best $6 gift I have ever purchased. She wears this skirt almost every day. She loves to dance in it and wear her high heels...as seen in this picture.

She even wears her skirt over pajamas if there is music on in the morning. I hope this skirt lasts until she is tired of it:)

It is hard to catch a nice action picture, but this is Emily dancing:)

Fun in Snowflake

The bad thing about getting behind on the blog is I can't always remember the events surrounding the picture. This was a visit to Snowflake, but I can't remember exactly when. I know it was still hot in the valley, so I think it was in September sometime.

The kids love playing outside in Snowflake. I look forward to living up here where the kids will have more room to run around and be free.

Here's Emily with her wind blown hair playing in the sand.

Derek can very often be found working with the Tonka's. He loves them!

Oh my!

Well I have certainly been a slacker keeping up this blog. I have had technical difficulties a few times when trying to sit down and work on the blog, but most of the time I just am too busy. So I'm cheating. I have about 8 posts done that will pop up one at a time every couple days, that way it will look like the blog is very active for awhile:)

Random pics with New Camera

Our old point and shoot camera gave out - all our pictures were turning out blurry and we were tired of it, so we bought a new camera. These pictures were just random pictures taken with the camera to test it out. They were cute, so I thought I'd post them.

This is all the kids watching TV...how sweet:)

Cute baby girl!

I told Emily to smile and she didn't want to...this is her "not smiling."

Derek is always willing to smile for the camera!

Young Love

I just had to share this little tidbit. This is what occurred when I dropped Derek off at school yesterday.

Derek: There she is!! (I was thinking he saw his teacher) I want her!!
Mom: Who?
Derek: (pointing to a girl) That girl! I love her!
Mom: You do huh? Is she in your class?
Derek: Yes
Mom: What's her name?
Derek: I don't know, I can't always remember. Let me out of this thing! (meaning the van)

Then, as I'm driving away I see him running as fast as he can to catch up to her. This whole scene just made me smile...especially "I want her." What a funny way to verbalize that you like someone:) I'll have to keep an eye on that boy:)