Thanksgiving 2009

Wow- it's been a month since i've put anything up (did anyone even notice)... it must be the busy holidays :)
Our recent trip to Utah for Thanksgiving included:

Utah State/Boise State Football
A lot of cousin time
5K Turkey TrotMmmmm food.
Christmas Lights at Temple Square.

Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving point w/ the Anderson's.
A little snow,and snowboarding.
A little lot of football. (don't ask-it was a BYU/Utah game)
And a little Christmas/December Birthday(s) celebration.

*A few others of note included IN'N OUT food, Nielsen's Frozen Custard and "New Moon" with my sisters!

Just relax

Another successful vacation.

The Destination.
The room.
The view. the ocean, not me ;)
The activities. *crocodile included free of chargeSome pampering.How did we get so lucky?

Halloween Weekend

Danelle dressed up as an old lady for her playgroup Halloween party Friday.
Then it was off for camping with some friends Friday/Saturday at Pedernales Falls.
She helped her dad set up the camper and loved the trip.

Trick or Treating was so fun this year. She was very excited and was good at saying trick or treat, and the best part was she didn't even notice that we only went to a few houses. (sweet and simple!)

Then it was off to our neighbors party to eat, watch some football, & play in the bounce house. This was her excited to see a full moon!
*(she also got really excited when our doorbell would ring- she would run to the door to see who was going to be there next!)

GO BRONCOS!

We had our first Halloween "event" on Wednesday night. It was Danelle's first ever trunk-or-treat!
We took a leap of faith by ordering her a Denver Broncos cheerleader outfit a year ago... hoping that we wouldn't be ashamed to have our daughter wear it come NFL season. Thank goodness Lane is a loyal fan though and a 6-0 start is nothing to be ashamed of!!!

Good flashback of when she got it here !

She was a little confused and overwhelmed at first...
But with the help of her buddy Ky, she figured it out and this was the moment the light bulb went off... "they're giving me candy"
By the end, she was sugared up and worn out!3 more Halloween events left to go!!!!

Catching up

We did another visit to the Children's Museum this week. They also had a guest singer that did music time and she totally looks like a groupie at a rock concert in this picture. She's singing along to twinkle twinkle little star.... :)

She did not want to leave the train section.
Mommy's little helper.I had been shopping around for trampolines for her Birthday/Christmas gift...
BUT I found a free one on Craigslist and although we wanted a little bigger and with the net, can you really argue with free?

It's small enough for our playroom and she has been lov'n every minute of it!
Finally, these are my latest sewing/craft projects.

• Tote bag
• Another apron for Danelle (can't have to many)
• Necklace for Danelle (she can't break this one) it's fabric, and plastic balls, with knots tied between them.
• Flannel board/chalkboard. (Didn't your mom have one growing up!?)

Family Photos 2009

OH YES- it's Lane's favorite time of the year... no not fall hunting. Fall family pictures. The one day the whole year where you get to wake up extra early on a Saturday, get all dressed up, and try and pose in uncomfortable positions with a squirmy 1 year old.

Now you have to just wait and see which one we pick for our Christmas card this year!

Living with a Toddler

"Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he/she can tell when they're in trouble.”

She can be so destructive sometimes... this week for example...

Exhibit A: pulled the video ipod off the counter, landed on the tile floor, screen doesn't work now.
Exhibit B: Used something (still not sure what) to scratch & chip the new bed in our room.
And yet.... she's always finding new ways to make us laugh and smile!

She also says "please" and "thank you" more than any other child i've met.

Fall in small town Texas

Monday night we visited the local pumpkin patch and let Danelle pick out her pumpkin.
After that we headed over to the Soda Fountain shop in town. Very cute, very quaint, and good malts!
On another day the local fire dept. came to visit our neighborhood. Danelle is in love with trucks (add it to her list with trains and buses)...More fun fall festivities to come...

Utah State vs. Texas A&M football game

It was so fun to see our Alma Mater play here in Texas! Lane and I were basically the only Utah State fans in a crowd of about 80,000 maroon A&M fans. *Thankfully everyone was really cool to us!

We had 2nd row seats, and the game was a really good one. Lane camped and tailgated with a bunch of guys (all A&M fans), and I met him up there the day of the game.

TailgatingUtah State scores another touchdown! (if you look real close you can see the Utah State visitor section on right)The lone blue in a crowd of maroon! We got on the jumbo tron a couple times also! (it helped to be sitting close to the camera, and I think the guy felt bad for us :)Post game- this was the Utah State section... not big, but still was cool to support our school.

CHEESSSSSE

After 21 months of training i've finally been able to get Danelle to pose for pictures!

Now she squats *(since I always get down low to take her picture), and says "Cheesssse".

Here are some cheese pictures of her at the Wildflower Center.

She is getting so big!!!!