Happy Halloween!!!

We had tons of fun this year. There are so many great things to do. On Friday my Mom and Dad took Kinley to Gardener Village where she got to ride a horse and see other animals. Saturday we had tons of fun too. We went trick or treating at the mall and then we met Grandma Jean and Grandpa Jay at Lee's where they do a little thing for kids with a spook alley and all. We also went down town where you can trick or treat at the shops. Then it was time to come home and go around the neighborhood. Kinley started to get it. She would only say "treat"not the trick part, she knew she wanted a treat.

After a treat that she clearly enjoyed. Now she looked like Wolverine.

This Face tells it all. I don't think she totally understood what was going on. This was the third house we went to and she was so excited they kept giving her candy. After a few more houses she started to understand, so we'd go up to the door and she'd knock and if they didn't come she say "Hey!!" then when they came she would just say "Please treat." At one house there was another kid there first so she just walked up and said "Move." When we were all done we came home and she got to help hand out candy. She had more fun doing that then she did getting it herself. As soon as the bell rang she would yell "Kids" and run to the door. She wound then take her time picking one piece and putting it in each of their bags. She still gets excited when the bell rings "kids" and goes running.

I had a great Birthday! Thanks to all of you that made it special, with your thoughts and messages. I totally got spoiled. Jared got me a mini Laptop, Maybe that will help me to post more not that we have much to post about. Things are about the same, Kinley loves School I wish she could go more its great for both of us. I think we're going to start working on the basement soon, I can't wait to get it done and to have a family room. Everything else is going well, just getting ready for the Holidays. We have a great idea for our Families, hopefully know one else will do it too. Until next time Have a great Life!!!

Not to much going on, things are good. We had a stressful couple of weeks the did some layoffs a Jared's work so that was a big part of it. He wasn't one of the people let go but when there are only seven or eight people there and two are the bosses and one is the bosses son, you start to worry. As long as things don't get worse then we should be okay. Added to that we have several projects in the works that are all taking time and money. the Holidays start early for us with three birthdays on October and two in November, and I'm so excited for everything.

We got to go to Sun Ten last month it was really fun. I even learned to ski, (it's a really big deal that I've been a Streator for six years now and didn't know how to ski. I'd post some pictures but no one got any bummer ;) Here are some from the rest of the trip.




Kinley and I got to go to the Zoo with our cute neighbor and her kids. It was so much fun. Kinley loved the animals. she would run from spot to spot saying ohhh, before she even saw anything.








Kinley Started a preschool lab on campus too. She loves it. When the teachers come to get the kids she's the first one to go, half the time she doesn't even want to wait for them. This is from her first day.

Our Big Girl!!!

Kinley went potty on the potty today. I got her a little potty a few months back and have a had it out for her to get used to. She's really figuring it out. When I help Emmy (the girl I babysit) go potty Kinley has to go too, and that means every thing pants off and all. Kinley has been waking up dry a lot lately so when she was again today I decided to try so I put her on her potty and turned the water on real slow, which hasn't seem to effect her before but I thought it was worth a try. And it worked she went. I'm totally aware this is a fluke but that okay because she's getting the idea and learning the feeling of having to go and going. It was a bitter sweet moment, "Our little girl is growing up:)", " Our little girl is growing up:("

We went to Cyrstal hot springs this weekend. Kinley had tons for fun swimming. Bebekah has this cool camera that takes pictures under water. I'm really want one.

So we have done lots of fun thing over the last month and I've taken tons of pictures to many to blog them all so I'm Wondering if someone can tell me how to do those cool collages, thanks. Until then here are a few teasers.

Here is a Video of me sking, it has been like 3 years since I have skied so no laughing. I am a little rusty, and my waterski muscles have all died. I am hoping to start sking alot more so stay tuned for some videos I can be proud of.

Another Job!!!

Just want I needed another Job. It's not like babysitting four full days a week isn't enough or that I have ton's of free time at night. Either way I'm selling Lia Sophia Jewelry. I've only have one party so far but it went really well (thanks Kathy.) I think it will be fun and a nice way to get out of the house. Plus the extra money wont be bad either. That's about all that's going on in our lives at this point but we've got a few other things in the works so we should be having some fun. I'll let you know if any of them work out.

My Cousins have horses so to night we got to go down and see them. Kinley loved them and really enjoyed sitting on them. I also got to ride, I miss my horses!!! Maybe some day we can have some again. They also have an old golf cart that was fun to drive, that was all Nana could handle. Don't worry Kinley wasn't alone I was on the other side of the horse.

In Boulder City they have this really cool water park with all kinds of sprinkler for the kids to play in. We took Kinley and a couple of her cousins. She had so much fun running through the puddles. Near the end she started to get brave enough to try the spray.

Vegas Baby!!!

Ok so we're out side of Vegas but it's just as hot. To help cool off we go swimming but Kinley didn't want to get in the big tub so we set up a little one for her. She loves getting wet and pouring the water every were.

I want to invite everyone to a Lia Sophia Show at my house on July 7th at 7:00pm. Let me know if you need my address. Also if you want to you can go to www.liasophia.com and see their stuff. Bonus their having a great sale buy one thing get 4 half off plus $20 off something else, and your full price can be your cheapest thing.







These are a few of my Favorites. I got the necklace in the first one for nine dollars its listed at $128.00

Terrible two's six months early!
Kinley is a year and a half old! I can't believe how fast time has gone. She is not a baby anymore, She has even lost her baby fat. She learned to through a fit and she's really good at them. She has this little personality that's all her own. She knows what she wants and let's you know it, and really let's you know if it not what she wants. She loves to say no even when she doesn't mean it. The last few day's she really started to talk she repeats almost everything, and now you can understand what she's saying. Here are some of her 18 month pictures.

I got a Job!!!

I'm going to be watching a little girl at my house Monday -Thursday,I have Fridays off. She's a few months older than Kinley, they seem to get along really well. I start tomorrow for a half day. I'm very excited, and hope it all works out well.

Here are some pictures for the last couple weeks.

Baby Animal Days












She loved seeing all the animals but was a little unsure about the small ones. She loved the horses best of all.

Getting her own snack


EASTER








She picked up a new hobby