10 Years Ago.....

It's hard to believe it has been 10 years since my brother Richard's horrible accident, but this is a day I am sure we will never forgot. The day his whole life turned upside down. I'll never forget the first time I saw him in the ICU after I had flown home from SLC to see him the day after it happened. It was pretty hard to see him like that - but boy does he look good now! Unfortunately he still gets sick and gets sores and is in bed more often than he would like but I am amazed at how far he has come. If it wasn't for people like my mom and his caretakers, his life would be even more of a struggle. My mom does so much for him and I'm so glad she still takes such good care of him after so many years of doing it. For those of you who don't know, Richard is an amazing artist and has a graphic arts company - and for someone who doesn't have full use of his hands- he does the most amazing art work. I do good to draw a stick figure and he draws every detail! So To-To we just want you to know how much we love you and how amazed we are with what you can do. I'm sure life sucks for you more often than not...but we are so happy you are around. Life wouldn't be the same if we didn't get to come visit Uncle To-To in Vegas! So here's to remembering a horrible day I'm sure you would like to forget - but I am sure glad you survived!!!

We Love You!!!!!

As long as they are sleeping....

There is nothing more rewarding to me than a sleeping child. They look so calm, peaceful, and even sweet...and then they wake up. Since Ryker has been quite the handful lately, I can honestly say I really am excited when he falls asleep. Sometimes it is in the oddest places, sometimes not for very long, and sometimes he's wearing sunglasses (he didn't take them off for two days), but the only thing that really matters is that he actually sleeping!!!! Don't get me wrong, I love my little Rykus, but oh the joy of a sleeping 3 year old.

Grammy & Grammpy Come To Visit!

We finally had a visit from my parents. They came to visit the weekend before Thanksgiving and we had so much fun with them. My kids just love having them here and of course I do too. Our fun filled weekend started with High School Musical on Ice. My kids are obsessed with this movie and I found tickets at the last minute. The seats turned out to be incredible - front row right on the ice! It was great, the kids loved seeing it and were signing along to all the songs. I was too, I couldn't help it, we only watch the movie 3 times a day! The boys did some 4-wheeling on Saturday just around our house so Grammpy could finally try his new 4-wheeler. Of course a visit isn't complete without Grammpy playing / teasing with the kids. He sure can make them wild! We went to dinner and the girls went to a movie. Then we had Riley's primary program on Sunday - she did and excellent job by the way! I'm sure my parents were ready to go home after all of the excitment - which included Ryker screaming his head of for 2 hours because he didn't want to eat his dinner - oh the joy of parenting! Thanks Mom & Dad for such a fun & exciting visit. We miss you and love you lots!

Sorry the pictures are kind of screwy but they wouldn't go where I wanted them. You get the point ...right?

Happy Halloween!!!

We had such a fun Halloween. It all started with a trip to Riley's school to watch the Halloween parade and then I got to stay and help in her class for her party. It was actually a lot of fun - but I defenitely don't think I could be a kindergarten teacher. We then got a visit from Grandpa Howard & Grandma Betty to see the cute kids in their costumes. Finally it was time for trick-or-treating. Grandma & Grandpa stopprd by after to see us and then we went to a neighbors house for chili and treats after all the candy collecting. The weather was perfect - not as warm as Vegas, but at least it wasn't snowing or raining. I really do love Halloween - but we must move on to the next holiday and all the festivities!

The Pumpkin Patch

Fall isn't complete without a trip to the pumpkin patch. There is a pumpkin patch just down the street from our house that we go to every year and we got lucky and it was a beautiful day for pumpkin picking!

This is our Haunted Halloween House. Lots of fun and lots of mess!

Pink Punk Rocker

So Riley went to a "make-over" birthday party a little while ago and this is how she came home. Pink hair, with purple glitter, purple eye shadow and mascara, face painted, pedicure, manicure, she got the works! The only problem was we had to go shopping that afternoon and people sure like to stare at a 5yr. old with pink hair. It was also raining and we had pink hair color on everything! (Sorry about your jacket Lynz - did it ever come out?) Riley has never had so much fun at a party. She is definetly a girly girl!

Trip to the Zoo!

We finally got to the Zoo and just in time - it snowed the next day!