She thinks she's a big girl...

She started using her silverware about a week ago and she is catching on quickly! What happened to my baby?!

Happy Fall Ya'll!

I love fall in Utah! This is my favorite time of year. The colors, the weather, the anticipation of holidays-I love it all. Yesterday we had so much fun! We headed over to my work to rake leaves in the backyard! Adam LOVED it and Tessa HATED it! Adam is such a hard worker-he loved raking the leaves.

We had to force Tessa into the pile of leaves. She was not a happy girl.

Tessa just sat on the grass holding a rake while everyone else played. Her face says it all!

Uncle Ben was in a bit of pain after this landing-but we got a great picture so it was worth it!

Uncle Andrew got some air too.

Adam jumped in the leaves for about an hour. This is what childhood is all about!

Finally a good picture. Yep-even mommy jumped in the leaves a couple of times!

When it was finally time to bag the leaves, Tessa for some reason thought they were pillows. She kept laying on the bags and saying, "Nigh Nigh".

Eric went to check on Adam at about 2:00am and this is how he found Adam-dead asleep! I have no idea how anyone could sleep like this, but somehow my kids do.

Halloween 2009

Halloween was so fun this year! Peter Pan and Tinkerbell were a hit. Adam was amazed that every house we went to gave him candy! I think he would have gone trick or treating all night if we had let him. We are already looking forward to next year! Happy Halloween!

Carving Pumpkins

Adam has been so excited to carve our pumpkin! Adam named him "Jack". How original :)

A Spooktacular Dinner

For Halloween this year we have been having fun with our food. This is one of the only things I have remembered to take a picture of. Wednesday we had Spaghetti with "Oozing Eyes". It was fun to make and fun to watch the kids eat it. Next year I will be better about taking pictures of our fun food. I'll put the recipe on my food blog-Happy Halloween!

Why Me?!

She is only 14 months and so has a mind of her own! What am I going to do when she is a teenager?! She had been testing the waters big time this week. Don't be surprised if I have pictures from an emergency room visit sometime in the near future. Today she did not like her shirt for some reason, so she kept trying to take it off. This is how I would find her every time I turned around. After a picture for memories sake, we finally changed her. Since I was a calm, easy child, shouldn't I have calm, easy children? Oh Tessa-what am I going to do with you? Silly Girl!