Baby Westover

My youngest sister Sheleen and her husband Brant became first time parents on 10/27/08. Their baby boy came about 3 1/2 weeks ahead of schedule, and is SO TINY! 5 lbs 13 oz 17 inches long. He is a cutey! I thought he was all his dad, but I did catch one picture Saturday that was at the end of a smile, and I believe I can see Sheleen in there!!
Though they left the hospital without a permanent name, I think it is going to be Damon Brant Westover.


Still in the hospital!



One day old.



Isn't he cute! Those are preemie outfits, he is a little squirt!



There it is! I see Sheleen in this picture! Tell me if you agree!

Carving Pumpkins

On 10/25/08 we went to Joscelyns to carve pumpkins and decorate sugar cookies for Halloween.

This is the Trampoline in their backyard, which is where Braxton and Dalton spent a great deal of their time! Dalton did manage to carve his pumpkin (with some help from Grandma Gloria), a little at a time. Braxton's pumpkin got much more attention from his mom, but it looked great in the end!

Madi & Kierra eating the sugar cookies.

Alyse REALLY enjoyed her cookie!

Kierra and Jos working on the pumpkins.

Grandma helping Dalton with his, he picked a very hard pattern, and Grandma was great to help him with those tough details.

The finished products.

Alyse was a little leary to sit next to them by herself!

But she was OK with Madi by her.

This was made by Jos to be Jack from Nightmare before Christmas.

Pumpkin Land

On October 17th we went to Pumpkin land with Dena and her crew, Joscelyn and her crew, Becca and Alicea, and Janet and Haydn.




This was the pumpkin Alyse picked, she LOVES pumpkins!



Alicea and Alyse swinging.




Dalton & Alicea on a tire swing. I think Alicea would have rather been on it by herself!



Alyse and Madi on the big slide!



Alyse in the big Pumpkin house.



Alicea, Alyse and Braxton.

12 years on the 12th

Kim and I celebrated our 12th anniversary this month! This was our invitation from our wedding, it seems like an eternity ago!
Marriage is a journey, and it has been great!
I am so happy to still be in love this far down the road!
Here's to 12 more!

Kim and I celebrated our 12th anniversary this month! This was our invitation from our wedding, it seems like an eternity ago!

Here's to 12 more!

End of Summer :(

I can't believe summer has ended! Just a few pics of the end!


Alyse in the tub, this has nothing to do with summer ending, it was just a cute picture.




Kierra Cheering!


Haydn & Alyse swinging, can you believe they are wearing jackets on 9/11? Just the first of many cold fronts we have seen!



Haydn, sliding.
Alyse sliding, she calls it WEE, she says that for swinging and sliding!


Dalton on the football field.

Frightmares!!

On October 3rd Dena and I took the kids to Frightmares at Lagoon. It was PERFECT weather for it, by the end of the night we were wearing jackets, but we were not freezing like last year!
We ran into Jos & her crew there too, Alyse loved riding the rides with Madi!

Dalton

Nick

Alyse did not like sitting by the pumpkins for a picture.

Dalton was TOO big for this ride, but he got himself jammed in there for Alyse. She didn't like it at first, but by the end, she cried and cried when I took her off.

Braxton tried to take Alyse on this ride, but she wasn't having it! Madi was the ONLY one she wanted to ride with.

Alyse and Madi on the boats.

And the Planes.

And the Boats again.

A Sec

So this weekend my baby (who is not so little anymore) did the funniest thing, I must tell her "Just a Sec" for just a second, quite often. She has this thing with shutting doors when she goes out of a room, she will smile and say "BaBye" but now she holds up one finger and says "a sec," it has to be the funniest thing I have seen in a while. She can't possibly know exactly what it means, other than you get my attention again in a bit. She knows it is funny and beams from ear to ear everytime she says it. She is so big!!!