The Kids

Happy Halloween everyone!  Here are the rest of the gang all ready to go trick-or-treating.  The mummy of the group was headed to a party at a friend's house, and is far too old for trick-or-treating.  She improvised the costume for the picture, by pulling it off of the wall behind her.  Reese had to be something beautiful - a dancer (there's a stretch!), Brady was the standard "football player" - however he gets more points this year for added creativity with the dreadlocks hanging out of the helmet.  I think it is a great touch.  They are quite the handsome group!  

Yoda Himself

                                           Let's go get some candy or somethin'!

Here he is!  The jedi master himself!  This entry is devoted totally to the one and only Yoda. He was such a great trick-or-treater.  He had a fun time, and was highly amused by the whole business.  If you look back at his newborn pictures, it will be very obvious as to why the boy had to be Yoda for his first Halloween.  He was born Yoda.  

          Getting ready to trick-or-treat with Reesie at her school

                      Brannen is totally a "Mummy's Boy"

Jack-O-Lanterns

I have a great pumpkin carvers!  I'm so glad that they are old enough to handle this messy task by themselves now.  I can just leave the room as the seeds and goo end up all over the place.  I leave them to their work - and remind them, as they are dropping goo all over the floor, that they get to clean it all up.  It is a wonderful system.  They even carved a pumpkin for Brannen!  Great kids!

Go Take a Hike!

Around here, you just gotta take advantage of nice weather when you have it!  It has been so beautiful lately.  Some really perfect fall days.  We enjoyed one such after noon by taking a hike in Grover Park.  While on a bike ride, Kelly found a neat fort that someone built, and he's been wanting to show it to the kids.  Some Sims kids wanted to go with us, so Jeff decided to tag along too.  Jeff also brought his GPS unit to find a "geocache" that was hidden in Grover park.  He put in the coordinates, and the kids found it by themselves.  They each traded a prize for another prize.  It was a really fun afternoon.  Beautiful weather for a hike.   I can just feel months and months of below zero around the corner!  Yikes!

This hike might be scary!  Oh no.  I'm not sure that I want to go.  I hope Dad will protect me!

whattsup?

I'm just chillin'.  Kickin' back.  Wait'n for the game to start.  Ya know. The usual.  

More Crazy Hair!

Rae loves Middle School!  She has been having so much fun in her new, big school.  She is involved in absolutely everything possible.  That girl hates to be bored.  The school recently had "Red Ribbon Week" - I'm not sure if it is a National thing or not, but anyway it was an anti-drug awareness week.  Dress-up days were part of the "just say no" campaign.  It was very interesting to see Rae walk upstairs every morning - we just couldn't guess what the next day would look like.  The only day that she looked fairly normal was "Cowboy Day".  Yea, she can do Cowboy Day without much of a stretch.  

We Miss Cousins!

Two weekends ago, Jennifer's cuties were here in Star Valley visiting their dad and we got to steal them away for a while on Sunday afternoon!  My kids had a GREAT  time playing with them.  The Fullmer kids really miss seeing and playing with these cousins!  We used to see them almost every day.    I can't believe how old they have all gotten!  Jude speaks in complete, big kid sentences!  Wow!  Halle loved Brannen, she wanted to help me tend him all afternoon. And Blythie was just wonderful.  What a sweet girl.  What great kids.  Remember to give them to us in your will, Jen.  We miss you so much!

Happy Halloween

Getting ready for a bath!

Why are baby bums so darn cute?  Totally pinch-able!

October 11th!

This is what we did on saturday!  The kids went sledding!  They always are excited for the first snow of the year.  We have to pull out the snow clothes -that have been tucked away for not long enough-  get all bundled up, and spend the afternoon screaming on a sled in the field, behind Rae- driving crazy on a four-wheeler.  Great times.  Ughh!  It could have waited another month, or two!  Maybe it will melt again?!  A little bit more fall?!  PLEASE!!

Crazy Hair Day!

When you're in second grade you get to do lots of silly things!  One of which is crazy hair day!  If your class is really good,  and you earn enough good behavior tickets you can vote on which crazy thing your class wants to do for the day.  You could wear your pajamas to school, have extra recess, have a movie party or of course have crazy hair day.  You can tell by Reese's picture which crazy thing won the popular vote for the day.  Oh those CRAZY second graders!

Happy 13th Rae!

We can't believe that we have a teenager at our house!  Crazy stuff!  She is a pretty sweet girlie though, so I guess we'll keep her around a little bit longer.  I think she had a good birthday.  We celebrated with Grandpa Barry of course.  His birthday is Oct. 2nd - so he and Rae always have a fun birthday together.  She didn't want cake this year - she wanted cake batter - go figure.  So Reese made her cake batter, I made Grandpa a carrot cake and we all ate and ate.  Happy Birthday Rae and Grandpa!  Love you!

I can sit!

HANDSOME BOY!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Jonesy!

To celebrate grandpa's birthday I decided to dress like him!  Plaid is sooo cool!  Much cooler than baby outfits.  I also really like the hat.  Yep.  I'm thinkin' that I'll be a cowboy.  Cool.

Pie eating contest!

Our Grover community park committee recently had a fund raiser to help our park.  It was a really fun evening.  There were games and food and lots of fun.  You could also pay $$ to have the person of your choice enter a pie eating contest.  Grandpa Jonesy was a great sport at the event.  He spent a lot of his hard earned money buying things to support our park.  He also decided that Rae would do great in the pie eating contest!  Yahoo!  Here we go Rae!  Let's eat lots of creamy pie!

She begins - kind of slowly, doing well.

Our fun neighbor - Carol Larson helped Rae get more enthusiastic about eating the pie, by kind of pushing her face in it a little bit.

Okay Carol!  Watch out!  Rae's getting you back!  

Pie on the head!  Great fun!

Lovely, Beautiful, Graceful Rae Fullmer!   

You mean you went to a pie eating contest and a food fight broke out?!  No way!   That never happens!  Here is Rae and her friend Hunter.

Lookin' good kiddos!

Keeping it Real!

Yahoo!  The season has begun!  No, not fall!  Not hunting season!  I'm talkin' 'bout FOOTBALL season.  I'm talkin' 'bout the mighty VIKINGS.  So, they haven't won a game yet - big deal?!  We are fans at this house.  Fans I tell you!  We stick with the VIKINGS even when they sucketh!  We grow 'em young around here.  We begin the donning of the purple at a very early age.  Raise 'em up right!  

rolling over

Here I go!

Funny!

Someone stole my camera - this is what I found on it!  What a kid!

Summer Fun

Bear Lake!  One more time before school started!  We had to do it!  What fun!  Here is Rae and her buddies - Shay, Jessie and Makenzie.

Reese and her best buddy.
Brannen hanging out with his buddies - Tyson and Kaylen.  Kaylen LOVES Brannen.