November

Colorado Hunt 2011
So Kyle along with his buddies Scott and Reed headed out for a week of hunting in Colorado after big bucks. They froze their little hinneys off but had a great time and both Scott and Kyle came home with awesome bucks (Reed didn't have a tag but went along to help scout and help carry out meat). Scott's buck is pictured below, a very nice 4 x 5.

Kyle's great buck. It is one of his bigger bucks with a lot more character with 3 in-line cheaters and 29 inches wide.

The hike out. Kyle got his on the last evening of the hunt so I'm so glad that they both were able to get one and to be able to spend time with some great friends.

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves

One afternoon we went to Grandpa and Grandma Paxman's and helped rake up the leaves but before we could dispose of them we had to make a big pile to jump in. Everyone pitched in and we made a huge pile. I don't know how long we played in this massive pile of leaves but it sure was a lot of fun!

The before picture before the leaves became all scattered again.

And the jumping begins. I took way too many pictures and included a lot of them because I just couldn't decide which ones I wanted. The "kids" are always so good to play and include Taytum.

The next 3 photos, are probably my favorite 'Taytum' faces in the whole wide world. I never tire of seeing her extremely happy!!

She didn't care to be covered completely like the others but she had no problem covering them up and stepping all over them (sorry)!

Thanksgiving
This year we went to my sisters house in Venice. I didn't capture many pictures of the yummy food but it was great and it's always fun to spend some time with my parents and sisters. The pictures below are of Grandpa with all the kiddos playing Ring around the Rosies on the tramp. He did this for quite a long time. He's a real trooper.

Pocket full of Posies

Ashes, Ashes we all fall down!

I asked her how the pie was and to say hi to the camera and this is the look I got. She got to stay and play with her cousins while we took off to St. George and she had a great time.

5th Anniversary getaway.
We decided to celebrate our anniversary a week later to take advantage of the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. After Thanksgiving at my sisters, we left Taytum there and headed to St.George. It was nice to just get away. Since Kyle's dad grew up in Washington, he took me to see some of the places he would go to as a kid. We saw his grandma's house and visited the cemetery where many of our relatives our buried. Oh and he got me the beautiful roses shown below.

We went to the Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum and they had every land animal imaginable. We thought it was funny that in one of the displays about taxidermy work they had this sign above this "stuffed" animal. It made us chuckle.

5 Glorious years.

I am soooooo lucky to have married my best friend! I know that know matter what happens, I can count on him for anything. I love you babe! Forever and Ever!

Random Pics

She often pretends to go to sleep on the bottom step.

Painting. She loves to paint, use markers and color. We do this every single day!

Stay tuned, December pictures to be uploaded soon!

October was such a Fun, Fun Month

Witches Breakfast 2011.
We went and did at Gardner's Village for the second year in a row. It was fun but I think we all agreed that the show and everything was better last year, but a great excuse to get together with my sisters and enjoy the holiday.Taytum dancing with Kennedy.

She did not like this scarier looking witch at all.

Enjoying the program with daddy.

Taytum can't walk normal when two people have her hands and will jump the whole way. She is a little jumper and is always, always jumping. Luckily her cousins love toting her around.Waiting in line with Jacey to meet the witches.Group shot.

I made the ghost shirt out of a cheap white shirt and felt and we used it a lot throughout the month.

Meeting and getting autographs of one of the witches.

The kiddos.

Just one of the many witch decorations throughout the village.

Feeding and watching the ducks.

What a fun day!

DEER HUNT 2011
The mighty hunters.Going on a ride with Grandma.

Taytum glassing up some bucks for us to hunt.

Playing with grandpa.

It was a great day. We had our chance on one small 3 point but as we were sneaking up the ridge to where it was bedded, another group of hunters beat us to it so I never got a shot but as always enjoyed being out with my husband and dad. I'm so grateful we can do these things together.

Hee Haws
This year I was determined to get to a pumpkin patch since Taytum is older and understands a lot more, so we did it and had a blast. The corn box pictured below was a favorite and she spent most of her time in there. It was a fun day and I got to enjoy it with my two favorite people in the whole world!The Petting Zoo. We got to go in and pet all of the animals which she enjoyed. She even got to try and chase a pig for a prize but she didn't understand what to do but when all the kids cleared out she still got to pet the pig.Playing in the hen house.The animal train ride. We tried to get her to go alone but that wasn't going to happen so I got to enjoy the ride with her.

Waiting in line and snapping pictures.

We of course had to experience the slide since it is Taytum's favorite past time. It was a little high and fast so I again got to enjoy it with her.

I absolutely love, love this face. She was just so happy to be riding the pony and was very enthusiastic with her "cheese" when we told her to look at the camera.

Look of pure enjoyment.Driving the tractor around.

The hayride that took us to the pumpkin patch.Isn't this the most handsome face you have ever seen???

I tend to think so but I'm pretty biased when it come to my hubby and little girl.

The pumpkin patch. We had a great time but their pumpkin patch was PATHETIC. The pumpkins weren't even on the vines anymore and they were all smashed, rotten or green so we let Taytum pick a small one and decided we would just get ours later at the local super market.Holding her pumpkin on the way back from the pumpkin patch.

Hee Haw!! We had a great time. These types of things just get more fun as she gets older.PUMPKIN CARVING NIGHT
Taytum was completely involved in this years pumpkin carving though we handed over the finger paints instead of the carving knife and she was entertained for a long time. The next day we gave her some Mr. Potato Head parts to finish him up.Taytum and I working on our pumpkins.

Every year it seems that Kyle is the last one to finish so this year he decided to get a head start and had his pumpkin all cleaned out and ready to go before Melynda even got there but even with the head start he was still last. We laughed about it but as always his pumpkin looked amazing!

Melynda!!!

I sure love that we get together every year to do this. I always look forward to it and we have so much fun eating and deciding what grand pumpkin designs we will do.Taytum's PumpkinMelynda's Pumpkin

My PumpkinKyle's PumpkinHALLOWEEN!

We started off the evening with some mummy dogs.

Afterwards we got ready for Trick or Treating. As you can see, Taytum was the cutest clown ever!! This costume is unique in that her Grandma Paxman had made it for her kids when they were little, so this costume is over 50 years old. Kyle wore it when he was Tayter's age and so has some of the other grand kids so this year was Taytum's turn and I just thought she was absolutely adorable. (I really wanted to post a side by side picture of Kyle and Taytum in the costume, but we couldn't find a picture of him in it)I couldn't decide which pictures to post so you got a bunch.

While out and about we saw someone dressed as Chubacka (I have no idea how to spell that, but the character from Star Wars) she turned to me and said "help me." I thought it was kind of funny but of course saved her and explained that he wasn't real. She hasn't been to fond of the scary decorations this year. Kyle took her to his home teacher house where there was a man in a cage and when you walked by it would stick his head out of the cage so now we hear about the "man" daily and have to reassure her that he was not real.My cute little clown. She trooped around longer than I thought she would and came home with a bucket of "treats."

OCTOBER RANDOM PICS

She now demands bubbles every time we take a bath. She loves to spread them all over the wall of the tub and herself.Once she got a little carried away and ended up with a mouthful just as I snapped the picture. I think her expression here is a classic. We of course hurried and removed the bubbles before she went hysterical.She just loves bubbles but not so much the shower part where I hose her down so we can get all the bubbles off before exiting the tub.

Just hanging out on the stairs as we were getting ready to leave one morning.She was down playing with her toys as I was cleaning and putting some things away, when I caught this picture of her reading a book to her baby. Precious!!