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!!

Labor Day

She is always so excited to arrive and when she gets out she goes crazy running everywhere. After 4 hours in the truck, I feel the same way.

Our Camp. I loved this spot. It had plenty of space and shade and pretty even walking for the little one. Taytum and I held down the camp while the boys went hunting. We spent a lot of time here and down by the lake throwing rocks and "mooing" at cows.Just like her daddy, she spent a lot of time looking through her binos looking for bucks.Just hanging out in the trailor. This was our friends trailer (who wasn't even there for this trip) and let us use it. I love having a trailer......one day, hopefully!This dry erase board and markers were a hit on this trip. I lost track of the many faces I had to draw or the T's I had to write.

Playing with her cars in this sawdust was a daily ritual here on the mountain.

One day we had to meet the boys at a certain spot in the trail. We played around this stump while we waited for their return ( 2 hours later than the time we had previously arranged).You would think she would be afraid to adventure out in the dark by herself but she would walk away from the camp fire a little ways into the dark always telling me "bye" than she would run back to me saying "hi". She played this game for quite awhile one night. After this trip, Kyle returned with Keldon who has the archery tag for another week and though they saw many bulls, the bulls won this year and they came home with fun memories but no bull. The last night they were there and due to a lot of rain and hiking out in the dark, Kyle tripped over a wet log and has now probably separated his shoulder and banged up his wrist so we're off to the doctors to see what we do next.

September Random Pictures
Besides the finger painting below, I didn't get much other random photos this month. August and September are always so busy. I have started a new year of Kindergarten and getting back into the routines of things.

One day we got out the finger paints for the first time and she loved it. I love doing things like this with her. She has somehow already learned the letters T, S and H.She kept looking at her hands and saying "messy".August - Outdoor Fun

Emree and Cooper gave this fun sprinkler to Tayters for her birthday so we just had to try it out. School is starting soon so this is one of the last times I will be tending this summer and we sure enjoyed having them come play every week.

Taytum standing in the middle and enjoying the shower.
Such a cutie.The Hogle Zoo
Together with Grandma, Aunt Koreen, and the cousins Mckayla, Sheridan, Sarina and Mia, we all headed to the zoo. It was a great day to go and I think Taytum really enjoyed it.

She's got the whole world in her hands

She pretty much smooshed her nose against every plate of glass as she looked at these wonderful creatures. I thought it was so cute. She didn't want to be in her stroller at all and did well walking pretty much the whole time.
Elephant Encounter. I really liked the elephant show and they could do some pretty crazy tricks. Taytum liked them too.Giraffes!!
The Greatest babysitters!! Taytum loves each and everyone of these cute gals above and I appreciate them always loving and playing with Tayters.

Cute Picture of Mia and Taytum.Mommy and Taytum taking a turn.We just had to go on the carousel since this would be Taytum's first time and she liked it. Every time we would go around she would wave at the crowd and was saying "weee" the whole time.

We really, really, liked the gorilla. He sat there eating for quite awhile and taytum was entranced by him. She can imitate a gorilla and we love to see her pound her chest.
Saying goodbye to the gorilla. He finally decided to go some place else.
The Gorilla statue.

Cute little monkeys!

The famous picture. Seems like whenever I see pictures of the zoo this photo is always among them so we had to have one too. What a fun trip to end the summer with, now switching gears to get ready for work again.

Random August Pics

One day Taytum played "ring around the rosies" with this doll for a long time. It was cute.

One weekend we went camping and this was the only picture I took. Our friends came with their 2 year old son and baby. Taytum and Hunter would press their noses against the screen and just laugh.

One week when I was tending the kiddos we got out pots and pans and had a music concert and it was definitely loud but we had fun.

Gotta love pudding snacks.

Kyle went to the mountain one weekend and was able to take this beautiful shot of this rainbow.

One day as I was painting my toes she was going through all of my fingernail polish bin. Somehow the Halloween lipstick was also in the bin and when I looked she was busy making herself "pretty".

Actually stopping to say cheese to the camera.

Taytum helping me wash the truck. She loved being able to take control of sprayer.