2 times baby, 2 times!

If ya know us you'll get the 2 times title...anyway it pretty much just means I'm so excited that...."DER'S ACCEPTED!!!! he got the exciting and super anticipated call on Monday from Provo College telling him that he'd been accepted! I about shot through the roof and even though Der played it cool I know he was dancing around inside like a little school girl! We weren't expecting to find out until the middle of December so it was the best surprise ever! Now I have to take a second to have a little "proud wifey" moment ;) The picture of Derek above is one of my favorite! If you know Der then ya know this is how he is about 99% of the time, hat cocked off to the left, a hoody or t-shirt and bball shorts...(ya can't see them in the picture but trust me -they're there) Anyway he's been working so hard this past year and a half that we've been here in Ephraim. He's bettered himself so much and is finally on a career path that he feels confident about. I'm so proud of him, so proud and thankful to call him my husband, and so happy that all his hard work is paying off! He's such a smart guy and I know he's going to do awesome in this career! I love you Der, you deserve this! 2 times baby, 2 times!

girls girls girls!

whats missing in this pic?.......oh there it is, why thank you Taya!

More often then not, I get back from running errands all over the town and realize when I walk in the door that I've been everywhere looking like a pirate with only one earing in! And yes that cute little girl above is always to blame! Who knows maybe I'll start a cool trend?! Yeah I know probably not! most people probably just look at me and think um hey crazy lady you only have one big hoop earing in! But hey I either have a kid pulling on my pant leg or tugging on my hand and now one always pulling on my hair, big nose and ears, how the heck am I supposed to know whats been pulled off! at least i'm not running around with only one pant leg right ;) well I hope all the rest of you frazzled one earing wearing mothers have a lovely day!


Girls night in painting toe toes! I love having little girls!

wrappin fall up!

I swear we were just saying goodbye to summer and now fall is coming to an end too! We've managed to squeeze in a few fun things into the short season though, don't you worry! We've found the time to...

LEARN new tricks- Taya used to be our little mellow baby...key words used to! She's coming out of her shell and wanting to be crazy like her big sister. We finally figured out that wrapping her up as a "burrito baby" was the only way to get her to sleep and thats just what we had to do with Ry. For being such a solid little girl she's gotten pretty mobile in this last month. she's just about mastered crawling and pulls herself up to stand anytime she can. She's beautiful and just sweet as can be! We love our Taya!

GROW!- It still tugs at me a little when I watch and listen to Rylee. This little girl is so far past being a baby and I have no idea how it happened :) She's our "little miss thing" and I call her that a few times a day at least! She's full of attitude and arguments to go along with it! More then once a day she cracks us up with something she says or does. She's such a smart little girl and beautiful to go with it! We're so blessed to have such beautiful healthy and smart little girls!

COMPAIR faces- We've had a few people say Taya looks a ton like my mom. We've all been so used to thinkin she was a female clone of Derek we didn't even notice...what do you think!?

NAP!- Its not much of a rare occasion to go into one of the bedrooms and find one of Rylees toys taking a nap. She always has a blanket or a hand towel over them with just their heads poking out. In this case Ry was supposed to be the one napping and instead she said her Mermee (mermaid) needed a nap! :)

PLAY!-I remember when I was little that there was nothing more fun then playing in a big pile of leaves! Between Rylee running and jumping into them like a mad woman and Taya eating them, they both had a blast!

PRETEND!- I kinda sorta promised Derek that I wouldn't post these pics on the blog but when I was putting together pictures for this post I couldn't resist! (sorry der :) but coming out to find these two pretend playing princesses was so cute! Ry and Derek butted heads so much for a while it was enough to make me crazy, but over the last couple months they've really started to be little buddies.

BREATH- Theres nothing like a trip up the mountains to just remind you to breath! Its been a stressful month being in limbo waiting to hear about school. This day we just decided to run 20min away up the mountain and just relax and breath in the fresh mountain air. It was some good medicine!

HARVEST- We went to the pumpkin patch in Gunnison and the girls had a blast. Rylee couldn't believe how many pumpkins there were!

and last but not least....

INDULDGE! in the finer things of life!:) Rylee came running into my room crying saying Taya stole my cookie! I went out and found this!

and there ya have it...we've had time for a HAPPY FALL!

BOO!!! love SIGGY and the FAT CHICK!

HOW CUTE ARE THESE LITTLE GIRLS TOGETHER! TAYAS COSTUME IS THE SAME ONE RYLEE WORE FOR HER FIRST HALLOWEEN AND ITS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE! I DECIDED TO MAKE RYLEE A "SIGGY" COSTUME. NOTE TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE, SEWING ON THIS FURRY FLEECE WAS A NIGHTMARE! :) BUT WITH THE HELP OF MY TALENTED MOM WE MANAGED TO PULL OFF A PRETTY DARN CUTE SIGGY! THE GIRLS HAD FUN EVEN THOUGH RYLEE DECIDED TO BE A "MEAN CAT" AS SHE PUT IT. IF YOU ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS SHE SAID SIGGY, IF YOU ASKED HER WHAT HER SISTER WAS SHE SAID "A FAT CHICK" IT WAS AWESOME. OF COURSE WAL MART OWNED DEREK FOR ALL THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES SO WE JUST HAD A LOT OF GIRL TIME! I KNOW HE WAS BUMMED THOUGH SO WE MADE SURE TO GO SEE HIM AT WORK! ANYWAY LOTS OF FUN AND AFTER I WIPED IT DOWN WITH SANI WIPES...WAY TOO MUCH CANDY :)

LITTLE MISS TAYAS FIRST HALLOWEEN!

2 OF THE ONLY SMILING PICTURES I COULD GET OF OUR LITTLE MEAN KITTY! SHE SURE LOOKED CUTE THOUGH!

THE GIRLS AT THE TRUNK OR TREAT