Santa Pictures

We ventured out to the mall for our annual Santa picture. The did well as always. Dylan was a bit nervous around Santa but he did ok as long as he had his football (such a boy).

O Great Pumpkins

Here are some pics from our annual Owen's Farm pumpkin patch trip. As always the twins loved it and even more this year since they now LOVE pumpkins. After picking all our pumpkins the twins painted their own pumpkins. Todd and I were rather adventurous and carved 4 pumpkins this year.

"I want this one Mama!"

My little flowers.

Best buds

This was one lazy little lamb, he is lying in the feeding trough.

How cute are we?!?!?! Especially my hubby.



Painting pumpkins

Kiera is our own little Jackson Pollock

Yummy!!

Maddy's pumpkins

Todd's pumpkins

Birthday Party!

The kids b-day was on Friday this year and their party was scheduled for Saturday. On their birthday Todd and I woke them up and gave them their presents, which they absolutely loved. We got them each a toddler music recorder and a travel doodle board. Then we proceeded to send them away to our WONDERFUL friend Jessica so that we could do all the cleaning that is not possible with them running around. Yes, we sent them away on their bithday, are we horrible or what? Well thanks to Jessica, we were able to get the house ready for the party the next day.

Morning of September 25th

For the party we borrowed a friend's bounce house, which everyone loved. Thank you Heather. The bounce house was the hit of the party. We had adults and kids all over the house and the backyard, about 40 people. The best part of the party was the fact that there was no crying from either Dylan or Kiera. They had a blast. After the party the twins passed out for over 4 hours and Todd and I were also able to get a nap. It was a GREAT party.

Helping each other up the ramp.

party favor bags

My favorite picture!

2nd Birthday

As many of you know the twins turned 2 years old at the end of September. I cannot believe they are already 2! I have not forgotten to blog about it, I just havent finished getting all the pictures together, there were MANY pictures. I promise, we will post about the party soon.

Mini-van Drama

In May we bought a wonderful 2008 Toyota Sienna mini-van. It was awesome! It had 8 leather seats with the front seats having 'bun warmers'. It is/was the perfect mom-mobile. Here are some pictures of it right after we got it.

While driving home, I was rear-ended. We were in the middle of traffic so speeds were not high, but I was hit at just the right spot so that the rear axel was damaged. Our insurance has 'totalled' the mini-van and now our insurance is working with the other insurance to figure out a settlement so we can get another mini-van. Yes, for anyone asking, I want another one just like this one. I don't know if I will be able to get the same color but I am looking! Here are some pictures of my wonderful car after the accident. So sad!

Hanging out with our new friend!

In August our friend Melissa and her new little man, Buddy, came to visit us. The twins weren't really sure what to make of him but Kiera's mothering nature kicked in whenever Buddy cried or his pacifier fell out.

Finally got that pacifier in.

Here are pictures to prove that Dylan and Kiera can play very well together.

A Boy and his Sippy Cup

Dylan has designed a new way to drink. Whether it is milk, juice or plain water he likes to hide it behind his much loved 'Banket'.

A New Toy

After spending MANY hours on Craig's List, we found a playset for the kids. Todd and my step-dad spent one very hot afternoon in July taking it apart in Ft. Worth then another morning put it all back together in our yard. The kids loved it, as you can see from the pictures. Dylan is into fixing things and was very excited to "help" put the playset together with his very own screwdriver. We have several pictures of Dylan right in the middle and climbing on Daddy and Pop-Pop to "help".

The whole gang helping. If you can't tell Dylan is helping with a big hammer!

Our 'new' playset!

Fashion Police - HELP!

Kiera is really into dressing herself right now. If she finds a pair of pants/shorts she will pull them on and she loves wearing hats. All day long she is putting socks on and off and shoes on and off. One interesting thing is that 90% of the time when she puts shoes on, she puts them on the correct foot! Don't know how she does it but Todd and I have both noticed this.

So in case you missed any of it, Kiera is wearing:

1. yellow construction hat
2. purple PJ shirt
3. rainbow suspenders
4. Dylan's black with white and green striped athletic shorts
5. LEFT dress shoe on the LEFT foot
6. plyers in top picture
7. pig snout pacifier in left hand (bottom picture)