Saturday, October 25, 2014

Excited for Halloween

This is a picture of the outfit that Nixon wore for my admissions ceremony in Boise. He wasn't very cooperative for pictures then. He wore this to church last week and was easily the best dressed person in the building


 We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving and had a great evening together. Look at those gourmet cranberries :)
 We talked about being thankful for FHE and the first thing Lyza said she was thankful for was...MOVIES?
 Super happy

 These two are quite the team
 While shopping with her mama, Lyza found this chair and laid there posing for the camera until Kim took a picture of her 
 They found this cute Snow White dress and the first thing Lyza asked is "where are the dishes?" She wanted to start cleaning the house right away
 Here she is making a craft all by herself at the library

 These kids love to come in our room and play on the bed

 This is what Nixon is doing 99% of the time lately. He loves climbing up the stairs
 He is always so proud of himself when he gets to the top
 Autumn photo shoot with Miss Lyza

 For FHE this week we carved a pumpkin!
Lyza did not want to put her hand in the pumpkin and scoop out the insides
She was very helpful when it came to transferring the design to the pumpkin. She kept saying "and now its my turn"

 The finished product

 The next night we carved another pumpkin 

 Lyza got to pick out both pumpkin designs and of course she chose something as scary as Olaf!


 This big guy turned 8 months this week 

 Kim got together with some women at church and they organized a quiet book page exchange. Each of them made 10 pages of the same design and then then got together and swapped them out so they would all have 10 new and different pages

Here is what Kim got (one is still not done)
 Miss Lyza has been holding still just long enough that Kim can do some fun things with her hair
 Here is my handsome little boy this morning
 Time for some videos in no particular order
Here is a video showing what it can be like living with Lyza. You plan on having a lazy day and she is bossing you around demanding that you get ready and get out of the house
Here is Mr. Nixon blowing raspberries on the couch
Nixon's reaction to falling
This is a pretty fair and accurate representation of Lyza and Nixon's interactions with each other. Compare his demeanor and hers
Lyza was excited for Grandma Keyes's birthday this week
Here is an extended cut of her song to Grandma. This also shows a little but of Nixon's crawling
Nixon has been babbling A LOT recently. It is super cute and sometimes a little scary (he has a deep scary voice that comes out sometimes. Lyza had the same). Kim has tried really hard to get a good video of him talking but every time the camera comes out he stops. I got a little bit of it on video this morning
Well, that's all for now. Take care.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Maybe I Should Have Been a Farmer

Elmo is basically a celebrity around here

 Lyza has really caught the spirit of Halloween
 Kim is my personal interior decorator when it comes to my office. Here is a piece that she made for my office

We have also refinished a plain old brown coffee table and gave it a lighter top with some letters, numbers, and shapes for the kids to use with their toys

Here is Mr. Nixon all bundled up for an early morning run with mama

 Mr. Nixon has gotten really mobile and he is fearless!


 Lyza and Kim made a leaf wreath
 They also did some leaf rubbings
 Nixon is also pulling himself up on furniture
 Milk drunk and ready for bed
 We went out to a couple of farms north of Spokane yesterday and had a blast

 The petting zoo was lots of fun




 The kids liked the pumpkin patches



 We got to take a wagon ride together
 Picnic lunch at the second farm




 We needed grandpa Keyes there to explain to Lyza who these characters are

 My favorite picture of the day
 Second favorite
 Here is Lyza riding a lawn ornament duck that is not meant for riding
 Pig
 Little old fashioned house

 This sign is at least half accurate


 Nice teeth
 Both wearing new pajamas before bed last night. I love that I have a little boy wearing Spider Man pajamas! 
 That's all for now. Take Care