First Trip to McDonald's Playland

So Jonathan and I went out for lunch today with my mom and the little boy she watches twice a week. We went to an award ceremony for my brother at his school, then to McDonald's for lunch, where Jonathan got to enjoy his (not first, I admit) Happy Meal and even played in the play place. He had fun cruising around and looking through the windows at Grandma. And yes, he even fought me when I tried to pull him out, he got a hold of part of the toy and held on trying to not go down - awesome. He seemed to enjoy the inside of his chicken nuggets, although he much preferred eating the breading we so diligently pulled off, and the apples were ok, but of course better in the caramel sauce, and he even got to try a french fry, which was better in ketchup. :) Yes, probably all things that as a non-mother I said "I will never feed my child those things at such a young age". hahaha

Tub Times

I was getting ready this morning and Jonathan was playing in the bathroom with me and while I was bent over the sink brushing my teeth I heard him knocking the bottles into the bathtub (his all time favorite accomplishment, a day is not complete with that). When I was done I looked over and he was in the tub! So, I grabbed the camera, snapped a couple of pics, and when he decided he was done in the tub, he just got himself out! Never a fuss, just plopped himself over pulled himself up and walked away!

Shutterfly Promotion

Ok I've been watching friends put up these posts, and getting their 50 free Christmas cards from Shutterfly, and not to be one to be left out, here I am trying to get mine as well! I think that they have a ton of really cute designs for this year. I haven't actually ever used Shutterfly for cards before, but I like that they have photo cards that are folded and then I could write on the inside. Christmas Photo Cards are a fun way to share a Christmas picture in a Christmas letter. Here are some of the designs that I liked.








SO, I might as well also mention things I've done on Shutterfly, I made a 0-6mo book for Jonathan and then also a summer book and I'm sure a 9-12 mo book will be in the works soon. I've been very pleased with my books, and what was even better was when my last book was taking FOREVER to get here, and after it was about 5 days late I called their customer service dept and based on tracking it had been stuck in Seattle for a few days. So for my wait the guy just had another book ordered for me and sent off! It was great and came quite quickly. I was very impressed, no hassle about it! :) I also am thinking about doing a fun photo calendar for the coming year. And, another fun gift idea for the grandparents are these photo mugs! What better way to enjoy pictures of the grandkids each day! :)

If you are interested in joining in the fun here go here

Now just to capture and select that perfect family Christmas picture!

More weekend fun

We had a very fun Halloween party last night with Jonathan's and our friends. All the kids were of course dressed up super cute, although didn't like that we tried to get them to sit on the couch long enough for a picture, and none was more determined to get off than our own. :) WE also carved pumpkins which was fun too! We have been so blessed to have such great friends up here and now to watch the little ones growing up and even interacting with eachother is really fun!

Ok, these pics are pretty much in reverse order, but they at least have captions :) - ok and for the most part the captions are on top of the picture, and a couple are a little off, but pretty self explanatory - sorry but I've been working on this way too long, and it is dinner time! :)


Some of the kiddos in the hallway, the two older boys loved running up and down the hallway - a sign of what is to come for us in the next couple of years


I loved this picture I caught of Jonathan and Renee and her son Emerson, all smiles and happy


The kiddos working on their pumpkins, I loved watching Levi focused on his pumpkin scooping


Jeremy and I holding Jonathan's hands to paint our pumpkin, ok so not really the greatest idea with an 11 mo old, especially when EVERYTHING goes in his mouth and his reflexes are quite quick, but between the two of us we didn't get paint anywhere else


Moms and their kiddos working on the pumpkins


Kiddos totally done with the picture thing


Starting out taking pictures, constant movement, just had to snap as possible - Melanie did a great job trying to keep my little one on the couch, because he was determined to not stay there!


Trying to get the kids positioned and ready to go


I LOVE this one of Natalie and Kaleb - so sweet - both of them


We had a cow, Buzz Lightyear and a Tiger playing in our living room


Laura's really yummy spider web cheesecake


The pumpkin cupcakes I made - I got to use all the cake decorating stuff I bought for the class I did this summer - yay


We used fingerpaints to do "handprints" on a fake pumpkin. It actually turned out pretty cute, and my idea is that it is something I can use as a decoration next year.


More Handprints, Jonathan didn't love doing this, but put up with us :)





ROAR!! - my little Tiger - just waking up from his nap



Attempting a pumpkin carving Sat night, Jonathan was actually totally afraid of it, and wouldn't put his hand in, right after I snapped this picture he turned around and essentially crawled up Jeremy and clung to his neck. Unlike anything he's done before, but wanted nothing to do with the pumpkin.

Fun Weekend

To start you off, some pics from watching the Nebraska game on Saturday


Picking out a gameday snack


How about some leftover potatoes dad?


Sharing Daddy's apple


TOUCHDOWN!! Let's text grandpa and my uncles, ok dad?