Halloween

Here are some pictures form our Halloween.

Jorryn went Trick or treating with her friend Rylie (the cute little witch). One of our neighbors had a spooky tunnel leading to there door with fog and black lights and creepy music. He was dressed in a dark cape with scary gloves. Jorryn thought it was all fun until their fluffy puppy peaked out from around the corner. Then she screamed and said, "Mommy Hold me!"

Jorryn dressed as a giraffe, Johnny was a cowboy, and I was a witch.

We used power tools to carve our pumpkin this year. Our pumpkin is supposed to look like it has an exposed brain.

My little Giraffe

We went to a Halloween party tonight. It was fun to see all the neighbors in their cute costumes. Here is the cutest giraffe I have ever seen. (Watch out Hogal Zoo newborns)

Fall Break

Johnny took some days off of work during the fall break from school. We went camping up at red cliffs desert reserve for a night. We are luck it is so close to home because, we got up there and realized we have lost our tent poles. We had to come back down and borrow a tent from our friends. It is o.k. that we lost our tent poles. We are in the marked for a larger tent for next season. One that will fit all four of us and our stuff. We were getting tight in the last one.

We went to the Corn maze last night with Jorryn. She loved looking at the animals. she liked to hide in the corn maze, with her flashlight on, then jump out and scare us. We saw some big kids doing it and had to try it out ourselves. She liked the hayride behind the tractor. She sand, "The people on the tractor go up and down...."

We hope all our friends and family are well. It is always fun to get updates from each of you.

Mama Bird

The last few weeks I have been all about reorganizing my home. I am not sure if it is the change in season or the weening months of my pregnancy. Johnny attributes it to the baby.

We had our last quick visit to see our families before the baby comes at the end of September. Jorryn had fun picking carrots out of Granny's garden.

We took Jorryn miniature golfing last weekend and she said she had more fun playing soccer then she did golfing. She liked kicking and throwing the golf ball, not just hers but all of ours.

Jorryn has been all about dressing up and doing her hair fancy. We have so much fun.

Her favorite thing to do lately is read Green Eggs and Ham. We read that book at least 8 times a day. She almost has the whole thing memorized. (That and Goldilocks and the Three Bears!) It's fun to see her understand the point of stories without being explicitly taught. She was sitting in her car seat as we were driving one day and she grabbed something new and said, "Mom, I am going to try this like in Sam-I-Am. Oh I do like it!" It is so fun to observe her learning!

Doing Hair

We are watching Villa tonight and she is so fun. She has been letting Jorryn do her hair without a fuss. I am excited for Jorryn to be a big sister and hope her little sister is as content as her cuz.

Rodeo Princess

We went to the rodeo on Friday and Jorryn loved it. She was so excited to get a signed picture from a rodeo princess. On Saturday morning when she woke up she wanted to go see the rodeo again.

Beside that, we are getting ready for our Home Owners Association meeting. Johnny has been on the board the last two years and doesn't want to run again. So we have been scouting out neighbors who will stand up to our builder and get things done for our neighborhood.

We will be in Salt Lake this weekend for a short trip. Jorryn is so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa!

Oh and big news, Jorryn wears panties both day and night! What a Big Girl!

All about the Potty

Jorryn has been learning to use the potty and wearing big girl panties. That is about all we have been doing the last few weeks. she gets an otter pop each time she is successful in the potty. she has figured out that if she goes a little she gets an otter pop can sit back on the toilet and go more and get another otter pop. what a smartie.

We had fun at the Olsen reunion fishing and playing in the boats. Jorryn loves being with our big family. During our skits she sang primary songs for everyone and loved all the attention.

Johnny took me to Tuachan Tuesday and we saw Les Mis. It was so moving. They did such a good job at it I was almost in tears twice. That hasn't happened to me at a play before.

We are going camping this weekend at red cliffs and to stay in mesquite for a few days next week. we planned a couple other big family vactations that fell through this summer so our family vacation will be to Mesquite WHA WHO. It will be fun to go and relax. Maybe I will get a massage.