kiddos-

so since i haven't posted in a long time, i thought i would share an up-to-date picture of the kiddos, and what they like to do, so here goes......

RyLeE-

rylee is everything girl, but also my tuff lil tomboy when she wants to be. she has to dress herself, because everything i pick is just not cool. if i do her hair, its undone in a couple of hours if i am lucky, and re-done by my rylee bug the way she wants it. she cannot be found without her lip gloss, but whatever makes her happy :) she loves to help me cook and bake, and is good at folding clothes which is a plus for me, because i hate folding clothes. rylee put together her whole outfit in this picture, including tying her own ribbon sash on, and doing her own hair. i love my rylee suzy-q

MAdDen-

i don't think they come anymore boy than madden....he turns everything into his "GUN" loves playin cowboys with rylee, has to always be wearing his "boots" (they are irrigation boots from his halloween costume, but he loves them) he loves to play outside on his bike, strip down to his diaper (tryin to potty train, but not goin so good) and roll around in the dirt. it sometimes feels pointless to give him a bath, becuase he just ends up dirty five minutes later anyways. his

favorite show is nitro circus, and i am afraid he is going to grow up to be a motocross racer because of his love of motorcycles and daredevil/fear of nothing. i love my little man :)

too funny........

I think Rylee's favorite thing to do is take my camera and take random pictures. Actually they usually turn out pretty good, just weird stuff like the inside of the mailbox etc. Well this happened a couple of months ago, i found my camera with about 25 of these on it. Now if any of you know my sis hannah, and her posing in pictures, you will find this more funny than it already is.......

because i love you.......

because i love you all I will share my new favorite place to spend my time. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/category/all-pw-recipes/ i can spend hours on this website....it's the best! I'm not really one for tryin out new recipes, cuz i don't know what they are supposed to look like, but her website has step by step instructions with pictures! yay! and you all HAVE to try chocolate sheetcake recipe. it is TO DIE FOR! i made it for brandon's b-day and he has agreed......it's his new fave.

holy crap i'm posting....i know i know

It has been a long time since i have posted........i know. i'm not going to try and catch up or anything, i will just start with halloween. Poor Rylee was sick so we didn't do much trick or treating, and my camera died just after we started so i didn't get many pictures. Rylee was a 50's girl and Madden was a fire fighter......yes his jacket is made out of good ol' duch tape. I thought it would be fun to make his jacket, and no it wasn't but it turned out pretty cool i thought.

My baby boy...............

Madden turned two today. I can't believe it has been two years. He went from this:


To this:

way to fast. I love you little man! Happy Birthday!

lots and lots to catch up on............

I know I know I am such a blog slacker.........I don't know why it's so hard for me to post. First off we made a little trip down to the tucson zoo. the kids had such a fun time. Madden just ran from animal to animal, so i didn't really get any good pictures of him:

The next day this happened:

We went riding up the back of Mt. Graham with some friends, and Brandon took a spill on his dirt bike resulting in a very broken wrist/torn ligaments, a gash in his forehead and a nasty scraped up hand and knee. I took him to tucson for surgery on his wrist and it went very well. We will see how he handles being off work for the next two months :)

Lastly we got a little bit of snow that stuck for a little bit...........

family pics......

So I decided we were long over due for some family pictures, so my little sis Hannah came and did a photo shoot for us, and here are the results........

p.s. I don't know whats goin on with the little picture........ I couldn't get it off

My Project...............

so, a lady in my ward makes these frames, and I have been wanting one for a long time, but she sells them for fifty five bucks........ummmmmm what? not really in my budget, so my friend and I decided to make our own ( with the help of my brother and his tools :) we made them for five bucks a piece!!!!! ya! so now I don't know if i should put a vinyl saying on the frame, or just on the wall around it?

I hate this stage...............

I think Madden has hit the terrible two's a bit early...................this seems to be his favorite thing to do lately.