Halloween Pictures

We had such a fun Halloween this year! The kids were great and Dan and I even attempted to dress up. I think that I did a better job than him! Hailey was little red riding hood, Ethan was the Big bad wolf, I was Granny and Dan was the woodsman. It turned out really cute!

New Fireplace and the first snow of the winter

This past week we finally got our fireplace put in. It is SOOOOO cold here in the winter that without it, we are paying WAY TO MUCH for electricity (yes our house is all electricity). We don't get natural gas in our area. So, we put in a fireplace ourselves. Next year we will do some rock and pretty stuff around it, but we just did n't have time to do it if we wanted to get it in before the first snow happened, which was TODAY!

Month in review

This month has been CRAZY! My sister in law told me that I need to update all of you on what has been happening in the last month. So here it goes!
Hailey first day of dance class this year. She was so excited to get back to dance class. She also started gymnastics, but she wouldn't let me take a picture of her that day!

The coolest double rainbow on our road trip to Moab.

Our fun day out with the family on a jeeping trail in Moab!





Happy Birthday from Grandma and Grandpa in Moab!


A quick stop on the way home to say Hi to our favorite cousin and Niece Karlee!


Dan and the kids trying to teach tiger how to be a horse instead of a dog.



Hailey caught her first fish on her barbie fishing pole.



Homecoming 2008! GO WRANGLERS! Hailey was in the parade with her preschool and she and her friend Lainey actually thought that they were the cheerleaders! (There are NO real cheerleaders in pinedale)



Last, but no least, we are potty training Ethan! He is doing wonderful and I hope that it continues to go well!

That's right, Ethan's first big catch!

Dan took the kids fishing last weekend before he went to Houston for 2 weeks. While they were out Ethan actually caught a fish on his Spiderman fishing pole! The fish wasn't huge, but it was large enough that his little pole couldn't reel it in! So, Dan had to pull it in by the line. He was fairly timid about holding it, so there were NO pictures of him at the lake holding it because he was to scared of it moving. The best part was when Dan went to gut the fish Ethan was devastated.
Ethan: "Daddy NO! My fishy!" while getting a little upset.
Dan:"Ethan it's okay buddy I have to do this so that we can eat it for dinner."
Ethan:"No fishy, No fishy...MINE daddy MINE." the tears beginning to fall.
Dan:"It's okay Ethan why don't you come and help me."
Ethan (tears flowing): "No, no, no daddy my fishy. Please my fishy."
Dan got it all cleaned up and put the kids in the car and Ethan fell asleep on the way home. When he woke up, Dan was gone a he started to sob while saying words that I did not understand. He wanted his fishy. So, me being kind of nice pulled it out of the freezer to show him that we still had it. He wanted to hold it and so I took a few pictures of his happy face. He was VERY proud of himself.

Take a guess

What do you think is on the other end of Ethan's fishing pole? To be contunued....

Giddy up cowboy!

The same day that Hailey started preschool we went to our friend Kelly's house and she let the kids ride her little miniature pony(I know that there is a technical name, but I have no idea what it is). The pony was so nice and easy with the kids, even Ethan was daring enough to get on Dara. They even got the chance to feed their other horses. I just have to say thanks to Kelly for taking my kids around her yard so many times they had a blast!

The first Day of Preschool

I am sad to say that Tuesday was Hailey's first day of preschool. I think that I had more sadness about the day than I would like to admit! She ran out when I got there to pick her up and said "Mom I had so much fun! I did so many things. But, I think that I can just stay home from school. I don't need to go anymore!" Luckily I bribed her to go on Thursday and she loved it even more.