Dallen's First Halloween!

We celebrated a quick little Halloween with our little turkey. Our neighbors were so kind to lend us this turkey costume and he did great. He just sucked on it basically the whole time. The little tummy poofs out and the feathers are adorable. We went to the church trunk-or-treat and just walked around and said hi to everyone. Lily came along too and loved running around checking everything out. She was a pink doggie- ok so she just wore a pink cape. :) It was a nice, warm Baby's First Halloween.

Momma's Helper

This month I was able to go home to Denver for a nice long 10 day trip. I originally planned to go out to babysit while mom and dad went to Brazil. Well turns out that my mom got a blood clot in her leg and they weren't able to go. Since having a clot can be pretty serious, Jess and her 2 girls went out the first week to help mom and make sure she stayed off her leg and then I went out to help her instead of babysitting. Well I did end up doing a lot of what she would normally do and the trip was definitely more to be the back-up mom rather than a vacation, but I loved being there regardless. It was so nice being part of my families everyday lives and helping out around the house.

I was a little apprehensive about the trip- driving to Denver by myself with Dallen and Lily. It's an 8 hour drive and turned into 10 hours with the stops. I got a book on tape (The Help) to help keep me stay awake which worked great- it was an awesome book. Dallen did great too. He didn't fuss as much as I thought he would. I actually think Lily was more annoyed with the drive out then he was- ha! The trip back was a little harder on the little guy because he came down with a little cold- runny nose and scratchy throat, poor guy. Anyways, overall, the drive was fine and actually gorgeous through the mountains with all the fall colors.

While I was there I did a bunch of organizing and a few projects. I think I got in a little over my head going through ALL the family photos to send them off to get scanned. I thought there'd be around 3000 photos max and it turned into 7000! I finally got them all organized and shipped some of them off. Should be fun seeing them all online once we get them back. :) I also organized the laundry room, the office supply cabinet, the cake decorating supplies and cabinet, the basement living room, the entertainment center, and the medicine cabinet. I didn't quite make it to the tupperware cabinet or the loft or the movie collection, but I did accomplish quite a bit and was always on the go. I went shopping for mom a couple times with Joy, took mom to doctors appointments, made dinners and cleaned. I got a lot of help with Dallen after school and he actually slept pretty good there, except when he got sick of course.


I did fit in a few fun things for me. I FINALLY got to see the last Harry Potter movie and it was AMAZING! Can't wait to see it again once it comes out on DVD next month. I saw it with Audra, Charity and their friend. It was fun. I also got together with Kym-me, Laura, and Trisha. It was so nice to see them and their kids! Stella is Dallen's age so seeing them together was so cute. Trisha's baby Asher is adorable and so cuddly. Laura's boys are so big and into everything like boys are. It's so crazy to think we're all moms now- we got together at my parents' house because it's just too hard trying to take babies to restaurants or anywhere really. Such a change from all the fun stuff we use to do. No complaints though- it's so worth it. :) I also got to spend some time at the big Denver REI and get at Noodles and Panera which was such a treat. I so appreciate yummy food from restaurants now that I live in a small town. I miss my favorites.




Dad had a blast with Lily- he played with her everyday when he got home from work and took her jogging in the mornings. She found her buddy and loved it. Overall it was a great trip and would love to do it every year. I think Travis and I might have worked out a deal that I can go out during hunting season each year since I won't get to hunt with him for a good long while since taking babies hunting is impossible. :) It's definitely nice to be closer to home and I feel so lucky that I had the time and was able to go.

1st CampOut

I have been itching to go camping for so long! We hadn't been since Feb 2010 out at Eagle Valley Reservoir. So in light of the up coming Elk Hunt, we headed out to Cave Lake to go camping with the Starleys. It was perfect weather- not too cold, just a little rain and so nice to be outside all day. I was a little worried about Dallen and the cold weather, but it really wasn't cold at all and we have a tent heater so it wasn't bad.



Dallen did great! He loved being outside all day and slept better at night camping then he has yet at home! I still had to get up to feed him so I was pretty tired by the end of the day without a nap, so time around the camp fire was minimal. But besides that, we had lots of fun. The trip went by way too fast- the guys went out in the morning to scout and then we rode the 4wheelers in the afternoon. Cael fished as often as he could and caught a couple too.





The big story of the trip was with Lily though. We decided to go riding without her one afternoon. So we just left her at camp, not tied up, and thought she wouldn't wander because she didn't know where we went or where to go looking. Well, we come back after about 4 hours and she was no where to be found. I was freaking out! I was hoping someone picked her up and saw her tags and called me. So I checked my phone and there was a message from a local number. It was the park ranger saying they had picked her up and the message was from 2 hours earlier! Thank goodness! So we go down to the station and it's all locked up. I can hear her inside and again was freaking out that she'd have to stay in there all night. :( Thankfully the ranger pulled up and said he picked her up after chasing her back and forth from the lake. Earlier that day I had taken her down to the Lake so she knew how to get there and back to camp. She rode around with him most of the afternoon and he had just recently locked her up in the bathroom in the station. I was sooo grateful! He was worried she was going to get hit by a car on the main road. Ugh! I would've died! So yeah, we learned our lesson. Don't leave Lily behind. She knows she's part of the family and will try and find us. Oh Lil...!

Anyways, it was a great trip and sooo nice to finally camp!