Happy Thanksgiving and the Countdown Begins!!

Happy Thanksgiving! I don't have any pictures... some how my camera managed to stay forgotten in the corner. We spent the glorious day at my parents. This was the first year we did dinner just with my family and not the extended family. It was a lot of fun and delicious!!! Our night ended pretty early because we had to take Mylee Jo to the emergency room, (only because all the urgent cares were closed on Thanksgiving) she had a fever about 104. After Thanksgiving we spent the weekend up in Bear Lake at the Bingham's house. It was nice to just relax.

And now the countdown to Christmas begins...

Canon and Mylee Jo

When it comes to blogging, I am a picture person. Maybe the November air is getting to me, but I keep thinking about my kids and how amazing they are! I love watching as their personalities are shining out more and more. Here are a few cute things about my two sweeties.

Canon- So far today, no potty accidents! I'm keeping my fingers crossed this lasts all day! (Potty training is no fun.)

He was scribbling on a piece of paper and then told me it was a boat in the 'wa-wa.'

Canon has ALWAYS had the cutest laugh! It is contagious.

The other day when I was gettting him out of his car seat he looked at me and said, "Hola. Hola, Mama." It was totally random, and the way he said it was hilarious! I don't know where he picked that up, but he frequently says it now.

When Mylee is crawling, he crawls next to her and makes her laugh.

He calls Mylee 'the baby' and talks to her in a really high pitched voice.

Canon is eager to learn. He know his alphabet, numbers to 10, colors, and his shapes (most of the time).

Every time an airplane flies over our house, he gets so excited and yells, "AIRPLANE! AIRPLANE!!" This tends to happen a lot since we live so close to HAFB. He does the same thing for helicopters, and yes, he can tell the difference-even by their sound. (He's about 90% correct.)

Mylee- She is my happy child. Her smile warms you to the very core, and she shares it with everyone. Seriously, almost every time I go shopping, people are always stopping to talk to her (especially at Costco).

She LOVES to eat! Unlike Canon who is sooo picky, she eats everything and then tries to steal food from other people. She especially loves those little baby puffs. She eats them by the handful.

Recently I noticed she loves stuffed animals. She snuggles them.

She is sooo close to walking. She is only 9 months, that's too early!! When she crawls, she usually has a sock hanging out of her mouth.

Mylee has a very determined and persistent personality. She doesn't get discouraged, and if you interrupt her plans, she lets you know!

She give hugs and then pats you on the back.

The hair just above her ears grows faster than the rest of her hair. So she has these two strands that are already to her shoulders while the rest of her hair is still short. We call them her ear flaps.

Her eyes are a pure blue color- adorable with her brown hair. (I don't know how I got two kids with blue eyes! Lucky!)

Halloween! and Other Autumn Activites

Before the Trick or Treating began...

The first house. Canon was ready to barge right in!

Mylee didn't make it very long. She crashed while we were hittin the streets. Sweet thing!

The boys enjoying their yummy candy after they were done.

Random pictures of my kids and their cute cousins! It was a fun day!!

We did this Oborn family picture a few weeks ago. Its been awhile since my family has had family picture like this. :)

Fall Activities

First, I have some sad news. On Friday our dog, Ginny died. We don't know what happened... I heard her barking and yelping in the backyard. When I went to check on her she was dead. I am such a dog person, and I feel like part of my family is missing now. I am sad that Canon won't get to play with her anymore. They spent almost the whole summer in the backyard digging in my rosebushes. She was such a sweet dog, and we miss her so much!

We went to the HAFB museum with my parents. It was so fun and free!! (The best kind of activites!) Canon gets so excited every time he sees an airplane, so you can imagine his reaction to the museum which is full of airplanes. Every time he saw an airplane, and I mean every time, he yelled, "Airpane, airpane. Mama..... AIRPANE!" It was cute, and I'm glad he had so much fun!

Balloon Stampede, Labor Day, and Chocolate...

Antelope Island has a balloon stampede every Sept, so last Sat we headed out there with my parents (minus Brandon). So it turned out to be really lame. We eventually got them up though. This one came down right after I took the picture. Sadness. Then, the wind wasn't strong enough to do the kite portion. We eventually did get our kites in the air after a while.

I remembered why no one goes out to Antelope Island too. It was barren and the bugs were swarming. On the bright side, we did go for a little bike ride with the kids, had a yummy breakfast, and Canon loves Papa and Gigi so it doesn't matter where we are-as long their together. :) Honestly, I really did have a fun day with my parents!

Mylee had her first taste of chocolate, and LOVED it..... Canon left a bowl of cookies on the floor and of course Mylee found it. She was pretty happy about it, but I was not.

On Labor Day we went boating. It was fun, and yes super crowded. This is Canon after he got sun screen. I love his long hair!

Pickles For Breakfast?

Canon's new favorite breakfast food: pickles. Interesting.

We went to Bear Lake over the weekend. Thanks Binghams! We had lots of fun!
Loving Fall! It is my favorite season! I'm already sooo excited for Halloween! Brandon stop me soon, I am going CRAZY with all of the cute Halloween kids clothes out there!

Anyone have cute ideas on some craft, games, or costumes for the upcoming season? Let me know! Thanks!

Hmmm... this post is set up a little weird this time. :)

Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Can you believe this little boy is 2? I can't! His b-day was actually on the 18th, but we had a party on the 22nd. Thanks to EVERYONE who came!

Check out his SWEEEET cake! My sister, Michelle, was the mastermind and creator. After Canon got the cars off of the cake, that is all he wanted to play with.

What's a party without presents? Canon got hooked up too!

Our little family! What a fun day!

August Activities

Once we got back from Oregon, we started feeding Mylee cereal. She slowly eats it. She thinks it is funny and laughs the whole time.

Last week I went boating with my parents at Jordenelle. It was Mylee's first time on a boat, and she did pretty well. She HATED the life jacket though.

Yesterday we went up to Bear Lake to see Laurie and Colby. We made yummy fresh bear lake raspberry jam. I can't wait to gobble it all up!

We spent a little time down at the beach. The shallow water felt perfect! My kids loved it too...

My Happy Place: The Oregon Coast

This is the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. We stopped here on our drive to the coast- what a long drive! Luckily we had some books to read. We read the Fabelhaven series during the long drives. They are pretty good books!

One of my FAVORITE pictures of Brandon and Canon. This is at Cape Kiwanda.

Devils Churn- fascinating but a lot scarier with the kids. The waves crash against the rocks so if you fall in- your dead.

One of my favorite activities- tidepools at Neptune Beach! I couldn't believe how many sea stars there were!

The picture is too small to see all the detail, but there is a hermit crab and fish swimming around in this tidepool.

This is at the aquarium in Newport. Doesn't it look like the fish are staring at Canon? They had a bunch of underwater tunnels that were really cool to walk through.

Canon's favorite actvity- rolling in the sand and occasionally sampling it.

Isn't Mylee sooo adorable!? This is on the bay right by the house we stayed in at Lincoln City.

Brandon became the master kite flyer. I learned a few tricks as well, but I kept crashing the kite into people. Oops!

Muson Falls outside Tillamook. Part of the water flows through this log- pretty sweet.

I think this pictures sums it up. I love the Oregon Coast. Brandon and I decided we are going to move there someday....

Check out my sister's blog (Laurie Bingham) for more amazing pictures of our vacation!