Halloween!

Before I tell you about our fun Halloween party, I thought I'd thank my parents first...they are wonderful people (as are my in-laws:) who absolutely adore their grandson. Last Tuesday night, they wanted to see him...so they drove out at 7:45 p.m. to say goodnight! They've done that a few times now, and it means so much to me that he means so much to them. So thank you and we love you so much!














Now...the eventful Halloween party. Our cute friend Jessica Lewis let us come over to her house on Wednesday night with ALL the kids in their costumes for a Halloween party. It was so fun (except for the picture taking part for the kids...) Peyton had a rough nap day and did NOT want to be in his costume and WAS NOT about to smile for the pictures...I promise we'll get some good ones on Halloween. The one group picture I got sums up how much the kids wanted their pictures taken. Oh well. We tried. It was so much fun though and we love seeing all of our great friends. Everyone's kids are so cute and we love them all! A very Happy Halloween and we hope you all get lots of good candy!

This was one OK, but I was trying to get him to smile so the pictures are all blurry

Crocodile Tears!














Need I say more? (Peyton is the one tipped over)














I can't believe I'm still smiling!

Pumpkin Carving

We had a fun time last night carving pumpkins at the Ercanbrack's. Grandpa and Grandma wanted us to put Peyton in a pumpkin...I was a little apprehensive at first as to how he would react, but he ate it up. The whole family was laughing at him and he was just grinning from ear to ear (am I seeing the beginnings of a little show off?:) We love our family so much and are grateful to be able to get together with them. Our cute little niece Alaynah came also which was fun! Here are a few pics from the night!

McKay's Four Point

McKay had great success hunting this weekend...he shot a four point. He was excited about it and now he doesn't have to go hunting next weekend :) While I don't really understand the thrill of hunting, I am happy for my husband! I know he doesn't understand some of my hobbies, so it's a good trade-off! Anyway, I thought I'd share a picture of his proud moment! Poor guys were up there with a bunch of snow...I guess its the best time to get a deer though...right after a storm.

I thought I'd also show you one of my new favorite outfits for Peyton (sorry, he wasn't in the mood to smile right before church!) I bought the blazer a few months ago. I think he looks like a little man in this outfit! He is such a sweetie and I love him so much. I think being a Mom just gets better and better everyday. I look forward to getting him out of his crib every morning to give him a big hug!

The Weekend of the Hunt

I was doing SO well posting at least every other day and haven't been so good this week (sometimes I feel like I have to have a picture to go with it, but I guess not right?) McKay is going to be freezing his tush off this weekend hunting for a Buck while I'm in our nice warm house...I know he enjoys it so much and it's good for him to go out and do fun things, but we'll miss him! I shouldn't be sad because I have family and friends whose husbands are gone the whole fall season! My friend Lisa and I are going to hit the town with our boys tonight to try and have some fun without our husbands...someday they'll cart the boys along and we'll get to have a true girls night out!

I had a fun time with my girlfriends last night at Cafe Rio...hopefully the dinner trend will continue and I'll get to see you all at least once a month...we miss those that live out of town now who we don't get to see much! Hopefully everyone can get together for Christmas!

I know McKay hopes he gets a Buck this weekend...if he does, I'll post the picture (I won't be too depressed if he doesn't:) Venicin is definitely not my meat of choice). We're getting excited for Halloween too! I've kept Peyton's costume a surprise from his Grandma's so I probably won't post pictures until after Halloween...

Family Picture Day

I'm so excited because now we have our family pictures for our Christmas card! Yeah! Here are a few to share with you all. A big thanks to my wonderful friend Lisa who came and took them for us (she even woke her 1 year old Porter up from a nap to come...what a great friend!) Also, thanks to my Mom for coming and making Peyton laugh so much...that's how we got those smiles out of him. Enjoy!

Cute Baby Genius

For those of you who don't know, I now have a small job three days a week helping kids at a small private school practice the violin and piano (I know what you are thinking and no I don't play the violin...I'm catching on though:) My friend Whitney set me up with the job (thanks Whit!) and it gives me a little bit of shopping money each week. Anyway...I work with this girl named Nicki, and she has a darling two year old named Lily. She has quite the talent...when you tell her a country to find on the map (pretty much doesn't matter which one it is) she'll point to it and usually tries to say it. Well, Rachel Ray found out about her on You Tube and had her on her show today! It was so cute. I thought I'd share her little You Tube clip so you can all be amazed just like I was when I saw it for the first time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43yCiKlbCo

Hope everyone is doing well! I'll take more pics of Peyton soon and post them (we're going to try and get family pictures taken this week!)

My Obsession with Beanies

I LOVE BEANIES! I guess its because if Peyton was a little girl, he would have a bow in his hair EVERYDAY. So the beanie gives me something else do to. Since Peyton doesn't have a ton of hair, it's fun to cover his head up :) Let's pray more keeps coming in!

I'm excited its conference weekend. The first session was so great! I'm excited that Elder Eyring (not Bednar...I meant Eyring :) was called to the First Presidency. He's an amazing man with an incredible spirit. I'm also excited its conference because I get to go out with my Mom tonight! Should be fun and I'll take a few pics to post for tomorrow!

Quick Clarification

Just to clarify from yesterday's blog...Peyton is just fine. It's my Dad that's been having some scary health stuff lately. They thought his thyroid cancer had come back so they did treatment again as if it had. He's had to be on a yucky diet and had a treatment to try and kill the cancer off. Everything now looks good and he should be OK. We feel so blessed that he is doing well and we love him so much!

Thanks for the concern :)

Go Yankees!

Yes...we are Yankees fans around here (well, for sure my dad, brother and I are...and my Dad is claiming Peyton as a Yankee's fan - he bought him the outfit :) I don't know if McKay claims them as much, but we actually don't watch a ton of baseball at our house. I do like baseball, but I think I like the Yankees as much for the baseball as I do that they are in New York (one of my favorite places in the world!) Come playoff time though, its fun to see what happens. My Dad can't wait for Peyton to walk so he can play catch and teach him how to hit the ball. He'll be a great "coach" and is already a great Grandpa. We feel so blessed that everything is looking good with his health now and should be back to normal!

As you can see I also included a photo of Peyton sitting up without help! Yeah! He's doing really well, but still tips over after a few minutes. We're still working on it, but he gets better every day. He's eating just about all the first solid foods you can give a baby and loves it all (except green beans).

Anyway...we hope the Yankees can pull out a win tomorrow night. Tonight wasn't the best, and a bit surprising that the Indians pulled a fast one on them!

Peyton's Six Month Checkup

We took Peyton to see Dr. Wynn today. He said everything looks great and he's growing just like he should (always nice to hear). He weighed in at 17 pounds 4 ounces and was 27 1/2 inches tall. I can't believe I've got such a big boy now. He's the best! We love Dr. Wynn. He's taken such good care of us since we've had Peyton and couldn't be more pleased with the great job he does. I don't know if he's taking new patients, but I would recommend him to anyone in the Utah County area!

I also went to my first young women's activity tonight! It was a great getting to know you activity and I'm excited to be there with them. I'm sure we'll have lots of fun things going on there.

Cute Pages!

Thank you to my cute friend Laura Mitchell Smith for giving me a great site for cute templates! Yeah!!! For those of you who know me, you know I love scrapbooking and I can't stand to have a plain page! So I'm excited! Blogging is great because I'm finding people I haven't seen since high school! It's fun to get updates and see pictures of everyone's cute families now. Funny to remember how we all were back in high school too :) But thanks again Laura! I appreciate it.