Let's Go Fly a Kite

 We bought Anna a kite at the dollar store.  Great buy!  She loves it!!  Josh showed her how to do it and she just took off, running back and forth over and over again. 

 Doesn't Andrew look old?

What a little cheeser!  Cutie.  ;-)

 Andrew's new favorite thing to do is color.  He loves sidewalk chalk.  He'll only actually color for a minute or two.  I think he just likes holding something in his hand.  He won't put it down to save his life. 

 What's a blog without a jumping picture, huh?

 Our friend let us borrow a tunnel and the kids are in heaven.  They think it's the best thing in the world!

Fun Together

 

 Why buy toys when you have a laundry basket?  I don't think I've ever heard them laugh for as long as they did when they were in this thing.  I spun them around and then dipped them backwards.  As I popped them back upright, I thought they would die of laughter.  It was really fun for all. 

Anna really loves watching princess movies.  So, if she doesn't cry at night time when she goes to sleep, I let her watch a few minutes of a Disney movie the next morning.  I was explaining this ultimatum to her one night, and she told me that she wanted me to watch it with her.  I said that I would.  She quickly responded, "But don't play on the computer mom and DON'T COOK ANYTHING!!".  It was pretty funny.  I guess she's picked up on that being my time to get things done.

GC Pics

 Here are just a few pics we snapped during General Conference.  Nothing too exciting.  Just for your enjoyment, (mostly to make the grandparents happy).

 Anna's favorite thing in the WORLD to do is jump, jump, jump. 

 Matchies!

Typical Weekend

 Here's our little handyman in mismatched pj's and loving life.  He thought the tools were great to look at and even more fun to play with.
We took another trip to Grant's Farm.  You just can't beat free. This time they had everything decorated for Halloween.  It was super cute.  The kids had a great time.

 Andrew fell asleep before we even got into the park and slept the whole time.  Now, that's his kind of morning. 

 I wish you could have heard her squealing.  She LOVES the carousel with all her heart.  She would never get off if she could. 

 It was a great day!

Chopped

 We had a date night at home with our friends last week.  We made it into "Chopped" night.  I don't know if any of you have seen the show Chopped but it's basically a cook-off with mystery ingredients.  So, each family gathered 5 mystery ingredients and we had to make a spectacular dessert.  They turned out pretty good considering.
You can just see the fight in their eyes.  ;-)

 This is the Hintze's dessert.  Yum!

 This is our dessert.  It tasted better than it looked.  What a fun night.

Picnics and Crazy Kids

Josh got to go to BYU last week for an Accounting Symposium.  While he was there, he also got to visit with some family.  He said it was a great conference and was even better getting to spend time with family. 

 Life at home that week was a bit challenging, to say the least.  We survived though.  Here is Andrew getting into things that he shouldn't be.  Story of his life. 

 I know you can't see either of their faces but I love this photo.  They were digging in the dirt together.  They just are such good friends.  It's fun to watch them play together. 

 Andrew likes to put things on his head, as you can see.  You really can't leave him alone for a second.  He thinks everything is funny.  So, even if I hear him laughing in the other room, that doesn't always mean it's "safe" laughing. 

 Anna wanted to be a "Potato Head" herself.  What do you think, a good look for her?

 One of Andrew's all time favorite things to do is crawl in the middle of our table.  There is an "X" shape in the middle which makes it like a jungle gym for him.  He can entertain himself like this for quite some time.

 Most of the day, my whole drawer of utensils is strewn all over the house.  Who knew that utensils could make such great toys. 

 The weather has been to DIE for here.  It's just perfect!  So, what's perfect weather without a picnic?  It's one of my favorite things to do in the whole world.  I don't know what it is about picnics, but I love them!

Little Jimmer

 He shoots, he SCORES!!

I think Andrew may be a little sports star.  Love it!