trick or treat!

our buddy Isaac the frog was so cute for halloween! Levi loves Isaac =)

Levi the giraffe with the McCrea girls =) It was really cold but the kids had a blast!

Little Reader

Last week levi started "reading" this book to himself. Grandbeth I think you gave him this book so you should be very pleased with how much he likes it! I thought it was just adorable =)

Another thing that just melts my heart is that Levi said "I uv you mommy" (I love you) ! He is such a sweet boy and tells us both that he loves us on a daily basis now. What a reward for working so hard for two years ! WE are truly blessed.

Fall Fun!

A couple of weeks ago we went to a fall festival with our friends the Kinleys, McCreas, and Francis'. It was really fun to watch the 7 kiddos run around and enjoy rides and bouncy castles! Levi was a little shy about riding anything but I'm sure next year he will be a little more brave =). This is Mackenzie on the airplane ride which Levi said he wanted to go on but then freaked out when we tried it. It was a really warm day and really fun to hang out with our friends! We missed you Hondo and Trish!

I think this was Levi's favorite part of the day, riding in the wagon!

He liked the petting zoo too although he wasn't so sure about the Llama =) He loved the donkey!

The one ride he did go on and like was the merry-go-round.

Jason took him through the hay maze which he enjoyed quite a bit too.

Becky's visit

This one is blurry because Levi is too quick but you get the idea. Levi LOVES his auntie becky. My sis came to visit in September while her new husband was in California for more bomb training (marines). It was so nice to see her again and enjoy deep conversations. Her and Spencer bought levi some racoon hats but I don't have picture of that yet since he refuses to wear it! Sorry becks. One day he'll get over wearing something furry on his head =)

Lily Lake

We enjoyed a wonderful walk around Lily Lake a couple of weeks ago, before the weather got too cold =) I had fun taking pictures of Levi and his daddy! Levi walked over a mile that day and when we came home he took a five hour nap ! Now I know what to do to wear him out =)

Longs and Meeker are looking beatiful as always! The aspen had a very short gold phase this year as the cold weather came early and made them all loose their leaves so fast. But it was still breathtaking while it lasted.

Levi and daddy playing "swords" with some logs. I'm not sure who had more fun Levi or Jason, it was really fun to watch !

I Love my boys! Levi is growing up so fast, talking a mile a minute and learing new skills every day. I've really been enjoying his age (of course I've been saying that since day 1!) WE are trying to potty train but it's not going very well. He is very comfortable staying in a wet diaper rather than let me take his clothes off to use a potty. Oh well, one day it has to stick right?

1 two year old + 1 popsicle = drip drip drip

It was hot out, why not give the kid a popsicle, right? He LOVED it! The only problem was he couldn't eat it fast enough. So naturally Aven wanted to help as you'll see in the last picture...

I'm not sure what happened here, it's a cute picture but I posted it wrong and I don't know how to fix it. Sorry.

Aven cleaning up...

The best part is that Levi didn't even mind. In fact he offered it from time to time. I know I should have stopped him but it was just too funny. Eventually aven took the whole thing and ran off with it. And levi got a bath...

a weekend away...

So we decided that since Levi did so well when we left him to go to steamboat, we should do it again =) This time we dropped him off at my parents house on our way to salida. We camped under mount princton for one night and it was beautiful. Camping is definitly more "us" than staying in hotels so I think we'll stick with that as much as possible. LEvi had a wonderful time with my mom and I hope to post pictures of that sometime, as soon as I get them =).
We spent saturday sitting in a hot springs and driving around the southern part of the state. We love Salida and that whole area! It was a nice time for us especially since we've been working so hard on the house. I took the liberty of posting some of my favorite pictures. I love the NO PARKING one with the kayaks.

We love ghost towns. We tried to go out to bonanza (we've been there before) but it started raining too hard. I got a couple of pictures of an old cabin that was located a couple of miles outside of bonanza.

sleeping boy

One day I went down to wake levi up from his nap since it was getting to almost be his night time bed time...I couldn't wake him! He was sleeping so soundly that even the lights and me talking to him and touching him didn't stir him. So I thought I'd use that opportunity to take a sleepy picture, I don't get many of those =)
He's sleeping with "huggie" a blue dog that is almost as old as I am. It was a christmas gift to me when I was five and I carried it around everyhwere. Now it belongs to Levi and he refuses to go to bed without it.

wedding pics

more wedding pics

The centerpieces were bowls of gerber daisis, this is all of them together before being placed on the tables. I love the colors!

Levi's pal Austin and his cousin Michelle took over the dance floor for a while. so fun to watch!!