Erin's New Bedspread

I have actually had this bedspread for Erin for about 6 months and I finally got around to washing it and putting it on her bed. She loves her new "pretty" bed.

Let the Good Times Roll

So we had this pass for a free tractor hay ride to the pumpkin patch. I thought it would be really fun. I love pumpkins! We went on a hayride last year when Rylee was about 2 months old. It was fun, then, so why not now? I'll tell you why. She is mobile now. She did not want to wait in line for an hour and she did not want to sit on the tractor. She was miserable! She had fun about the first two minutes of the actual ride, then she lost it. She also lost a shoe somewhere on the trail, my favorite shoe of hers right now. It was a looong ride.

I thought I might get some cute pictures, but all I got was Rylee crying and Erin giving the long stare of the sleepy girl.  Erin was upset because the ground was bumpy and viney and she kept tripping.  She found the perfect pumpkin, and even I liked it, but then she traded it for a very ugly one when we were waiting to get back on the tractor.  Sheesh.

Here is Rylee crying cuz she only had one shoe and couldnt walk in the field.  Oh well, maybe next year it will be better...

Fall Leaves

Here are some beautiful pictures of leaves. With my family in them. Not looking at the camera.

Happy Fall!

 

 

Camera Dump

Last Harvest: I love my "Jack Be Little" pumpkin plant!  So far 21 pumpkins, and there are still a few that aren't quite ripe yet, hopefully they will get there before they freeze.

 

My 20 lb banana squash.

 



 

Pigtails! It is a rare occasion that she lets me put ponytails in.  Hence the messyness, I am not very good at it.

 



Rylee doesn't like her hair done, either.

 



Give your sister a hug!

 



"eggs"- Erin is obsessed with eggs=rocks.  She thinks they are going to hatch, and she asks all the time, "what's in this one?"

 

I made the mistake of letting Rylee hold the bags of treats. She dumped them all out on the side of her seat, then when I opened the door it overflowed. Sheesh.

Rylee's First Birthday

Here are some pictures from Rylee's First Birthday Party!  The theme was 'Fun in the Sun'.  Everything was sun.  I love a theme.  Sun decorations, Sun food, Sun cake, Sun songs, Sun clothes, Sun pinata, and of course, Sunflowers! 

So I have been OBSESSING about this party for about 3 months. I'm not even kidding. There were lots of nights where I would wake up at 4 in the morning and start thinking about this party and not go back to sleep. Hence the title of this blog. So, here are the results of all my obsessing. It turned out really good, in my humble opinion...

I made this banner in the beginning of July.  Cute, huh?  I found a craft store that let me use their die cuts for free if I bought the paper there.  It was really fun.   I also hand made all the invitations with die cuts.  I don't have a picture of them.  They were really really cute.  If I do say so myself.

This fun netting was from Tai Pan, I love it.  I need more for my next party. (in a couple years.)  I bought all the decorations from one of my favorite websites, Celebrate Express.  They have everything for parties!

Another favorite website of mine is Oriental Trading Company.  They have so much fun stuff.  That's where I got all the sunglasses for these favor tubs.  Everyone was supposed to wear them, but the adults in my family were not cooperative.  Go figure.  I don't know if you can see the stickers, but they are custom Sun stickers from Zazzle.com, they say 'Rylee is One'.  Fun!

The banner in the background is all of Rylee's pictures each month of her first year.  I loved this idea, so I had to steal it from my friend Martha. (not Stuart, but close)  Also here is Rylee's first Traditional Birthday Rose.  We wanted a fun tradition, so we thought we would give the girls one rose for each of their birthdays.

Here is a closeup of the netting, it is so fun.  Ignore the blown off tablecloth.  I got these fancy tablecloth clips, but the tables were to thick to use them.  Sheesh. And of course there was a breeze, but that was lucky cuz it was freakin' hot.

Here is Auntie Terry filling up all the boys' water guns.  Perhaps the water guns were not the best idea, but it was meant to keep people cool.

I also found all these perfectly colored balls at Walmart.  Please ignore Erin's Finger, she was holding that sucker stick...

The Birthday Girl was being so cute and Smiley!  She is such a doll, and was so happy despite the fact that she didn't nap that day.

Her favorite presents were the clothes, funnily, and especially a cute jean skirt that Aunt Ashlee gave her.  She had a blast opening the presents!

Hitting things with a stick (or in this case, broom) is always fun.  I forgot to get a stick and a blindfold.  I can't think of everything, okay.

 

 

Erin stuffed all the candy in her pocket, she loves pockets right now.

 

Here are my Masterpeice cakes.  They weren't quite as monstrous as the Easter Monstrosity, but still they took a lot of hours over two days.  It was my first attempt at piping frosting.  Not too horrible, I thougtht.  I still need practise, though.

Here she is, eating her cake!  She is not very aggressive when it comes to cake.  It's not her favorite.

I love this pic of Steven and Cindy.  I wish I had a picture of Rylee's face, too.  I'm sure it was really cute! 

She wanted to share with everyone.  So cute.

My mom got the handful that was already in her mouth.  Gma is a good sport.

 

Here's the damage!  I love giving a whole cake to a one year old! 

 

I really had fun throwing this party, but I'm glad it's done!

Davis County Fair

On Rylee's Birthday we went to the Davis County Fair.  Rylee had fun, but Erin had a blast!  They got to see 'Divin' Dogs', a petting zoo with a baby 'canamal' (cammel) and lots of pigs, goats, horses and sheep.  Erin and Ammon rode on the ponys and the carnival rides.  It was fun, but much much too hot.

I know this is fuzzy, but I love the pure joy on her face!

 It was so fun watching these two on this roller coaster!

 They were getting tired at this point.

And, really tired.

 Rylee was loving being held by Uncle Nate.

Annie must have thought the cotton candy tasted really weird. :)

Here they are in the fun house.  Ammon smacked hard right into a plexiglass wall, then got scared and lost.  It was so funny!  (not to sound mean, or anything.)

We had a lot of fun, and I look forward to another fair next year!