Johns Wedding

Matt's brother John got married a couple of weeks ago, here are a couple of pictures of the girls and Matt. They felt so fancy in their matching dresses. All of the girl cousins had on the same dresses for the pictures.

Brave Girl

Emily had been begging us for months to get her ears pierced. The weekend of October 24th, we finally gave in and decided that if we got to Claires and she still wanted to do it then fine.

She insisted on doing it when we got there so we picked out the earrings and were about ready to do it when she decided that she had to go to the bathroom. While I as taking her I was trying to talk her out of it and telling her that it was going to hurt really bad. Lets just say that my tactics did not work on her. She was determined to have earrings like all of her friends.

Here she is waiting for the big moment.

Yeah, she is done, and she did not even cry or flinch.

Here is the big girl with her entourage. Cooper was with us for some extra support. I sometimes wonder if she was trying to be extra tough in front of his family.

Halloween 2010

This Halloween Matt was a pumpkin, Emily was a little kitty and Ali was a monster girl.

Ali was a little bit picky this year with her costume decisions. She was determined to be something a little bit scary, but still cute. I think she pulled it off.

Emily was our sweet little kitten ready to get out and get some candy.

Ali also got to wear her costume to school for the Halloween parade. This is the best picture that I could get of her. Everyone was walking so fast.

I hope that next year, I won't be such a slacker in the picture department.

Gardener Village

While Danielle was here we all got to go to Gardener Village to see all the crazy witches, and enjoy some Halloween themed fun.

The girls were so excited to get their faces painted. That is pretty much the whole reason that we went there. They were all really cute about picking out what they wanted, and they all held perfectly still. Here is Ali getting her spiderweb done.

Ellie chose a darling little puppy. She was saying that she had been waiting her whole life to get her face painted. I thought that it was so fitting that she chose this puppy, she looked a lot like her best buddies Penny and Pancakes.

Emily meant business while getting her face done. She chose a butterfly.

Cute girls ready to go and show off their awesome faces.

The weather was absolutely gorgeous. We were all just so happy to be outside.

Emily loves Ryan, she was constantly wanting hugs and kisses from him.

Lots of crazy witches.

Waiting in line to ride the ponies. Thanks Nana Sue for the fun ride.

Saddled up and ready to ride.

Fun times with Ellie and Ryan

We loved having Danielle, Ellie and Ryan here visiting a couple of weeks ago. Danielle brought her kids over to play at our house a lot while they were here. The girls loved seeing and being able to play with her.

Sophia and Ryan were a hoot. They would lay on the floor next to each other and roll around and coo for one another.

One day while Ellie was over playing she got really sad that she missed her cousins Abby and Kate. So we called them up. This picture is of her talking to Kelly on the phone.

Ali loved playing beauty shop with Ellie. She had her hair in about 10 different little piggy tails. She was a good sport to sit still for so long.

I love this picture of Sophia and Ryan holding hands. They are both just too cute.

Ryan even got to try out the Bumbo seat. I think that he enjoyed it.

We had so much fun playing, we can't wait for the next time!

Vegas

On our way home from California we stopped in Vegas to energize and break up the drive home. When we got there the weather was so nice we decided to go out to the pool.

The girls, and Matt had a great time swimming and going on the water slide. Nans and I read magazines on the lounge chairs so that we did not have to go in and get all ready again. While we were sitting there we were entertained by this:

Ali came up with all sorts of different ways to go down the slide, and of course Emily was right behind her doing the same thing. Can you spot the person that does not belong in our family?

The whole gang headed back up to the slide.

Of course we had to hit the Grand Luxe for our favorite dinner and desert. The girls had fun entertaining themselves with the camera while they patiently waited for their food.

And the grand finale to top off our trip. The Strawberry Shortcake.