Browning: October 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Preschool Party!

Riley celebrated Halloween today at preschool! He was so excited to go trick-or-treating there, I had to explain SEVERAL times that he was going to school to decorate cookies and play games, we wouldn't be trick-or-treating until Friday. He didn't believe me! Oh well, he figured it out on his own. He had the funnest time and told me all of the costumes he saw in school today on the way to the car. There was even a race car! Well, not really, that's just what he said. He kept saying, "And Morgan was a RACE CAR!!!" Really Morgan was dressed up as a Nascar DRIVER, not the actual car. HA! Close enough.

Here's the little fireman in his classroom.

Riley got to decorate this cookie and make a ghost out of a sucker! Then he shared the ReeseSticks with his class. He was so happy to be able to pass his own stuff out to share!

Here's Riley about to eat his cookie, he had a hard time taking his eyes off the cookie long enough to actually look at the camera! I have two more pictures exactly like this where he was in the middle of looking back down at his cookie right when the camera shot the picture. Hehe, oh well!

Highly Recommended!

I voted EARLY and I'm SO proud! I say to you all, "VOTE EARLY TOO!!!" You can vote at any City Hall or most fire stations. It doesn't even have to be in your precinct so go and do it wherever you are so you don't have to wait in those horrendous lines on Tuesday! They're expecting an 80% turn out of registered voters, so that's a LONG line if you ask me! The early voting stations are open from 12-7. Reagan and I went to the Riverton City Hall right after dropping Riley off at preschool, since it's conveniently across the street! We got there at 11:50 and were done by 12:20 but by the time we were leaving the line was already way long, so I'd go a little bit early too if you can, but any time you go, it'll be a shorter wait than if you vote on Election Day, you know? There's my tip for the week!

Finally Sharing!

I know, I know. I got these pictures done in August and have only shared a few of them that I copies off of Joy's site. Well she sent me the CD of them a while ago and I've never shared them! I think they're ADORABLE so I thought I'd show you more than just the 3 I did a few months ago. Enjoy! Can you believe the contrast in my kids eyes, by the way? Crazy stuff!

(Sorry, I forgot to make them bigger! If you want to see 'em better just click on the stinkin' picture then, cause I really don't feel like loading them all over again. HA!)

My Little Superheroes!!!

Riley's been so into being a superhero lately, he goes running around the house with a blanket tied around his neck and thinks it's the coolest thing EVER! This has been a ritual for the past 3 nights; once his pajamas are on, on goes the blanket/cape as well!

Last night he recruited Reagan as his sidekick and she thought it was loads of fun...for about 3 minutes, then she ripped off the cape and Riley got mad. HA! Oh well. They're such silly kids that I love SO MUCH! They have so much fun together and have the greatest imaginations, it's adorable!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Trout Slayers!

http://troutslayers.blogspot.com This is a new blog that Randy and Ken started so they could share fly fishing stories! They're goal is to get a bunch of guys that love to fish to become authors on it too so they can post their own pictures and stories as well! Randy and Ken wanted a fishing website to go to where they could share good fishing spots, what to fish with and some of their secrets that work for them. Instead they decided to start their own site so they could talk local rivers and nearby fishing areas. If your husbands or friends are big fly fishermen or are interested in getting more into it, have them go check this site out and get involved with it too! They can become an author just by adding their address in the comment box. They thought this could become a way fun site to visit for guys that love fishing as much as they do. Pass the word along!

Frightmare!

The kids and I met up with Shelley, Rashelle and 2 of her friends at Lagoon last night. It was a fun time! We took the kids through Boo Alley or something like that, they just gave out some candy and toys and it wasn't scary at all, perfect for little kids. I don't know what I was thinking taking them their though, Riley hadn't had a nap all day and Reagan was so tired an hour after we got there! Riley's usually more scared than her on certain rides, not this time though! She cried on every single ride I put her on...even the little tugboats!!! Who cries on the tugboats!?!

Here's Reagan a bit upset on the spaceship ride.

Riley and Shelley on the Dragonfly ride! He did NOT want to try this ride but Shelley put him on it anyway and it's now one of his favorites! He LOVED it!

Riley was focusing so hard on not running into anything while driving that little car. Way to be cautious, huh? Even if the car does happen to be on a track!

Riley loves this ride and Reagan usually does too, I though for a second that she'd actually be ok with this one this time too!...Nope!

Like I said, she did NOT like the tugboats...even if they were going less than 1 mph!

This was a fun little thing to do with the kids and I actually got to go on a ride too! My neice and her friends watched my kids while Shelley and I rode Wicked! What a fun ride. Riley loved just watching the rollercoasters go. They both enjoyed the Halloween decorations and are SO excited for Trick-or-Treating!!! I just LOVe the holidays and the funnest thing about them now is seeing the excitement from my kids. That makes all of the holidays better than they were before!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Trunk or Treat!

Shelley's the best! I went to a movie with some friends on Friday and Randy was in Flaming Gorge fishing so his sister said she'd take them to her ward trunk or treat. They LOVED it! These were the only pictures I got, but you get the idea.

Reagan's a fairy, you can't tell because I had to put her sweatshirt on and you can't really see her wings in this picture either. It's the best one I could get though, she was a little overwhelmed with a bunch of teenage girls dressed up as Hershey's Kisses giving her ALL their attention!

Riley was SO excited to be a Fireman. He picked out his costume himself and once he saw it was adamant on being a firefighter! What a cute one too!

She Has HAIR!!! Woo hoo!

Ok, ok, I confess! It's a...a...A WIG!!!! Hahaha. Is this the funniest thing you've ever seen or what!? My Mom and I were at Target just rolling! Watching her run around with her big, bouncy, blond hair was making us (and everyone passing) just LAUGH! It was hilarious and she thought it was pretty amusing too! After a minute or two though she was done and would NOT let me even put it back on for a second.

Reagan & Steele

Ken (Randy's Brother) hangs out at our house quite a bit and my kids LOVE playing with his kids. Riley and Kenelle pair up and Reagan and Steele pair up. It's pretty cute. Reagan and Steele can't quite make up they're minds on how they feel about one another. One second they're being super cute like this, reading together and making eachother smile, to pushing and hitting until they're both crying! Kids!

A Walk Down Memory Lane

I ran across these pictures and thought I'd share since is was one of the funnest trips EVER! I went with my sisters and mother-in-law to Chicago in February 2006. If ya can't tell, I'm SUPER pregnant! I had Reagan March 1st, barley 3 weeks after this trip...if you ask me, it was because of all the walking we did! Whew!

Yep, we went to THE OPRAH SHOW!! AHHHH! We were SO excited to have gotten tickets to this (thanks to Shelley.) We had the funnest day and were so excited to be audience members of Oprah's.

We picked an ideal time to go, Chicago happened to be having record breaking weather this particular week. It hadn't been this cold since the 1800's! Nice. It was a cold I've NEVER EVER experienced before! We bundled up like you wouldn't believe and it still didn't help, it was CHILLY! And I was supposed to be 10 degrees hotter from being preganat, well I'll tell you, that didn't help a bit!

No, we didn't see a game here, seeing as it was the middle of winter! We did go just to take a picture of the all-famous field and Cubs sign though.

I told you we bundled up! Look at all those layer I had on and I was STILL cold! And if you didn't notice, I'm standing in front of my name sake store. Tiffany & Co.! (Ok, my Mom didn't name me after this store, but we do happen to share names so I needed a picture anyway.)

This was at the John Hancock building I believe, (I forgot!) On the 95th floor or something, I can't believe I don't remember this little detail! Oh well, we were really really high and got some silly pictures of us washing the windows. You can tell we're not really outside, right? Notice that the picture behind us is all nice and sunshiny, during our trip this wasn't the case.

This picture cracks me up, mostly because Shelley kept her sunglasses on for the picture, she said it would make it seem like she was really outside. Hahaha. What a silly lady!

YUMMO. Tums please. This was the CHEESIEST pizza I've EVER had. It was super yummy though and as fattening as it gets I believe. You just haven't lived if you've never tried a true Chicago pizza. DA BEST!

Here's the clan at the pizzeria.

This was inside the Cheescake Factory. It was such a cool looking one, they said the theme was Alice in Wonderland, it looked more like a mushroom land to me but it was awesome none the less.

We also went to see Wicked while there which is now one of my FAVORITE plays EVER! It was SO great and I cannot wait until it comes here to Utah next year. Woohoo!!! We did a bunch of walking, site seeing and shopping, shopping, eating and more eating! We had a ball, everyone (including my doctor) thought I was crazy to travel that far from home so close to my due date but I'm SO glad I did, we made some great memories and I had so much fun with these amazing girls that I'm proud to call family. Thanks for the good laughs...when's our next trip!?!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Madison River Fishing Trip

This picture was taken at Henry's Fork.

This one was at Henry's Fork too but all the rest were at the Madison River. There were 5 guys that went with them and they all had the FUNNEST time!

I don't know the weights and inches of all these fish and I'm guessing you don't care anyway, they caught ALOT of them, just catch and release. Most all of them were either Brown or Rainbow Trout. There ya go. Enjoy!

This is Randy's brother Ken, if ya can't tell!

About The Fam

Randy and I started dating right before 11th grade. He served a mission in Panama City, Panama in 2000 and we were married in the Manti temple on April 3, 2003. Riley was born August 14, 2005, Reagan March 1, 2007 and Oakley September 8, 2009. Riley is now almost 6 years old, and is so independent! He loves playing outside and hanging out with his neighborhood friends. He's the best big brother to both of his sisters and loves them so much. Reagan is 4 and such a girly girl, loves makeup, shoes, jewelry and NEEDS her hair to always look good. She loves to sing and dance ...and tease her little sister relentlessly. She talks like she's 15 and acts like it most the time too! Oakley is almost 2 and a sassy little thing (she must be taking after her older sister! Ha.) She loves being around Riley & Reagan, would follow them everywhere and wants to be as independent as they already are. She always gets the stool to be able to see things they can see or reach things they can reach. She is as girlie as her sister but has no problem playing in the dirt with her brother as well. She LOVES bubbles and the trampoline and giggles over the silliest things. They are all such sweet kids and I know they're going to stay so close as they grow together.