Twilight

Needless to say, I am so behind on this. But being on vacation does that to you. Anyway, back to real life now. I guess I will start off by telling about the midnight showing of Twilight. A bunch of my friends and I went to see it together and we had so much fun. We ate delicious treats, made some new friends, and enjoyed comparing thoughts on the movie. I love hearing every ones different opinions. I really liked the movie. It wasn't as good as the book, but what movie ever is? I guess I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. I am excited for New Moon to come out. Here are a couple of pictures highlighting our fun night.

Happy Anniversary

It seems like everyone is having an anniversary lately, and we are one of them. We have been married eight years today. It seems like it has gone by so fast. I am so lucky that I married my best friend. I made a collage of pictures of us from our wedding day, and the first couple years of our marriage. Once Dylan came along, the camera was taken over by his cuteness, followed shortly after by Livies.
We went on a date on Saturday night to celebrate. We had dinner at Applebee's (thanks for the gift card Heidi), and then went to see Quantum of Solace, the new 007 movie. I know, it is not the most romantic movie, but I am going to see Twilight Thursday night, so I thought I could be generous. It was actually a really good movie. Jon and I are such dorks. We love this chandelier in the Red Rock, so we took our picture by it. I'm sure everyone thought we were cuckoo. It was a great anniversary date. I love you Jon!

Sundays

We had the primary program at church today, and all of the kids did a fantastic job. A big THANKS to all of the leaders for all of their hard work. Dyl said his part, and he did good as well. That's about where it stopped. The rest of church was a nightmare! He just had a really hard time. To try and think positive, I decided to post some funny things my kids said this weekend, to try and forget the bad stuff. First off, here's a clip of Dylan saying his part. Livie didn't have a part because she is still in nursery, but she decided to copy Dylan anyway.

My kids have been watching Annie a lot. They have come up with some pretty creative thoughts from it. For instance:

Livie: Those kids are sad.

Mom: Yeah they are. Do you know why?

Livie: Because they don't have a mom and dad.

Dylan: I want an orphan for Christmas.

(We're working on that kid.)

Dylan (with a big cheesy grin): Look at me mom, what am I doing?

Mom: Ummm smiling?

Dylan: Yeah, now I am fully dressed.

A couple of other funny things that they have said the last couple of days:

Dylan: (At six in the morning) Mom! Wake Up! I have a problem!

Mom: Whats wrong?

Dylan: I can find anything to eat that is delicious!

Dylan: (While holding a vitamin) I found my nuts!

Livie: (When we were grocery shopping) Oh mom thank you! You got carrots. Now I can feed Bulls Eye. (see picture below)

Livie: (After putting on chap stick) Look at my lips Dylan.

Dylan: Oh my heavens! You just look darling!

And my ultimate favorite. Livie kept trying to take her clothes off:

Mom: Livie, you need to leave your clothes on, you are a lady.

Livie: And you are a tramp.

Petting Zoo

We went up to the Bonnie Springs petting zoo today. Livie loves the animals. And if I am honest, I think I like them as much as she does. They had the cutest deer. It is such a fun place to go.

Madagascar 2

We went and saw Madagascar this past Saturday. It was such a great movie. I think Jon and I enjoyed it more than the kids. (I love Livie's running in the wind model pose at the bottom.)

Crazy Sunday

(Before the accident, they weren't really sleeping, just pretending)

Yesterday was one of those crazy mornings. Jon and Dylan were playing before church, spinning around in our computer chair, when Dylan slipped and hit his head on the corner of our cedar chest. Of course being a head wound, it started pouring blood. (Maybe pouring is to much, but it sure seemed like that!) We changed his shirt and jumped in the car to take him to the ER. My good friend Kate watched Livie for us, and took her to church. (Thank you Kate, you were a lifesaver.) Dyl did pretty well once we got there. He kept calling the nurses and doctors giants, and every time they left without touching his head he would say, whew, that was close. We know he was in pain, but he was coherent enough to try and bargain a new toy out of it. Luckily, the wound was more of a puncture and not a gash, so the doctor just had to glue it. We are so lucky no stitches or staples were involved. They put a bandage around his head and he looked so cute! Like a little wounded soldier. I wish I had my camera, but I didn't really think I would need it. I think the worst part for Dylan was when the doctor had to cut his hair around the wound with scissors. Dyl was terrified, but the doctor was quick, and it was over soon. Today he is back to normal and telling us his head feels "smaller" now.

(This isn't really the best picture, but it was the best we could get out of him.)

This picture didn't even happened that day, but I love it and wanted to post it.

Halloween

We had such a great Halloween. We started trick or treating, and I think we were the first ones in our neighborhood. While we were going around, we ran into some of our friends. Rachel and her three kids came along with us for awhile. Livie had a little crush on one of the other pirates, Rachel's son Warner. He graciously held her hand while crossing the streets. On the next street over, our friends Kate and Zack had their train out and running. It is a four wheeler with a bunch of 50 gallon barrels attached. It is a HUGE hit with all of the kids. Zack is such an awesome guy, we saw him taking teenagers and adults around in it as well. Dylan did so much better this year, he actually went to the doors! Livie got tired at the end and made us carry her pumpkin, and then her, but it was all worth it when they got home and had a treat.