Hiking

Jamie and I being the brave (or stupid) souls we are, took the children to Red Rock for a hike. The kids actually did great. We went on a 4 mile(round trip) hike up to the La Madre Springs. Autumn tried to pick up every rock she could. It was too cute. We hiked up to a little spring in the mountains and a small dam where animals go to drink. I love to hike at Red Rock. After our hike, we treated the kids to Old Nevada and Bonnie Springs. For dinner, we met the hubbies and Dad Gibbons at the Fiesta for a buffet. It was a fun day! Splish Splash we were taking a bath!
The kids went thru the mine at Old Nevada about 50 times!
Merrily, merrily a hiking we will go!

It's been awhile

I know I have been so delinquent with my blog! Time just seems to get away from me. I actually wanted to start something new with my blog at the beginning of the year but as you can see, it did not happen then. We had a crazy couple of months. Jim, was rearended by a drunk driver at work on January 24. He was on light duty since then and finally got to go back to full duty tonight. I am grateful for the time that he got to spend with us, going to church and actually being home for my birthday! That was the good that came out of the accident. I am so glad he is better and ready to go catch the thugs.

Snow in Vegas? Who would of thought it possible!

After much crying and moaning(from my kids not me!) and much prayer from my children, we recieved a Christmas miracle! It snowed in Vegas! I think we had about 8 inches. Boy was it a fun day!

Guess Who's 1!

Ok, so I know I have been delinquent in my updates. Just wanted to wish my little Auti a Happy Birthday yesterday. I can't believe she is one! This year has flown by. Autumn is a sweet spirit. When I get the pictures of her party, I will post them.

The latest Elliism by Jim

While driving down the road Ellie saw a lady driving a car next to us with two dogs poking their heads out of the windows. After giggling at the dogs for a bit Ellie asked me "Daddy, why do some people take their dogs everywhere they go?" I replied "I don't know honey." Ellie then thought for a second and stated "I guess they do it because they don't have a boyfriend!"

Halloween

So Halloween was a blast this year! Every year my mom likes to have a Halloween party and this year we did it on All Hallows Eve! I even dressed up this year. Take a look!

Ok, so I was trying to be Punky Brewster. For those of you who don't know who that is, look it up! Anyway, at the end of the evening, I realized I was flashing gang colors all night(see the bandannas). Way to go!

Here is my little bat girl. She is showing off her knee with the band aid because before we left for the party I noticed that there was a tiny hole in her costume. Well to remedy that, Ellie decided to put a band aid on it and in her words, " I covered the hole up so you can't see it." Makes sense.

Here is my vampire. Be careful at my house!


Miss Auti's first Halloween. The trick or treat bag is almost bigger than her!

All in all we had a great night. It was good to see all the trick or treaters out on our street. I really don't like the trunk or treats and the mall sponsored stuff on Halloween. I know people gravitate towards those type of functions because of safety but I feel if you take the time to know the people in your neighborhood it should be safe. I want my children to have the types of experiences that I grew up having with the Holidays. Especially when they are trying to take them away at school.

I will get off my soap box now! Update on the election. Cheyenne ran a clean campaign, gave a wonderful speech and was cheered by all. Unfortunately, she did not win. I feel she should have by the amount of cheers received compared to the other candidates but what do I know. Cheyenne was unfazed by not winning. I am so proud of her for trying. I never in a million years would have done what she did.

Update - for September!

What happened to September? It went by so quick that I did not get a chance to update my blog. So what happened last month? Well.............

Ellie dressed herself for bed. Pippi Longstockings eat your heart out!











Autumn ransacked the videos. (For the thousandth time!)












And the most exciting thing that happened in September was Cheyenne getting her ears pierced!

Cheyenne's surprised look as I tell her that she can get her ear's pierced. Yes we premeditated this surprise!











Here we are picking out earrings. There was so many to choose from!












Getting our ears pierced. We maybe just a little bit nervous!












The end result! I know we can't see her newly pierced ears but you can tell she is pleased!


I will be updating my blog for October pretty soon. We are anxiously awaiting an important election. The presidential race. No, not the national one! The one for student council! It seems we have a politician on our hands! Stay tuned!