Shoes

I couldn’t resist. I thought these pictures were so darn cute. MaKena loves to put shoes on. As you can see in the pictures below she was wearing Daddy’s shoes. They looked like big clown shoes on her. And she found her tooth brush in the bathroom and was “brushing” her teeth. Although I’m sure she didn’t get them very well!!

Cheeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeee!!!!!
She really is a goofy girl. You should have seen her try to walk with these shoes on!

Trying to take a step with daddy's shoes one. Not the easiest thing to do!

Dancing

Back in October I took the kids to the cities for one of my dad’s cousin’s 25th Wedding Anniversary. We headed down Saturday morning and got to the hotel early enough to take the kids swimming. All the kids (MaKena, Jacob, Mallorie, Karisa and Emma) had a blast swimming. We then got the kids ready to head to the dance. The kids were so excited to go dancing. They danced their tails off and before we knew it it was time to head back to the hotel to go to bed. We had a lot of fun spending time with the family. The girls (Emma and MaKena) had a lot of fun playing together in the hotel room.

Jacob and MaKena dancing.
Justin and Mallorie goofing around.

A bunch of the kids dancing. McKayla, MaKena, Jacob, Mallorie, William and Karley.

Me and MaKena. Jacob took this picture!!

I love this picture. Jacob looks like he's really getting into his dancing with MaKena!

Can you tell he loves his baby sister?!

Sunday morning, the girls watching cartoons.

Aren't they cute?!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Jacob!

Can you believe this cute little baby is now.......

this handsome boy? Where did the time go?

Happy 9th Birthday my sweet Jacob! I hope your birthday is as special as you are. I'm so honored to be your mom. You are the most caring and loving little boy I know with the biggest heart. You would do anything for anyone. You make me so proud every day. Happy Birthday Jacob! I hope you get everything you wish for. I love you to the moon and back buddy!!

High Heels

This is just a silly post of MaKena wearing her high heels and diaper. This summer Nana and Papa picked these high heels up for MaKena and I joked around saying she doesn’t have anything to wear them with so I’d take a picture of her with her high heels and diaper on. Well here they are!! It is hilarious to see her walk in these, she does really well but she doesn’t like them on too long. I think they hurt her chubby little feet! She’s already finding out that shoes may be cute but they aren’t comfortable!!

MaKena wouldn't stand still so I could get a good picture of her and her high heels. Goofy girl!
Aren't they hilarious?!

West Fest Parade

Back in September, I know these pictures are old, MaKena and I went to the West Fest Parade. We met Nana and Papa there. My plan was to stay for the first part of the parade and leave when Lane’s float went through but MaKena was doing so good we stayed until it was almost over. She had a blast and the weather was great. We sat in the shade under a tree which worked out great. She was fascinated by all the people and floats. She really loved the go carts/race cars that started the parade. I can’t remember who drives them but she loved them. I thought she’d get scared when the fire trucks went by and turned their sirens on but she loved that too. I tried to get some pictures of Jacob but he was on the opposite side of the street handing out candy. He had a lot of fun being in the parade with Lane and his co-workers.

She really loved the go carts/race cars. Can you tell?!
Cheeeezzzzzeeeee!!!

She loved waiving her flag.

This was taken when the loud fire trucks were driving by.

This is Lane's work. Can you see Jacob in the green shirt on the far side of the car?

Lane waiving at MaKena. (He's driving the car!)

Fall Fun!

About a week and a half ago I took the kids out to my mom’s to help her clean her yard. She had a lot of leaves and I thought it would be fun to rake a pile and let the kids jump in. I have to say I was shocked by all the leaves she had. I’ve never seen that many leaves in her yard before. The kids had a blast playing outside and helping grandma. MaKena wasn’t too thrilled about playing in the pile of leaves at first but after she saw Jacob jump in she decided it was OK. And man did she have fun. I tried to get some good pictures of the kids but MaKena wouldn’t sit still long enough. I figured out how to use the continuous shot on my camera so I got some really neat pictures of the kids while they were jumping/playing in the leaves. Mom and I got sick of raking leaves so we decided we needed to figure out how to get the bagger on the mower. We were pretty impressed with ourselves when we figured it out. Once we figured that out, picking the leaves up wasn't so bad! We had a fun day playing outside at Grandma’s and helping her get her yard leaf free, for now!

MaKena helping grandma pick leaves up. She would pick them up one at a time and put them in the bag.
Notice the one leaf in her hand. She was so proud of herself for helping grandma!
Putting her leaf in the bag.
MaKena getting familiar with the pile of leaves. She didn't like going in the pile at first.
The kids having fun playing in the leaves.

Jacob relaxing in the leaves.

The next 3 pictures I took using the continuous shot button. This is Jacob getting ready to jump in the pile of leaves.

Jacob jumping in the leaves. Notice he's standing on his tip toes.

And now he's in the pile of leaves!

This was one of the only shots I got of both kids looking at the camera.

I love this picture!!

This one too!

MaKena doing peek-a-boo. I used the continuous shot on the last 6 pictures.

I see you!!

Boo!!

Halloween

Its hard to believe that Halloween has come and gone. This year seems to be flying by. Jacob was with his dad for Halloween this year but they stopped by so we could see his costume. He looked really cool. They did a really good job dressing him up as Dracula. When MaKena saw him she wasn't even scared, which surprised me. She knew right away that it was Jacob. But then again she loves her brother to pieces so I don't think it matters what he looks like!! After Jacob left we ventured over to my grandma's house to show off MaKena's costume. She was a Pirate Princess. Jason, Jerene, Mallorie and Karisa were visiting too so we took some pictures with the girls all dressed up. After stopping by GG's (great grandma) house we headed over to Nana and Papa's to visit for a few minutes and then went to Brad and Anita's to pick Alexis and Brandon up to spend the night. Unfortunately we got home too late to see the trick-or-treaters come around our neighborhood but we had a great night visiting our family. I've added some pictures of the kids in their costumes. Hope you enjoy!!

My little Dracula!
MaKena checking out Jacob's costume. She wasn't scared at all!
A closer look.
MaKena our Pirate Princess. She was really quiet when she was in her costume. I think she stood in this spot at my grandma's for 5 minutes. I think she was too busy checking out all the trick-or-treaters coming to my grandma's door.

MaKena, Karisa, Mallorie and me at grandma's! Mallorie looked so grown-up with her make-up on.

Baby Stellan

Please stop over at MckMama's blog and pray for baby Stellan. He is in the hospital again with SVT and could really use some extra prayers. Thanks!

Soccer

This fall is just flying by. I took these soccer pictures at Jacob’s first soccer game back in September and this Saturday is his last soccer game until the spring. He’s really enjoying soccer again this year and keeps getting better every day. So far this year he’s gotten a goal and has come close to getting several more. He’s back playing with the same group of kids he’s played with every year except last year he was switched to a different team. The only bad thing is there are only 6 guys on his team and that’s how many you need to play each weekend. So it gets a little tiring for them but they sure are fun to watch. They are undefeated so far this fall. Last Sunday was the closest game by far this year with a final score of 6-5. It was an exciting hour of soccer even though it was only 35 degrees outside!

Jacob playing goalie.
Jacob getting ready for the second half of the game to start.

Jacob chasing after the ball.

Waiting for his teammate to throw the ball in.