Been Tagged...

I usually never do these, but Rian just went down for a nap, so I'll give it a try...

A - Each player lists 5 facts/habits about themselves.
B - At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

** Five things I was doing 10 years ago:

1) Got my driver's license! And my first car!
2) Cheer, practice or game everyday
3) Enjoying my sophomore year of high school...maybe a little too much
4) Partying way too much...wow how my life has changed
5) Attached to the hip with Lindsey, my best friend

** Five things on my to-do list today:

1) Finish and put away laundry
2) Make dinner, lasagna yum!
3) Make my visiting teaching appointments
4) Enjoy my quiet time while Rian is sleeping
5) Make my Christmas list...my mom asked for me for one even though I am 26. I thinks that's pretty awesome :)

** Five snacks I enjoy:

1) Chips and salsa...a must in our house
2) Fresh fruit especially in the summer
3) Gotta have a piece of chocolate every once in a while, right?
4) Cheese and crackers
5) Homemade Razzmatazz made by Matt. (That's a jamba juice, if you didn't know)

** Five songs I know the lyrics to:

1) The Wheels on the Bus....Rian's favorite song and we sing it about 100 times a day:)
2) Regulate - Warren G and Nate Dogg (bringing you back to the day)
3) How to Save a Life - The Fray
4) Saved By The Bell Theme Song - I know I am copying you Christina, but it's so funny I had to put it down too!
5) Stay - Lisa Loeb

** Five things I will never wear again:

1) My size 0 dickies, I can't believe I fit into those the year we got married, but after having a child there is no way
2) A side ponytail
3) Half the clothes in storage tubs in my garage, it's time to give them to the DI
4) Colored socks. I am plain white ankle sock kinda girl
5) Firefighter pants and jacket. I was one for Halloween a few years ago and it was so hard to convince our local dept to let me borrow it, besides the fact it smelled and was soooo hot and heavy.

** Five of my favorite toys:

1) The Internet...duh :)
2) Satellite Radio
3) Whatever Rian wants me to play with for the week
4) Digital Camera...I take pictures of us all the time, I just never have time to post them
5) Gmail chat

Now I tag....Kacie, Lyndsay, April, Marilyn, Kim, Lorraine, Chipmans
But honestly my feeling won't be hurt if you don't follow through, cuz I have ignored many tags myself

Happy Halloween

We had such a great Halloween. Rian and I went trick-or-treating down Main Street with some friends from church and then we were off to a fondue party with the Rubens! Rian got her first taste of candy when another mom gave her a dum-dum without my knowing. Once I noticed, I took it away and Rian was not a happy camper. I just think she is still too young for candy. Here are some pictures...I know there are so many, but it's so hard for me to pick just a few!

She loves her little pumpkin! It's just the right size!

My little pumpkin...with her little pumpkin!

Our beautiful butterfly!

There's that smile! It's so hard to get her to smile to the camera these days.

The family at our ward's halloween fhe.

Someone brought these huge pumpkins to carve at our fhe.

I love this picture with Tanner, the monkey. They are looking at each other probably thinking 'what the heck are you wearing?'!! And lastly, Rian from the back!

Weekend With Grandma & Grandpa

My parents came to Logan for a long weekend! It was so
nice to have them here and it was so sad to see them go
but they needed to get back to San Diego and the fires.
I tried to keep my camera close by, so here is a little storyline
of our FUN weekend together!


Let me vent for a minute....Why aren't there any REAL
pumpkin patches in Cache Valley??? I really don't understand
how we can have real pumpkin patches in San Diego, but not
in Logan, UT. I mean SD is so metropolitan and Logan is so
rural, it just doesn't make sense.

So after looking all over this county for a pumpkin patch, we
end up at Smith's Marketplace (a local grocery store). Not
quite what I had in mind, but I guess it worked. We put Rian
in the middle of the pumpkins to take her pictures. She didn't
really like it as you can see. Oh well :)



So we headed home to carve our pumpkin. It was so fun
to see Rian's reaction to this. I love the look on her face in
this first picture...What is this yucky stuff inside? Then
she is gives her Grandma Lois the cutest face!

Wow it's all clean inside!

As I was separating the pumpkin seeds (so we could bake

them!), Rian was so interested in what I was doing. I think

she like the mushy feeling on her little hand and fingers.

Then she decided to take a bit. Sick! I wish I would have

snapped a picture of her face after this taste test!

The next night we took my parents to the local "Pumpkin

Walk". This was the first time for all of us and it was really

cool, but exceptionally cold...like in the high 30's. But my

Mom and I really wanted to go, so we dragged Matt and my

Dad along :)

I know this is really cheesy, but we had to do it! Click on the

individual pics to enlarge it, so you can see Rian's face in both

of them. She is such a little pistol! She is so happy and has the

cutest smile ever! We love her so much! I also made Matt

pose for the Clifford picture, but come on, that's what you do

when you are a Daddy, right???

For those of you who don't live in Logan, this is what they

do at the "Pumpkin Walk". Members of the community

make these awesome scenes out of pumpkins. There are

about 20 or so scenes throughout the park. I loved

the Sesame Street one! Click on it to see all the details!

After freezing our booties off at the Pumpkin Walk, I dragged

everyone to get some Aggie Ice Cream. Who doesn't want

ice cream when it's 30 degrees outside??? It's something

you have to experience here in Logan no matter what time of

year. We all enjoyed a huge scoop of Aggie Blue Mint. And

Grandma offered to share with Rian. Yummy! By the looks

of it, I think Rian enjoyed it!

San Diego Fires

These fires hit so close to home this time. Both of our families and many of our friends were evacuated around 6 am Monday morning. My parents were visiting us here in Logan, so it was up to Michael and Fred (my brothers) to pack up everything and relocate to Fred's house (which was pretty far from the fires) for the week. Our families and friends were allowed to return home last night to all their homes still standing! Unfortunately, Jen (Matt's sister) and her in-laws weren't so lucky....

These are pictures of Jen and Noah's cab over and Noah's brother's motor home in Delzura. They found these pictures on the Internet. Can you imagine what it would be like to see your belongings like this. You try to be so hopeful during a time like this and then you come along a picture of your stuff. We are so sorry for your losses. No word yet on the houses that were on the property also. Luckily Jen and her family no longer live in Delzura and their actual home is okay. Our thoughts and prayers go out to each and every family who have been affected by these fires. Please remember them in your prayers also :)

Caught Ya

We were snacking on chips salsa the other day and Rian starting sticking her little hand in the chips....I guess she was hungry too! I thought it was so cute especially since the bag was practically as big as she!

The funny thing is that she didn't eat the chips right away...she had to get Daddy's approval. What a good little girl!

Enjoying Fall

Val had a great idea today. We both knew

the beautiful weather wasn't going to last

much longer so she suggested we head up

to campus and take a walk. She brought

her camera, of course, and here is a sample

of her beautiful work! Val is awesome :)

My New Love!! (Sorry Matt)

Okay, so I never really indulge in anything for myself. I am always putting my husband and daughter first, so for my birthday, Matt convinced me to do something really special for myself. So I found this AMAZING diaper bag after spending hours upon hours on the Internet. It is the Whipstitch by Nest and I LOVE IT!!! No not more than my hubby or daughter, but it does rank really high up there!


To all you other mommy's out there......I know you're jealous!!!


I love the color of the lining!

Rian's Walking!!!

So while we were up in Idaho, Rian really started to gain the confidence she needed to start walking by herself (thanks Nanc)!!! Although her first few steps were on my birthday (Aug 26th), I think we can now say that last night she officially started walking!!! She just got up on her own and went and went and went, for like almost an hour! YAY Rian!


She is so proud....and she should be!


Look at me!

Fun With Friends

What cute friends!


Guess which child is mine!


The adorable Kaitlyn


Markham, April, and Little Kaity! We love you guys!

Our Lil' Monkey

Rian is climbing on everything. Most of the time I am running over to her so she doesn't fall, so I don't get a pic. But look for more in the future...I'm sure there will be plenty! Oh yeah, she love to sit in Kaiya's (our dog) basket of toys too! But today she decided to climb up on her chair instead.