Carving Pumpkins

This year Ryan and I carved pumpkins with Ashley and Jordan. We carved them at my moms house so that she could watch Braxton. However, she had to go to Nephi for a doctors appointment and didn't make it back until we were half way done. So we put Braxton in his high chair and he watched cartoons.




Here is the finished pumpkins. Braxton's in on the left, Ryan's in the middle, and mine on the end. Don't mind my pumpkin it was suppose to be a monster but I used a paper stencil and apparently I did it wrong so it didn't work.

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

Ryan is the employee of the month! He gets his own parking spot, a gift card to cinemark, and a plaque. Way to go Ryan!

Braxton's Tantrum over a marshmallow

Braxton is going through a phase where he throws tantrums over EVERYTHING. Well today was his worst tantrum yet. In our house we have the kitchen blocked off with a gate so that he cant go in there and play with the dog food and water. When Braxton wakes up usually he will go to the gate and make his little noise that means he wants to go into the kitchen for breakfast. So this morning he starts crying and screaming and jumping up and down because he wanted to go into the kitchen. So I put him into his highchair and made him some breakfast. He is still screaming and crying and choking. He can't talk at all yet so he points to things. He kept pointing to something on the dishwasher. I just figured he wanted to get out and play in the kitchen. I let him play in the kitchen but he was still crying and pointing to something. I took him into the front room hoping he would calm down. The screaming and crying got louder and louder and he was choking even more. He was screaming so loud I have never heard a child scream that loud. So I decided that I would take him into the kitchen again. He ran over by the dishwasher and was pointing up. I picked him up and he pointed to the bag of marshmallows. I gave him to see if that was the problem and it was. He was so good and happy after I gave him the marshmallow. I couldn't believe it I was so annoyed. I really wish Braxton could talk it would really help.

Braxton's Tantrum

Squaw Peak

Today Ryan wanted to go and find some snow. So we headed up to Squaw Peak to see if we could find some. Also, we decided that since we will be up by some pretty leaves we would take some pictures of Braxton in his Halloween costume. It was a cold but beautiful day up there. Once we got out of the car Braxton saw a big puddle and wanted to throw rocks into it. It was a big mistake to let him because then that was all he wanted to do. We tried to pull him away and take pictures but he was tired. We decided to skip nap time and he was super ornery. I was disappointed that we didn't get any good pictures but at least we were able to find snow for Ryan.

Braxton's glazed donut

Today while at the store we were walking past the donuts and Braxton started freaking out. He really wanted a donut. He had been really good all day so we decided he could have one. When we got home I gave it to him and he loved it. Surprisingly he couldnt finish the whole donut which is good because he had dropped it on the carpet and it was covered in hair. Luckily it didn't give him a sugar high and he went straight to bed.

Family Pictures

A little over a month ago Ryan's family had family pictures taken. Janae Campbell was the photographer and she did a really good job. However, I was really disappointed with how our individual family pictures turned out. My eyes were closed in EVERY SINGLE ONE! I decided that I would have my mom take some pictures for me. It was also a great time to get an updated picture of the entire family. I was so excited with how they turned out. We were able to get some really cute ones and my eyes were open in a lot of them. Jordan was there and we had him be in the pictures with us (just in case they get married). Thanks Mom and Ashley you did an amazing job!