Here are the pictures of Leif's 2nd Birthday and they are actually in backwards order so start at the bottom.


He didn't blow out his own candles, after mommy helped him he tried to blow them out again! Next year we will get him some trick candles and see how he does with them.


Its hard to see but it was a Curious George cake for his curious George party.




Leif enjoyed opening his presents, he got some great clothes and wanted to try them all on as we opened them.





We played pin the butterfly on George. This is our friend Charlie's daughter Tera.






Here is our friend Keely's Son Quintin he was so cute. Believe it or not he is only 6 months older than Leif. I wish I had a picture of them side by side so you could compare.





Aurora 's turn she was no where near George.

Aurora getting spun around

This is Keely's other son Addison and he won the game. He was so accurate I think he could see.

Our neighbor Kaylee's turn

My Niece Ravyn, she was peeking a little bit though on her turn.

The Birthday Boy Leif I thought he was the cutest of them all.

We didn't spin him he was already wobbly!

Playing in the backyard during the party with his new jeep.

The jeep was the hit of the party!

On a Big boy swing and loving it!



Leifs Jeep

Leif got his jeep the Wednesday before his birthday party but, it was so cold I did not let him take it outside. So here they are on Wednesday night in the Garage.

I just love this picture. He has the cutest smile when he decides to wear it.

His jeep is so cool. It goes in forward and reverse and it makes starting sounds and has a horn and blinker! My favorite thing about it is that it has a radio and so when he is driving he can jam out to music.

He loves it and he has told me everyday when we go to daycare that he wants to drive. Maybe next weekend we can drive to the park.

Going in Reverse and looking back just like Mommy does when she drives.

The tailgate opens and so they were putting stuff in the tailgate and looking underneath. I don't know why they were looking underneath.

A little unsure of what to do!

Halloween 2008

I told Aurora this year that for as long as I could I wanted her and brother to match costumes. Last year they were flounder and Ariel from the movie the little mermaid. I am so proud of Aurora this year because we had a hard time getting costumes. This year she wanted to be the Incredible's and this was a much harder task for me than I anticipated. Leif was too small to be Dash and I could not for the life of me find a Jack Jack costume that was in my price range. I thought I would make the costume myself but I did not manage my time very well and did not have enough time to make it.

We went to the costume store in hopes that I could get a Dash and hem it. The first costume store we went to was Party City and there were no Incredible Costumes at all. We headed over to Spirit which is a dedicated Halloween costume store. They did not have any incredible's, Drat. I told Aurora they did not have her costume and she would have to pick something else. She decided to be an Angel and brother could be a Devil. If you know my kids you understand how perfect these costumes were.

Spirit is a little expensive so I told aurora that we would go back to Party City so I could save some money, always a good thing in my opinion. Back to Party City we went and when we arrived they were sold out of Angels in her size. So I didn't get to save any money and probably spent more money on gas going back and forth between Party City and Spirit.

But here are pictures of my little Angel and my little Devil and I have to say that Aurora rocked this costume it is by far my favorite one yet.













This was before we started trick or treating and they were so cute.














On a side note Aurora just recently got the new movie Tinkerbell and said she wanted wings like Tinkerbell and I told her she had wings, she informed me, "those wings don't work, they don't move and we need some magic"

Daddy did not go trick or treating with us he stayed home and handed out candy to all our trick or treaters. We have very generous neighbors and the kids only had to go around the block once before their buckets were full.

Leif was too cute while he was trick or treating this year. He did not understand it at first. The first house we went to, we knocked on the door and he kept looking back at me as though to say, "What are we doing here and why do I have to wear this?"

What do you think happened next? They opened the door and put candy in his bucket! Then we went onto the next house and guess what? They put candy in his bucket! By the third or Fourth house he understood and he took off leading the way.

The kids buckets were so full that after a block they were done and ready to go home.

We did carve pumpkins this year but I did not think to take any pictures of us doing it.

McCall's Land and Cattle Co.

Every year since Aurora was 2 we have gone to a place that we call McCall's Pumpkin patch. It is a family owned and operated farm that is about an hour and a half from our house. Normally we just go ourselves but this year D.J. was in town and so he and his girlfriend went with us. We also had some of our other friends who live in town go with us this year as well. There was also a Maize Maze and I wanted to post a picture of the maze but I lost my picture with a view from the top.

I love this place because they change at least one activity every year. I did not get as many pictures as I would have liked because the batteries in my camera died. This was Aurora going down the giant slide and this year they added the white smooth surface so the kids were really flying!

This was just outside Animal Alley and as you can see Aurora is a Scarecrow!

This "little" guy who as you can see is not so little sits at the very top of this thing and waits to be fed. I am assuming that he gets fed all day by the kids. I know my kids really enjoyed sending the food up to him and watching him eat it.

Here are the kids in our group from left to right: Tera, Aurora and Leif. If you look close you can also see DJ and G in the background too.

Charlie, Tera, Leif, Baby Leif, Aurora and DJ all had a duck race. You had to pump the water as fast as you can and try to get your duck to the end fastest. Some of the kids needed help and so did some of the adults too. It was much harder than it looks.

D.J. is so silly he rode the cow train with the kids!

Who wouldn't want to ride a lawn mower painted like a cow?

Baby Leif did not want to ride alone and Aurora was with her friend Tera and so Daddy got in with him! As you can see so did Uncle DJ right behind him.

These two Angels are leading the pack! Aurora and Tera in the front cow.

Here we are at the country store. Leif found a chair that was just his size and Aurora as you can see bit off more than she could chew!

Here are Aurora Tera and Leif on the haystacks posing for me and of course none of them are looking at the camera!

D.J. came to New Mexico to visit

One of my good friends from High School came to New Mexico to visit us. Of all of my friends from California only 3 have come to visit us in 10 years! This was D.J.'s third time visiting us and we went out to dinner.


Here is a picture of Daddy and Aurora. Originally the kids were not going to go out to dinner with us but our babysitter called us about 5 minutes before and told us she could not make it. But they make our life fun and full of flavor.

Here is my handsome son eating a Lemon! And notice he does not have a sour face but rather he seems to be enjoying it! That is how you can tell he must be related to me!

This is our friend Erica(the one with the Mohawk) The girl sitting next to her was her girlfriend at the time but I am happy to report that they are no longer together. Erica has become very important part of our life she is more like a sister than a friend.

The picture just to the right is my friend D.J. and his girlfriend at the time "G"

And Here are me and my husband. He always looks better in pictures than I do!

Aurora's First Day of School
I know that she started school back in August but I feel as though it is better late than never. Not only was this her first day of School but it was the school's first day as well. She is going to a brand new Elementary School called Sunset View.


By the way I hated this dress so much I really was so disappointed that she picked this one out to wear. I was even more excited when it ripped the second time she wore it.

It is probably hard to see in the picture, this dress has all different kinds of fruits in all different colors. Have you ever heard the saying the apple does not fall far from the tree? When I was in High School one of our team swimsuits was all different kinds of fruit in different colors. That was an ugly suit too!

I love this picture even though it is not a full body picture nor is she looking at the camera. She is on the playground at school right before school starts.

She did not want to stop and pose for the camera. Which is so odd because normally she is a Ham!

I guess the gymnastics classes have been paying off. She is very flexible and strong. When she plays on the playground she refuses to play on the Kindergarten Equipment, she plays on the the Big Kid Equipment and can climb circles around most of the other kids!

Here she is going into the classroom and No there were no tears from either of us. We had our tears' when she went to pre-school.

Daddy was really trying to get a picture of me crying and he was upset when I didn't. I was upset to see that he took more pictures of me than he did of Aurora on her special day. Obviously I did not post them.

YAY! I GOT MY MEMORY CARD ADAPTER BACK!

I have been wanting to post the pictures in the order that they were taken but I loaned my memory card adapter to my friend and she lost it for about 3 months. I finallygot it back today and I going to post pictures from Aurora's first day of Kindergarten to Halloween night. I hope you all enjoy.