Little Gnome

I found this little gnome on my doorstep.

Sedona

This is what Livy does when you ask her to smile these days.

Taking a rest so Charlotte's legs would'nt "fall off"

Bell Rock (on the left) I am not sure what the other one is called.

Last week for Veterans day I took the girls to Sedona; Scott was working of course. Sedona has been out little getaway while we've lived in Flagstaff. It is only 40 scenic miles away and is always 10-15 degrees warmer than Flagstaff. There is a beautiful creek that runs though the canyon that we like to visit too. The girls and I had lunch and then took a walk around the red rocks. We walk until Charlotte started telling me her "legs were falling asleep". Olivia rode happily in the jogging stroller. When we got to the car I said "was'nt that fun?" Charlotte replied "I never want to walk that far again." She had fun despite the dramatic comments.

Halloween-finally

Our beautiful fairy/butterfly/princess

This is her excited face.

More pictures;are you serious?

After first deciding to be a triceratops, then a viking, Charlotte settled on a pink butterfly. As you can see; she felt simply beautiful in her costume. In fact she told everyone she knew that she was going to be a "beauuuuuuutiful butterfly". She also wore her old dog costume to pre-school and her old witch costume to the church party. So many costumes; so little time!

You are probably wondering what happened to Olivia? Well she was the cutest little garden gnome this year. But I took pictures of her using the camera on my phone because I had left my camera at work-and I haven't figured out how to download them from my phone if you actually want to view them in a size larger than a pea. So, I will have to keep working on it.

So, another Halloween come and gone. We had so much fun carving pumpkins, reading Halloween stories and singing about witches. It was a fun year.

I've got lots of cute pictures of the girls recently that I plan to post. So, stay tuned.

Pumpkin Patch

Cutie pies at the pumpkin patch.

This pumpkin is heavy!

I love Livy's furrowed eyebrows as she tries to lift this pumpkin.

This one is more Charlotte size.

Charlotte had a blast scooping out guts.

Don't worry; it's a safety knife!

Spooky green eyes Finn.

Halloween isn't complete without a trip to the pumpkin patch (or dressed up gravel lot in our case). The girls had so much fun picking out the perfect pumpkin. Olivia just wanted to sit on all of them. Charlotte spent a good 20 minutes searching before she found "the one'". She insisted it have a "spooookey" face. It turned out cute.

Zumbathon

My friend and fitness mentor, Karen. She turns 50 in February and can still move it just as good as I can-amazing!
We had over 100 women come, and a few guys too.

Here I am on stage.

We had 9 instructors teaching ranging from young to old.

Last weekend I participated in a Zumbathon to raise money for Breast Cancer research.

It was fun to get to teach with other instructors and see their unique styles. It was awesome to see so many people come together for a good cause and for fitness. The next day there was a terrible picture of me in the paper. I was pulling a funny face. Oh well, the rest of me looked pretty good. Zumba has really helped me grow as an instructor. I feel like it has also helped me except my body just the way it is; because when you are having so much fun you don't really care what is jiggling!

Pictures for Mom

Olivia playing peek-a-boo through Charlotte's potty seat-gross I know.

Charlotte and her pal Draven at their pre-school field trip to the fire station.

Charlotte riding the horse at the park. She named him Yoko.

A storm in the bathtub.

I wanted you to see how big Finn is. He was being very uncooperative.

Olivia saying "cheese"

Big smiles.

My Mom recently joined the modern world and got the Internet at home. She's been telling me how much she enjoys looking at our Blogs. I told her I would post more often. So I posted a few pictures from the weekend. Hopefully this won't make you feel so far away.

Sew cute!

Playing hopscotch on the bricks.

I made Charlotte this skirt and t-shirt last weekend out of a pair of women's pajamas I found on clearance for $3.00. I just couldn't resist the roller skate fabric! Charlotte is looking so tall and grown up these days; I forget she is only three.