I Am Thankful For Halloween

Yes you heard me right. I am thankful for Halloween. It gives children a chance to be children, eat candy, dress up, and act silly. It also gives adults a chance to be children, eat candy, dress up and act silly.

isn't she boootiful

scaredy cat!

My little goblins

princess jasmine from alladin

cutest chick i've EVER seen!

our friends threw a "murder mystery" halloween party. we were "Wack Pickleson Beerstin Dunce.

mercedes and her friends at her 2nd annual halloween party!

mama ghost and mercedes at her party. (my favorite is ryder in the background torturing the cat.)

so there you have it. i love halloween and am thankful for halloween.

i love october

i love october. for so many reasons. my birthday. it's finally cooling off and fall has begun. i can wear jeans without sweating to death. pumpkin flavor everything. and most of all HALLOWEEN!!!!

Mercedes loves herself some halloween too!

this is the pumpkin she helped me carve. she did the straight lines.

for those of you who don't know, this is a bumbo seat. made for babies to be able to sit upright and look REALLY cute doing it. this picture is not the greatest example of that.

she liked it!

for about 2 minutes. anyone want a bumbo seat?

September "Happy Haps"

rusty blessed roxie in the beautiful dress that grandma joy made for mercedes when we blessed her. we plan to bless all our girls in it . . . right rusty? (he says we're done, we'll see.)

mercedes was asked to sing "i love to see the temple" in the primary program this year. she did a great job and got to wear her cousin, anna's, beautiful white temple dress. she looked like an angel. of course i couldn't record the song in sacrament meeting but her cousin, melissa filmed her singing it afterward and it's on my facebook page. i couldn't get it to download here. but it's worth watching.

on the way home from el paso it hailed on us . . . yes that is hail. we were terrified that it would bust open the windshield. they hit so hard that it made roxie make this face . . .
i'm not kidding, this is what she did when she heard the hail hitting the truck.

~So Much Has Happened~

Roxie turned 1 month old!

bottling season began.
Nephew Jesse got his mission call to Cuernavaca Mexico!

Roxie turned 2 months old and started smiling.

Another year of school began.



And just some regular old family fun. Sorry about the long blog break. I guess I was busy.

~Just An Update~

Just having a nap . . .
She STILL likes her baby sister

She got her ears pierced

I've never had to mow a lawn in my life, but if I did, this would be the only way to go!

Some cousins. Noel, Mercedes, Sophie, and Ryder.

July 4, 2009

cute baby!

Sweet girl!
I LOVE these two!

This year for the 4th, our little community had a party in the backyard of my mother and father in laws house. My fabulous friend Cambria took over the job of planning the party because i had just had a baby and she wanted to do it. She had this great idea of having a decorated bike parade for all the kids. Mercedes reffered to it as the "Bike Festival". Her wonderful cousins, Jackie and Hope, helped her decorate her bike and after pedalling around grandpa's tennis court in her "fancy 4th" outfit, the little sweetheart won first place! She was very excited to say the least and used her first place prize coloring book as her sacrament meeting entertainment the next day. Thanks Cambria for hosting such a fun party!!!!

~Roxanna Eliza Jones~

June 22, 2009 9:40 a.m. 8 lbs. 6 oz. 20 inches long.

perfect.

Roxie's second cousin, Logan. Born 6 days after her.