Project Christmas 2011...

I was late putting up my Christmas tree this year, even later blogging about it. I usually put it up on General Conference weekend (hey, I gotta stay awake somehow ;)) but this year I didn't get it put up till November. I know I'm late but it's finally up. This year we had a new helper, Brittyn was old enough to participate. She and Ryan were steady giving Joe and I the pieces of the tree and they are continuing to help even now by rearranging my ornaments!!! Thankfully, most of the breakable ornaments are close to the top ;). And now that Thanksgiving is over, it doesn't look so out of place seeing the tree lit up in my window. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!




















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Go long!!!

Brittyn is one busy lady. At Helaman's party she wasn't only dancing but she was also playing football with BB! She was having so much fun throwing the football with her Uncle Brian and he was being such a good sport helping her. She even finally caught a pass!!! Go team Brittyn!!!

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Footloose!!!

So we are finding out little by little that Brittyn LOVES TO DANCE!!! Not only that, but she's even got her own signature moves!!! We were at Helaman's birthday party a few weeks ago and they had some music going. So Brittyn decided to show the folks her moves. She enjoyed all the attention she didn't stop after just one dance. She kept dancing and dancing!!! So you think you can dance? You will definitely have some competition!!!

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Itsy bitsy spider...

This is the first time Brittyn has ever done a real belly laugh...Joe got the win for this one, he did sang the itsy bitsy spider song and we all got a good laugh at Brittyn's good laugh.

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Trick or treat, Southwood...

This year was the first time EVER that we went trick or treating in a neighborhood...it was just like it was on tv, going from house to house trick or treating. I didn't think I'd like it but it was pretty fun!!! We went with uncle matt and aunt leah's kids and had a great time. Brittyn held on to her candy bucket, in true "don't take my candy" fashion, and Ryan had a great time with Holden ben and Mimi running throughout the neighborhood!!! We had a great time, definitely gonna have to do it again!!!























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Trunk or treat, part deux

The same week that we had trunk or treat in our ward, we went to Hosford and had it there too!!! We went to show papa our costumes then headed to the church. I tried so hard to get good pics of the girls in their peacock costumes but I was just too cold!!! So naturally they had to run from us to keep warm!!! But even with all that running around, they managed to hold onto their treat buckets. More candy to be had, that's for sure!!!

















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I'll save you...

This video was taken a couple weeks ago, just as Brittyn was learning to "climb the stairs." She gets started and the apparently chickens out. So she starts to cry, at which point I start to laugh and cannot help her because I am taping her. So, Ryan being the big sister says to her "I'll save you!!!" And what does she do? Nothing, she doesn't even move the hair from Britt's face so she can see. But whatever she does, works. Because just as soon as Ryan walks away, Britt jumps down!!!
they must have a secret code language or something, is all I can say!!!

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Trunk or treat, part Un...

The Wednesday before Halloween was our first trunk or treat for the season. We had the girls dressed as pumpkin princesses/fairies and set off for the church to fill our bags and buckets with goodies. We were not disappointed!!! Our girls cam home with great candy, which I had the pleasure of checking for them to make sure it was safe ;). We chased them around the back yard of the church to let them run around and wear themselves out a little bit. All in all we had a good time!!!

More pumpkin carving

Actually it's s pumpkin hammering. With a bit of creative placement of some glow in the dark "nails" for lack of a better word. And creative placement of Brittyn's fingers for not getting her hands belted into by ryan's swing. They didn't let go of them all night.

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Pumpkin carving

This year we carved a pumpkin. It was a toss up between getting Ryan to put her hand in the pumpkin and keeping Brittyn's hand out of the pumpkin!!! We finally made peace, thanks to some hammers that they both had to have and kept pounding the pumpkin with. In the end, it turned out alright and was well worth it. And, we attempted to make a ghost graveyard (courtesy of Kylia), but it didn't turn out, the icing wasn't good but the candy to put it on sure was!!!


Eating the candy...








Yep, shes eating the pumpkin innards...





This was the only time she put her hand in the pumpkin!!!


Ya see that blurry hammer in her hand, she never let it go.