Fun Times

Hey my mom sent us one of these and we loved it so we made our own for everyone to enjoy. Go to this link and you will laugh- http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1253161069. Merry Christmas!!! We hope you have a great holiday season.

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Our Thanksgiving Vacation

We had the opportunity to go to North and South Carolina for our Thanksgiving vacation. Curtis' brother Merrill and his wife Cami and their family live in Durham NC. It was a great time. We went down to Charleston SC and just drove around and walked around the outdoor market. There is a lot of history there. It was a beautiful city. Then we met the family in Myrtle Beach and spent the remainder of the week there at a resort and on the beach. I never thought I would spend my Thanksgiving at the beach with 80 degree weather but it was gorgeous. It was so nice to see everyone. We miss you all so much and are so thankful that we got to spend that time with you. Thank you Merrill and Cami for letting stay in your house and thank you to Jeremy and Amie for setting up for us to stay at the resort. And of course thank you to Mike and Janette for everything you did for all of us. It was a truly memorable Thanksgiving. We love you all!!!!

Thanksgiving with the class

Before we left we took this fun picture.
Vance loved running through the kitchen and dining room.

The classmates smiling big for the camera.
This was a great night. Thanks everyone for making this possible.

Pumpkin Carving

As if everyone couldn't already guess what Curtis was going to carve into his pumpkin but here is proof. He did a Sundevil and I did a Trick or Treat one. It was really fun carving pumpkins. It was our Family Home Evening this week. Funny story, while we were outside carving our pumpkins there were a ton of Ladybugs flying around our deck. So I was pulling seeds and stuff out of my pumpkin when I hear Curtis say "No Vance spit it out!" I just said I don't even want to know but I could guess what it was. Yes you guessed it... My son ate a Ladybug!!!! I know all you moms of toddlers out there are laughing because you know all about it but this was my first gross out moment when my son ate a bug. I am sure it won't be the last but I don't think it will get any easier. Well I hope you all enjoyed your Halloween. We love you all!!!

CHEESY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is kind of blurry but you can still tell what it is.
Here is a picture of what it looked like not lit up.
Here they both are up on the porch. When I went out to light them I got attacked by lady bugs and you can't see them but there are a ton on the light parts of our pumpkins. It was a little creepy but I would rather have lady bugs than some other things.
Here they are all lit up. Pretty impressive huh!!!!

Our Ward Halloween Party!!!

So for Halloween this year I decided to have a family theme and we were a family of M&M's. Curtis is the peanut M&M, I was the plain M&M and Vance is a mini M&M. I made mine and Curtis' costumes but I didn't make Vance's. It was my first sewing project and let me tell all those women out there that are new at sewing, Satin is not the best thing to begin with. We had a great time at the party and we were one of the few couples that dressed up with our son. We were glad that we did it though. We won best couple it tights. But I think it was just my boys that looked great it those tights.
Vance may be a mini M&M but don't forget he is a tough little boy and he has muscles.
Here we are at the party. I have some funny eyelashes on so it looks a little weird. We should have sat down for the picture but Curtis was having difficulty sitting in his costume. HEHEHEH!!!

Here is Vance in the Cutest Pre-nursery child contest. He was so cute.
I don't know what he was trying to share with us but he sure is cute.
My Peanut man!!! Pretty good huh? I don't know if you can really see it but he is wearing a bow tie which I made too.
Vance just wanted to stand by whoever was standing but he apparently didn't want his picture taken.
Here is my costume. I even made the bow!!! Sexy little green M&M, note the shoes below.
And here I am with my sweet boy. What a doll.

Vance

We went with Vania and Demiah to a store called Stuff to find Vance's Halloween costume and Demiah took him to go show him the toys and this is what they found when they came back. Pretty cute.

Ok so we also went and watched the movie Hairspray with the girls and Vance loved it because it had so much music but this picture is of him eating his popcorn. He wouldn't even turn away from the screen he would just reach his hand over, grab some popcorn and stick it in his mouth. It was hilarious. Vania and I were trying really hard not to get kicked out of the theater because we were laughing so hard.

Cheese!!!

I WANT MY MULLET BACK!!!

Yes my son has a mullet when his hair is wet but it is so cute and curly when it is dry that I just can't cut his hair.

Here is the cute outfit that Aunt Nana bought Vance. He loves it and he looks so cute.

So note the corner.... every night I make the toys look all nice and organized and this is what it looks like at 10 every morning. But the reason I took this picture is because he has both his feet on top of his car and he was just leaning back chilling. It was so cute. He is showing me his dinosaur. I LOVE THIS KID!!!

Demiah had her 10th birthday party at the ice skating rink and she decided to put a bow in Vances hair. He wasn't too happy about it but he did pretty good considering.

Here is Vance playing with a fun twirling toy. He loves this thing.

I couldn't hardly keep Vance from going and running onto the ice. So here he is trying to make a break for it. He did pretty good once he got on there but I wouldn't let him go too far.

WELCOME PARTY!!!!

We had a welcome party/baby shower for one of Curtis's classmates family that moved here from Colorado this month. Adrian is the one who's family came and his little year old daughter Izzie and Vance just had a ball. Sophie is the baby girl that we were celebrating but somehow we didn't get a single picture of here. She was adorable though. It was a great break for all the guys and we just really had a great time.



Jenni freehanded this Hawkeye and the banner. She is very talented.
It took Izzie a little while to warm up to Vance but eventually......
they were getting REALLY close!!!!
Here are the classmates that came and some of their spouses. Everyone having a great time?


Here are the kids playing with the balloons. Those balloons kept them very entertained.

ASU!!!!

I just wanted to post a little note about Curtis's Alma Matar ASU. This week they are ranked #7 in the nation, they should be higher but we all know how unfair it is. They have a 7-0 record. They are doing awesome. Keep your fingers crossed for them to win their remaining games so that ASU can finally get the recognition they deserve. GO DEVILS!!! I thought my Curtis would be proud of me for posting this. Hope you all enjoy your day!!!

Vance

Here is everyone's favorite part I am sure. Here are some pictures of Vance being Vance and a few pictures with us in them. Enjoy

We decided to go to a Kernel's game which is the minor league baseball team from Cedar Rapids. It was really fun and we got some really fun metal lunchboxes so that made it even better. Vance wanted Curtis's soda so he kept looking down.
What is in your mouth? Who knows.
Go Kernel's. He just loves sports, like father like son!!!!
What is over there? It is another seat well what do you know.
This is Liz, she is in Curtis's program with him. She is awesome. Vance is playing with some fun sunglasses. He loves sunglasses.
Some of the sisters in our ward got together and we all went to this petting zoo at a local dairy in Iowa City. It was a hot day but we had a great time and Vance loved the animals. There are some geese behind him.
He wasn't sure about the baby goat but he got sort of close to it.
There were donkeys right in front of him and he is looking the other way at who knows what, but he sure is cute.
Vance's hair is so fun in the tub and so we wanted to take some pictures of it so everyone could see. He is posing in this picture so that made it even better.
CHEESE, curly top!!
Curtis's Uncle Ron came into town and we went out to dinner with him. It was great to see some family and Curtis and Uncle Ron had a lot to talk about so it was really fun.
We saw a sign for a pumkin patch on the side of the road so we decided it would make a great "Between sessions" trip so we went and I took these pictures of the boys. It was a beautiful day and the pumpkins were really great.