Who needs a photo studio?

I've been wanting to get some pcitures of my munchkins together for awhile but I don't want to fork out the money for a photo studio (I'm cheap). So I decided to do it myself.

Brenna, of course, was easy to do pictures of, except she kept trying to go play, plus it was around naptime so she wasn't exactly listening.

Ian was a little stinker and wouldn't look at me, or he wouldn't smile when he looked at me, he would turn his head and smile. He was more interested in trying to play with the leaves, crawling, and climbing.

When I was trying to get the two of them together it was a bit challenging. Next time I'm doing it with another person to either take the picture or keep the kids in one spot. Ian kept trying to crawl off, and when I would finally get him sitting still and looking at me, Brenna wouldn't be paying attention so by the time I got her attention Ian would be distracted again.

I still think they're the cutest kids ever!!!!

Hopefully next month we'll get some family pics of us done.

The leaves aren't the only things changing.

This tiem of year is one of my favorite times. I love it when it starts to cool off and there's a certain crsipness in the air (and I can wear my favorite outfit, sweatshirt and jeans). I love it when the leaves change color. I love walking through leaves when they're crunchy. I also love it when I drive on the road and there are lots of leaves on the road. I always look in my rearview mirror and watch the leaves float up in the air.

We have lots of leaves in our yard, which means we get lots of leaf piles. Ian and Brenna had fun playing in them.

Brenna loves to bury herself in the leaves and lay in them. Silly girl. She had fun throwing leaves in the air and making her brother laugh.

Surprisingly, Ian didn't try to eat the leaves when I put him the leaf pile. He just sat in them and crushed them in his hands. That is the exact opposite of what he does inside. If he finds a leaf on the floor in the house it goes straight to his mouth.

My little rugrats are growing so fast and they change everyday. I know change is a good thing....but sometimes I want them to stay the way they are forever. I have been so blessed with these 2 little angels (sometimes the horns are holding up the halo). Life is definatley ad adventure with them. I can't wait to see what the future holds for them and what kind of people they are giong to be. I already know they are both going to be very strong-willed and stubborn (any guesses where they get that from?). It doesn't seem like that long ago that we brought Brenna home from teh hospital and then next thing I knew we were bringing Ian home. They make everything worthwhile. (As you can tell this has been a good day and both kids are behaving themselves ;) )

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween was really fun this year. I think it was mainly due to the fact that Brenna is older and actually grasps at the idea of Halloween. Morgan City sponsored a Trick-or-Treat to all the businesses. We took both the kids to that and they had lots of fun.

Brenna was Supergirl this year, not to be confused with Superwoman (you will get an earful if you mix them up). She can run super fast and fly high and save the day because she has a cape. Brenna loves to help people so this was a very fitting costume for her. I was going to have her be a princess or a fairy(Tinkerbell) but she wanted to be Supergirl, and I'm glad she was because almost all the other little girls were fairies or princesses. Brenna even did her own super hero music (da da dada). She was here to save the day.

She even has the hero pose down!

I'm trying to decided who Brenna is looking more like, mom or dad?

Exactly who did she need to save us all from? Well there was a monster on the loose, more specifically a dragon (but I think this particular dragon is somehow related to Godzilla). Ian loves to destroy all in his path. If there is ever anything that is neat and organized, he won't be too far behind to make sure it doesn't stay that way. The only thing that manages to stay where it belongs is his toy box....funny how that works. He loves to knock things over, especially when his sister is building a tower of blocks. When we give him food he loves to mash and squish it in his hands and make as big of a mess as he can. I think I should have put a cape on him and had him go as Destruct-o-boy, and be Supergirl's arch nemesis. Mommy's little monster!!!But he definitely looks(acts) like his daddy!

When the business trick-or-treat was over with we had just enough time to stop by the house and go to the trunk-or-treat at the church. Brenna had fun going to that because most of the people there were people from our ward and neighborhood. Everyone loved Ian's little dragon costume. He started getting a bit antsy so Jason gave him a dum-dum sucker and he went to town on it, everyone thought that was so cute too. When we finished with that it was time to go home. It was only 7:00 though...Halloween can't end that early. I decided to take Brenna round to some of her friends' houses to go trick-or-treating. Well, this turned into us running house to house to house to house for an hour. I would park the car and we would run to all the close houses and then get back in the car and do it again. She thought it was the coolest thing to be able to do some real trick-or-treating and run all over. We went to the houses of people in our ward so it was nice being able to get yummy homemade treats and not worry about "hidden" stuff. I just have to give kudos to the people in our ward. They are so generous on Halloween. Most the houses were giving out full size candy bars, pops, yummy homemade cookies or popcorn balls. Those that weren't giving those out gave Brenna whole handful of whatever candy she had. We ended up just leaving her bag in the car when were running around because it was so full and heavy. She got lots of treats!!! It was so nice to be able to spend that time with just me and Brenna, we haven't had much of that lately. I love my little munchkins and I'm glad that we were all able tohave fun this year!! Thank you to everyone who helped us have a fun and safe Halloween this year!!!