Halloween 2010

 David as Woody

 Grant as a Pirate.

Grant 9,David 4, Alan 16 months

      These pictures were taken at a neighborhood Halloween Party. It was a lot of fun! They had a mad scientist lab, a haunted lane in the pecan trees, all kinds of glow sticks and bracelets, cupcake walk, Halloween crafts, homemade rootbeer and all sorts of spooky looking treats. We had a great time. We also went to our Church Trunk or Treat and the school had a carnival. I carved the pumpkins myself this year which is probably why I have no pictures of them. I was pretty proud of myself.

Alan is a Monkey.

This picture was taken at the mall. The boys got some matching sunglasses and thought they were pretty cool walking the mall in them. I thought they were super cute and took their picture.

David Can Ride a Bike Without Training Wheels!!

David learned how to ride is bike back in November, and I am just now getting this photo up. I only got this photo because I was video taping it, (I have not figured out how to put video on my blog yet). David turned 4 in August and already knows how to ride without training wheels, slow down David don't grow up too soon!

Alan's 1st Hair Cut

                    Bye bye pretty soft curls. I had a hard time saying good bye because I don't have any girls and I liked to comb Alan's hair.

All done and not too short just a nice trim.

Pack Trip October 2010

Grant and his cousins Josh and Isaac, all oldest in their families.

Father Son Picture

I'm a tough cowboy don't mess with me!

                        Grant with his Grandpa Giauque.

Grant and Grandpa Allred helping him on the horse.

Grandpa Allred was the guide. This looks scary!

The crew

The view.

Grant had a good time and was really tough. They stayed over night and were on the horses for two full days. Grant was lucky to have his Grandpa Allred and Grandpa Giauque on the trip. 

Cousin Annies Birthday Party at Grandmas

        Alan and his cupcake cone.

   David and birthday girl Annie eating their Cupcake cones.

     Avery, Owen, Josh, Grant and Isaac.

This was some water fight!!!! I have more pictures than this, but you get the point. The cousins always have a blast together.

Arivipa Canyon

September 4, 2010

                                             Jared and the boys.

 The hike up was a little scary but everyone was safe.

 Jared, Grant, and David
Jareds' Dad and his Grandpa at one time owned a ranch in this area, from this location you can see the old Ranch they had (look at pictures below). Jared had many memories playing and working at the ranch. This is one of them--climbing up to this spot with his brother Justin. We had a fun day exploring the canyon and seeing the Ranch. We went with Jareds' cousin James and his family. Good times.

Carmel by the Sea

David and Grant

Grant and Uncle Aaron Thanks for the boogie boards!!

The sand castle! I did nothing to help build this I went shopping at the cute shops .

Too cool for me!

I just love the beach!!!

Grant trying to catch a wave.

Grant riding in on a wave.

Jared, Alan Me and Grant in the background.

Alan kept trying to eat the sand. Yummy!

I loved this chillin pose of Alan's so cute.

We went to the beach on one day in Montery CA. and then the next day we went to Carmel. These pictures were taken in Carmel, CA. If you ever go to Northern CA, these are the beaches to visit. I loved the beach and now I am dreaming of owning a beach house. This was a beautiful day! David loved playing in the hugest sandbox ever, Grant loved the water and catching waves on the boogie board and I just loved the sand in my toes and the sound of the waves and the cool air. Thank you to Aunt Cassie and Uncle Aaron for taking us.

On a side note David lost his beloved doggy(stuffed animal he sleeps with every night) on the way to the beach. We had our windows down while we were driving and David said his doggy wanted to be superman.  We now have conversations that go like this: David asks- "mom is my doggy at the beach?" I answer-"yes, remember he is superman" David suggests"maybe we could go in the car again and drive to the beach and find him" I still don't know how to answer to that so I just say yeah maybe.