Third Grade Field Trip to ASARCO Mine

Justice's field trip was to the ARSARCO mine. I rode the bus over with Justice and all her friends. When we got to the mine we changed buses and toured up to where they are currently mining the copper out of the earth. Here is a picture of Justice standing in one of the tires that they use on the trucks. Pretty big.

Justice and I before we are getting ready to head back to school.

So glad that I was able to go with Justice.

Brooklyn's First Tooth Falls Out

Brooklyn's first baby tooth has come out... But not without alot of drama. It's been wiggle for a couple of days, but it reached a point where it was ready to be pulled. I heard alot of screaming coming from the bathroom, so I went in to find Georgia trying to pull Brooklyns tooth out. It did not come out then, but it was so lose that when Brooklyn woke up we had to search for it in the bed.

Love Of Reading

One of the things that Grandma Newson did while she was here, was read to the each of the girls classes. First was Justice's Class.

Next it was Brooklyn's class, where Brooklyn got to stand up in the front of the class with grandma.

I didnt get a great picture of the twins & grandma.

The girls were so happy to have Grandma Newson come in and read to them!

Happy 6th Birthday Brooklyn

My little Brooklyn has grown up so much over the last year. I cant believe that she is six years old. Brooklyn is such a sweet little thing, sneaky but sweet :) For Brooklyns birthday this year we had a Hello Kitty Painting Party.
Brooklyns Hello Kitty cake

Here are some of the girls painting their Hello Kitty paintings.

Happy Birthday Brooklyn, We love you so much. You have such a funky sense of style, I am sure that you are going to be my fashionista when you grow up!

Flowers & Cupcakes

Brooklyn's birthday fell on a Saturday this year, so we took cupcakes in on that Friday before. When we got to her class room she could not wait to show us the flowers and teddy bear that dad sent for her birthday. She was so happy!

Miss OBrien & all Brooklyns friends sang happy birthday.

On our way out we stopped in to pick up Justice and drop off some extra cupcakes. Her is Troy sitting at Justices desk, gobbling up a cupcake.

Driving 101

I just happened to catch Troy and Matt moving the truck in the driveway. Its funny just how much of a little boy Troy really is. His little personality is starting to come out.. And this little guy is all boy. No doubt about it.

This little guy melts my heart

The weather here has been great and Troy loves to be outside. At first Troy was not crazy about the sandbox, but know he loves it.

Christmas at the Club House

One of the fun things that we were able to do this year was attend the Christmas Party that was put on by the Rancho Sahuarita Club House. First thing that we did when we got there was visit with Santa. This was Troy's first time sitting on Santa's lap. He was not a big fan. It did not last long and ended in tears. Justice is also not a big fan of Santa Clause, in fact she would not even stand close enough to get into the family picture.Next the girls all decorated a yummy Christmas cookie.
Face painting is one of the girls favorite things. Brooklyn picked out a cute snowman.While the girls were off making crafts, Dad and Troy were walking around.

Tumbleweeds

Another great season of tumbling for the girls. Its amazing to see how much they have learned over the last 6 months. Justice just loves the uneven bars. Brooklyn likes to give coach a hard time, no really she's a turkey. Georgie & Madison love the beam. Georgia showing off her medal.

We are so proud of you girls!!

More Demo

One of the new projects that Matt and I are working on are putting up french doors. Its been a pretty messy one too! Here's Matt ripping out some of the old framing. Here is some of the craziness that happens when I am not at home... The girls playing with Matt's tools.
One of the other things that we are currently doing is some painting. So excited to see that mustard yellow and crazy red disappear!

Georgia's Perfect Attendance for 1st Quarter

Way to go Georgia! Perfect attendance for 1st Quarter

Halloween Parade

Brooklyn's Pre-school class did a Halloween parade to display all the cute costumes. Brooklyn & Dad after the parade.

Pumpkin Carving

Here's the whole crew carving up some crazy pumpkins. Justice, Maddy & Georgia are old enough now where they can pretty much do just about everything from cleaning out the pumpkins to cutting out the faces.

Justice playing in the mush

One thing that we did learn this year... Its way to warm here in October to carve pumpkins 2 weeks before Halloween. By day two our poor pumpkins were wilting away and after only a week they were turning black and moldy. Here we are with our finished products.

Spicy Bean Chili

I thought that it would be alot of fun to enter my chili in the Chili Cook off sponsored by Rancho Sahuarita. Justice came along and help me get everything all setup. It was alot of fun, I cant believe the number of people that showed up to try all the different chili's. In the end Our "Spicy Bean Chili" took home 3rd place, Yeah! Cant wait until next year to do it again.

The Angels

Brooklyn decided to give T-ball a shot this season, so far she really likes it. Its been a challenge to keep Brooklyn from playing in the dirt when she's in the out Field. That girl loves to play in the dirt.
Other than that its been a pretty fun season. Here she taking a swing at the ball.Go Spicy Bone!!

Crazy Hair Day

Check out this crazy hair. Brooklyn was so excited to show all her friends at pre-school her hair. She thought it was the coolest thing ever!

Marana Pumpkin Farm

The one thing about Halloween is that their are always something fun to do with the kids. Matt and I took the kids up to The Marana Pumpkin Farm to pick out pumpkins and to run around in the corn mazes. Here are the girls with their friend Mikaela.Troy, Matt and I on our way out to find the perfect pumpkins. Pig Races! This was a first for us, and it was total a blast.

Happy 8th Birthday Justice

I know I always say this... But wow where does the time go. Its so hard to believe that our baby is 8 years old. All Justice really wanted for birthday was to get her ears pierced. In the end Matt and I caved in, we really wanted to make her wait until she was 30. She was really nervous, but did great. Brooklyn and I took cupcakes into school for Justices birthday, and then Justice took more cupcakes in for all her friends at tumbling. Grandma & I made Justices favorite thing for dinner... Steak, shrimp and mashed potatoes, YUM ( mom's favorite too ) After diner Justice invited some of her friends over for more cake.

Justice & Dylan
Happy Birthday Justice!

Spicy Bone Looses Her Training Wheels

Check out Spicy Bone... No training wheels on this bike. Way to go Brooklyn!

Happy Birthday Grandma D

Grandma and Grandpa D made the big move to Arizona at the end of August. We decided to throw a little surprise party for her... I took Grandma out for a pedicure while the girls were busy decorating and blowing up balloons.
After Grammies surprise party we went down to the 100 year celebration at Anamax Park. Grandma, Grandpa and Troy