Cookies round one!

This week has been a week of firsts for the Twins. 

Leighton got to go out for a girls day! She went shopping with Courtney, Kaelyn and I. I wish I would have had a camera with me. She smiled all day! She got to ride in the car for the first time, sit in a front facing car seat for the first time, and spend a whole day away from Hudson for the first time. She was so good. You could tell she enjoyed every second!

Then we went home....the smiles stopped and so did the good behavior:) She threw a fit the second we got home because she was no longer a only child.

Today we decided to make sugar cookies, Brecken is a pro! He loves cooking and baking, he says he is a chef like Buddy (the Cake Boss). LOL 

Hudson and Leighton have never made cookies before so this was another first for them! They dug in like champs and made a huge mess with the flour! It was pretty fun to watch.... clean up after now that is another thing. But none the less fun! 

We were even able to get a few cookies made! Sugar cookies made with whole wheat flour...I am not sold, I like the originals better but the kids love them! 

 Have a great week! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Mom takes a time out...in Vegas!

So last week I packed my bags gave everyone hugs and kisses and headed out to Vegas with a friend. She had to work most of the time we were there so I was solo! This is not how I find myself very often, no diaper bags, sippy cups and no kids in tow. I really didn't know what to do with myself so I decided to see as much as Vegas as I could! I did the scenic route though Red Rock (twice), checked out the strip, went on a chocolate factory tour, seen Jersey Boys, and even hit up a night club. Most of the time I didn't take my camera but Red Rock was a must for picture taking so here are a few from my trip.

The Road to Red Rock

Self-portrait #1

Scary!

Self-portrait #2

New York New York

Halloween...finally!

So I am a few days behind on the Halloween pictures, but photoshop crashed on me right before we went out trick or treating. I have been working hard to figure out how to fix it... and I did! Whoo hoo! Who would have thought that the girl who could barely use her computer to type a paper just a few short years ago would now be her own IT person. SO with out further ado.. my favorite little people on Halloween! Oh how I love this holiday!

Lady Gaga!

Autumn's costume was so fun to make! We just recycled a $4.99 dress from the Goodwill and attached foil wrapped boxes. We were going for this Lady Gaga look, not perfect but you get the point:)

Brecken wanted to be Iron Man, Spiderman and Batman! But I had bought this costume at Target last year for 90% off. I pulled it out of the bucket and he wore it for the entire month!! I think he loved it even if it wasn't Iron Man. The beginning of trick or treating was pretty tough he fell asleep and was not ready for trick or treating. He went down one street and said " I have enough candy. Let's go home mom" But soon he was following his big sister and running all over the neighborhood.

My Recon Commando! 

My babies...the Garden Gnomes! I saw garden gnome costumes at Target but they were just not quite what I wanted so I decided to make my own costumes for the twins! I think they turned out pretty good! I am really enjoying sewing lately and loved making Leighton's skirt. I think I am going to have to make her more of these!!

Hudson the Garden Gnome!

Leighton the Garden Gnome!

The kids had a great weekend of parties, trick or treating and of course CANDY!! At the end of the night the kids were getting ready for bed but Leighton did not want to give up her candy. All night she didn't let go of the handle of her basket...and at bedtime it was not going to happen either.

I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Celebrating 80!

My Grandfather came for a short visit a week ago. He will be celebrating his 80th Birthday this month, so we thought we had better have cake! We had a nice dinner out at Wiederholts in Miesville, it is a great old fashioned supper club that my Grandpa likes to visit when he comes to town. Then everyone came back to our place to have a slice of Oreo cake!

Hudson loves his Great-Grandpa!

We also had a big weekend for Autumn's soccer team! They had their play-offs and Autumn's team took 2nd place!! The Fire Dogs had a great game and lost the game with grace. I was very proud of the whole team. Great-Grandpa and Grandpa both came to games on Saturday.

One of the mom's even had cookies made for each of the girls!

Trip to the orchard!

This weekend was busy busy, we had the school marathon, apple orchard, Afton Alps Fall Festavel, and the Twin Cities Marathon. Here are a few pictures from the orchard. I will add the other pictures later from our other events!

Okay everyone smile and look at mom! Or not!! LOL

Cute fall babies!

Milking the "cow" Bessy!

Autumn really wanted her picture taken:)

Farmer Leighton

Farmer Hudson!

 Brecken didn't let me take many pictures this time but he had a ton of fun riding the trikes on the track. We had a great time I think we are going to go to Carpenters Nature Center next week for their Apple Fest! I love this time of year!

The little kids!

Okay so I decided after taking the Stewart twin's pictures the other day that I should maybe try and take pictures of my twins........It never works out like when I photograph other peoples kids:)

This was the only picture of all three.

This is the best one of the two of them.

 

Leighton 16 months

This is Leighton's look. This is pretty much how she looks at everyone. Kind of funny when her brother usually looks like this....

Hudson 16 months

Such a handsome little man!

My bud is 3.5 years! Such a little man:)

My sweet boys...best buds for the moment:) 

Oh well maybe family pictures will go better! LOL

My Lucky Lady takes California by Storm!

 My lucky lady took a vacation this summer with her Great-Grandpa and Cousin Sean. She flew all the way to San Diego by herself and met up the Great-Grandpa. Cousin Sean works for Sea World so she got a tour of the behind the scenes.

 Here they all are with a flamingo!

 They also made a stop at the San Diego Zoo in between all the activities at Sea World!

 Cousin Sean even set up for her to do the Dolphin Interaction!

 And of course what trip to California would be complete without taking some surf lessons!

 I think she was getting used to the California lifestyle!

 

Then they headed to DisneyLand for a couple days! 

 I think Great-Grandpa was enjoying himself too!

Thanks Grandpa and Sean for sending all the pictures and for showing Autumn such a great time in San Diego!