End of September 2016

Calvin knows Lyle likes Black Licorice.  For his birthday Calvin got the Mr. Sketch smelly markers from the HInton's.  The black one smells like black licorice so Calvin wanted to "trick" Lyle!  He made a "box of black licorice" and put it on Lyle's pillow so when he came home he would want to eat it and find NOTHING inside mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha :)!

(It was hilarious watching the boys as Lyle played into their trick :)).

 I took Jordan out of preschool early so we could go to Calvin's school and watch his Dino presentation.  As is typical to me and my new mom brain...IIIIIIt was the wrong day.  Soooo, I took him out to Bahama Bucks :).

 Aaaand Here we are back at Calvin's school 2 days later on the RIGHT day, to see his Dino presentation!

 The boys have wanted to scooter down the hill by the freeway.

 Cottage Fair Night!  Calvin chose Panda for dinner!

 Here is Calvin and his awesome teacher Ms. Megan Gorrie (she is getting married this week :))!

 My handsome boys all ready for bed.

Today (9/27) was the first day Hailey sat up in a cart all by herself (we were at Target).

 I got a bunch of stuff to organize our home...came home and put Hailey down so I could get to it...buuuuut...I decided to color a picture instead :).
Thank you Hinton's for the smelly markers :)!!

 Holy Smokes I LOVE THIS GIRL!

In front of the Nicoll's house for the Mesa High Homecoming Parade.  We brought our new neighbors April and Selah.

September Week 3 (11-17)

 Elaine's famous roll recipe!

 Love Love Love this girl!

 Jordan held Hailey (while standing up) for the first time and quickly requested a picture of the awesome task :)

 There was a rainbow ever so faint in the background you can barely see.

 Waiting to head over to the airport to pick up Grandma Barber from her week with her sisters in Chicago/Tennessee.

Espee Park Splash Pad in Chandler

 Jordan is always making Hailey laugh.  He is oh so very sweet with her!

 We joined LYF and went Pokemon hunting down Main Street.

September Week 2 (4-10)

 Jordan's Preschool Teacher had a family swim party.  I kept Calvin home from school so he could go with us.  We had a great time :)

 Lyle text me that he was having a horrible day (he had a big side job on Saturday).  We text him some silly pictures then went to WinCo and got him a bunch of his favorite treats. (Little did I know he had contacted Angela the night before and severed my ties to T.  I was sad-mad-crushed...but had no idea what to do about it.  One of those things that will probably haunt me forever and I will never know what happened...hopefully God will help me find peace in it one day).

 How can you not smile at this :)

Labor Day Family Reunion

Here we are just after going to Kristina's wedding reception...on our way to the Family Reunion at Greens Peak.

 Joni, Jessica and the boys took me to the top of the mountain :).  It was awesome!  She also invited me to go into Springerville with them to get some gas.  I took Hailey and it was very nice being with them.

 Mom was the ultimate winner of corn hole :)