Yay or nay?

Eating cereal for the first time-

Yay, she likes it!

She doesn't like it . . .

Trying to decide

Yeah, probably not.

So far baby girl isn't a fan of solid food :(

Halloween 2010

Matthew scraping the pumpkin out without touching it with his hands.

Preschool party, doing the cupcake walk.

Not really Halloween, but we had lots of fun playing in the leaves. He wanted to wear his costume a lot and being the cool mom that I am, I let him.

Since the Air Force game was the same time as the trunk or treat we went to Boo at the Zoo. We got their before it opened and it was wonderful. We got a parking spot and the lines were getting long as we were finishing up.

5 months

Here is baby girl at 5 months (I am exactly one month behind . . . )
She is such a cute baby. She has a magnetic personality. She gives her smiles away so freely and has a cute giggle. Rachel likes to look at herself in the mirror; she would rather have someone talking to her than having toys to play with. We love her to pieces :)

Happy things

Eternal families!!!!!!
(be prepared for lots of !. It reminds me of that Seinfeld when Elaine dumps
a guy because of his ! usage.)
Anyway, this is my cousin Mark, his wife Tiff and their baby Mabel :) After a long, difficult road they were able to finalize their adoption and be sealed.
I can't say enough about how happy that is!

Pretty flowers!! A little known fact-I won a few blue ribbons at the county fair for flower arranging. I have probably forgotten lots of the guidelines, but I still love to pretend like I know what I'm doing :)

My boys playing at the park! Matthew just can't get enough of his daddy. One of my favorite things is to listen to them playing together.

Fall!!!! My favorite time of the year. I love the colors, sounds, and smells. If I could do it all over I would have had a fall wedding and of course the weather would have cooperated to be at it's peak beauty right when I needed it :)

Sleeping baby!! I feel like she could always use more sleep
(or maybe it's just me).

Baby girl!!!!!!! Seriously, I think it is physically
impossible for her to be any cuter.

Stay tuned for Halloween happenings and the 5 month photo (I decided I should probably get it up before she is 6 months in just a few days . . . . )

Utah vs Air Force

We had such a great time at this game! Rachel did pretty well, just had to go for a few walks where it was quieter. Matthew loved it and wants to go again. He loved that mommy told him he could make as much noise as he wanted and even encouraged him to make more :) Brian and I decided we could become Air Force fans now that we don't have to be scared of playing them. It was such a good experience; much better than other stadiums I have been to (yeah, I'm talking about you CSU and WYO). The pregame entertainment was exciting, the fans were courteous, everything was well organized (not too surprising since it is the Air Force).

Here is Brian making the best tail gating steaks ever! Seriously, I am not a picky eater and think most things are pretty good, but this steak was fabulous.

Trying to get Matthew to pose for a picture.

The parachuters. I found it amazing that they had so much control over their chute and could land it so precisely.

Check out our seats! It was kind of hard to judge distances, but since we were in front there was a little bit more room for our bags and wiggly Matthew.

Yay! Go Utes!

This is the best picture I could get of Brian Johnson. For some unexplained reason (other than maybe he has the same name as daddy), Matthew is obsessed with Brian Johnson.

Go Utes! (Now just put that embarrassing loss behind you and win at Notre Dame!)