the long awaited Posting...Sorry!

OK the story starts about here...This is the card my dad made for his company contest...he won 1st place and 200 dollars! Yes that is what i call a contest...we have been scrambling to find all the stuff to reproduce this card 500 times. So over the last two weeks we have been working on getting the stuff and cutting it all out. It has been crazy with lots of thanks to Ronda and Dee helping us with info and ordering the stuff we needed from Stampin*p.
This same weekend that we were crazy cutting out and and doing the piece work for the cards was Josh and Ella's first daddy daughter camp out...they had so much Fun. They carved pumpkins and Eat food and played. that had a lot of fun(even though they had BIG BIG uninvited SPIDERS hanging out with them!)

So this last Saturday we had Trunk or treat at our church building. The kids were a pirate ARRRRRGGg and a army "guy". they had fun getting the candy...Brandon wanted to run around and play but it was to crazy for that so he drove...

this is his close up...Looking more and more like grandpa every day!!!

other that that we have been working on tying and and stitching quilts trying to get them finished so we can bind them and use them this winter. Kaylee and Makell made a sudoku quilt...way cute i will try and take a pic of them all finished!

other than that Our whole family went through the stomach flue a few weeks ago all taking our turns feeling like crap...that really took its toll! and as soon as i got over it my parents were here and we were off and running with the cards and i haven't really sat still since...

Brandons Hair!

I thought I would add a few shots of his hair so that you could take the poll better!

this is how long the sides are

The back is shorter and more curly than the top...I am not sure how his hair is going to be...but it is just like my dads right now!

The Latest!

This is a picture of Ella and Josh playing in Josh's ski boarding stuff.

So not a lot has been happening around here. Life is just swooshing by and i feel sometimes that I feel like am getting passed by...one day i look at the calender and it is the first and the next day it is the 10Th. Thus the blogs aren't as often as they should be.

Last night was a fun night Ella thought it would be good to puke every hour or so all night long. so through the night josh would hear her first so he was generally the first to run...It sounded like coughing at first and I think my mommy ears have kinda put that into a she OK category and i sleep through it unless they are bad coughs. But I do jump when i hear the throwing up part and Josh would be there with the "puke bucket" we put by her bed.

She is doing better today and has eaten a "Popsicle" (a frozen go-gert). She is resting on the couch along with dad who spent more time up in the night with her...so I guess they are both sleeping it off!

Brandon didn't seem to catch this bug. Ella seems to catch tummy flues real easy! Brandon is just a tough little guy. Last night while having a bath he took a nose die and gave himself a fat lip! I swear he is going to give me grey hairs! he has a new face he makes...and here it is a little blurry but none the less funny!

This is Brandon's New facial expression...he also sniffs making a nose like a dog sniffing something out! It is really funny!

Dad, boys and girls and somewhere in between!

So the latest news on Josh is Besides being a work-a-holic...He has lost about45 lbs. Yep that is a lot. we have been trying to just eat less at meal times we try and get out a bit more and walk around on the week ends and we try to keep busy when we can. that is all. I have only lost 7 But Josh is the Mega winner...he is looking good!

Can just say that Brandon is 110% boy. He is aggressive, strong, tough, and fearless. I was use to this little girl that was easy going and friendly she wasn't much into being kamikaze. Brandon is always climbing and exploring and rough and tumble. He isn't even 10 months and he is walking across the living room. He also will use the wall and walk up and down the hall. He is VERY strong and has a good grip I say that because he grabs for what he wants and it is a struggle to get it back. He is a giggly funny boy and loves to laugh and jump and sing and scream with joy. He does this funny grunt when he wants something or doesn't get his way too. He is very smart also. He says Ella and mommy and daddy. I know that sound unrealistic but it is true. He also thinks that he should eat anything that we eat. he is like a dog and begs. we try to share what soft stuff we can and when we do he is so proud of himself for getting grown up food.

Ella is a real girly girl Well for the most part! She loves dresses, boots, shoes, purses and dressing up. She loves dressing up, dancing, singing, jewelry, her tea set and kitchen. She on the other hand, LOVES Trains, pirates, dirt, dinosaurs and Monsters. She is tough she doesn't really cry when she gets hurt and she can be aggressive. She is super silly and says funny things and tries to get you to laugh. She just started liking Barbies and toys she can ride herself. She also loves to sleep and does not like to get up in the mornings or after naps. She is a fun critter.

Brandon and Ella are inseparable. And they have a lot of fun being silly together Ella gets Brandon laughing the best and he giggles so laud. it is cute to see them together. Ella does have a little evil green jealousy monster on her shoulder sometimes and she will push him over and try to lay on him. But for the most part they are happy and really goo with each other.

They are growing so fast and I love it and I am sad at the same time!

They are good kids and I love them!