"Ni Night"

Ok, so I am in my room either doing laundry or cleaning up and I have Andi sitting on the bed with Brycen running around the room (typical scenario). Then Brycen gets on the bed and lies next to Andi and says, "Ni Night" and pulls the covers over him. It was all really cute and then he proceeded to give his sister kisses. Brycen loves to give his sister kisses all throughout the day. The first thing he does when he sees her in the morning is go over and give her a kiss. She sometimes isn't up for it He is pretty persistent at it as well. I go along with it because I love to see the bond between them.

If Mom walks away for a Second!

So I had my little sweetheart on the ground next to me and we were all happy with smiles, I walk away for a second and she starts crying. I come back and start talking to her and in seconds she was happy. We did this a few times and then I decided to take some pictures of the whole event. She really is a sweety. She is five months here and what a chunker she is.

Going to the Pumpkin Patch

We made a family outing to the pumpkin patch and had a great time. They shuttled us all out there in various mobiles. Brycen was more interested in sitting in the front seats playing with the steering wheel then picking out a pumpkin. Dad was chasing him around while Andi and I cruised around the patch. I have the best stroller. It is a Schwinn Free Wheeler jogger. It can go anywhere I go. I really want to make this a family tradition, going to a pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkin. Granted it wasn't like we cut it off the vine, but it had that feel to it. The free popcorn and hayride was an added bonus. Andi had a great time. She is five months here and I can't wait for her to be able to sit up.

Wow, a family pic. This doesn't happen that often. Brycen is holding the pumpkin he chose to take home. We took home another big one. Whether on not we do anything with them is something else. But at
least they look nice on my front porch.

This was the all-terrain vehicle I road in to get to the pumpkin patch. The drivers dog wanted to be in the family pic.

This is Brycen "driving" the tractor.

GO GO GO!

This was the Fire Engine that Brycen and Dad took out to the patch. HONK HONK. I couldn't even begin to count how many times he climbed in and out.

Daddy and Brycen trying to pick out a good one.

Finding cuteness in the middle of the patch

Unless you have a toddler, you have no idea how hard it is to take a picture like this and actually have the kids looking at the camera. Smiling is a whole different ballgame.

Andi Belle sitting up like a big girl. This only lasted a hot minute.

How cute is this!

I just went to visit a friend who had her baby on Thursday in the hospital. Just being in that hospital room with a newborn made me miss the whole birthing experience and having a new baby. But then I remember that I have two children and my youngest is only 5 months. I can wait a while. We finished off the night by going to my favorite BBQ place in Martin City, Jack Stack. That's one of the perks living in the Midwest, you can't beat the BBQ.

Andi + Bryce+ Swing = FUN

Bryce and Andi Belle were playing really well together today. She was in the swing and he was really making her laugh with his animation. So I pulled out my camera and asked him to say cheese. And these were the pictures that I got. I know that they are very cute but I just had to take some video to show just how cute Brycen is.

Brycen is saying cheese and you can see Andi Belle in the back just smiling. Then he tries to rip the camera out of my hand.

I must go on to add that right before naps I gave Brycen some milk and I was typing at the computer and Andi was next to me on the floor. He took a mouthful of milk and sprayed it all over her face. Should've got a picture of that. He went right to bed and Andi Belle got a bath.

Heather's Volleyball games

This week we went to St. Joseph to watch my sister Heather play volleyball. She really is a good player and has been playing varsity since her freshman year. She is a junior this year. We watched two games one against Odessa, KS and the other one against Smithville, MO.
She did very well and they won both matches in two games. I have been going to her games since she started playing in the seventh grade. I have some pics and a video clip at the end. She is the one hitting the ball right when it starts. I will say she will probably not like this video because she is getting blocked, but I don't like filming, I like watching. So I didn't film much to choose from. Plus I am chasing a two-year-old all around the gym, I just don't have time to film that perfect hit.
Heather is my youngest sister and is a great person. She is great with all her nieces and nephews. Brycen runs throw the door screaming "Hedder"
Brycen has been going to these games since he was in my tummy. He loves to play with the volleyball and has to have one while he watches the game, if you call it watching. I have to be loaded down with tons of goodies and drinks so that he can sit through a game. But it is fun and we all have a good time.
After the game he loves to take the ball and try to throw it over the net. A lot of the highschool kids play with him and he just has a great time.

Here us Brycen running around with the ball, it is difficult to get a picture of this nature, especially in a gym.

Here is my mom with Brycen. He looks innocent, but my mom is desperately trying to restrain him.

CHEESE!

This is my angel baby during the game. Andi Belle, she is always so good. I am sure she will pay me back in the future though.

Here we are at the second game. He is not giving up that ball.

Here is Heather and Brycen. What a pair.

Here is the video of Heather. Like I said, she is the one hitting the ball at the start

Here is Brycen having a good ol' time...with the ball of course.

Andi and Tom Watching Conference at Home

Normally I wouldn't even think about posting something like this, but the picture was so cute I couldn't help myself.
For those of you not of my faith, twice a year our church has a broadcast that goes all over the world so that we can hear the teachings of our church leaders and prophet. We can watch this now on our computer over the internet instead of going to church and watching it over satellite. This is how we had our set up on October 4th. I couldn't help but notice how intrigued Andi was to the first speaker, President Henry B. Eyring.

Happy Birthday...Again

Ok, So October 6th was Brycen's real birthday. I was up in Platte City that night to watch my sister Heather play a volleyball game. My sister lives up there so we had more pizza and more cake. Don't we all need at least two birthday parties a year? Well Brycen actually got to try and blow out his birthday candles this time. Before, at the park, it was too windy to light the candles. He blew and blew and blew, but could not get those candles out. He had a lot of coaching on the side from my nieces and nephew. They were saying, "Again" and he would repeat and try again. Finally my sister took a big breath and blew it out.
Check it all out in the video below. The first one is us singing happy birthday. It kind of got cut off at the end. The second is of him trying to blow out his candles. Brycen had a lot of fun playing with his cousins. All in all it was a great night. The only down side was that my sister lost her volleyball game, but she played really well.





We ate brownies and chocolate ice cream that my sister so thoughtfully prepared for us. Brycen had fun feeding himself...as always.