Thursday, November 5, 2009

Halloween 2009

Trick or Treat
Lance went as Beaker from the "Muppet Show"
Claire was Miss Piggy, but everyone thought that she was Penelope.
Reese went as BOO from Monsters Inc
Here are this years pumpkins. Lance's is the biggest one, Claire's is on the front row to the right, and Reese's is the scariest one up front.
This is cute little Madison. She came trick or treating, stayed for a bottle, and a diaper change and Lance really wanted her to have these glasses. Such a cute pictures I had to share.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Happy Birthday Reese 10-25-2009

Birthday luvs from Grandpa and Grandma Gifford
It is suppose to be a one eyed monster!!(the cake inside was green)
She couldn't wait to open presents.
What a cute doll and stroller. Lance is playing with the Barbie phone that G&G gave her.

Our little Reese has turned 2. It is quite amazing to me that she has already aged that much. She, when asked how old she is replies: "I six". And thus the saga begins. I guess she will spend the next several years being six. We have loved having Reese be a part of our family. She is very curious and loves to explore new things, new heights, and new people. She is very loving and can not retire to bed unless she has given you a hug and allowed you to kiss her check. She loves her brother and sister, is fond of her mom, but adores her dad. She likes to pretend that she is talking on the cell phone. You can almost always find her holding something up to her ear and blabbing into it. Her favorite person to talk to is Grace. She loves the music set that she got for her birthday, but most of all she likes the doll and stroller that she received from her aunts and neighbor Joyce. We were lucky this year to have family in town to help kick off her Birthday. Grandma and Grandpa Gifford were here, as well as Russ, Shaunna, Kade, Anjeanette, and Brittin. I made her a monster cake because she loves to go around pretending that she is a monster. Really, however it doesn't take much to pretend, she is becoming quite the little monster (as I type this she is throwing a fit under my chair becasue I wouldn't let her have red juice in a regular cup, but insisted that she use a sippy cup).
She is definalty a unquie personality and I love every bit of her spunky self. She does, after all take after her mother. Curses.

I Sleep with Cars?

So some kids sleep with teddy bears, blankets, or even a drink of water, but not our Reese. Reese use to sleep with a glow worm that lite up and played music. She has recently traded that in for one of Daddies model cars (yes a Ferrari). What can I say she already loves them. She goes around the show room when we visit Zack at works and points at the Ferrari emblem and says "Ferrari, Ferrari." It really makes her dad very proud.

Sister Weekend 10-22-2009 thru 10-25-2009

Shaunna's in the Kitchen making salsa with mom and the rest of us are getting busy with the paint. Thank you Brittin for climbing the latter and painting the big tall wall.

Reach real high Anjeanette.
Doesn't it look great. They even painted the trim and Doors.


My sisters and my wonderful mother came to visit and spend some time with "just the girls." We started off the weekend by painting my entry way and hallway. Then we got massages, pedicures, and spent a great deal of time shopping. It was a wonderful weekend and I could never express enough my gratitude and love for my wonderful sisters and marvelous mother. I could not forget my niece Brittin (now in college) she come along to keep us under control. Thank you girls for a fantastic time.