Treating from the Trunks.....

Tonight was our 2nd Annual trunk or treat at Ella's preschool......

I was a little nervous about getting Logan dressed in his costume since he was absolutely HYSTERICAL when I tried it on him at the store....but, luckily he was happy to get dressed up....it helped that Ella was already in costume...

My little superheroes.....

trying to show off her super powers....

Her make-up....we had to put some on after yesterday....and Logan HAD to have some as well, so he managed with a light dusting of blush and a bit of lip gloss :)

This year was LOTS of fun because Ella had her classmates to trick or treat with....

Even her best buddy surprised her by being there....

The one and only time that Logan will EVER be in the back of a police car :)

"Mommy.....this bad is SO heavy....did you see how much candy I got?"

Another pic of the cuties!

Looking forward to more Halloween fun this weekend!

Butterfly Fun....

Ella's preschool has a Noah's Day celebration for Halloween....

the kiddos get to dress like animals and they have lots of fun activities....

Ella's class sure looked cute today....

Ella with her best buddy at the petting zoo....
Moo.....

My beautiful monarch....

Working hard on her craft....such concentration....

Taking a snack break.....love how she is in deep thought

We had alot of fun and are looking forward to trunk or treat tomorrow night....

Preschool 2010

My sweet soon to be 5 year old.....

She loves school and loves her long hair!!!

"Patch"

Today, we picked up Grammie and Papa and met Suz, Pat, and Jack at the Pumpkin Patch or as Logan liked to say, "Patch!"

It was a beautiful day outside and the kids were super excited.....

Ella couldn't wait to ride the pony like last year so we quickly headed over to Nugget and she took her ride!

Auntie Suz and Ella.....matching! Suz just needed a bow!
Wanted a pic of Logan and Ella, but someone didn't want to cooperate!!!

The Barrons....

Our pumpkin patch pic!

The Dunns!

Soon it was time for the 'train ride'.....

Luckily I lost some pounds over this past year since Logan has become such a big boy!

We somehow squeezed into our bug...

I do have a bruise on my back after this ride!

Ella had plenty of wiggle room in her bug

This is the goat that attacked Papa while we were on our train ride....

This guy jumped up on the table and tried to eat our popcorn....

After a while of tormenting everyone, he went back over and hopped back over the fence and back into his pen...

The boys did the big maze and then Suz, Ella, and I went and did the little corn maze....

I found a stalk that had fallen and chased them through the maze.....heehee

Jack made a friend.....

Jack and Ella in the 'melon house'

Waiting to shoot tomatoes.....a cute pic....

Jack was a pretty good shot and then it was my turn.....I came SO close to hitting the target...the guy should have given me a t-shirt

Grammie and Papa with their grandkids!

Ella LOVES her Grams!

There was too big of a line to buy a pumpkin so Ella just got a photo with the one she picked!

Great day at the "Patch"

Saturday Soccer.....

The Cupcakes had a little more of a struggle against this week's team but they played great.

Ella had a goal of '6 goals' and managed to get 5!!!

The weather was much nicer this week which made watching the game alot better!

Logan loves to watch his sister......although I was busy watching the game and didn't notice that he got some lipstick out of the bag and was putting it on.....quite funny!

I love how 'into the game' Ella is......she is ready for business!

Saturday night, the 'Lopes were back in town and the Cupcakes got to walk the team out!
Ella was SO excited and even got a little nervous even though she knows all the girls!

Although Canyon didn't win, it was a great game!!!!

The Good, The Bad, and the Furry......

The GOOD or should I say GREAT news is that my mom had her MRI earlier this week and it is ALL CLEAR!!! Fantastic news!!!!!!

The bad, or should I say heartbreaking news is that Logan had his tests done at the hospital yesterday and he has bilaterally grade 2 reflux...... To review, he had surgery on grade 5 reflux in Nov 09 and in 1/10 we found out that the surgery was a success and that he had developed reflux on the other side. So, this news was really not good that not only did the 'new' reflux didn't resolve, but now the surgical side has it back again. It was a rough few hours, as Logan had an ultrasound (which he despises) and his VCUG (which he got a catheter for) and was NOT happy about either. Such a little trooper and even smiled and said good-bye to everyone as we left. We follow-up with the specialist next Tuesday to find out what is next.... Keep the prayers coming....

And if yesterday for my poor little man, wasn't enough, his 2 year old appointment was today. He actually did FANTASTIC and wasn't scared at all.

He weighed 27 pounds (fully clothed) and was 35 1/2 inches tall.....

Logan was so excited to be in the room with the BIG lion on the wall!

Waiting for the doctor....

It wasn't all smiles....he did get 3 shots today and the poor little guy keeps saying, "leg hurts mommy....." Last night he would say, "owee....it hurts mommy" everytime he went potty.

Poor little guy deserves a day off from owees!

It was a beautiful day outside and we took advantage of it after naptime......

My two helmet heads looked super cute!
Still trying to get a hang of riding the trike......

And now onto the FURRY!!!!

My new niece.....SAMMIE!

An adorable little bundle of fur!

Logan is hilarious with her.....

Initially he was scared of her, but then he warmed up and kept lying on his tummy and saying, "HI Sammie"

This past weekend......

Friday night was a rough one....

a VERY rough one...

Paul was out of town for soccer and Ella was devastated, and I mean devastated!
She cried herself to sleep in bed with me and then at 2:30am, I awoke to a horrific scream.

She had fallen out of bed and hit her eye on the corner of our bedside table.....after getting her to calm down, she began to cry again and told me, "I wish this was all just a bad dream and my daddy was home...." So sad :(

Finally morning came, after Logan also woke up during the night, and I put a BIG pot of coffee on. We played around the house all morning, had lunch, and headed off to stop #1, Ella's soccer game.

Another bit of sadness for Ella.....on the way there, she told me, with tears in her eyes...."mommy, do you realize this will be the only game that I have to call daddy and tell him how many goals I score"......so sad :(

Well, I changed the subject and we talked about her goal for goals and she firmly set the number to 7.....

Ella played GREAT! In the first half, she proudly scored 4 goals and didn't care that the other team was much taller, she was faster with better skills. The 2nd half came along and away she went.......1 then 2 then 3 more goals for a grand total of 7!!!!! That's my girl! She was so cute after scoring number 6 and looked over to us and yelled, "ONE MORE!"

She was excited to call her daddy and was so excited for him to tell all the girls what she had accomplished.

We then headed off to stop #2......Grammie and Papa's house to drop off Logan

Then off to stop #3......Pinkalicious at the Valley Youth Theater.....It was SOOOOO cute and Ella and all the girls LOVED it! Addy surprised Ella with a special box of 'pink' and they looked adorable!

We were all EXHAUSTED when we got home and luckily Ella was too tired for too many tears! The poor girl had such a hard time with daddy out of town, luckily he arrived back by lunchtime on Sunday....