Fall Friends!

Since I was gone over the weekend to a show in New York, I picked up Peyton early from daycare. We had play time outside with Dakota. I was a little shocked to come home to such cold weather. While in NY we had lunch outdoors because it was so nice. I like this time of year and love to take advantage of being outside whenever we can. Here are some pictures of Peyton and Dakota while we were outside.

We've got Spirit, how 'bout you?

Last week was spirit week at Wamego Middle School and at Peyton's school it was Fire Prevention week. I was very proud of Travis for dressing up. For those of you who really know him this isn't typical and very outside the box for him. Peyton had such wild stories about when the firemen came to school. She told how they sprayed her in the face with the hose and how he climbed the ladder.




They had dress like a faculty member, Travis dressed like one of the science teachers with a lab coat and goggles. Crazy socks and shades day, as you can see he did very well on this day. Then they had 80's day and he insisted on being a rocker.(Yes, that's eyeliner folks!) Thursday was Red Raider day and he had a home football game where they beat Marysville 50-0. Friday was your hero/idol day. He dressed like George Brett with his KC Royals throw back jersey. I was gone so I didn't get that picture.

KSU Friends!

Saturday, Peyton went to the Tennessee Tech game with us. Here is Peyton and some of her favorite tailgate buddies!! We had such a good time. Peyton is really excited for the next adventure to "Willietown" as she calls it.

She also tried her hand at photography at the game! She's not half bad:-)

After the game, we went to Dairy Queen for some ice cream and then home to play. Here is Miss Crazy trying her luck upside down.

Peyton's Carnival

Time flies by to quickly! Peyton's 3 and her birthday party was two weeks ago and I haven't had a moment to even blog about it.....wowza!

Peyton was so excited when she walked into the middle school and saw all the balloons and decorations set up. We can't thank everyone enough who came to the party. I would usually have a neat little video or something, but at this point I figure I better post some pictures while I can! ha

Here are pictures:

Peyton is 3!!

Today, Friday, September 4th was Peyton's 3rd birthday. I can't believe how fast time has really gone. She's been excited for several weeks now about her birthday and this morning when she woke up that was the first thing she said. At a little before 6:30am we opened presents and then ate cupcakes for breakfast (at Peyton's request)! I figured "Cupcakes for breakfast" why not! It's your birthday do what you want. If only we, as adults, were that excited about our birthdays as a child is. She still has her party with family and friends on Sunday, so I'll be posting more pics from the party later. Here are a few that I took this morning.

This is Peyton trying to show me that she's three! That pinky was tricky:-)

Here we are showing off the yummy breakfast of cupcakes!

And what's a birthday without a little frosting on the lips!!

We love you bunches and bunches Peyton and hope that you've had the best 3rd birthday!!

Spa Day!

Tomorrow my mom and I are finally going to be able to use our Rock Haven spa certificates that Travis bought us for Valentine's day. Super excited to go and I'll report back how it was. Peyton is going to travel back with me because if is cousin Cole's 8th birthday party Friday night. So I should have some fun pictures to share! While bathing Peyton tonight we were talking about going to Stockton and going to Cole's b-day party and she started crying saying "No, it's my birthday!" She's been so excited for her birthday to come next week that everyday she asks. I sure hope that she loves her Carnival birthday! Well, it's bedtime for Peyton so I'm signing off and will post later this weekend about the spa!

Cool morning for some wild animals!

This past Sunday we decided since we were having such awesome fall weather in mid-August we'd take advantage of the zoo. The Manhattan zoo, while small, has so many neat animals. They had a baby orangutang and a baby snow leopard. Here are some pics from the zoo. Hopefully, the nice weather continues, but not likely since today was 100.

Enjoying the fair with Rooks Co. Cousins!

Peyton and I headed back west to Stockton for the Rooks County Free Fair Wednesday, August 12th. We got to do so much fun stuff with Grandpa & Grandma Dix, Uncle Calvin and his cows, Uncle Damion, Aunt LeAnn,Olivia and Ava, Uncle Rich, Tori and Cole. We also got to see Great Grandmas Gail and Dar. We got to watch the pet parade where Oliva and Ava paraded their pet goats, Pretty and Wildcat. Tori and Cole showed off their friends dog and goat. Then we headed to the midway where we all road rides and had a blast. The next day we watched Uncle Calvin show his cattle. We are so proud of him! He won Sr. Showmanship, Overall Breeding Heifer (4-H and Open Class) and got 5th overall Market Steer. That night we walked the fair just taking in all the animals. We also got to watch an amazing tiger show. One of the tigers walked a high tight rope! CRAZY! Peyton thought it was pretty cool. After all this excitement we ended the week with a dance party with Olivia and Ava. Peyton spun one to many times and landed right in the cow pooh!! Sometimes in life it's just easier to laugh about it instead of cry and she was a really good sport about it. We had a blast and glad we got to see everyone. Enjoy the pics!

Make a Smilebox scrap pages

Belleville fair!

Last weekend we took off for Belleville. Peyton enjoyed the carnival two nights in a row with Papa Mike and Grandma Di. Travis enjoyed the races on Saturday with Cory and Chase Cottam. Mommy got to ride the "Big Kid" rides with Peyton. She's quite the dare devil. We rode the umbrellas and the octopus! CRAZY!!!

Crazy Cousin's Adventure

Make a Smilebox slideshow

The last two weeks have been crazy busy and I have a few more blogs to add after this one!! We went on vacation with my brother Damion and his family the weekend of July 25th. We went to KC and spent time at the Great Wolf Lodge and the Legends Shopping Mall. I made a picture scrapebook and then a video. The video is a little long, but has some really funny stuff! The girls had a blast and it was great to spend time with them all.

4th of July!

I can't tell you how awesome a time we had over our holiday weekend. My brother's family (minus my brother) from California came to visit. I hadn't seen them in almost 2 years. We went swimming, did fireworks and they enjoyed watching a true Kansas storm roll thru! Then we went to the parade and the kids had fun collecting all the candy. Here is a little video I put together to share!

Officially love gymnastics

I recently travelled to the National YMCA Gymnastics competition for work and there were tons of vendors selling leotards. I had a hard time finding one that wasn't flashy with metallic colors and foil prints on it. When I got home Peyton asked "Where's my present?" (Yes, I know spoiled comes to mind:-) I pulled out the leotard and she said "A new swimsuit!" So then we explained this was for gymnastics and she couldn't wait to go. Here is Peyton trying on her new "leo".

So as you can see she really loves her new leo and gymnastics is still every Tuesday night. We drive by the building everyday on the way to daycare and she has to say "What's that building?" She know exactly what it is, but just want to hear us say "That's gymnastics!" Then inevitably we get "Can I go to gymnastics?". . . "Not until Tuesday Peyton." then comes the "why?" The hilarity of raising a child!