Happy Thanksgiving

I'm a little late with getting this posted! We had a great Thanksgiving!! We were with Jason's family this year. It was Jeremy and Nicole's turn to host. They did a fantastic job. The food was DELICIOUS!!!!!

Nicole and Jeremy had a little mini battery operated quad. Audrey loved it!!! She would push the button and go from one end of the porch then wait for someone to turn her around and do the same all over again!

Audrey with her cousins that were there. We were missing over half of them this year. They had a great time playing together all day!

Jason had fun playing horseshoes with two of his brothers Jeremy and Garrett.

The hostess with the mostess.....NICOLE!!! Thanks for all your hard work!

Jeremy and Nicole have lots of land around them. The kids played outside most of the day. Audrey had the best time wandering all around and following her cousins!!

Spending Time With Grandpa

I watch my brother Ryan's kids usually once a week while Maria is at work. When they are over Lanette's youngest, Landon, loves to come over and play with them. The past few weeks Grandpa LeSueur has come out when I have them to spend time with his youngest grand kids! He comes out and has lunch, plays a little hide and go seek, and then has the kids run around and do tricks for him. Then everyone picks out a book for story time. After story time he even lays down and trys to help Landon and Cole go down for a nap. I think they actually help Grandpa go down for a nap because he usually ends up falling asleep first.

The kids have LOVED having him coming out to spend time with them and I think Grandpa has really enjoyed it too!!

Ride 'em Cowgirl!!!!

It was a great Halloween this year!! Audrey was the cutest little cowgirl I've ever seen!! She loved her hat and was happy to wear it! She even loved trick or treating with her cousins. I thinks she thinks she is bigger than she is! She wanted to go up to the doors with them and carry her bucket. If we didn't let her go she would start crying and say "go, go"! We let her eat lots of candy and she loved it! I think she probably said the word candy at least 100 times that night!

My friend Pat that I use to work with gave me Audrey's cowgirl outfit for my baby shower. She use to make them and sell them. She will still sometimes give them away as gifts!! The little leather strip on the back pocket is pressed with the word luvum in it! She even puts a tag in the pants that say.. Made for you especially by Pat. I feel so lucky to have gotten a pair of her famous jeans!

Lanette had her traditional block party for our neighborhood on her street! It was so fun! I got us these matching Halloween shirts on clearance at Old Navy. Aren't we cute!!!

Audrey had a great time with her cousins! Bryson and Landon wanted to be cowboys when they heard that Audrey was going to be a cowgirl. Anna was a princess, and Cole was Thomas dee (that is how is says the) Train.

Karly was grapes! Sooo cute!!!

Grandpa and Grandma LeSueur made the trek out to spend time with us, and see all the kids!

Enjoying The Weather

This past week it has finally been a little cooler here!! Thank goodness! I have been especially enjoying the weather in the morning. I have been leaving my back door open a lot in the morning. Audrey has thought this was so cool. She has loved going in and out of the house. She is funny. She doesn't usually wonder too far. In fact, most of the time she just sits in the door way. She must have a lot to think about!

No More Brace!!

Audrey is out officially out of her brace!!!! The doctor said her hip looks great! She was in this last brace for almost six months. Audrey was suppose to go to the doctor on Wednesday to have her hip checked. We ended up going a couple of days before that because she started getting out of it herself the week before. We would hear her playing in her bed when she was suppose to be taking a nap and all the sudden we would hear her undo her velcro on her brace. I was worried because she never could get quite all the way out of it and I was afraid she'd get tangled up in it weird. She must have just known that she was suppose to be done with it. It has been so nice not having to put it on her. She has a little bit of an adjustment going to sleep without it. She hasn't been as good about taking her naps because she has so much more freedom to move around and play in her bed! She has to go back in 6 months to make sure everything is still OK. We are so glad that she is done with her brace and hope that she won't have any problems in the future.

Sherman Family Retreat

We had a reunion with Jason's family a few weeks ago up in Heber/Pinetop area. Nicole and Jeremy were in charge this year (mostly Nicole :) ). They did a great job planning everything. We all had a great time visiting, fishing, playing games, eating, etc.!!! It was so nice to get out of the heat for a few days!!!

The whole gang, except for Garretts family & Lanae. We missed you!

Branson's girlfriend Caitlyn and Jason's mom. Jason's mom made grape jelly with us. We even used the grapes from her grapevines. It turned out so good! We have really been enjoying it!!!

Audrey and crazy Uncle Branson!

11 of the 13 grand kids! (now 14 as of today) I love taking pictures of a bunch of little kids together. Someone always ends up having to be forced in the picture and ends up crying!! It makes for great memories!

Jason went fishing with his brothers one morning while were there. They decided it would be fun to rent a boat on the lake and fish. They were on the boat sitting for four hours without any sunscreen. (NOT SMART!!!) The all got burned pretty bad!! Jasons burn was a little worse than bad. It was horrible and very, very painful. He blistered so bad!! I never seen anything quite like it. He could hardly walk for a few days and wearing pants was absolutely out of the question. I don't think he will every forget to put sunscreen on again.

Happy Birthday Audrey!!!!!!!!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY AUDREY!!!!!!!!!!

It's is hard to believe she is already 1!!!!

Audrey thought her presents were so cool even before she opened them! We were all laughing so hard because she was so excited about them!

She didn't know what to think of her cake! She was so serious about it. I thought she would have started digging in right away!

She wouldn't touch the cake! We had to pull some off for her and feed it to her. She was excited when she figured out that she liked it!

In the end she got messy, ate way too much, and thoroughly enjoyed herself!!!!!

Audrey has been such a blessing in our lives!!!! She is such a joy!! She has such a fun, cute, and spunky little personality! We are amazed by her everyday! Here are some of our (never before seen) favorite pictures of her from the past year!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY!!!!!

Visit To Pennslyvania

It has been tradition for Lisa's family to come out to visit our family in Arizona ever summer for the last five years. They weren't able to come this summer and so Audrey and I went out to see them!!! We had the best time!!!! Lisa's kids had never met Audrey. It was so fun to be around them and have them get to know her. They were so good to her. They played with her constantly and she fell in love with them immediately! Emily, Ashley, Audrey, Heidi, Jon, & Riley

Lisa & Audrey

Lisa lives in this really cool neighborhood. They have a lot of fun things to do! They have a fun little lake with a sandy beach & paddle boats. They also have a swimming pool! It was so beautiful there. It is like she lives in a forrest. They were squirrels and deer everywhere!

Audrey's first time in the sand! She loved it!! She of course had to try eating it too!

Ashley was so good to play with Audrey in the sand!

Audrey had her first swing ride and loved it! Thanks to Emily for pushing Audrey over and over!

Audrey also enjoyed hanging with the boys!! She absolutely loved Jon and Riley!! I think they really took a liking to her too! She even got them playing with her baby (ha, ha)!

Audrey was happy to hang out with Uncle Dave when he got home from work!

Some more of the highlights, and my favorite photos!!!!

Audrey giving her famous loves at night! Riley wasn't sure what to think!

Riding the paddle boats! (I'm pretty sure Riley and I won :) !)

It was very entertaining watching Riley, Jon, and Lisa try to get Audrey to dance!

Audrey was lauging hard trying to get Jon to eat this braclet!

Riley being a monkey!

Sliding with Ash and Riley!

The Olsen's being silly and having a great time!!! I love the look on Audrey's face!

Thanks for letting us come visit!!! We love you and miss you!!!!!