Cute Pictures

Matching church outfits from Grandma Nancy. Then were even cuter than normal!!!

"Playing" BSF at home. She had laid out little people and each one had a book. She was "teaching them".

Sitting up all alone.

I caught them having a "conversation". It was super cute!!

First Haircut

Just Makenna at 6 months! She likes to rolling from tummy to back and is trying desperatly to get her knees up under her!!

Cadence and all her new "underwears". That is what makes her want to potty is the underwear.

Trying to get her to keep her head down.

Look at her face in the mirror!! HAHAHA - she did very well, actually.

Such a sweet girl.

And Things...

We have been doing a lot ....of being snowed in down here.

It has been a really snowy winter!! We are excited for spring and all the outside time we will get!! Zoo, parks, sprinker time, planting flowers -- oh my we are excited. Maybe it is mostly the adults who are getting kind of tired of being inside. :) Someone I know said that since winter gets darker sooner and that slows us down and gets us to stay inside and spend time with family and friends. I like that take on winter time. As you can tell my the picture - Cadence is quite funny and very energetic these days. Very into singing and dancing!! Makenna is starting to sit up by herself for short periods of time and is rolling over and around. Life is about to get a little faster paced!!!

See all the names?

Look how decorated the cast is this time?? It is so cute I will almost miss it...almost.

Look into my Eyes

Ryan's 12 yr old cousin, Mataya, took these. She has a great eye and cute subjects.

Pumpkin Patch

These pictures are from our day trip to the pumpkin patch. It was so much fun to watch Cadence enjoy the little games they had set up and she loved to look at the animals they have. She is really starting to be aware of all the things around her. Makenna has rolled from back to front already and I feel like she is hitting milestones too soon!! Notice my long hair in the picture above - I was going to blog about my stupid new hair cut (8-12 inches off depending on the layer you measure) but I decided that would be really vain and besides no one really cares about my hair issues. I just have to remember that the reason I had to cut it. Which was that I don't have the time to do it to make the long hair look good -- so we will just have to get used to the short hair. Anyways, I will have to get up new pictures of Cadence's cast - yes, another one. She has a hot pink one this time. She has yet to hit anyone with it and is doing well. She will be getting it off the Monday after Thanksgiving and so we are pleased that it will only be on about 3 weeks.

Here are some pumkin day (idea stolen from Ryan's sister) pictures. We did pumkin pancakes, chili, cornbread, and orange/black cupcakes, and then had the kids do fall themed crafts. It was really fun and maybe next year we will add some other projects / recipes to the day.

Cadence is getting really good at being around Makenna and not mauling her. That is a nice development. I think some of the new is wearing off the situation. Cadence really likes to run and skip everywhere now. She is also really in to singing songs - anything from hymns to made up songs. Makenna is cooing and smiling a lot - she seems a little more mellow than Cadence but we will see how that develops.

We are planning a trip to the pumpkin farm tomorrow - that should be fun! We also hope to find an apple orchard to go visit. Cadence LOVES apples right now. Fall is such a nice time to get outside and RUN!! It makes for good naps. :)