Myers Family Christmas Tree

This year we decided to cut down our own Christmas Tree.

This was the tree Brie wanted. She said it was just her size!

This is the one we decided on. It is a little bigger then the one Brie picked and fits much
better in our living room.

Brie tried to help daddy drag it down the hill, but it was too heavy.

So she settled for helping her little sister walk down the hill instead.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

One year ago today!

One year ago today our little Sophie entered the world at 5 lbs 13 oz

She is now over 20 lbs

She loves . . .

to smile

Chase and play with her big sister

Eat fruit, especially oranges, blueberries and strawberries

to give hugs to her stuffed animals and mommy and daddy

to chatter Sophie babbles all day but recently started saying ma-ma and da-da when she actually wants us.

Painting pumpkins

This last weekend we spent some time painting pumpkins.

Sophie had fun until she got some in her mouth and then the fun was over


Brie had a great time and painted her pumpkin

and then Sophie's pumpkin

Marcus and I carved our pumpkins

Mine is the cat

Marcus the traditional jack-o-lantern

Jump, Jump, Jump!

Our yard has very few leaves to rake, but the office building has more then its fair share. So this afternoon we headed over there to do some yard clean-up since it was a sunny day.

The girls of course had fun playing in the leaves.

Especially Brie. Her favorite thing to do right now is jump. She especially likes to jump on the couch, her bed, and today into the leaves.

We even got a smile to prove it!

Sophie tried to eat a few leaves and got incredibly dirty, but we got the leaves cleaned up and had a great time doing it.

Happy Halloween

Halloween is such a wonderful holiday. We started the day out by making orange Halloween shaped chocolate chip pancakes. Brie ate all of the kitty cats, Sophie had a pumpkin (minus the chocolate chips), and Marcus and I ate the bats and left over pumpkins.

Brie and I then made a Halloween giant cupcake with sprinkles and orange icing. Brie loves our new island. It is the perfect height for her when standing on her stool to help mix things.

Then the girls each took a nice nap and we had a visit from Aunt Shelley and Uncle Brian. We painted and carved pumpkins. (these pics will follow later)

Then it was on to trick or treating. We tried to get a few good shots of the kids in their costumes, but it was all but impossible. Here is what we got.

Brie enjoyed giving out the candy more then actually trick or treating, except to the kids who were scary. She made them take their own candy!

Down on the farm

After spending the night at Nana and Pops, the whole family headed down to Bylers farm for a little bit of fun.

We went on a nice hayride.

And played in the hay and dirt

Brandon tried to get some good photos!

Many trips were taken down the slide

Christian helped his brother and Brie up the ladder

Brie loved the big slide

There were also lots of animals!

Christian milked the cow

Brie milked the cow

And everyone fed the goats!

It was a wonderful afternoon! The sun was shining and everyone was happy. There won't be to many nice days left this year. It was nice to get to enjoy it!