Happy Halloween!!

Dusty enjoying a sucker at the Valley of Fire

Degan doing a little pumpkin bowling

Dillon, Degan & Kennan racing

Argggg.. Bailee & Dillon as Pirates

Dustin with some crazy eyes

Degan the Power Ranger

Group Picture

Trick-Or-Treat

Spiderman got us safely home!

We started the day out at the Valley of Fire with the Staton family, the kids had fun running around on the rocks, playing games, winning candy, and eating way to many cookies! We than headed to Granny's for the Party and lunch!! The kids got dressed in their costumes and enjoyed some worm pizza! Yummy!! After filling our bellies with witch fingers and brew we went home for an afternoon nap. At night fall we dressed up the kids again to do some old time Trick-Or -Treating. Dustin was being a "little stinker" and would not stay in his skunk outfit, so he had to make a costume change into Spiderman and was perfectly happy! (silly kid) All in all it was a fun day and the kids got way to much candy, and are already planning what they want to be next year!!

Party!!

Dillon's first grade class!!

Hunter, Dillon, Cropper, and Alek

Dillon's class had a Halloween Party on the 29th, they had a lot of fun dressing up, playing games, doing crafts, and eating to much junk!!

Happy Birthday Degan!

Degan Robert 4yrs.

Ok so I'm totally lame and didn't get one picture of Degan on his birthday or with his cake. Sorry Buddy I'm a horrible Mom. Degan has really been into how he looks lately especially his clothes, he has two pairs of jeans that he LOVES!! he's worn them so much they have holes in the knees. So Darin and I decided we would take him shopping for his birthday, thinking he would have fun, well we go to Old Navy to get some jeans and everything there is "stupid" (Degan's words not mine) in his defence it was really picked over and not much to choose from in his size. Darin convinces him Kohl's would have some cool stuff, so we get there and again he's not liking anything we pick out, so I just picked out a couple pairs of jeans figuring he'll give in, in a few days and wear them (he's very stubborn when it comes to his jeans and still refuses to wear them) So on the way home Darin asks him why he didn't pick anything out?? and Degan tells him "I don't know, I got a little nervous" I guess to many options can be a bad thing!! Sorry you had a lame B-day, We'll make it up to you next year!!-Happy Birthday Buddy we love you!!

4 Years Ago!!

Yes, four years Ago our lives were blessed with another little boy!! First of All we were all so excited for you to join our little family especially Dillon! Your due date was November 5th and as your due date got closer the Dr. and I decided that October 28th would be a good day for you to come, well the office called to schedule my C-Section and all the surgery rooms were full at the hospital, so we than decided to go with the 1st of November. We had just sold our house in Vegas and on the 21st we moved all our things to Granny & PaPa's, I was busy all week trying to get things organized and ready for you to come!! I didn't take the time to pack my overnight bag for the hospital cause I figured I could do it the day before you were scheduled come!! well on the 27th at around 11:00pm I started having contractions, thinking that I had just over done it for the day so I got a glass of water and laid down to go to bed, well the contractions got harder and harder so I went and got Daddy and told him I thought I was in labor. I called Dr. Gondy and she told me to get to the hospital as fast as I could, because she didn't want me in active labor, well that totally freaked your Dad out so he was running around trying to pack our bags and get ready to go, meanwhile I had to get myself ready and shave my legs, which is a very hard thing to do with a big ol' belly and being in labor made it almost impossible so Dad came to my rescue and did it for me!! We made the long trek from Overton to Vegas in record time!! and when we finally reached the hospital they admitted me immediately and gave me some shots to stop my contractions. Our Dr. came in early on the 28th and we had a good laugh cause it was the original day she had wanted to deliver you!! Daddy and I were so tired from not sleeping the night before but we were so happy to finally get to meet you---We Love You Little Man!!!

Pumpkin Carving!!

Pumpkin Carving 2009!!

Dillon enjoying taking the GUTS out!!

Degan not so much!!

The finished product!!

It just wouldn't be Halloween without a little pumpkin carving!! Dillon really enjoyed himself this year taking the GUTS out of his and Dustin's pumpkins! (Degan had a pumpkin too but he was messing around with it and dropped it and it split in half) He even did most of the carving, Dad had to help with the mouth!! (Dillon's is on the left) Good job buddy it looks awesome!!

You Say It's Your Birthday!!!

Look Mom a Shark!!

Dustin, Bailee, & Dillon learning all about the fish!

Notice the HUGE fish above Dillon's head-CRAZY!!

Attempting a group picture (not sure what Degan is doing!)

The Shark Reef Gang!!

For Dillon's 7th Birthday he decided he wanted to go to the Shark Reef instead of having a party, so we told him he could bring a friend and of course he choose Bailee!! (Degan and Canyon tagged along because they were both free!!) Dillon was so excited to see a shark, he loves watching the Discovery Channel especially shows about sharks and ocean creatures (maybe he'll be a marine biologist??)anyways we picked them up after school and headed for the big city, it took us a while with traffic to get there but the kids enjoyed looking out the window and seeing a little more than they should have!! But we finally made it and they had lots of fun listening to the little Cell Phones and learning all about the different sea creatures, there was even a little pool where you could touch some sting rays but none of them were brave enough to touch them!! (chickens) After getting suckered into buying everyone a necklace by the Birthday Boy we headed to CiCi's pizza for dinner, which is Dillon's favorite place cause he can help himself to how ever much pizza when ever he wants!! All in all it was lots of fun so Thank You Dillon, what a wonderful idea----HAPPY BIRTHDAY-----

7 years ago!!

Dear Dillon,
7 years ago on October 16th my life changed forever, I became a Mom for the very first time!! I'm going to tell the story of your birth because it's a good one and it should be recorded. First off we were living in Vegas and your due date was Oct. 20th and Dr. Gondy figured you would be right on time or a little late, cause I was not dilated at all at my check up. On Oct. 15th we went out to Overton for the day to visit family, when we got back home later that night I was feeling yucky like something wasn't quit right, I lost my mucus plug and immediately went into labor, after about 45 min. my contractions were regular and very intense so I called the Dr. and was told to go to the Hospital. Dad was being so silly running around getting things together, it was just like the movies!! We had to drive all the way across town to get to the Hospital and only to be given a pain pill and sent home because I wasn't dilated AT ALL!! At Home my contractions got worse and worse they hurt so bad my body would shake every time I had one. At around 6:00am on Oct. 16th we cruised back to the hospital for sure I had dilated at least enough to stay, but NO I still wasn't dilated AT ALL!! (are you kidding me & please don't send me home was what I was thinking) But my cervix was so soft the nurse stretched me to a 4. I was so happy cause that meant I could stay and that you would be coming really soon! The Dr. came and ordered my epidural and we were Happy Campers after that!! (Thank You to who ever invented the epidural!!) Both your Grandma's came to witness your arrival, and with the help of our awesome nurse we had a pretty good team assembled!! After flip flopping from side to side I was finally dilated to a 10 and ready to push, we knew you were face up, but the nurse reassured us that everything would be fine and that the Dr. might be able to flip you around. Well you were stubborn and wouldn't flip and than to make things worse your heart rate began to drop cause you were under to much stress, so Dr. Gondy said I needed to have a C-section, I was so sad, but Grandpa Jones & Daddy gave us a blessing and I knew everything would be OK. They immediately rushed us to the operating room and when we got there the song "Complicated" by Aviral Lavine was playing (how ironic) It didn't take them very long to get you out and when they did they discovered the cord was wrapped around your neck twice, and that I had a big cyst. So even though things didn't go as planned or how I had hoped, Both Daddy & I were glad I had a C-section and that you were safe!! Hands down one of the best days of our lives!! I love you Dillon Ross

Somethings Missing!!

Dillon with his first missing tooth!

Dillon's letter to the Tooth Fairy:
Hi Ya Tooth Fairy I lost a tooth leave money!

Dillon FINALLY lost his first tooth, Oh about 3 weeks ago! We had been to the dentist about a month earlier for cleanings and the Dr. said he wouldn't be surprised if his permanent teeth popped up behind his baby teeth and sure enough that was exactly what happened! It took a few weeks and many attempts before Darin could convince Dillon to let him tie a piece of floss around his tooth! and all it took was one good yank and it was bye bye tooth!! Dillon was so excited to have the tooth fairy visit, he wrote her a letter and drew a picture of him without his tooth!! and as you can tell he's all about the money, luckily he has a very good fairy, she left him $3.00 and he's such a nice brother he took his brothers out for an ice cream!!!

AWETHOME!!

Degan has really been into how he looks lately! He likes to have his hair spiked up or in a mohawk, He likes to pick out his outfits and is always asking if his clothes match or if he looks good in whatever he's wearing! We went to Vegas last week and Degan had his best outfit on and had his hair spiked up in a mohawk, (I must say he was looking pretty cute) and while we were in the car he asks us if Vegas will think he looks AWETHOME!!
It gets a little annoying when he changes his outfits 4 times a day. I'm seriously thinking about putting a lock on his closet so he can't get to his clothes!! He changes so often there is twice as much laundry for him, because he likes to put his clean clothes he's only worn for a few hours in the dirty clothes or he stuffs them under his bed to hide them from me. The other day he told me I needed to take him shopping for cooler shirts cause all of his were stupid!! Can you tell me who an almost 4 year old needs to get dressed up for??? I don't know but I'm hoping this phase passes fast!!

Look Who's Talking Now!!

It's amazing what a child learns in it's first few years of life and my most favorite thing is when they really start talking, it totally cracks me up!! here are just a few things Dustin's been saying:
I wanna go!(he likes to yell this during sacrament!) Brush teeth! (he loves to brush his teeth and asks to brush them at least twice a day!) Come On! (he says this a lot and pulls on our arms to show us what he wants!) I wanna cracker/cookie (he stands by the cabinet we keep them in and asks over and over till you give him what he wants!) Motorcycle! (he loves the 4-wheelers in the garage but calls them motorcyles) My Turn (he thinks he needs a turn after whatever it is his brothers just got done doing) All Done (when he's done with his drink or eating he tells us he's all done and than throws his plate off his tray!! I guess that's our warning to come get his plate!) I want juice (he calls what ever he's drinking juice the good thing is when we give him water he doesn't care it's not juice) My Shoes (he loves shoes and knows what shoes are his!!) SpongeBob (Every morning after he eats his breakfast he points to the TV and says bunbob)These are just a few of my favorite things he says on a daily bases and is learning new things everyday!!

Back to School

Dillon at his desk!

Dillon all DC'd out for his first day of school!

Dillon survived his first day of first grade! the night before he was a little nervous but excited at the same time (mostly excited to eat in the cafeteria!) and I must say I was feeling the same way, it was a little strange to have him gone all day and I kept feeling like someone was missing and had to remind myself that he was at school and that he was OK!! He picked out his outfit the night before and had it all laid out on his bed so he could get up and get ready, he made his dad pack his lunch and fix him breakfast (he's such a daddy's boy) and than we took him to school, Darin said he walked right in the classroom hung up his backpack and went and sat at his desk and didn't even look back to say bye! I'm sure me taking him to cheek out the classroom and meet Mrs. May the Friday before helped a little. When we got him home and we asked how his day was he said it was AWESOME!! I'm so glad they switched him from Foster's to May's I think it's going to be a great year!!

Up to no good

I'm so sweet and innocent!

Look at me mom!

I can turn the light off and on!

Do as I'm Doing!-Dusty copying Degan's Karate moves!!

Lately Dusty Boy has been up to no good, his new favorite thing to do is carry around the boy's bathroom stool all over the house and get into things he's not supposed to be into. At first he used it to get to the toothbrushes and toothpaste, than he started to use it to reach the light switches and loved to watch the lights go off and on, and just the other day he got caught playing with my sentsy candle, (it's a good thing the wax doesn't get hot-but he didn't like having the wax all over his hands and totally freaked out!!) I know the Terrible Twos are just around the corner but he's getting started a little early, and I'm sure it has something to do with the other two munchkins I have running around the house cause he doesn't leave their sides!! Come what may we love you anyway!!

third times the charm!

Dusty pausing for just a minute to say cheese!

Enjoying being sprayed by the water!

Drying off before going home

OK so these pictures are actually from our 4th trip to the splash pad this summer but the third trip was when Dusty decided he liked water!! and of course I didn't have my camera. It's so nice now not to have to listen to him scream bloody murder when ever he takes a bath or a shower! I'm not sure what clicked and he decided that water was OK but I'm sure glad it did and it was so fun to watch him run around like a wild man to each water thing and not care that he was getting sprayed in the face!!