Monday, November 10, 2008

Ok - I know I am always behind on this bloggin thing but maybe someday I'll get good :) ! Well this years Halloween was alot of fun! Every year Justin and I have a pumpkin carving contest.. and of course AGAIN I WON!!! He never agrees .. but its true!! So for those of you who know my husband you will agree that he is one of the craziest people you will ever meet!! As you can tell we had alot of fun dressin' up!! It was all kinda a last minute thing so we definetly didnt go together. My costume was so lame I didnt even get a picture of it but Justin of course made sure I got every "angle" of his!! He is such a dork and makes me laugh every day but thats why I love him so much!!
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Abbie was a chile pepper, I was a jock ( I told you we didnt go together :) Justins mom was a catipillar!! Abbie was so cute she kept lookin at Justin wondering who in the heck he was.. it was so funny!


My grandparents own a ranch and 2x a year we have a cattle drive to move the cows to and from the mountain. It has always been a tradition for all my family to get together and help. It has definetly made for some great memories !!


Justin has always loved horses and the "ranch life". He already can't wait until Abbie is old enough to riddin' with him!


My gram always drives up to meet the "cowboys" and feed them some lunch. These are my cousins and aunt tryin to find some shade!!



Me and my cute gramp!! (you might not want to read this part... journaling) He is the most real life cowboy you'll ever meet. Iremember one time me and my cousin Ki went with him to the mountain to check on the cows and he told us to stay by this small stream and make sure the cows didnt leave while he went and checked on some other ones in a different spot. We sat there FOREVER in the hot sun when finally we decided to get off our horses and play in the stream. When my gramp came back we were getting back on our horses to leave and Ki couldnt get on hers b/c he kept tryin to bite her!! My gramp thought there should be no excuses and told her not to let the horse be in charge. After he helped her get back on he left again and told us to again keep watching the same cows ( lookin back I think he thought we were slowing him down so he gave us an "important"job) But anyways she wouldnt get off the horse agian b/c she thought my gramp would get madd at her so she just sat there for like two hours while I got off and played in the stream to cool off. It was so funny .. maybe you had to be there!



Abbie is getting so big..she is now a little over 5 months. I love watching her different stages. She is now at the stage where she loves to play on the floor and make little screams at the top of her lungs! Whenever I lay her down the next thing I know she has rolled all the way across the room. Sometimes she gets stuck under the coffee table.. its so funny!!





She is so squirmy... everytime I put her in her bumbo she wiggles around trying to get out. I can already tell she is going to be very acitve!!




The YM/YW sent the kids on different missions for one of there activities. They asked Justin to give a little spill about his mission to Mexico and then seve them an authentic meal. He had so much fun shopping and preparing the meal.!

He made moule (not sure how to spell it), rice, tortillas, and guava juce.!















5 comments:

kh said...

Yeah! You have come back to life! I know life can be busy, but I am happy to see what's been going on! Justin is hilarious! I wish I knew him better.

I think your pumpkins look great Jan! And Abbie! Oh my gosh! What a cutie, she looks a lot like Justin's mom (to me). You dress her so cute! Tell your grandparents hi for me, it's been FOREVER since I last saw them!

Love you Jan! I am so glad you are blogging!

Lexi and Hector said...

I love the pics. Justin is such a dork...where did you find him. ANyway cute pics

Andrea said...

Your family and horses :) I'll never forget when Ki took me horse back riding...lets just say that was the last time I got on a horse. Your husband is nuts. I'm glad you guys had a good halloween!

*** said...

Jan after seeing this post it just makes me wish we lived closer even more. Justin has the most fun personality and Abbie is so cute I want to hang out!! I cant wait to see your family pictures. Thanx for the photographer and hairstylist advice and excited for my turn this weekend.

Brad and Lisa said...

It's nice to get a little update on your lives since we never see you guys! You're little one is getting so big and she's so adorable! And Justin is just as crazy as always. I hope you guys are doing well!