fall in az...

i love the fall...let the halloween fastivities begin!

 {zombie skateboarder}

 {cutest scariest witch!}

 {swamp fighter - ben 10}

 {the scary witch's little kitty}

{nerd alert!}

{nerd riding a bull}

woods lake...

we are not campers but we went camping last weekend. the olsen fam and the alexander clan did all the camping stuff- we slept in a tent {i slept in the car with the baby!}, we ate lot of "marshamellows" {i ate the most!}, we went fishing {didn't catch anything!}, & hikng {a 10 minute hike!}.

woods canyon lake it one of the most beautiful places i have ever been. it was so nice to escape the 115 degree weather and just let the kids roam and explore up there. they were in heaven, they were absolutely filthy, but they couldn't have been happier.

{cute catie & colby}

{ceci hugging corbs leg, she thought she saw a monster in the water}

{"lydie lid" as weston calls her just chillin'}

first day...

this year is a big year for school for us. we will have a 2nd grader,  full day kindergartener and 4 day preschooler!! i can't believe that its gong to be just lydia and i at home. i guess now i have no excuse to not catch up on the laundry. i am actually a little sad to have summer over, but it is soooooo hot here and there is little that we can do with our sweet baby. it will be nice to get back to a routine.

it was so cute to see "the guys" getting ready for school (ceci calls anthony & wes "the guys"-its darling!). weston was a little nervous and anthony was the perfect big brother, being so protective and telling him all the AWESOME things about kindergarten. watching them walk up to school with their big backpacks was another crazy moment. i kept thinking to myself that my kids are getting tooo big tooo fast!

the first day of school is so exciting and fun...if there are no tears! unfortunately, we had some tears, but the tears were from cecily. she was so so sad that "the guys", were leaving her. she wanted to join them at school and play. it was the sweetest thing i ever saw. 

luckily cecily started preschool the next day. she was missing those guys. she goes monday - thursday for 3 hours a day. perfect for her &  i. she is so ready and so bored at home. when i dropped her off she said, "mom just leave k!" it was really funny. so sassy that one.

 little did she know...i was really excited to take her. :)

have a great school year!

blessed...

we feel so blessed to have this sweet new baby in our family. she has brought so much joy to our lives already. everyone just adores her, we all just want to kiss and snuggle her all day long.

while we were in utah, her amazing father gave lydia rue a name & a blessing at my moms house.  it was so wonderful and CRAZY to have all our family and friends join us for such a special event. it was a really special day and corbin gave her the most beautiful blessing. thanks to all our family and close friends that came. we love you all so much.

say cheese...

she is almost two weeks old and i wanted to get a picture of all my kiddos before she grew anymore. since my talented sister in law janelle isn't here in az to take lydia's newborn photos as she had done with all my rugrats like here and here, i attempted to take some pictures myself! i think it was a little bit of a bad idea...i'm no professional so they are what they are. 

{took some tips from this talented gal - sara}

of course the kids only lasted 2 mins before they started wrestling and being their crazy selfs so

 i gave up on the kid photo and just tried to take some photos of sweet lydia....she is the perfect model!

  

...lovin thos little piggies...