Trick or Treat 2009

This year was the first year that we took Layne out trick or treating. Layne seemed to enjoy it alot. We took him to both of the grandparents houses as well as one of Matt's friends and went trick or treating at the mall. We all had a lot of fun! Layne was exhausted from all the excitement at the mall when we got home.

Layne and Daddy before we headed out to do some trick or treating. Matt painted his face. I think he looks just adorable!!

Holding onto his bucket at the mall. He loved watching all of the other kids dressed up.

Digging in his candy bucket. He's probably trying to find a Reese's.

Pumpkins

Layne and I carved/painted pumpkins this year for Halloween. It was alot of fun. Layne got to paint his very own pumpkin and he did such a good job!!! I carved to pumpkins. It was fun but a lot of work.

Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein dancing. This one took forever to carve!!
Her hand kind of fell of too. :(

I love how this pumpkin turned out!!!

Layne's pumpkin that he painted. It turned out so cute!!! My favorite!!

Wordless Wednesday

Layne and I before we went to Matt's good friend Travis's wedding.

Sunday Fun

Today my parents came over to help me plant some flower bulbs in our landscaping. (I am so bad at planting flowers. I do NOT have a green thumb at all!!) Layne absolutely had a blast!! He loved helping Grandpa plant tulip bulbs and playing in the dirt. He loves helping with just about anything. ( except laundry. lol)

Helping Grandpa dig a hole.

Layne decided to use some of Grandpa's gardening tools to make the hole bigger. Too cute!!

So happy to be helping Grandpa!!

Planting with Grandpa.

Bike Ride

While we were at Itasca State Park, we took a bike ride in the park. I had never been on such a long bike ride in my life!! ( We went 16 miles and we didn't even make it around the whole park!!) The first couple miles went okay until about mile 4 when my bike broke. ( My handle bar fell off...) I had to push my bike about a mile to the bike shop to go rent one to finish riding. After we rented a new bike for me, we started off again. About a mile into our bike ride again it started to pour. I have never been that drenched!!! Thank God for Layne's bike trailer. He stayed nice and dry. I would of loved to have joined him in it!! After we finished our bike ride, we dryed off and ate lunch. Then we decided to take a break from the state park and went to explore Bemidji.

He fell asleep in the trailer... So cute!!

This Just Sickens Me...

I read this on our local news stations website. It just sickens me even thinking about this. I don't understand how anyone could let that many dogs live in nasty conditions. Being the animal lover that I am, it breaks my heart that someone would treat dogs this way. Please read and watch the video.

09/02/2009 5:54 PM
Dogs Said To Be Found In Unsanitary Conditions

A major dog rescue removed nearly 200 dogs, said to be sick and neglected, from unsanitary conditions in Turner County. The Humane Society of the U.S. was on the scene with local officials to remove the dogs from the facility near Hurley. They were then taken to the Turner County fairgrounds in Parker where they'll be housed and nursed back to health.

The Humane Society of the United States says they rescued 172 dogs from unsanitary conditions in Turner County. Second Chance Rescue says it started the investigation at a property near Hurley after it got a tip from someone who bought a dog from the breeder.

The dogs are now being kept at the Turner County Fairgrounds until the state's attorney processes all the evidence from this case.

The dogs are German Shorthair Pointers and Weimeriners bred to be hunting dogs. But according to the Humane Society of the United States, the conditions the dogs were found in were similar to a puppy mill.

"The dogs themselves are not in horrendous condition. We have veterinarian teams in there looking at them right now. We won't know for a couple days, when we have completed our evaluation on all of the dogs, what their medical conditions are but as far as the conditions we found them in, it doesn't get a whole lot worse than that," Scotlund Hailey with the Humane Society of the U.S. said.

The Humane Society of the United States says on a scale of one to ten, the conditions these dog were living in were a nine.

No charges have been filed, so names have not been released. Officials say the Turner County State's Attorney will take a look at the case Thursday.

According to the Humane Society, puppy mills are not illegal in South Dakota, but the conditions they were found in are.

Takin' A Little Break...

So my computer is not working properly right now. I won't be posting pictures/blogs for a little while. But that is okay I've got lots of things going on right now and need to be focusing on more important things. I'll will be back soon with more posts!!

A Day in the Life- Writer's Workshop

I haven't participated in this for a while and thought I would give it a go again. So here is a typical day in my life.

Here is a typical day for of my life ( Thought this was such a neat prompt idea.):

4:30 am- Rudely awakened by hubby's alarm clock.

4:45am- Yell at Matt to shut alarm off and get out of bed.

5:oo am- Matt finally gets up and makes me get up with him so I can make his lunch.

5:10am- Crawl back into bed to try and get some sleep.

5:12am- Matt comes in bedroom and turns all lights on. He can't find his keys/wallet/belt. Makes me get up to help him find it. I find whatever hubby needed within seconds.

5:15am- Matt leaves for work. I try to fall back to sleep.

5:20am- Layne wakes up. I go get Layne and change his diaper and bring him back to bed with me.

7:00am- Wake up. Feed Layne breakfast. Get dressed. Let Chloe and Tater outside to potty. Put them in respective kennels. Check email while Layne plays for a little while.

8:00am- Leave house to go over to my parents house.

8:05am- Walk into parents house and immediately get bombarded by crabby screaming kids.

8:10am-10:00am- Contemplate on how to make time go faster so all 8 crabby screaming kids can go down for a nap. Break up fighting of children. Attempt to do activities with kids but ended up nixing that idea when kids don't like any of the activities that you chose to do that day. Play with Layne as he is the ONLY non crabby child there.

11:00am- Make daycare kids lunch. Hear them complaining about not liking what was made for lunch or that so and so is looking/breathing/eating wrong. Wishing I could be at home playing with Layne or taking a nap.

11:30am- Have reading time with kids. Getting ready for naptime!!

11:40am to 2:oopm- I'm in heaven because all of the kids are sleeping or supposed to be sleeping. Hoping that a certain 4 year old doesn't decide to pee/poop his pants during nap time.

2:00pm- Wake up sleeping kids. Have a snack. Get ready to go outside.

2:40pm- Finally are going outside after all children have finished snack.

3:30pm- Come back inside. Have each one of the kids go to the bathroom. Give Layne a snack.

4:00pm- Try to keep kids occupied till parents come.

4:30pm- Kid's gone. Layne and I leave to go home. My headache is instantly gone.

4:35pm- Get home. Let dogs out. Play with Layne either outside or inside.

5:00pm-Feed Layne Supper. Then get a beth ready for Layne.

5:15pm- Give Layne a bath. Put him in his pjs.

5:45pm- Figure out what Matt and I are eating for supper. Get countless phone calls from Matt but unimportant things while trying to cook. Entertain Layne while trying to make supper.

6:00pm- Matt comes home. Wonders why I haven't got food made. Let Matt entertain Layne while I finish supper.

6:45pm- Eat supper. Layne helps me eat almost all of my food.

7:00pm- I work on laundry/cleaning/etc while Matt watches Layne.

7:45pm- Start getting Layne ready for bed. Change diaper, brush teeth, read a book, have a bottle and in bed by 8:00pm.

8:10pm- Layne is in bed but not sleeping. Go to check on Layne. Realize that he has taken pjs off.

8: 20pm- Layne is redressed and in bed but still not sleeping. I try to get more work done. Matt yells at me to get him food/beer as he is in recliner watching tv.

8:30pm- Get Matt food/beer and tell him that he should really be up and doing something to help me. Layne is still not sleeping. Go check on him. Find him banging on window trying to get attention of neighbor dog, Maddie.

8:35pm- Layne is finally in bed and laying down. Finish doing laundry/dishes/cleaning.

9:00pm- I shower and finally get to watch some tv. Find that Matt is sleeping in recliner.

9:30pm- Try to wake Matt up and tell him to go bring Tater in because he is barking at the neighbors outside.

9:40pm- After failed attepmt to get Matt up, I get up and put Tater in his kennel.

9:45pm- Go back to watching some tv and find that Matt is now awake and has change the channel from what I was watching.

10:00pm- I'm wanting to go to bed but Matt makes me stay up because he wants to talk with me.

11:00pm-Finally I get to go to bed.

11:05pm- Matt falls asleep before me and starts snoring very LOUDLY.

12:ooam- Finally he stops snoring and I get some sleep.

Well there you have a typical day in my life. Check out more Writer's Workshop entries here.

Wordless Wednesday

Sioux Falls Air Show

Saturday, Layne and I went to the air show that was in town with my friend Megan. It was such a blast!! We got there just in time to see the Blue Angels. They were amazing!! I had never seen such cool stunts before. They flew upside down and spun and did all sorts of crazy things!! I hope that the air show will come back to Sioux Falls next year as I want to go back and see more!

Layne watching the planes from his stroller.

Blue Angels

Swimming Fun at Mckennan Park

Last Sunday, my mom and I took Layne to the wading pool at Mckennan Park. I just absolutely love going to Mckennan Park. It is so gorgeous with all of the beautiful flowers everywhere. The pool is a blast too!! Layne loved splashing in the water as well as walking around in it and watching the other kids play. Such a fun afternoon!!

Show Us Your Life- Wedding Dress

Over at Kelly's Korner she has been hosting a blog carnival for a while. I've been meaning to join in but haven't had the time so finally this week I thought I would join in!! This week they are focusing on Wedding Dresses.

The bottom picture is of my Grandma, me, and Matt. Our wedding day was so beautiful besides the fact that it was extremely hot!! (105 degrees!!)

Sandbox Fun

For Layne's birthday we got him a sandbox. Matt had found a big tractor tire through a friend and thought it would make a great sandbox. It is awesome!! Layne just loves it. The best part was that no one knew he was getting a sandbox and he ended up getting a lot of sand toys at his birthday party. It worked out great!!

"Mom, I seriously think you have enough pictures of me!"

Layne with all of his sand toys in his new sandbox.

He loves his sandbox!!!

Odds N' Ends

A few more photos from Renae's wedding. I promise I will be done after this!!

Layne was really enjoying Matt's beer bottle!!

And Again!!

I think I'm going to have my hands full when he gets older!!

Jessica, Me and Megan before the wedding!!

Renae's Big Day!!

Just some more pictures from Renae and Josh's wedding. I didn't have enough room to post them all in one post.

Renae and I before the ceremony!!

Cutting the cake!

Lil' Family Picture Time courtesy of my mom. (Layne was being a turd and decided that he wasn't going to smile for a picture with us!)

Renae's Wedding!!!

Yesterday was a busy day for me. My good friend Renae was getting married!!! She got engaged about a month after my wedding. ( She caught the bouquet at my wedding!!) Her wedding was just gorgeous!!! Thank you for letting me be a part of it Renae and Josh!!

Beautiful Centerpieces at the tables!!

Renae, Layne, and I dancing during the dollar dance!

Flower Arrangement at the candy bar. ( I was super excited because they had super ropes up there!!)

Megan and Layne dancing. ( She was the maid of honor.)

Garter Auction!!

Lil' Cake Eater

Happy Birthday Layne!!

I can't believe that you are already one, my little man. This year has just flown by!! I have loved every minute of being with you watching you grow and learn new things. I can't wait to see what this next year will bring! Mommy and Daddy love you so much! Happy 1st Birthday Layne!!

Renae's Bacholorette Party!!

Last Night I went out with the girls for Renae's bacholorette party!! It was so much fun!! Had to share a picture because I found this too funny. Renae stole the parmesan container from one of the bars we were at. Too Funny!! She's getting married next Saturday and I'm so excited for the wedding!!

Layne's 1st Birthday Party Cont...

The kids played for awhile on Layne's outdoor toys before we did the pinata. Emerson had so much fun breaking the pinata. It was hilarious to watch her!!

Emerson, Jack, and Layne playing in Layne's fort

Climbing all over the fort!!

Emerson hitting the pinata!!

Matt decided that he would help her out with it!

The kids picking up all the candy and sheriff badges. Michele didn't want to feel left out so she joined in on the candy as well lol!!