Thanksgiving (I know I'm a little late)!!!

This year we spent Thanksgiving at Mom & Dad Wallace's in Vernal. We had a lot of fun. Of course we did the normal, eating, playing cards, etc... This year we stayed at Ike's and Lisa's. We had so much fun staying with them and playing the wii. Thanks for letting us stay with you Ike and Lisa, We love you!!!
It was also so much fun having two new babies in the family. Grandma has Ainsely and Grandpa has Raylie, not only did we have two new babies, but yes, they are both baby GIRL'S!!! So it is possible. Grandma and Aunt Lani were also really good at babysitting and putting both of the girls asleep. All the Wallace boys also built a nice fire pit out back of Mom & Dad's house that turned out so good. I didn't get an up close picture, but Sam built it out of metal and welded everyone's name on it. You can see it a little bit in the back ground of the kids in the tractor. Can you tell from this picture of the kids and Jake and Lani who the favorite Aunt and Uncle are?
We also saw Grandpa Pierce and her poor broken arm. She was up and about in her little home and was very glad to see us. We Love You Grandma!!! This month Raylie also turned four months old. I took her to her doctor's appointment and she weighs 14 pds 15 oz now. Boy they grow so fast.

Halloween

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins
We had a family night of fun carving pumpkins. This was the first year that Jaxon got into the pumpkin carving. He really liked touching the gooey stuff inside!! He just kept saying gooey!!! Colby used some plastic spiders to make his and it turned out so cool and spookie. I copied Martha Stewart's idea on the mouse pumpkin and it turned out so cute.



















CostumesThis year for Halloween Colby was a Gangster, Jaxon was a Pirate, and Raylie was a little fairy princess. It was so fun dressing the kids up this year. Grandma Cochran made Raylie's Costume and it turned out so cute. Thank you Nana!!!

IT'S A PARTY!!!This year Sam, ok mostly me decided to have a Halloween Costume Party at our house and invite all of our friends. We had a really good time and a lot of people showed up. It was so much fun to have everyone there and all dressed up.

Jayme & Nancy Drysdale (Left) Lisa Wallace (Right) We were so glad that Uncle Ike and Aunt Lisa were in Logan so they could come to our party also. This is Jaxon and Kali. Kali is Jayme & Nancy's little girl. The other picture is of Kali and Maron who is Devin and Jessica's little girl.
Lisa & Julie are the witches, pretty fitting!! Just kidding girls, I love you!!!









Our Pretty, Pretty Little Princess. We also had a special celebrity appearance by Shawn Michaels!!!

Crazy Kids!!!

Cookies, Cookies, Cookies

Last Weekend Colby, Jaxon and Nana Cochran got into the Halloween spirit and decided to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and also Sugar Cookies. These cookies turned out sooo good. Here is the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe if you are interested. This recipe makes TONS of cookies so you better be in the mood to make a lot of cookies or cut it in half.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
1-1/2 Cup Shortening 3 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Large Can Pumpkin 2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
3 Eggs 1-1/2 Teaspoon Salt
7-1/2 Cups Flour 4-1/2 Cups Sugar
3 Teaspoons Vanilla 1-1/2 Teaspoon Ginger
1 Large Package Chocolate Chips (or Raisins)

Cream Shortening, Sugar, Eggs together, then add remaining ingredients.
Drop onto Cookie sheets and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes

This is at the end of the cookie making, and I don't know if you can really see it or not, but everyone is completely covered in Flour. They all had a lot of fun and we all got yummy cookies at the end!!! Thank you Nana, we love you.


HOLY COW!!!
So a couple of weeks ago I was up with Raylie about 7:00am and had just got done feeding her and put her in her swing when I heard Jaxon moving around in his room waking up. He was yelling at me from his room that he wanted some milk and cereal and wanted to watch Nemo!! I told him to bring me his sippy cup, I was getting my coffee ready and he was standing next to me with his sippy cup waiting patiently for his milk. To my surprise I look down at him to get his sippy cup and find this.......
I nearly died. I asked him what was on his face and he had no idea what I was talking about. I then took him to the mirror and he started laughing, then I started laughing, until I went to his room and found this blue stuff all over his sheets, pillow case, etc. I started digging through everything to find the source and finally found a "Sharpie" blue marker. That's right!! A Sharpie marker, from Colby's backpack. I then started to freak out that he was going to be blue for several days and we had family pictures plained for that weekend. Thank goodness it ended up being a white board marker, so it washed off with soap and water, except for the blue in his hair, but that was out in only a couple days and some strong scrubbing. It is funny now, but at the time when I found the marker I was not very happy:(

Dance

Colby went to his first school dance two weeks ago. This was just a sock hop, it was an Hawaiian theme so his is dressed and ready. As you can tell he is not to happy with me at all about this picture being taken. I took him and picked him up, and he said that he had a lot of fun. (This made me feel really OLD!!!)




Raylie
Our little baby girl is now 9 weeks old. I took her last week for her two month doctors appointment. She now weighs 10 pounds 15 ounces and is doing great. She is just starting the fun stage of smiling and trying to talk or goo at us. It is so much fun.

Michelle's Hair Poll!!!
Ok everyone, I need your help. I have always had blonde hair since I was born. I just died my hair Dark Brown yesterday and since my husband has no opinion on anything that I do to my hair, or at least he says he likes everything that I do to it, I need some honest opinions from my loved ones!! Will you please send me a comment on what you think?



FAMILY PICTURES!!!
We went last weekend and had our family pictures done at Mack's Park, just up the street from our house. Most of you are going to get one of these printed out for Christmas, but here is a heads up. Sam wanted pictures with him and the boys in their camo. So Raylie and I had ours done in pink to counter balance it. I have to say it was a great idea and the pictures turned out great!!!

Family

The John's Family Reunion

On September 13th we were invited to the John's Family Reunion. For those of you who do not know, Wynn & Charlene John are who Sam considers to be his second family. They are wonderful people and we enjoy spending time with them. We spent a few hours at the reunion were Wynn & Charlene got to see Raylie for the first time. We also had lunch, home made ice cream and Jaxon got to go fishing!! It was a lot of fun and we were so glad to be invited.

Happy Birthday Everyone!!!

September was a busy month for birthday's and we would like to wish everyone a "Late" birthday since I haven't updated the blog for a few weeks.

Grandma Jolene Wallace - September 10th
Uncle Jon Wallace - September 9th
Nancy Drysdale - September 17th
Grandpa Mark Murphy - September 25th
Grandma Alene Pierce - September 30th (81 years old!!! YAHOO!!!)

Again, Happy Birthday everyone, we love all of you have hope you had a wonderful day.

Papa & Nana Murphy's

As I said above it was Grandpa Mark Murphy's birthday on September 25th and we went down last weekend and spent the weekend. It was fun and relaxing. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and it was delicious. We also did the usual and played Darts and Pool at their house, and Uncle Jon came with us to dinner and also stayed the night with us. So much fun!!! I just want you to know dad that I love you so much and hope you had a wonderful birthday. It was so much fun spending time with you guys and I can't wait to see you again.


Pictures, Pictures, Pictures,

I took the kids and had there pictures taken, here are a few!!!
Colby is 14 and HUGE to me now, especially in this picture. He is so handsome!!! He also had his first school dance this last week. Talk about FREAK ME OUT!!! I remember those days and it is crazy to think that our son is now there.

Jaxon is two and sooo mischievous. Can you tell???

Raylie is now 8 weeks old and growing bigger and bigger every day. She is getting a little pot belly and chubby cheeks!!!





Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As most of you are probably aware, this moth is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I found this website along with MILLIONS of other's that talk about Breast Cancer (www.efluxmedia.com). We have recently found out that Sam's mom Jolene has breast cancer. She of course is in good spirits and we all have good hope that things will be just fine since she has found this so soon. We want you to know that we are praying for you and we know that things will all be just fine. We love you so much and you are so strong and brave!!!

Sam & Michelle Wallace & Kids

I thought that I would start a blog today since some of our family members and friends are now doing it and I thought it would be a good way for those who do not live close to us to be able to see pictures of the kids and see how they are growing and how they are doing. Things are going wonderful for us. We just had a baby girl Raylie Lyn on August 6th. She is beautiful. I really didn't think it would be that much different to have a little girl, but it is. Of course I get to dress her in fun girl y clothes, but I also feel like I just want to be more gentle and soft with her. She is my Angel and is Sam's little Princess!! This first picture of her was taken in the hospital on the 7th, only a day old.









The second picture is a current picture of her. She is now 5 weeks old and is growing like a weed, even though I think that she is still really little. Jaxon is now two years old and is a monster!!! He is into everything of course, he loves to play with is bike and be outside with Daddy!! Every day when Sam comes home from work he helps him take his work boots off and then wants to go outside with him. I am now staying at home with the kids and I think that he loves it. He just recently started watching movies and loves, Finding Nemo, The Bee Movie, and 101 Dalmatians (Puppies!!). He is talking so much and spits out new words every day.
He is like I said such a monster, but is also my big helper. He loves to hold Raylie and he is always very helpful when I am changing her by bringing me the wipes or a diaper.

Colby is fourteen now and is in ninth grade. He is growing taller every day and has now passed me up, yes I know that is not hard to do, but it is still hard for me to think of him like a teenager instead of my little boy. He loves to go hunting with Sam and ride his bike and skate board. He also has recently been getting involved with school activities like football games, etc. Last week Sam and him went Dove hunting and didn't do to bad. I'm sure it is the first of many more hunting trips for the year!! The most recent news with Colby is that Sam is legally adopting him as his son. Of course there is a lot of legally paperwork and forms that need to be taken care of, and we are in the process of completing them. We are hoping to have this completed by the end of this month. It is VERY exciting news. Colby is thrilled to have Sam as his dad and words can not explain how I feel about it. Sam is a wonderful dad and I and the kids can not ask for more. Well here is the latest update on our little family!!