WALL FAMILY

October 25, 2010 We had our first snow of the season today. It wasn't just a normal nice snowfall, it was a BLIZZARD! Winds shaking our house at 5 in the morning, caking the snow and turning it to ice on our windows. It also blew our BBQ grill off the deck and Kirk was getting worried about the trampoline possibly being blown onto our house...he could see it shaking like it was ready to fly. A while after the winds calmed down we went outside to check out the snow. Rylee is so excited and the rest of us are NOT! Look at what the storm did to our trees... (tree at the top right corner usually stands up tall but it's weighted down by snow) (this group of trees is normally taller and NOT laying on the ground) I'm hoping this isn't a preview of our winter to come.

The boys had an appointment at the dentist for a cleaning and a check up. They passed the exam once again!!! NO CAVITIES! The dentist and his assistants praised the kids up and down about how good they are at taking care of their teeth! And I am happy because it's a smaller dentist bill and no pain for my kiddo's! Dylan getting the purple plaque finder and showing off his shiny clean teeth! Rylee getting his teeth counted and then showing off his pearly whites!

As you may have noticed, I haven't been posting anything lately. Well it's because my poor camera died :( So any pictures I have right now are cell phone pictures which we all know are not the best. I'm not exactly sure what happened to my camera but I think it started with this day..... Kirk was out of town so the boys and I went to my friends house and we had a sleepover...yep! Well they live in a really pretty area and I wanted to capture the fall colors. It wasn't the best time of day to get good fall colors but it was a great time to possibly burn up the lens (or something) on my camera with shots like these.... (Never really knew this wasn't the best idea) Well the other possibility is that my sweet little Rylee "borrowed" my camera and took LOTS of pictures of EVERYTHING...Me, Jen, the dog, rocks, etc., and accidently broke it. Who knows?! It could have just been getting old too. I still was able to get a cute picture of Rylee and his friend Paige ...

School has started! Rylee is going to preschool and he loves it! He has waited a long time for this day. Unfortunately he got sick and missed the first two days of school, he was not happy about it. But on the third day Rylee had his first day! His teachers are Miss Mitsy and Miss Tami. Here he is in his new classroom... Dylan wasn't as excited to start school again. He loves the summers but he is getting used to it and so far it has been going good. He is now in 5th grade and his teacher is Mrs. Jezo. Here he is, ready to go on his first day of 5th Grade! I hope my boys have a great school year and enjoy every minute of it!

We went to the shooting range for some target practice and safety lessons. Dylan is really good at following the rules and is surprisingly a good shot. Rylee likes to use Dylan's BB gun. Here are a couple of other shots I got while we were out there. It was a very pretty day and it's always nice to spend time together as a family. The county fair... This is a big deal where we live. The fair goes on for over a week and there are lots of things that you can do. Dylan really liked smashing this car with the sledgehammer. This was a fundraiser they were doing for a little girl that has cancer. People paid for a chance to beat up a car and in return this little girl was being helped to "Smash her cancer". 4-H is a big part of the fair. We went to check out some of the animals while we were there. Look at this cute little pig! Rylee wasn't very happy with the smell but he sure liked looking at and petting the animals. There were also some inflatibl...

Kirk's mom got married on August 7th. The wedding was at their home in Utah. She married a wonderful man, Richard, who we are very happy to have in our family. We met alot of new people from Richard's family. There was a family dinner the night before and the evening of the wedding, giving us lots of time to get to know everyone. We are so happy for them and have wishes for them to have a wonderful life together. Congratulations to them both and Welcome to the family, Richard!! Here is a collection of pictures from the weekend...unfortunately I didn't get my camera out enough and missed getting shots of ALOT of people.

The circus came to town and I had the chance at getting a good discount on tickets so I decided to take the kids. It was a pretty small circus but the kids enjoyed going. Dylan sat with some friends so I didn't get any pictures of him but here are a few pictures of Rylee and the people of the circus. Rylee was quietly playing and I didn't think much about it and I probably should have because this is what he was doing... He colored Rusty and made him "Pretty". He also colored the carpet a little and the heater vent alot... I sure hope the magic eraser can do it's magic! And as for the dog, he is back to his normal self!