Pahrump Fall Festival Parade

My preschool was in the parade last Saturday! Thankfully a family from my school took over and did our float for us, they did an excellent job! There were 13 of us that rode on the float, the inside of the "bus" even had benches attached for us to sit on. The "bus" was donated to our school. The kids did a really good job during the parade, some got a little tired and grumpy during parts, but all in all they waved and cheered for "Pahrump Valley Preschool!"

All About Van

Van is officially weaned from his 24/7 pacifier! How did I do it? Well, the babies have been biting into his pacifier anytime they found one and I was determined not to buy anymore. But then he would like ones he hadn't liked before because they were better than the ones with holes. So we were down to 1 pacifier and we lost it last Sat. well, that night he did fine, Sun. night in the middle of the night he came in crying for a few minutes while I held him and then fell asleep. I was expecting Monday that he'd be over it. I got him dressed and a few minutes after he had his pacifier! He said, "I find it momma I find it!" I took it right away, he had found it in his shorts pocket, but now I had no excuse, he did find it, but there was no way I was going to start the whole thing over again! So I told him that we're not having it anymore, you're a big boy now. The saddest thing was he kept saying, "I find it momma, I find it." That was by hard the hardest day. It hasn't been all that easy, every time he's tired he cries for it, but I kept telling him Saturday we will go on a date together and he could get a toy and a treat, which would sometimes help. We went to Walmart yesterday and he got himself a toy gun. That night he still asked for his pacifier. Van carried his pacifiers around in handfuls, which means if he lost "one" he lost them all!
This is a very scary spider (a scorpion spider, which luckily can't bite) Van killed with his pacifier a few months ago. I guess it was good for something.
This is a dime Van swallowed when we went beach camping, which happily came out the very next day.
Here is a cute picture of Van that I just love and have never posted.
Van has also been my only child (thus far) to write on the walls, floor, furniture, table... it must be the new house's fault. Good thing for the magic eraser. No picture because I really don't want any encouragement of that sort what so ever!
We love you Van!

Daisy and Walt's 1st Birthday Party

We celebrated Daisy and Walt's birthday yesterday at my friend Shelly's house, we had a swim party and BBQ, which was so nice! All of Danny's siblings and their families were there (which I'm bummed I didn't get my camera out soon enough to get them all, it was his sister's birthday so she left early). Danny's mom Dee, his Aunt Laura, my dad and Debi, and a few friends and their families. It was great having everyone there to celebrate with us! This was of course the biggest 1st birthday party I've had for any of my kids, but there's TWO so it had to be big, right?!
Grandpa Ernie, Walt, Dee Dee, Uncle Jeff, Auntie Laura
Grandpa Ernie with Walt
Grandma Debi with Walt
Allison with baby Whitney (Autumn's baby), Dee Dee, Uncle Tom, Daisy, and Danny
Walt needed a little help from daddy to get started, but after tasting it he didn't mind getting a little dirty!
Daisy new just what to do. As you can see her hand is covered in Walt's frosting she kept stealing bites from his cake and anyone else that came too close!
Daisy and Walt digging in! YUMMY! I actually didn't let them dig in for very long just long enough for some pictures and video. They were still recovering from their colds.
A big thanks to my niece Taylor for making Daisy and Walt's own cakes!


Here is a video of Daisy and Walt eating their very own personal cake.

Labor Day

Danny, I and the 3 "big" kids went to Red Rock last Monday for Labor Day. My mom stayed home with the "little ones" and we enjoyed climbing and hiking together.


We drove through a small town called Blue Diamond on our way home and saw 4 donkeys just hanging around. One even came right up to our car window; neat!