The last few weeks...

Ryan is getting pounded with snow and really cold temperatures - every day is below zero by a long ways - doesn't sounds too fun to me, but Ryan is loving it up there! Here are a few pictures from Alaska.




I was crafty this month (thanks to my Mom and sister) and helped to make this turkey. It turned out really cute!

I don't have a lot of thanksgiving decorations so he is a good addition!


We went for a drive up the canyon before Ryan headed back to Alaska and got some cute pictures.

The best one is of Ryan and Dallon. The best part of that picture is that I have proof that Ryan does smile (sometimes).


Halloween has come and gone (thank goodness, not my favorite holiday). Oakley was a very cute witch, thanks to Grandma Laurie's sewing abilities! Dallon was a S.W.A.T. person (again), but decided that he was too big to do the Halloween thing, until we met up with his cousins and then he decided it could be a lot of fun, so he decided to dress up, but I didn't get a picture of him.


We had Oakley's birthday party a little early so that Ryan could be here and one of the presents that she got was a baby from Grandma Joan. She never puts the baby down! She makes sure she puts the baby to bed each night. She is just too cute!


One of the other things that Oakley got is some foam puzzle pieces that her and Phoenix just love to make creations out of! They spend hours playing with those things! I love them!!!

Ryan's little brother is getting married at the end of the month. The dress for Oakley needs to be altered and for whatever reason Oakley has taken a strong disliking to the dress. She is very stubborn (like her father). Well it took a days worth of prepping and a whole lot of bribing and then some forcefulness to get the dress on for the alterations lady...


but we finally got her in it. I have about20 days left to prep her on wearing it all night and walking down the aisle with her brother... I hope she cooperates!

And last of all...


Dallon got his retainer. He got to chose what color he wanted it and the design. It's pretty, right? Thanks to Dr. Broadbent it has been a pretty easy thing for Dallon to go through. I think Dallon will put Dr. Broadbent on the "like list" of his many doctors. Yea!!!