November 1, 2010

Don't Stop Believing!

Thank you San Francisco Giants for fulfilling my husband's life in a way that I never could.  Thank you for not giving up.  Thank you for playing with guts and leaving your hearts on the field at the end of each game.  

If you didn't hear, the Giants won the World Series.  They hadn't won a World Series in over 50 years.  Ryan has been a fan of the Giants for over 20 years.  He always tells me that he could read a box score before he learned how to read books.  I was converted in 2001.  We've been to see the Giants play in stadiums from California to Pennsylvania.  

I've seen Ryan's heart broken so many times I sometimes wondered if it was worth it.  Now we know...

 it was worth it! 

Halloween 2010

Halloween is getting more fun for us each year. (Ryan and I are not big Halloween fans.)

But it makes a difference as Audrey gets older and gets excited about it and understands it.
She decided she was a real cowgirl months ago so when it came time to decide on a costume, she was already decided.

We have a little game at our house where someone is in trouble and "super baby" comes to save the day! Kennedy loves to fly around and anything that makes her sister play with her makes her really happy.
This costume was perfect!

Spoiled again.

Ryan's BFF Cheryl Rose (Dave Rose (coach of the Cougar basketball team)'s wife) spoiled us again. She loves going to The Dermatology Center so much that it seems like she'd do just about anything for them. Last year we sat on the floor at a number of basketball games. This year Ryan got some nice season tickets to basketball games. Then we were invited to sit in a press box at the BYU vs. Wyoming football game!

This was the view from our seats. The best part? It was pouring rain outside.

Kennedy even got to take a nap. You can tell she needs one!

The family together after a much-needed win.

Just Kennedy

There may not be too many posts that will be just about Kennedy, so here's a "Kennedy only" update.

She tried the rice cereal.
Not a fan.

Everything else so far has been a hit. Hopefully she'll be a great eater.

She's sitting up and crawling. But her favorite is standing. She grabs anything she can to help her stand up.

This was on our wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch. She was probably the happiest one because she didn't have to sit on hay.

Kennedy is such a sweet, cuddly girl. She is in love with/in awe of her big sister. She is a major 'mommy's girl.' She isn't the best sleeper at night, but her cute face makes up for it in the morning.

Fall (Burr family style)

Fall is about so many things. It means shorter days and cold weather. Leaves are falling and jackets are a must.

In our house it is also about Major League Baseball playoffs and BYU football (more to come on BYU football).

So first, the traditional fall classic...

We went to the pumpkin patch at the Red Barn in Santaquin. Here's Audrey with her pumpkin and Ryan's pumpkin.

Ryan had seen a pattern on the internet for a Giants (San Francisco Giants) jack-o-lantern and was excited to show his support for his team that is currently one game away from going to the World Series! Here's the before:


The during:

The after:
Audrey just wanted a face on her pumpkin.

The Girls

We recently had some pictures taken of the girls at American Fork Amphitheater. It was so beautiful! I would recommend it to anyone needing family pictures.


Audrey was totally cheesy and Kennedy mostly stared.

A friend from Ryan's work took some pictures for us a few months ago and they turned out so cute and she was so great to work with that I had her do these ones as well.


I'm not sure if she wants me to advertise for her or not, but her blog IS really cute...
Momentsbydesign.blogspot.com

Learning and Growing

Audrey's first day of preschool.

Since Audrey has this year and next year before kindergarten I thought it would be fun to do one year of preschool with some other moms. There are 3 boys and two girls so each mom will have 12 days to teach and that includes field trips.



She won't be gone long enough for a lunch but I bought her this lunch box to get her excited.

Also on Tuesday, Ryan left for an overnight work thing in Phoenix so it was just the girls. We had a little fun with the camera.

I love this picture of Kennedy because Audrey took it.


I am so blessed to be a mom at all. But to do it for these girls is just more than I can ask. So what if I'm not wearing any makeup because Kennedy was so tired from waking up at 6 a.m. that I didn't have a free hand, so what if I told Audrey that she had taken too many pictures and she took a few more anyway, and so what if our entertainment for the night was "pretending" and taking silly pictures. I am so in love I don't care about those things.