Life As We Know It

Well- I finally posted a few pictures. I wanted to add tons more but couldn't figure out how to do lots at a time yet. I am hoping to keep working on that tonight. I have let Bryce do so much for me over the years that I have become computer hadicapped. I am determined to change that so I can function in society! :) He was teasing me that I was chatting with the neighbor across the street on facebook a little while ago instead of just walking over there to talk to her. Sometimes the computer is nice cause I can sit and have a conversation without even having to brush my teeth and nobody notices! (I will still continue to brush my teeth though.)

Anyway- October has been a CRAZY month and it isn't even over yet! We have had lots of fun parties and events to go to that I think I am going to crash on November 1st. Speaking of fun events... my sister, Kristie, is at the hospital in labor with little Whitney as I type! She has been there since 4 am and it looks like it will be at least a few more hours. Thank goodness for epidurals!!! (and insurance to pay for them)

Just this last Saturday we had a fun Bezzant Family Halloween Party at my sister, Karen's house. Abbey dressed up as a princess and was really mad that I didn't curl her hair up in ringlets. I don't know when she expected that to happen cause she had been to a community cooking class that morning, rushed home in enough time to eat lunch to run to a cousin's friend birthday party and then to that same cousin's family birthday party to rush home to get dressed for this family halloween party. I tried to tell her that princesses can wear their hair up and she didn't believe me and was sore about it all the way to the party.

Braxton had a hard time trying to decide what to be for this party. He just got a new batman and incredible hulk costume for his birthday and is constantly wearing them no matter what is going on. He finally decided on the Batman costume but that didn't last too long at the party. Soon he and his cousin, Porter had switched costumes in the basement. In the pumpkin carving pic, Braxton has the "Thing" costume on of Porter's and Porter is sitting in his underwear.

Landen was a cute lion. He got so darn sweaty though that we had to take the top part off for the entire party. Somebody mentioned that he looked like a character in the Chronicles of Narnia (not sure if I spelled that right). There is a guy in the movie that is half man and half horse (or something like that). Landen had a blast at the party. He ran around like a mad man during dinner to show off his freedom of not having a high chair. Then he ate as many candy pumpkins as he could get his little fingers on. (At least 10 or more!) He stomach was stained orange from all of his drool. He had a blast frosting cookies and I enjoyed eating it! I talked the kids out of their sugar cookies too after I told them that they could eat all of the candy that was on them... I just wanted the cookies with the frosting. They were sold and gave in.

Well- in other areas of my life... Bryce is trying to arrange two weekend motorbiking rides with his buddies. Actually- let me rephrase that. He has so many motorbiking buddies that want him to go on rides that there are two weekends in November, back to back, that they are trying to get him to go on. I asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he said, "To go on both of those rides." It sounds like it is out of the budget to me... even if it is free. I have a hard time being happy for him to go. I feel ditched with the kids. I am not sure where to find a good balance with things. We had agreed on one ride per week (I think that a weekend ride should count as multiple rides though) and he hasn't been on a ride for a few weeks. Bryce just needs to quit being such a likable guy so nobody wants to be with him!!! Since that only happens when it is time to do yard work... I am not sure what to do! .. jk.

Anyway- now that you are alseep from reading this or have found out WAY too much information about our lives... you can delete this blog from your list! I am going to go and try to figure out the slide show thing for pictures now. Wish me luck!

Finally I get to sit down and work on my blog!!!

I am going to attempt to add some pictures to my blog... we will see how it goes. Then if there is still enough time in the night, I will update things a little.

Braxton's 4th Birthday!

We just finished a really fun day today! Braxton couldn't believe that it was finally his birthday! He got a new spiderman bike and an Incredible Hulk costume from us. He LOVED his costume and wore it all day! He was also so excited that he could play with his two best friends today (his cousin Porter and the neighbor kid, Austin). We then had an extended family party that was a blast! He was loaded up with presents and enjoyed having everyone over to play. He is big into pirates so we made him a pirate birthday cake. You will probably see him riding his spiderman bike down the sidewalk wearing his new Batman costume and the cape flying in the wind. I love his enthusiasm and love of life. He cracks me up as he gets so excited for things that I barely even notice. One thing that is so sweet about Braxton is that he always wants to give us a hug and a kiss before we leave anywhere... it makes me feel good. Before we know it he will be too old for that stuff and we won't be able to even get a wave out of him!

Anyway- Happy Birthday Braxton! We took some pics that I will have to post but I didn't have a new video tape so we have no video footage of his big day. Hopefully he won't hold that against me later in life! :)

Let's get this started... tomorrow!

I have been wanting to set up a blog for quite a while now and actually have a minute to sit down and do it. Unfortunately I have spent the last hour catching up on my facebook account and Bryce has been patiently waiting for me to go to bed. I have told him about 5 times... "just a minute." It has been a long few weeks for us and we are worn out. I haven't seen anyone else's blogs so I have no idea what to do our what looks good. I guess I will learn as I go! Hopefully I can fill in more this week. We are jam packed with Braxton's birthday on Wednesday, Cub Scout Pack Meeting on Thursday, and a birthday and Halloween party on Saturday!!! Who has time for dishes will all of these other fun things to do????