HAPPY HALLOWEEN

We went to our ward trunk-or-treat last night. We had a blast! Sterling Henry got a kick out of just walking up to people and asking for treats.

I wish I would have had someone take a picture of us with grandma. We are having a blast with my mom here. Lots of pictures to come...

MR. BIGTIME

Dellin is 9 months and pretty much thinks he is BIGTIME. He is the sweetest baby. His smile is contagious.

He is up on his knees crawling like crazy!
He is also our resident troll. He likes to hang out under chairs, tables, and bridges.


We always know where we can find him.

He pulls himself up on everything now and gets stuck constantly. A friend gave us this little table and he has been in heaven.

He is obsessed with his older brother and the affection is most of the time mutual.

We love our little Delli Belly!

I LOVE A GOOD PROJECT!

Sewing has been a bit of a challenge lately. I decided to try out some new things.

I knit know. Ok, so I am clearly an amateur but really enjoying it. I made these two hats and think they turned out pretty cute. I am very happy with the gray one.

I finished the boys Halloween costumes. I think this might be the last year that I can pick out Sterling Henry's costume so they are M&Ms. Cheap, easy, and pretty cute! (Blogger was being ultra annoying and kept turning this picture.)


Oh and the best news of all, my mom comes tomorrow for 11 days... Hooray!

COX FARMS

I have been just dying to get out to Cox Farms, and for one reason or another we haven't made it. This year I prioritized and it was all I hoped it would be and more.

We started out going on the hayride. It was the most random and awesome hayride ever. We saw lots of very unexpected thing including, aliens, Disney characters, The Rugrats, elves, dead presidents, Michael Jackson's grave, dinosaurs and a million other things that I cannot remember. The whole thing was very comical.

One of the aliens...


Sterling Henry was completely freaked out and wouldn't leave my lap!

On their website, it said they had slides. I imagined 2 or 3. They probably have about 25 slides, some big and some small. My family will be happy to know that I went on the big one. Having kids has really helped me grow up and overcome some childhood fears...

I want to build a slide like this.

Jessica wins the prize for funnest mom. She went down with all the kids. No wonder Sterling Henry is obsessed with her.

Lots of live animals to look at and touch. Sterling Henry was completely freaked out by the cow (that you could milk if you wanted too), but loved the little calves. He and Matthew sat here for some time...

Tons of wooden trains to climb on. HEAVEN!

You get a free pumpkin with the price of admission. Sterling Henry loves his pumpkin and was very excited to carry it around.

This picture took a lot of work. For some reason getting all 4 boys to smile, hold their pumpkins, and look at the camera was not happening. Sterling Henry fell back right as I shot this one. Action shots are more real anyway!
If you live in the area, I HIGHLY recommend Cox Farms. They have free apples and all the free apple cider that you can drink from a small Dixie cup. We refilled a LOT!

MY KIND OF WEEKEND

Lazy mornings.

And evening walks around the monuments.






Hope you had a good one too!

Ps. We bought our tickets for Christmas to go home to Utah... YIPEE!

WE LOVE TO PARTY!

Sterling Henry turned 2 on Saturday and boy did we party! We started at 7am with presents. Why not when he wants to play with them all day anyway?!?

Here he is with the gifts and balloons.


More trains. We can never have enough right?!?

A couple of Sterling's buddies have this Matchbox transporter and he is obsessed with it so he got his own. He has played with it non-stopped!

We picked up Maria and Colby, then went to breakfast at the Crackel Barrel and headed out to Manassas Battlefield. Little Man loved the canons.

It's that time of year for apple picking. We went to the cutest orchard that was packed full of people and apples.
Little Man loved to pick apples with dad assisting of course!

It has been so nice but Saturday was HOT. Here with our with all our apples.

I love this picture of my Sterlings.

They had lots of pumpkins. Little Man had a hard time sitting there because there were horses over the fence that he was dying to see.


On Sunday night we had a HUGE birthday dinner for him. Colby and Maria came over to that too. We had all his favorites which include Mac and Cheese, green beans, squash, strawberries, grapes, and bread sticks. We ended the dinner with cookies and ice cream instead of cake. He loved the candles and blew them out. We lost our camera for 3 hours and have NO pictures of dinner or blowing out the candles. You are just going to have to take my word for it that it was awesome and he loved it.

Thanks Colby and Maria for joining us and for the sweet animals and sunglasses. Little Man loves them!

We spent Columbus Day at James Madison's house, Montpelier. It is about 2 hours from our house (with all the stops we made). We had a great day. Montpelier was a beautiful house but a little bare bones on the inside. They just opened it for visitors 4 years ago so they are still working on it. The grounds and surrounding area were amazing.

The backside of the house.

James and Dolley Madison statue. Sterling Henry was a bit freaked out by it. Our stroller is really scary looking in pictures.


Just some of their land... no biggie!

The front of the house.
We had the BEST 3-day weekend. We all woke up this morning exhausted... even our newly turned 2-year-old!

10-9-08

He's already 2...


Where has the time gone???

We can't imagine our lives without our Little Man. We love you Sterling Henry.

We have 2 full days of festivities planned. Stay tuned for pictures!

When days get long...

Forts come in handy.

I forgot that I have sweet fort building skills. Sterling Henry was very impressed and played in it for a good 4 hours.

GRANDMA ERICKSON'S FUNERAL

We just got back on Friday from our quick visit to Utah. It was very quick but absolutely worth it. It was totally last minute which made it even more fun.

We went to attend Grandma Erickson's funeral. It was such a wonderful service. Four of her six kids are still alive and they all spoke. It was fun to hear sweet stories about grandma. She was an amazing woman and she will be missed greatly.

After the funeral, we all drove up to the Idaho Falls for the burial. She was buried in the Iona cemetery right next to her sweetheart Dehlin Erickson.




The boys did pretty well on the trip. It was fun to show them off to Sterling's extended family. Most of them had not yet had a chance to meet the boys.


Sterling's parents came back form their mission for the funeral. They are serving in British Columbia. We were so happy to see them. Don't they just look darling with their tags on?!?



Sterling flew back on Thursday with Sterling Henry. I got to stay till Friday with Dellin and spend a little time with my family.

We ate at Brick Oven of course. Kids LOVE my dad. He is so sweet with them and I love this picture with Dellin.

My mom slept over at Becky's that night with us. It was fun to spend so much time with her. She is the best! Cora and Dellin obviously think so.

Me and Vela. She has grown up so much. She is such a sweet girl.

Dellin mastered their stairs while we were there.


Dellin and Coco. We went to Gardner's village.

To cute babies.
Like I said, it was a quick trip but TOTALLY worth it. I don't have any pictures with Becky for some reason. We did take a few at Gardner's Village but we were both laughing so hard that they turned out pretty awkward. Thanks Becks for everything!

Thanks Mom and Dad Fillmore for making it possible. We LOVED being able to see you and spend time with you.