Halloween

Matthew and his cousin Mekenzie:)

and Uncle Cole:)

Mom is dressed as a hairdressing superhero ( and is super naseous but thats what pregnancy does right?)all the girls did it for work that day and Dad was on his surgery rotation so we got the surgeon version for the night but we were so happy he could be there:) Matthew is hopefully obviously Elvis but just in case you didn't catch that lol figured i'd put it out there:)

Matthew and Hid cousin Collin:) so stinken cute as the scarecrow:)

Just chillin in his jazzed out Elvis leather jacket that Grandma Ritchie blinged up for the night:)

All Dave and Tiff's kids:) so fun and some of the stinken cutest kids I've ver seen:)

Yikes I know I'm just now posting but with everything that has been going on in life I've been too busy to even check e-mail. LOL life is CRAZY sometimes:) Anyways I love having all the kids come over to my house and I feed them pizza then we put our costumes on and head off around my block...the kids get way to much candy and its a crazy fun time but they all look so stinken cute in thier costumes almost all of which are made by my mom who is stinken amazing and talented. This year we missed our cousins Wendel Reagan and William but they'll be here next year:)

THE SHIRT SAYS IT ALL:)

.................BUT JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T CATCH THAT:) MATTHEW IS EXCITED TO BE A BIG BROTHER:)

I CUT OFF ALL MY HAIR!!!!!

So I was feeling rumpy and raged so I gave in to the relentless pestering of my amazong hair dresser Juliann and let her do WHATEVER she wanted and here it is:) I'm actually loving it and thats a first for me with short hair so nice job Juliann you are the best:)

First Trip to the Lake:)

So on a whim we decided to take Matthew down to the Butte for a few days since Kurt had some much needed time off. I knew he loved water but the look on his face when he saw this much was pretty dang cute. He wouldn't even wait for me to get his suit on so clothes and shoes went right in:) OH WELL life is too short:) He got such a kick out of throwing rocks in the water with his dad and we had a great time. The water is a little nasty but you get past it pretty fast and we had a great time:)

When we finally changed into our swim jazz we just took a blanket and all the toys and set up on the bank and let Matthew at it......the kid has no fear and just kept trying to walk all the way in it was a riot:) I had to tell Kurt at one point that I was probably having the most fun I'd had in a long time just sitting there watching the two of them laugh and splash and play. Moments like that make me feel like parenthood is the best thing in the world....since there are for sures moments that don't lol but I still wouldn't trade it for anything. I am so grateful for the time Kurt had off we really got to enjoy parenthood and family:)

SAVE ME MOM!!!!!!!!

K so this probably wasn't our brightest parenthood moment but Matthew is normally so daring and fearless........He hates boats and so the whole dragging behind one on an inter tube didn't go so well but....... maybe next time? lol Oh well he cheered right up after when dad threw him in the air and I let him jump off the back of the boat over and over:) I find it crazy that he'll jump right off and under water no problem and laugh and squeal but a ride on a boat is like torture:)

AAHH....the car ride home....not the most pleasant experience as you can see from the expressions on the boys faces but we survived:)

I swear I am not tired MOM .....uh huh right we believe you bubby:)
not tired just severely pissed off:)

What a stud with his Sunglasses......He even posses with them down over his nose it is so funny! He has such a huge personality in his itty bitty man body and I just can't get enough of it:) all in all the lake trip was a big success and i would for sures do it again:)

Ritchie Family Reunion

heading up the mountain for a famous Grandma Ritchie hike

Cute Blair family:)

Uncle Gabe and Matthew:)

Matthew has a new obsession with cars so he always lets me know when he sees one

Bapa and Matthew heading up the trail:)

Matthew was pretty excited about all the fun things he could touch and not get in trouble for
I just love his chubby little hands:)

here come those Ritchie boys Kaiden and Ashton.....super fast:)

found along stick to play with then spotted a bug and was pretty mesmerized for about 5 minutes

This is beautiful Gabrielle ...watch out Dave and Tiff :)

Matthew and his great Uncle Kent He was showing him how to hit the water with a stick:)and was sharing his mud with him.

and anyone else who was within reach:)

Amandalynn and Hyrum sharing in the fun....the water was ice cold though so the adults didn't get too close.

cutie face Hyrum with a hand full of mud:)

We found a stick and went downhill from there lol:)

then came the rocks and I finally gave up on the clothing thing after Matthew dove in so he's lobster red form the cold water but still having a blast.