Greyson & Baxter Time...

Greyson loves Baxter...probably a little too much. Every once in awhile, Baxter will be patient (or maybe just tired?) enough to let Greyson pull on him any way he wants. He was giving Baxter wheat pretzel rods and climbing all over him in our family room. What a cute pair they are!

Austin's Braces-less Smile

Less than 2 years and $6000 later....they're off!

Pumpkin Patch!

We went to Roloff Farms last weekend to pick out our pumpkins. The farm & family are featured on the TLC reality show "Little People Big World". They are a dwarf couple with 4 kids (only one of which is a dwarf) who have created this amazing farm for the public. They have a western town, a pirate ship, a water wheel...

We saw the film crew there filming and the mom was signing autographs. We just went for pumpkins. It was a beautiful day and Greyson loved pushing the very heavy cart around.

Halloween House

Sorry about the crappy quality of the photo. We went all out this year. Our teens are slightly embarassed by our outward display of celebration but when we have little kids and dudes on motorcycles stop and stare, it makes it all worth it. ☺

If you click on the pic to make it larger, you'll see that Stephen was very resourceful in that he made a large spider web out of yarn in the entryway! Also, notice the ghost near the bay window. It moves along the line and makes sounds. We thought that it would zip nicely along but instead it goes so slow- it's funny! Yeah, we're easily amused.

Werewolf Austin

Austin bought himself a werewolf mask. Austin then thought it would be funny to roll down the rear window in the car and stare at people passing by...with the mask on. Austin got a ton of laughs and people actually took pictures of him! A guy almost fell off his bike because he was startled so badly! Austin felt so bad he actually stopped laughing for ½ a second. Bad werewolf.

Miles Bryan is 14!!!

My Miles turned 14 on Oct 18th. Here are some pics of him growing up (notice there's a lack of pics between the ages of 5-9, we still need to scan those into the computer):

Miles is the funniest kid. He has a quick wit that is hard to keep up with! His teachers say he is always making jokes in class that even they have a hard time not busting up at. Naughty boy.

He loves to play his new electric guitar with Austin. He also loves to draw and is really quite good at it. It's hard to believe that he is now 14. He was the youngest for 12 years of his life and now he's a middle child. He has adjusted remarkably well to being an older brother. Greyson adores him and is thisclose to saying "Miles". He is always willing to help me take care of Gooby. I really found myself missing him when school started- he is so much fun to be around. I love my sweet boy.

New Updates!

I have been totally slacking on the blog lately. I'll try to bring ya'll up to date.

Summer ended, school began. Miles is enjoying 8th and being the oldest in the school. Austin is in 10th and taking child development (1 of only 2 boys in that class!) and German, which he loves. They both still LOVE music and playing guitar & drums. Greyson is now 17 months and is quite the little talker. He is obsessed with Thomas the Tank and said "Thomas" before saying his brothers names, much to their dismay.

Greyson and I headed to Utah for the anniversary of my dad's passing. My sisters Jen & Becca came too. It was a very nice trip. Fun and therapeutic. Does that make sense? We drove through Nebo Loop (where my dad was a Park Ranger) and saw breathtaking fall foliage. We ended up in Nephi where daddy was born and is now buried.

Greyson and I visited with Gran & Grandad and the whole Whittaker clan came over to see us! We met little Camilla for the first time. She's a doll! Greyson was a bit stand-offish with Gran & Grandad but by the end of our trip, he gave Grandad a hug and said "Dad Dad"!

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Jen, Becca, Nana, Greyson, and I had a great time shopping, laughing at cheesy t.v. shows and eating way too much. Know the meaning of the word "gluttony"? Neither do I... ;)