Practically overnight it seemed our yard was covered in leaves from our two trees out front. We took some time to rake them up while Bronwyn took some time to play, and jump, and lay in them! Even Hayden had to get in the action a little! He quickly got a fistful of crunched leaves that he really wanted to taste... I had to step in before that happened!
I seem to post pictures and little captions saying that Bronwyn and Hayden are best friends. But I do believe that they truly are! Bronwyn absolutly adores Hayden. I love watching her wake up in the morning and go on her "Hayden Hunt"! She has to find him, grab his little had and give him kisses! She's always sweet around him. And he really gets a kick out of her too. He's always laughing at her and watching everything she does! He'll be sitting in his jumper and she'll be just running around and it's like he waits for her to come notice him. And Bronwyn is very helpful with Hayden too. He usualyl wants to eat while I am making dinner so between spoonfulls, she helps out by feeding him his puffs! I hope they grow up to be the best of friends. To know that they can always depend on each other and know they will always be there for one another! ♥ 
This little girl cannot get enough out of helping in the kitchen. She loves getting to help shake, mix, and pour when it comes to making dinner. In the morning she helps Danny to make his coffee. I bought some of the "break and bake" style cooking for her to make again this year! Then I thought I would go through last year blog and see the difference between the pictures. How crazy how she's changed in the last year. She was so much more babyish... now she's a big girl!!! Hopefully, I can still say that for a few more years!
Here's her last years picture!
And this year!!! She's too cute and had so much fun! Especially gettting to eat them! I'm sure that will be her favorite part every year!
I needed a desperate trip to the grocery store this week. That or we were going to go hungry... so after our fun for the day we headed off for our chores! It was the 1st time that Hayden rode in the front of the cart. In the past I have had to put his carseat carrier in the back on the basket, as it doesn't latch onto the front. That left Bronwyn to sit in the front until I had too much stuff packed around her and Hayden and she would have to get out and walk. Now that Hayden is able to sit upright better I decided it was day to try him sans-carrier! He was having too much fun getting to look around and watch everything from this new view. The back of the cart was filling up and Bronwyn got out so she could walk with me. Which turned into her being sleepy and needing to be carried. Before I knew it Hayden was asleep. Bronwyn squeezed her skinny self in next to him in the seat and, after using Hayden as a pillow, fell asleep too.
They were the talk of the entire store as we made our way to the checkout! Every woman was asking how old they each were. Some were offering to let me go ahead of them in line! The associates were all watching them and calling one another over to see them as well. It was fun! Then... silly people... were saying, "too bad you can't get a picture of that"! Silly... I already had!!! A good mommy NEVER leaves the house without her camera!!!
Hard to believe, I know, but our little man is now 6 months old! We took him in for some 6 month pictures and he was such a ham for the camera! I brought Bronwyn along for a sibling shot, but the girl is just too sweet and I ended up buying more packages of just her too! When the pictures are perfect I cannot pass them up!
We decided to spend the day visiting with all of the Grandparents around town! We made them each a little print of pictures of them with Bronwyn and Hayden. Bronwyn loved being the deliveree! First we met up with Grandpa and Abuela at their house and Bronwyn brought her surprise to the door. We headed out with them to visit Great-Grandma Jones at the nursing home where she lives. Aunt Mary was also there so it was great to spend the time with everyone. 
Next we headed over to visit with Grandma Deb and Grandpa Scotty. We got to catch up for a bit while Brownyn found some fun to get into and Hayden showed off his new tricks!
We ended the back at home having my parents over for dinner. "Pa-pa" and "Gammy" came over and ate with us and hung out for awhile. We had a fun day visiting with everyone and sharing the day with some of the most special people in our lives!
This weekend our favorite little friend turned 1!!! Zoey celebrated in style with a carnival themed party her mommy worked all kinds of crazy hard on! And I got to help with the setup, which was really fun! I made Zoey the much loved giant cupcake for her party. Bronwyn had lots of fun at the Carnival playing games, winning tickets, and cashing them in for prizes and treats! Hayden seemed to enjoy all the action around him!
Of course... lots of photo fun!!! Enjoy!
We thought it would be fun to catch the Hot Air Balloon show in Colorado Springs this year. We packed up early and drove down to the Springs to join in the excitement. Danny's brother James and his family and Normando and Jamie were also all going. So we met up and hung out together while we waited for the balloons to take off! they let us know pretty quickly that due to the cloudy weather they would not have any balloons taking off for the day!
They did announce that the pilots could inflate their balloons if they chose to. A few did so we at least got something to look at. Once we realized they we not taking off, I took Bronwyn over to the kids play area where they have lots of jumping castles and bouncy slides. That kept her entertained.
We're going to plan better for next year and we are heading back down to the Albuquerque show! We went 2 years ago and we think it's be lots of fun to go back. So far we think Jamie and Normando and James and Sarah might be planning to try it too! It'll be great!
Next we toured the "Wing's over the Tropics", where over 1,200 butterflies flutter around. It's so crazy to see them all breezing along. They will land anywhere! Bronwyn is pretty well behaved and resisted the urge to try and catch one. (Don't be one of those people if you go... touching a butterflies wings will shorten it's life span.) Lots of pictures from the trip! This is one of my favorite places!
