Keeping Up With the Jones': December 2010

Holy technical difficulties the past couple of months.....Our camera broke so we have been using our phones to take pictures....and then we couldn't get our pictures to download onto the computer....so therefore this is why this post is so late! We got things working correctly anyhoo...well the computer anyways....we'll have to get a new camera. We have had such a fun busy fall! Here are some pictures to prove it! The above picture is Bronson aka The Leaf Monster! This is what I get when the kids play at my parent's house....thanks Grandpa Thayne for having so much fun with the kiddos!

(Above: The kids tried to bury themselves, but it just turned out to be a cute picture moment. Below: Mazzy's turn to be covered in leaves!)

Halloween has come and gone....can't believe it's Christmas time and I am just now posting Halloween stuff. Mazzy was a Ghost Bride and Bronson was a Werewolf. It was a complete down pour for a while, but we waited it out and got to go Trick-or-Treating in just a soft drizzle. It was fun even for the fact of rainy/cold weather! Don't be fooled by Mazzy's face....she was happy....but she had to pull her scary ghost face for the pictures....because Ghost Bride's are not happy people, as we should all know!

(Above: Mazzy and Bronson got their faces painted the other night so I thought I'd throw this pic in just for fun....Bronson chose 2 lightsabers glowing, and Maz obviously chose a butterfly....they were sad to wash them off.)

On October 15, Ryan got to celebrate his 33rd birthday!!! Our friends the Vincent's came over with this very special gift for Ry. Footie Jammies!!! As you can see, he was too tall for them and couldn't get them zipped up all the way, but man was it ever good for a LAUGH!!! Haven't laughed that hard in a very long time! The above picture is Fred trying to help Ryan zip up his jammies....it just looked too funny so I had to snap a picture. Thanks Ry for being born....I LOVE YOU!!!!

The firestation was having a family night for kids to come and tour the station and play around in the fire trucks....learn about fire safety...all that good stuff, so we took the kids and they had a blast! They got to crawl through a "smoke simulator" and do an obstacle course and at the end BLAST the fire hose!!! Fun times!!!

(Above: This is the only picture we got of Bronson, not very good, he was zooming by us way to fast and Ry wasn't quite ready to take the picture, he's the one in the top right of the picture...don't have a clue who that other kid is.)

The kids' school puts on a jog a thon each year to raise money for their school. This year Bronson finally got to participate in it. He did such a great job. They have the kids ask family, friends and neighbors to donate money, either a flat fee, or a certain amount for each lap they run. Then all of the kids in the school run for 1 hour. Bronson did a great job! He ran a whopping 19 laps!!! Towards the end, we could see him slowing down, walking a little bit, and then when he'd get close to where we were he would start running really fast and give us the thumbs up, and as soon as he'd pass, he'd start walking again.....like he was fooling us into thinking he was running the whole time...it was quite funny! Mazzy ran 23 laps beating her time last year! They had so much fun, and it was fun to see them so into it!!!