Russ Studying

School is really hard and Russ has to study a lot. This is what that looks like.

Just kidding, he really does do a lot of work and I am really proud of him because he is not over studying. He finds time for William and I too.




Here he is after giving William a bath. He puts William to bed every night unless he has too much homework.

















And here he is making a fire with William.
And he does the dishes!!! Man, I'm in love.

Besides, Who wouldn't love this face?

Halloween Night

On Halloween we went to our ward's trunk-or-treat, but we were late, it was cold and William was sick and not feeling well, so we left pretty soon after we got there. A little while latter we went to Russ' class party and that was fun. William enjoyed the lights and jumping on a bench. I was a Raven and Russ was Captain Jack, if you couldn't tell.

A weekend in the Valley

Last weekend we went to the valley. Well, I went to the Valley and Russ went to Dallas for a Physical Therapy conference of some sort. I stayed at my Mom's and we went to see my new baby niece Anna. So sweet, huh?



After we left the hospital we went to a Chinese restaurant with my mom and dad and Connie. They had a fountain with fish and William was fascinated. He was very obedient, but it took everything in him not to touch those fish.


We went to my parents trunk-or-treat and William went as my wee little leprechaun, if you couldn't already tell. I made this costume because there were only two leprechaun costumes that I could find online and they both sucked, so there you have it.








We also celebrated William's 2nd birthday a couple days early when Russ came home on Sunday. William had a traditional Huston 2 year old train cake, which went well because he is obsessed with trains. He also got some books...






Some bubbles that he loved...

and a brand new bike from Connie and Grandma and Grandpa Huston. He still has not learned to ride it yet, but he loves it anyway.

It was a very tiring, but very fun weekend.

Some of William's favorite things

Jumping...William LOVES jumping!



















This is his proud, "I'm so cool" face.



















He also LOVES watching videos of himself on his Daddy's phone. They both like this.

Young's Farm Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch in a place called Dewey, which is near Prescott. I told my sister and my Mom the day before and mentioned that they should come too. They and my brother Clint came and brought his son Bryant and my mom brought my other neice Veah. William was sooo happy to see his cousins.








This is William cleaning off the dirty pumpkin.

















William on the pony ride that he enjoyed very much.



















This was William's favorite part of the whole day, riding the train. I think he did it like five times.




















He loved having Aunt Connie there. If either her or my Mom walked too far away, he would start yelling their name. I think he did not want them to get lost.















It was a very fun day but by the end we were all very tired. This is on the way out, William held on to those gatorade bottles for a long time. It comforts him to hold things, especially when he is tired.

Playing in leaves

William and I went to the Library and I noticed that all the leaves are falling, so we decided to play. We were out there so long that we didn't even go to the library.




















































He spent a lot of time throwing leaves at me and then getting them all out of my hair. I took these pictures - pretty good, huh?

Okay, I am really behind

A couple of weeks ago we decided to spend the day outdoors. It was getting colder and I wanted to see some scenery before it snowed or something (don't worry, it hasn't yet). We had fun. William found some sticks and I collected a bunch of cool pine cones and then left them there on accident. Russ collected some fire wood and by the end my hands were freezing!


We were on the other side of Mt. Humphreys, here you can see the slopes of Snow Bowl. We also saw some deer walking through the woods and when we stopped the car they stopped and looked at us until I took the picture and then walked off. Very accomidating deer.
All in all it was a fun day.

William's stick

This moring I heard William saying, "look" over and over so I came out and saw that he somehow managed to wedge an old poster of Russ' in our hall. He carries that thing around calling it his "stick".

Carving the Pumpkins

We carved the pumpkins for Family Home EVening. William liked it. When Russ got it open and started pulling stuff out, William would say, "ga-wose". That obviously meens gross.














While we were doing this, William found my glasses that I never wear and put them on. Is it just me or does my kid look unbelievably cute in glasses? Now I know that if he has his dad's eyes, at least he will look sooo cute. Notice that you can see a pumkin seed in the corner of his mouth. He snuck it while we weren't looking.

Pumpkins!

William loves Pumpkins. He calls them "canies". Sorry this is blurry, this was taken before I knew that his sticky fingers had found the lens of our camera.
This is William "counting" the pumpkins. That meens he touches them with his finger and says "nine, nine, nine" over and over. He seems to love Halloween. He loves "sceeries" that are everywhere this time of year. He always wants to touch the skulls and stuff. I think it is to make sure they are not real.

Visiting home

This is a picture of my brother and sister modeling the props in my parent's model house!

We went home a couple of weekends ago and spent time with family. It was a lot of fun. We watched General Conference and that was wonderful. I got to meet my new baby niece. William got to see his grandma and grandpa Huston and all his cousins. He had a lot of fun. Then after we came home, Russ' parents were on their way from Utah and stopped to stay with us for a night. How fun! It was sooo fun to see them and spend time with them. We are so lucky to have such wonderful family. The picture is of William making faces and having so much fun with his cousin.

These are my mom's toes after she let my 2 year old niece paint them.

Like father - like son. This is Russ asleep with a toothpick in his mouth, like his father often does.

William's Awesome Outfits

It has been so long that every time I think of updating I get overwhelmed because there are so many pictures. Well I am just going to have to cut some out. I have no explanations for these pictures, it is what it is.