Halloween

Paizley and I got home from Tucson just in time for Halloween

Paizley was Ariel

Xander was a soccer zombie

 

 

Steven dressed up as a pirate

I don't care what anyone says he looks pretty hot in makeup

 

As per tradition we went around the development with the other Ross'

Sadie was a flamingo

Ellie was a super hero

Ammie was a cupcake I belive and Lucie was a fairy princess

Zombie boys!

The boys posing

Scary!

The first house we hit.  It got dark pretty fast after this and I couldn't get anymore pictures

Tucson

Paizley and I decided to fly to Tucson to visit Heidi. We did some really fun things!

This is Paizley's first ride on and airplane.  She was very excited

Our first stop was the butterfly garden or something, I don't really remember what it was called.

They had an enclosed building where you could walk through and all the butterflies were flying around you.

Heidi being attacked by a killer butterfly

At the end this crazy hippy lady had to pat you down to make sure you didn't have any stow away butterflies on you

Paizley sitting on a butterfly chair.

Paizley found this sandbox and was pretty much done for the rest of the day, she just wanted to play in the dirt.

Paizley butterfly

The next day we went to the Arizona desert museum.  This is Heidi next to a ginourmous leg

Paizley found a new friend

Paizley and a cactus

She wasn't sure if she wanted to touch this snake or not

We thought this cactus looked like ham bone

The last day we went to the zoo

 

Steven Ross Turns 37

I'm actually pretty embarrassed about how far behind I am on my blog.  I'm really going to make an effort here to get it caught up!  Some of these events will probably be mostly pictures because frankly I don't really remember details about them anymore.

This game is all Steven wanted for his birthday.  I swear we have five different versions of this game but he assures me that this is the best one

I bought Steven a salted caramel cupcake fro the Sweet Tooth Fairy

Paizley putting the candle in

Getting ready to blow out his candle

Contemplating the sheer awesomeness (I guess) of the game

Paizley's cake bite

Cake bites!

Breaking out the game

Goat's Baby Shower

Since everyone abandoned me this year, what with Heidi being in Tucson and Emily being in Korea, it fell to me to throw Hailey her baby shower.  Seriously I am not a hostess, I do not love to entertain.  Heidi was the one who always came up with all the cute ideas.  Anyway I did manage to make it through...barely.  Plus I'm a little scarce on the pictures.

Lisa filling out the guess jar, Grandpa and Grandma Layton.  I guess I picked a bad weekend so we were a little light on guests so we made the boys stay to act as fill ins.  My dad said it was the best shower he'd ever been to. Boo-ya!

Gift table

Meem is excited

Zack's family

I didn't manage to get any pictures of Hailey opening her presents, but I got one of them after she was done

Paizley and her Uncle Ed

Stephen Harford's Wedding

We attended a wedding for my friend Anne's brother.  It was a really nice venue.

This waterfall was behind the ceremony

It turned into a little stream

They had a coldstone bar

I think the kids and Steven each had like three

Paizley found a snail

She was like, mom I found a snail and I want to hold it.  She had to settle for touching it's shell

Steven Ross and Stephen Harford

They had this sweet ice sculpture and of course you can't take us anywhere, we had to touch it

 

Apparently Paizley is a dancing fiend, who knew?