Quality time

Jade, Gemma, and I went and spent the day with Grandpa and Grandma Hudson on Monday the 24th. We always have a wonderful time with them, in these pictures they were playing with a car. Jade really loves to go and see them, (as do I :-) ) She was really mad when I went the last time while she was in school, So I picked her up from school early and we went to lunch with Grandma to Applebee's, and ran a few errands with her. Then we went back and Jade spent some quality time with Grandpa.

Our garden

These are some of the things we grew in our garden this year , I thought the peppers were pretty and then we had a good time digging up the potatoes. The really funny thing is the pumpkins growing in our front yard, I didn't plant it there, I think that a seed from when we carved pumpkins last year must have fallen and it grew.... we have two pretty good sized ones that can kind of be seen in this picture. We also grew peas, giant sunflowers, onions, and tomatoes. I try to grow a few different things every year.

First Steps

Gemma took her first steps this morning! I couldn't believe it I just held my arms out and she let go of the couch and walked right to me. It was about 5-6 steps. She was so proud of herself, I was proud too :-)
I snapped this picture on her second try, she was doing really good and then she got excited and lost her concentration.
She is only 9 1/2 months old, what a determined girl.
I think my favorite comment about her was what our friend Judy said, she said Gemma is passionate about everything. That is so true.

Dance

Jade started dance last week she is taking ballet and tap, with Ultimate Dance Etc.
She was so excited, she has had to wait a long time for her classes to start because the dance instructor is building a new studio and they took the sumer semester off to try to get it completed before fall semester, they didn't quite make it, the new studio will be open on October 1st. Anyway her classes started on Sept 5th, and she just loves it. She even got a gold star on the 12th.
I didn't want to go all the way back home after dropping Jade off for dance, so Cisco and I were entertaining Gemma in the car while we waited for Jade, I thought this was a cute picture of them playing, Gemma was doing her silly "hiss".

Chris' Birthday

On Sunday it was Chris' birthday so we all went to my mom's house for a get together. I was really excited because Jana said she would show me how to set up this blog. YAY! All of the pictures (before this one and the peek-a-boo one) on here I uploaded with Jana's help... Now I am trying this myself at home.... Seems to be working all right so far :) I even managed to find the pictures, believe me, I wasn't so sure I could. So anyway we were celebrating Chris' birthday and he was holding Jack and Gemma to see if they are close in weight...they are pretty close...

HI!!

I just love this picture of Gemma, we were playing peek-a-boo. You can see the twinkle in her eyes.

The best toy ever!

Gemma loves to play in her car seat, well any car seat will do. This will entertain her for a very long time.

Sweet baby sleeping

I just love how Gemma sleeps. She always has to be on her tummy with her bummie in the air. This is how my brother John-Paul used to sleep when he was tiny.

Giant hail stones...

These are some of the hail stones that fell at our house at the end of August this year. I sent Jade out to pick these up, she was crying " but mom it hurt's" and I said just hurry and grab some. Mean of me I know, but I wanted to take pictures. I was out there with her and it did hurt they were huge, I have never seen them this big before. Jade went out after the storm slowed down and picked up a bowl full to eat.

Having fun!!

Gemma thinks this is great fun, as Jade says " She's having a party with the wipes"

First day of school

Jades first day of first grade! She was so excited and dosen't she look so cute. She started on august 21.