Football games, ponies, and playdates...

Reese's first pony tail... and she's waving bye bye. Don't mind the imprisonment we have her in... we try to limit her mobility to just the living room. Ok so our internet has been down again this last week... again I can't really be complaining since we just happen to be borrowing it from our neighbors. Nothing really monumental has happened this last little while, Todd got accepted to BYU-I and now we are waiting to hear what track we will be on so we know when we'll have to move (hopefully he can start in January so we can just get him done with school and get on with our lives). Work has pretty much been the same. Yesterday we fed the missionaries - don't you wonder what it would be liking serving in an area like Pocatello, can you imagine the excitement after you open your call (and the relief their mothers probably felt). This week we'll be going to a friends reception and to Torben and Angela's baby shower. So hopefully I'll have a few more things to blog about next time.

Last Thursday my friend Kallie came down and we had a little play date. She has a little girl a couple months older than Reese - here they are pretending to be best friends. Elexzia (sorry Kallie if I spelled her name wrong but I just can't remember) mostly liked to pull Reese's hair (no doubt she was jealous of her static do), they weren't so much interested in each other but someday maybe when they can actually play a little more and we can set them free to have all sorts of adventures.
Yes Reese's hair is finally getting long enough to pull it back in a little clip, the only problem is her hair is so fine and straight it usually slides out shortly after putting it in, but so everyone knows we do attempt to control the beast (her hair).
Eating can ware anyone out, she had been fighting a nap all day and then finally gave in.

A couple bronco games ago... Grandma and Grandpa (Todd's parents) came up to watch the game with us. Grandma was so excited to play with Reese since she doesn't see her every week anymore (she used to watch her once a week). Grandpa is most likely thrilled to have another bronco fan in the family.

This was watching the last bronco game... I mentioned that Reese used to love watching basketball... not so much with football and think it's too hard for her to see what's going on (jeez sometimes I struggle with it too)... but she loves to be with her daddy.

Pig skins and those Denver donkeys...

As promised here is our first post about Bronco season. Good thing Broncos won (booo Raiders fans), it's a sad day for Welch men when they lose !! I sometimes don't understand how emotionally involved they can get into the game, as if they know Cutler, Royal, and Bailey on a personal level. You'll notice Reese is wearing a Lynch jersey who no longer plays for the B's (booo) we had bought her jersey before she was even born -- so we had no idea what was to come (plus they were 50% off). Todd had put black electrical tape over Lynch's name on the back of the jersey in protest to his leaving the Broncos. I went grocery shopping for goodies in preparation for tomorrows game since we will probably have some friends and family over.

Not much else is going on... a little Reese update... she has been saying "da, da, da" really good for a few weeks now. She waves bye bye and says 'b, b, b' as she is doing it. She is crawling everywhere and over everything like a wild woman and she can pull herself to a standing position. She used to do patty cake and clap her hands together really well, but now when ever you sing the song she just does the rolling part. She head bangs everything from furniture to people. She loves to watch Clifford the big red dog, Seasame Street, and Spongebob. She is a crazy dancer whenever Todd plays the guitar or a song plays on one of her shows. It's funny to watch her when she is watching Elmo's world or something when she doesn't know you're watching and see her bounce up and down when someone starts singing a song. She is pretty dang cute!

Just a little update...

Sorry not a lot going on lately to really blog about... but last week we did make it to the big fair in Blackfoot. Which I realize it might not sound like a big deal, but it is at least to those who live in the area. We went up last Wednesday and spent a few hours making the loop around the fair seeing the animals and the lame booths they have every year. The food makes it all worth it. We loaded up on some great dutch oven cooking (BBQ pork, green beans, and cheesy potatoes - YUM!!), they have about anything you could want. We also indulged on the infamous tiger ears, but they should call them elephant ears because that's how big these scones really are!!! They have tons of animals at the fair huge barns full of goats, horses, Clydesdale's, pigs, cows and mini horses. Reese loved the animals, but only dared to pet the goats - they were they only ones that would really try to interact with the people passing by (probably because they wanted food). We didn't go to the concert they had this year (which was Poison) I was totally ok with missing it, I've had all the Brett Michaels I can stand after watching Rock of Love I and II.
Yesterday we went down to Logan to Willow Park to celebrate my nephews Dylan (1) and Mason's (3) birthday. We had some cupcakes (which all had finger pokes in them thanks to the birthday boys and other helpers), opened presents and made a loop around the zoo. We spent today in Downey with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma Z no longer babysits Reese once a week since Todd switched to overnights so she was happy to spend some time with her and show her off to all her friends in the ward. She is definitely a proud Grandma.



Well that is all that's been going on lately. We have a few more upcoming birthday parties to go to and Bronco season starts so I'm sure we'll have some more to blog about this month.