At least that is what I have been told. And like a good husband, I believe everything that my wife tells me. I do not do everything she tells me, but that is a different story. ha ha

I feel really bad for Paige. Everytime we think that she needs to get out of the house and play, we go shopping. Her favorite store is Shopko. It is so sad that we take her to go shopping as her escape from the house. (We are very boring) Her favorite area is Halloween. She loves it!!! Most stuff does not scare her, she just says "looook" and points at all the decorations. The one thing she is not sure about is those full size characters that move and talk. It is cute cause she grabs your leg a little tighter. She still watches in amazement.

We also have our Halloween decorations up. They are really good for making her happy. If she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, just take her around the house to all of the decorations. She points at them, then says look, then starts laughing at them. They work, you should try it, especially Celeste. (we all know how Nate is when he wakes up, yikes!)

Anyways, that is all for now. I will see if we have any pictures to post.

Last night Josh had his final baseball game. We wanted to go, but they kept playing until they lost (up to three games.) Since it was pretty chilly we hung out with my mom instead. We went over to the mall and let the kids play in the Dinosaur Land for about 45 minutes. My mom had free dinners at Souper Salad so we went there for dinner - with both kids under three they ate for free! My kind of eating out! It was such a fantastic night. Thanks mom for hanging out with us!!!

Brayden has FINALLY started letting me take pictures of him again. For a while he has been running away as soon as I get the camera out. Now he'll say cheese and let me snap a few before running off.

In most families riding in these little cars/trucks is a reward. For us it's a milestone. You see, Brayden has been scared to death of them for years. Every time we see them he will run, hop in, and play but starts screaming if we even suggest putting money in it to start it. (Maybe it was the Big Bird airplane he sat in when he was little. When I put a quarter in it Big Bird started singing SO loud even I jumped a little bit. Apparently he remembers...)

N-e way, about a year ago I started carrying a little bag of quarters in our diaper bag so I was always prepared if he wanted to take the plunge and ride one of these things. Well...the other day it happened! We went to Kmart (which I ended up scoring some fantastic deals on summer clothes for next year) and low and behold they had a car sitting out front. Naturally Brayden ran and started driving it. I asked if I could put money in it and he said yes!!! This has NEVER happened before! So I quickly threw in two quarters before he could change his mind and he LOVED it! He wanted to do it again - I couldn't believe it! However, we were in a hurry so I told him next time if he is a good boy we can do it again. Talk about a major breakthrough! Maybe I'll get to start using this as a reward now!

Every Tuesday night for the past couple of months Josh has been playing baseball on a league through his work. When he plays at one of the early times, we are able to go with him watch. The kids love playing on the grass with the other kids.

Since it's the playoffs in their league, if they won this game they played again. They did win, however the kids were getting restless and it was really windy so we decided to walk across the street and visit PetSmart. It was fun looking at all the animals. We found a dollar bill on the sidewalk, so I let the kids pick out a sucker for the walk back. I took our umbrella stroller instead of the double stroller, so on the way back when Brayden decided he hated the wind and was done walking I had to get creative. I figured out a way for Brayden to stand/sit while Brooklyn sat at his feet. It worked great and they were really cute.

And of course Brayden had to run all the bases when the game was over. He is such a little athlete!

I haven't been able to post anything here for a few weeks, but Ryon fixed the problem and I should be good to go! So if you would like to see what we've been up to these past couple of weeks check out our blog: www.joshandshantelle.blogspot.com

Hope everyone is doing well!

Hannah and Carson competed in their first Traithlon this saturday. THey had a great time and we are so proud of them.

Here is a quick news clip of a Kids Triathlon we are putting on this saturday. SEICPA along with TetonTRAC are the organizations I along with Scott Johnson created.

www.seicpa.org
www.tetontrac.com

ill be adding the pics to this picasa web album as i get them done.

Brewer Kid's Sept 2009

So....is anyone doing anything for thie weekend?

Just call me Mrs. Handyman! I saw some shelves at my brother Justin's house and decided that I wanted to build some just like it. I've been looking for shelves for our garage for months and haven't found any within our budget. So I wen to Home Depot, bought the wood, and started hammering away. The turned out great - not perfect, but pretty good for my first time using a drill and working with wood. I'm really excited to start organizing our garage so we can start parking in it. I have plans to build1-2 more of these, depending on how much stuff I can get on them. They are 8ft x 8ft x 2ft. Don't they look great?!

I just did quite a few new posts on our blog. You are welcome to go check them out at www.joshandshantelle.blogspot.com