This morning I was in the kitchen checking my email and Peyton began screaming fanatically, "Mom... Hurry come quick!" So I ran into his room where the kids were playing and well you see what I saw...
WARNING: This could be gross.
Last week Annisten discovered her nose. So needless to say every time I see the girl, guess where her little finger is ... 
After the wedding, we wanted to do a little sight seeing. So we spent one day in Manhattan, New York. The next day we went to Massachusetts. Brandon, Ashley, and Aspen joined us for the road trip. All of us squished into the rental van. Its amazing that we all fit and the luggage too.
We took the subway all over Manhattan. Our first stop was the Empire State Building and the magnificent view.
Peyton was so excited because he met Elmo on Time Square. Meeting Elmo and taking a picture with him made his day. Oh and the fact that he had a hot dog from the street vendor.
Our first stop in Massachusetts was in Salem. We went to a museum, which had a live reenactment of a trail. There was also a replica of the jail were the accused were kept. The entire story is so sad and it is hard to believe that this actually happened.
The whole Cape Cod area is absolutely breath taking. We went to Province town to look at the ocean and see a light house. By the time we made it to the light house trail, there was only about an hour left of day light. The scenery was romantic and breath taking. We were able to watch the sunset over the ocean.
Last Friday we made the 5 hour flight to New York. Rebecca, Corey's little sister, wedding was for the following day. We survived the flight only to find out that we had to take an air train to get to the rental car. Then spent 2 1/2 to 3 hours in bumper to bumper traffic trying make it to the hotel. We were so happy to make it to the hotel and see our family.
Peyton could hardly wait to see his cousin Samantha. He has asked every day for two weeks..."When do I get to see Samantha?" Peyton became Samantha's shadow for the entire weekend.
Annisten loved her new dress. She kept trying to pick the flowers. She also would twirl in circles and kept pulling up the front of the dress.
Aneundys and Rebecca had a beautiful wedding. We enjoyed meeting all of Aneundys' family too. Aneundys is a great guy and we are excited to have him and his family apart of ours.
Peyton was the ring barer in the wedding. He was very excited to be a part of the wedding and took it very seriously. He was also very excited to walk beside Allissa too.
Peyton danced the night away at the reception. He spent the entire night on the dance floor (except to eat his cake) showing off his moves. When he was to tired to dance. He laid on the dance floor and kicked his feet to the beat. Annisten slept pretty much the entire reception.
Peyton went up to Samantha and asked her to dance. He then took her hand and lead her to the dance floor. Peyton did this all on his own.
The Reed family at the reception.
When we came home from our summer adventures, there was a number of unwanted creepers, crawlers, and critters in our yard. There were grubs, slugs, spiders, and a mole. I put out some poison to try and get rid of our unwanted guests. After two times everything was gone except for the slugs and mole. There was a big difference in our grass and bushes after all of the pests were gone.
I finished Breaking Dawn today. This book was shocked by the events which took place in the book. I defiantly never would have guessed what happened in the last book, especially for the finial of the series. At the same time, I enjoyed every minute of the book. Life can go on now.
This weekend seemed like fall. We had to dig out our warmer gear. We even had our first snow in the mountain tops this weekend! I had this strange thrill of the change of the seasons. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. And yet there is a bit of sadness knowing that summer has almost come and gone so fast.
My kids are obsessed with these carts or the race car carts. They go crazy if I pick anything other than the mambo kid cart. So I always end up pushing this huge cart through the store. I'm always bumping into things and struggling to try and turn the thing. When it comes to shopping, Peyton and Annisten are the best negotiators. I just want to get through the store without a major crisis on my hands.
After a week of working around the house, the kids were going stir crazy. On Saturday morning Peyton said "Mommy, lets get ready and do something fun." So Peyton, Annisten, and I went to the farm at Thanksgiving Point. Once there, we realized that it was pig days.
