Dancing with the Stars watch out for Gillian Taylor!!!!!

October 28, 2008

She loves to watch Dancing with the stars so we DVR it and let her watch it during the day! =)

Halloween Fun Weekend!

October 25-26

Saturday we took the kids over to Bob's new house and then we went out to lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings afterwards we went Halloween costume shopping and then went to a corn maze. It took FOREVER to find it and I'm sure Ryan and Bob will both tell you I was getting pretty grumpy driving around to find this corn maze! After about an hour of driving around we FOUND it!!! Yeah!!! And all was good! We had so much fun! BUT then everyone kept mistaking Gillian for a BOY so that got on my nerves. LOL But I can see why I had her in blue jeans and an orange Halloween shirt. I forgot her bow. Then Sunday we met Katie, Jason, Alexis, Kelly, Clifton and Cameron at the Autumnfest at the park here in Anthem! We had so much fun. We picked out pumpkins and carved and painted them there. That was awesome so no mess at our house! =) Had lunch with Katie, Jason and Alexis and Hillary who is Katie's friend from Portland, Oregon. That was fun.

A huge Turkey at the petting zoo at the Corn MazeThe McConnell's being Silly! King of the Mountain. The Family Maze was so much fun they had mail boxes with clues and trivia through out the maze. Jack was awesome with finding these mail boxes! Our cute couple pose! =)Gillian and Daddy! Pretty Sunset in the Corn Maze
Gillian and IDaddy and Jack being crazy! Sweet GillianJack and Gillian
Gillian walking towards the 3 Little Pigs Houses Gillian in a box full of cornJack racing ducks with a water pump Anthem Autumnfest October 26, 2008

Gillian picking out her pumpkin at the pumpkin patch.
Jack picking out his pumpkin at the pumpkin patchGillian looking at the ducks on the lake.

Jack carving his pumpkin

Daddy helping carve the pumpkin

CameronAlexis

Jack's pumpkin

Katie and Alexis (Katie about to pop!!!!)

Clifton and Cameron

Jack and his new sunglasses

Gillian with her new sunglasses

We had such a great weekend! I will post Colorado pictures as soon as I get my CD in the mail from Jess! Thanks Jess for burning your pictures for me!!!! =)

Gillian Taylor McConnell

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16 Months Old today!!!

October 27, 2008

Playing at the Park!

October 2, 2008

The kids and I walked down to the mail box to get the mail. We then decided to go on an adventure and ended up at one of the small parks by our house. The kids played for a while then we left to go on another adventure walk. This time Jack was the leader and Gillian and I followed him. We ended up finding a new small park that we had never been to before. The kids both were excited to see this ark had swings! Gillian LOVED to swing!

Gillian with Cell Phone and Keys in hand!

Jack being crazy!
Big hugs!
Jack swinging. He thought he was too big for the baby swing BUT wanted to swing by his Sister so he go in anyway!
Jack and Gillian having a great time swinging!
Beautiful Gillian!




We had SO much fun! We may go on another Adventure walk today! =)

Clifford The Big Red Dog

Came to school September 12, 2008

He was coming at 1pm and Jack is out of school long before that. Mrs. Maurisak asked all the morning kids if they could come back in to see Clifford. So we did! Jack was so excited and kept asking how Clifford was ever going to fit into his school with out knocking it down! The whole class was SOO excited to see him!! Gillian had a great time too! One of Clifford's "Human" Friends read the class 2 stories. In one of the books Clifford dropped something and amd made a mess. Gillian said out loud for everyone to here her "UH OH!!!!!!!" Everyone thought it was so cute! Each kid got a turn shaking his hand or giving him a hug. Jack was excited BUT not as excited as Gillian. She wanted to hug him SOOO bad! She waited until the end and got to hug and kiss Clifford! She was soo happy! Mrs. Maurisak helped Gillian with Clifford so I could take pictures!

Jack giving Clifford a High Five!
Gillian hugging Clifford with Mrs. Maurisak's help!
I love you Clifford!
I don't' want to let you go!!!!
Clifford the Big Red Dog with the Preschool and Pre-K class!
What a fun day!!!! I just LOVE doing stuff like this that makes my kids SO happy! I love to see them get all excited!