October 23, 2009

Readoption Day! We had to get Livi legalized in the states (her citizenship not her actual adoption) and change her name to Olivia Shataye :)

realizing I should of taught my dad how to use the zoom on my camera:)

the court room is fun on adoption day!

waiting for our names to be called

waiting with PopPop's glasses on

finally our turn with squirmy kiddos

this one with the judge is a little blurry but the other one has Livi's eyes closed.....yeah I can never get good shots!

State Fair

Excuse me while I try to catch up from a month worth of no blogging. Here is when we went to the state fair back in September:) They are too cute not to share.....

with big tex



Then we headed over to see the dog show followed by helping hands on the farm. They sure were helpful......


watering the trees and picking the fruit.

carrying the goods.

after milking the cows

they planted seeds

and drove the tractors to deliver the food to the animals.


Then we went over to the petting zoo to see

lots of crazy animals.


Jackson got roping lessons from a real live cowboy.



Daddy hit the tiny inside red star of these black stars with a dart to win Jackson a guitar.

They rode the motorcycles


went to the car show

and watched the African Acrobats.


We also pigged out on lots of fair food and had a great day!

me with big tex in 2007 because Jackson was too busy doing this....



2008

2009

Hair

Daddy is taking a class at the seminary on Tuesday nights so we decided to watch some TV, pop some popcorn and do hair! I love to practice with Livi's hair.....it doesn't need to be styled right now since it is still short but it is important for me to practice parting and for her to practice sitting still.

A trip to Pop's house

Last weekend we went to my grandparents house to introduce them to their new great grandbaby:) Jackson loves their farm, the animals, and especially the tractor.

cousin Tanner:)

Balloon Fest

Every year since Jackson was born we have been going to the Balloon Festival in the Fall. We have a great time watching all of the balloons take off and this year we stuck around for the balloon glow at night but snuck out before the fireworks:)

I am sure the other side of this balloon was impressive:)



balloon glow

And because I have enjoyed watching my little family grow, here are our family pictures of the past balloon fests.

Fall 2007

Fall 2008

Fall 2009