Halloween 2008

Cody and his cousins, Mya & Tyler trick-or-treating at "Trick-or-Treat on Main Street", which the County and businesses host every Halloween.

(Cody is the middle one - a dalmation from 101 Dalmations)

And here is Ashley, our little Chili Pepper.

And our little Dalmation again.

Cody got to be a Dalmation and a Firefighter for Halloween because his Daycare/school only allowed a "career" costume. Luckily we had a "career" costume in the closet that was handed down from my little brother Joe.

Pumpkin Carving

So.....you want me to do what with all of those seeds and guts????

I thought that all kids loved to get all dirty, but Cody wanted nothing to do with the guts of the pumpkin that we were carving. Just look at the expression on his face.....he would touch the inside of the pumpkin and freak out that it was on his hand - too funny!

We finally got him to scrape the inside of the pumpkin with a spoon, but no way with his hands.

Oooohhhhh, that yucky, sticky stuff again!

What a proud boy with his finished product!

Ashley is 5 months old!!

Since I am still trying to catch up with making posts, this picture is once again about a month late. This was a picture of Ashley when she turned 5 months old, which was Oct. 30. She is now 6 months old and hopefully it won't take me another month to post that one too.

She started to stick out her tongue when anybody talked to her and it was so cute!! I finally caught a few pictures of her doing it.
What a ham she is! It looks as if she is thinking, "Aren't I just the cutest thing?!?!"

Talladega Nascar Race!!!

Me, Kenny, Kenny's boss and his wife all went to the Talladega Nascar race back in October. We all had a blast and it was an experience that we will never forget!! So many people, such loud cars, wreck after wreck, and a million and one rednecks. Talladega, Alabama is a very small city except for twice a year when the nascar race is there and then it is one of the most populated cities in the country.
Kenny and his new friend....Crown Royal. Kenny's boss bought us pit passes and VIP passes to go see the pits and party with the die hards. It was so much fun!!

We had scanners to listen to during the race to hear the conversations between the drivers and their pit crews. It was definitely interesting to hear what goes on behind the scenes!

This is the angle of the track at the flat strait away part of the track. Can you imagine what the corners look like if this is the flattest part of the track?!?!

More Pictures of Talladega.........

Cars and crews in the pits getting ready for the big race.

Cody was so excited that mom & dad got to see 'Doc' from the movie Carz. They had the original Hudson Hornet at the raceway. He ran a lap around the track before the race, running 141 mph. He was way cool!!

Kenny used to be a die hard Napa fan, but decided to also root for the Crown Royal car. Here he is posing next to the toolbox down at the pits.

Of course here is the old Napa car that we got to see upclose and personal. The Napa reprsentative showed us all of the cool modifications that they do the racecars and why.

Me and Kenny after the truck races on Saturday before the big race.

Ashley's First Solids

Ashley had her first solids a few weeks ago. She ate sweet potatoes and absolutely LOVED them!

Fun on Wheels.....Yee-Hawwwww!!!!

Boys & their toys!! Sometimes you are never too old for a trike. ha,ha. Cody wanted mom and dad to play on his bikes with him, so I volunteered Kenny to ride the trike. Of course he had to teach Cody how to ride wheelies.

(Kenny, sorry for the blackmail picture...ha,ha)

Cody and Kenny playing............


and Cody and Ashley playing on Cody's Jeep.

Ashley is 4 months old!!!

Time is going by so fast and I can't believe how fast Ashley is growing! I decided that I was going to try to take a picture of her at each month mark and this is the first one that I took at four mos. old. She is actually going to be five mos. old on Oct. 30th, but since it has taken me so long to post some pictures, I am a little behind. There will be another one at five mos. coming soon, so stayed tuned and be patient because it seems that I always run out of time during the day to get things done.

NM State Fair

So we were thinking of sending in this picture of Cody to Oscar Meyer for their next corn dog ad, what do you think????? Anyway, this was our visit to the NM State Fair last month. Cody had a ball even though he was too short to ride on most of the kiddie rides....poor guy is going to be short like his parents.

Diaper Cake

So anybody that knows me, knows that I am not too much of the creative type. However, I went to my cousin's baby shower a few weeks ago and decided that I wanted to try something new, so I took a chance and made a diaper cake. I was so proud of my hard work that I had to take a picture and here it is. I then decided that I was going to go into the diaper cake making business since they are so expensive to buy. Well, that idea lasted for about a day and I haven't made one since. Ha....ha.....ha......

Ashley & Cody

Ashley has curly hair when it is wet and here is a picture to prove it. However, it goes more straight when it is dry. I hope that she keeps the curls as it grows.

This is Cody and his new doggy that a friend of mine from work gave him. He loves to ride him around all over the house.

Ashley's giggles

Sorry that the picture is so dark, but Kenny got Ashley giggling like crazy and it was so cute. Take a peek and see (or should I say hear) how cute she is.

Cody singing

This is Cody auditioning for American Idol, singing 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." ha...ha...ha

An outting to the Albuquerque Zoo & Aquarium

Last weekend we took the kids & my little sister, Andie to the zoo and aquarium. We had a great time watching Cody get so excited to see all of the animals.
Here is Ashley cruisin' in the stroller.
Andie, Cody and me posing for a shot.
Cody & Andie on the train ride. Cody loves Thomas the train, so he was so excited to ride the choo choo train even though it wasn't all that exciting.

The Stimson Kiddos

How Cody loves the camera.........

And miss Ashley, well she is not so sure of the camera yet.

Ashley is starting to get a little personality and we finally got a picture of her smiling. Isn't she so cute?!?!
And here is Cody who loves to wear everybody's shoes besides his own. Oh, and of course we all know he is cute too!

Work picnic

Here are some pictures of the fam at my mom's work picnic. There were slides & jumpers for the kids, food, music and fun!

This is Cody in the jumper........we couldn't get him out, he loved it!

Now this is the way to slide down a slide......spread eagle, so you don't move at all!!

ha..ha..he is too funny:)

Cody and Kenny waiting in a line (again) for the jumper

Me and Ashley chillin' just listening to the band. She's getting so big too fast!

A Lake Trip Alone........

Me and Kenny finally got a break from parenthood and took a short weekend vacation to the lake with Kenny's boss. We had a blast and ended up extremely sore from the waterskiing and wakeboarding!!