Mom's big 50th birthday party!!

We just celebrated my mom's fiftieth birthday!! We just can't believe she's half way to one hundred! We were able to go up to Sun Valley for most of the day and go on a sleigh ride with all the big kids. The little ones stayed home this trip. We had such a great time. Everything up there at this time of year is so magical. The dinner was fabulous and the accordion player sure spoiled my mom with all the song requests. The carolers were sure a highlight. They were the REAL THING, and so was Santa. It was fun being with everyone since Landon got home. Happy Birthday mom!

He's BAAAACK!!!

My brother Landon recently returned home from serving his mission in Peru. For those of you who have had family serve missions you know how fun it is to get them home. I think he's adjusting pretty good, but he may disagree. It's got to be a hard transition for these missionaries coming home. Either way it's been fun having him home and watching him get to know his neices and nephews. We love you Landon! Thank you for your example and for being such a wonderful missionary!

YEAH!!!!

We're super excited that Alyvia is finally going to be a big sister!

OOOOPS!!

I think she knows she's in trouble! She wouldn't even smile for a picture.

What a great night for Hula Dancing!!

We've had quit a bit going on at our house lately! October was full of lots of fun things and cruised on by entirely too fast. We had a great Halloween and Alyvia was so proud of her hula outfit. Our friends Kevin and Amber were here the night before Halloween for the Great Pumpkin Race, so we got to take the girls to the Trunk-or-treat at the church. Amber did great in her race, and the girls got too much candy!! I think Alyvia loved her first real trick-or-treating experience. She still makes me let her outside so she can ring the door bell and say trick-or-treat. Brady's brother Chad and his family were here for a couple of weeks too. We had a ton of fun with them and the kids had a great time hitting doors on Halloween night. They were all soo cute!








We went out to this great pumkin patch outside of town. Alyvia loved picking out the biggest pumpkins for dad to carry to the car. I was amazed at how cold it was that evening, but Halloweeen night was beautiful!!

Uncle Merrick "The Great Pumpkin Head" SCARRY!!




WE HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT OCTOBER--NOW BRING ON THE FEAST!!

We are amongst the living!!

So I officially survived one of the longest weeks of my life. It made me so grateful for good health, and great family and friends. I got sick last Tuesday afternoon and it just got worse from there for a WHOLE WEEK! It usually sounds like a great idea to lounge around on the couch, but boy did I get sick of that stupid thing. My poor sister got the swine flew a couple of weeks before and I felt helpless as to how I could help her. I guess it just didn't pay off to stay away, we got it anyway. I wish that I had done more for her. Luckily I had some good entertainment for my week long excursion on the couch. Alyvia had me either laughing or crying. She'd come in with her back pack and announce that she will be right back she has to go to preschool. She tried to reassure me that she would be OK and to not miss her while she was gone. She also put on some pretty good dances for me. I'm really glad I had her around most of the time. So if anyone ever tells you not to fear the swine flu, FEAR IT!!!! Stay as far away from it as possible it does bite. "HARD" Something I have learned is that I'm just flat out not tough. So for most of you you can just disregard all of this whining!! I'm pretty good at that too. I am so glad Brady and Alyvia some how snuck around it. Brady is taking his first section of his CPA exam this nex Tuesday, so we have to keep him healthy.

Girls will be girls!!

Last Wednesday night Brady and I were able to go to the temple TOGETHER!!! A couple of my Beehives, Sunny and Ali, were nice enough to come and entertain Alyvia for a few hours. This is what we found when we got home. They had put every single hair bow that Alyvia ownes in her hair. Brady and I just about died laughing. I'm sure glad she had a good time with her "fends". We have the best pick of babysitters!! Thanks Sunny and Ali. You're too cute.

September is ALWAYS a Party!!!!

First of all it's my birthday in September. I'm a whoppin 26 years old! After a day at work, we spent the evening at the Rodeo. Alyvia was very excited to take my birthday picture. I have to say she did and pretty good job for a two year old. Thank you to everyone for all of the birthday wishes. You all know who you are. You each made my day a little more special!!

The Fair & Rodeo!! A Workman family tradition.

How does time fly like this????!!!!!

Brady and I celebrated our 6th anniversary!! It's amazing to me how fast those years have gone. We spent a super fun weekend together in Boise. We shopped, ate, hung out, took my first limo ride and just enjoyed some time together. I just have to share some of these pictures to show just how much my husband spoils me. I just don't know how he always pulls these sneeky little things off. You're amazing Brady!! I love you!! This was one of the funnest weekends we've had in a long time! Thanks Mom & Dad for keeping Livs!




We had the limo for two hours. Our driver, Richard, took us on tour of Boise and stopped at all the cool places to take our picture. I wondered why Brady was so adimate about taking the camera. So not like him. We went right behind the Bronco Stadium. That was pretty cool. The best part was watching people stare as we went by.

Both of Alyvia's Grandpa's had birthday's this month too!!! We even have two more birthdays to go this month!! Now you know why September is always a party!!


Here's my dad in his new Bronco's apron that we got him for his birthday! Happy Birthday Dad! We love you!!

Not so funny/ funny story!!!

The other day Alyvia was in her room taking a nap, and I had just finished washing some dishes and decided to stick my head in her room to check on her. When I looked in, this is what I saw:

My heart sort of jumped not finding her in her bed. I hurried around the house to find her. I couldn't find her anywhere!!! I was calling her and calling her. I thought to check her room one more time hoping she would just appear there. No such luck. So I went running out side in a panic looking for my little blondie. When she wasn't there I quickly said a prayer in my heart that she was OK. So I checked her room the third time and:

She was under the covers just right, so from the door her bed looked empty. What a relief that was to find her napping soundly right where I left her!!

Just a few painting projects

Brady and I have been a little stumped as to what to do with this certain wall in our house. We've been wanting to do something to it, but haven't known what. So one day in Home Depot it hit us to paint it green! Here's the finished product, and I think we both really are happy with the color. It ties in real nicely with my lime green and red kitchen.

Alyvia's playhouse was another fun project. The color was chosen out of the mess up paints at home depot. I thought it was going to be more of a pea soup color, but thankfully it turned out to be a nice dark yellow. Brady made the little fence around it and we're hoping to get some rubber bark in there soon. Maybe we'll wait until next summer. I thought it turned out super cute for a little girl's play area.

Remember?

Hey remember back in June when Alyvia was planting her little seeds? Well here they are as of today! The finished product is beautiful! It was such a fun process to watch her discover how those tiny seeds turned into this. She keeps asking me "Dees my tiny seeds momma?" I love that she loves them.

It's been a while!!

This last month or so we've had quit the time with our Internet. It's been driving us crazy! Last Friday we finally got a good dependable provider. Hurray! It was so bad that it really wasn't worth it to me to wait and wait and wait, so sorry for the lack of comments on your blogs as well. So we've had a fun and busy summer and it's hard to believe that it's starting to wind down. I do love everything about fall though! The smells, the football games, the fair, the colors, the clothes, yes I pretty much love everything about FALL! Our wedding was in September and our colors were fall colors. I just loved everything about it!
Here are a few things we've been up to.



My friend Tanille gave Alyvia a super cute new hair-doo! Thanks Tanille we love it!




Alyvia and I went to my mom's Zweifel reunion. There were a few new members of our family that we were able to meet. New babies,wives etc. It was sure fun to see everyone. Curt gave the kids some rides on the 4-wheeler.



Camping with my family in Oakley. We hit the play at the old theatre and just had fun throwing the frisbee around.







Alyvia has a new play house in the backyard. She was so excited to show her cousins. They played out there for hours. I'd say that was a good investment.

Swimming Lessons!!

She's still smiling after wards. That's a good sign right?



Alyvia just started her first swimming lessons. She's alway been a little timid around water so I thought this would be a good start. She's really getting the hang of it and is doing really well. She's suprising me!! Today they jumped off the diving board! Cindy held her hand the whole time and that really helped her. We have five more classes left and I'm really excited to see how well she progresses.

Sweet Land of Liberty!!

The Buhl 4th of July Parade!
It was a great one this year!





The kids looked so cute in their red, white, and blue.


Alyvia & Grandpa Schofield













The Famous Schofield 4th of July BBQ!




Alyvia and her Great Grandma & Grandpa Schofield.

We had such a great 4th of July weekend filled with fireworks, footlong hotdogs, parades, and family. My Grandma & Grandpa Schofield came and spent the weekend with us. That was a real treat! This has got to be one of my favorite holidays. The things that I'm grateful for this 4th are: Shade*Family*Good family name(Workman & Schofield)*Healthy little girl*Yummy food*Awesome seats for the fireworks*Freedom*The Gospel. You can't help but get a little choked up when see those firworks right above the american flag. That was a highlight!