State Fair

Wednesday afternoon my sisters and I and the 2 babies went to the fair. It was fun being able to hang out just us! I enjoyed going on a few rides with Sophie and Haley while Savannah watched Crew and Leesie. We also ate jumbo corn dogs, jumbo pickels, roasted corn, and fresh lemonade! We had alot of fun. Here are a few pictures (sorry some are blurry from my phone). Enjoy!

Pumpkin Patch 2009

On Saturday night we had fun going to a pumpkin patch with Savannah, Kyle, Leesie and Craig, Mallory and Carter. Uncle Kyle got Crew some cowboy boots so we decided to put them to use! He looked so cute! Crew loved being out at night outside. He is at the perfect age right now for things like this. We cant wait for this next week of Halloween!

Zoo Trip

Well since now that we are Zoo season pass holders we will be making alot of trips to the Zoo in the next year. Crew loves animals and its actually pretty good excercise walking around carrying him and/or pushing a stroller up and down hills and around the whole park for hours. Today we went for my niece Leesie's 1st birthday. It ended up being my mom, 3 sisters, cousin, leesie, crew and me. We had a great time. Crew liked these fake animals almost as much as the real ones! We also got to feed a giraffe today. (hopefully i can upload the video) Crew got scared and I got grossed out, but it was a good once in a lifetime thing!

Kauai, Hawaii

Well I need to take a second to let my husband know how proud of him I am. Last month he worked extra hard and did amazing. So his company invited him to be in there "President's Club" which means that they fly Cory and I to Kauai, Hawaii for a week and pay for everything! (including giving us spending money) We get to stay in this amazing hotel.

http://kauai.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp?src=google_propertyspecific_hhc_2008&s_kwcid=TC6184grand%20hyatt%20kauaiSb1076326358

Cory is looking forward to the golf course next to the ocean and im looking forward to the massages, great food, and laying out. I honestly cannot wait! We go the first week in February and I am counting down the months! It will be good to get away us two right before Valentines Day and not have to pay for anything! Thanks babe for always working so hard! You deserve it! Love you tons!

An Animal Week

While Cory was working hard this week. Crew and I had tons of fun hanging out with the animals! Monday we went to this lady's house that has cows, chickens, dogs, horses, and mini horses! haha we sure had fun! Crew loved seeing a horse fit for him. We fed them celery and then went over to the chickens. Crew thought the chicked would like celery too, but that just scared them off! Then Wednesday we went to the zoo with Savannah and Leesie and Krystal and Hadley. It was hot, but we still had a good time and crew loved seeing all the animals! Here are some pictures taken from off my phone. enjoy!

Allen Family Reunion

A few weekends ago we had the Allen Family Reunion in Cochise, Az. We had fun sitting by the campfire, going on family history stops, having a family auction, getting Indian names,going to Apple Anne's Farm Festival, and spending time with family!

Here are some pictures of Apple Anne's. We picked apples and pears and had homeade apple pie with ice cream and homeade apple pie ice cream! We had tons of fun!

(Crew had a fall while we were there and hurt his poor face.)

1. Looking for something to pick!

2. found one or two...

3. Putting it in the bucket

4. Making sure it went in!

5. Taking a big bite from a freshly picked pear

Chillin' with his cousin Leesie

Family pic


We had a great time!

Banks Family Pictures

A couple months ago my family got pictures taken by Mark Mabry and he did an awesome job! I was excited to hang up a recent picture of my little family in our house.