Halloween Houses

I knew we'd have lots of down time at home after Owen was born, so I tried to come up with some fun projects the kids could do. I envisioned baking gingerbread house pieces to decorate Halloween, but since I had a 2 week old fussy baby, the gingerbread turned into graham crackers frosted over milk cartons. Luckily, they didn't care one bit, and had a blast decorating their houses with all sorts of candies and treats.


Owen didn't cooperate too well and was fussy so I had to hold/rock him the entire time they were doing the project. The kids were on their own & had to do most of it themselves. As you can see, they didn't mind a bit! Drew was adorable trying to frost his house all by himself. He had a couple extra layers of graham crackers on one side - I stopped him after he layered 4 graham crackers with frosting... He thought it was fun! I think they both ate as much as they put on their houses...

I am humbled all the time by my wonderful children. For the chance to be their mother and to raise them. They bring me such joy in my life. At times I am glad they are getting bigger and older and are amazed at the things they can do all by themselves. But at the same time, I want them to stay little forever!! We have so much fun laughing and playing and being silly. I truly enjoy being with my children.

To stache or no stache - That is the question...

Okay... So, we have a little dilemma in our house. I am NOT a fan of facial hair. I don't like how rough and prickly it is. I prefer Dan clean shaven. But Allie begs and begs her dad to not shave. "Please daddy, just leave your mustache - I love it!" Is she serious? She truly loves his "stache". One time she even cried when he shaved it after letting it grow after a long weekend. Dan sometimes shaves it to a Hitler mustache - she likes that too!!! Where did I go wrong?!?

Field Trip

October 20, 2009: Allie went on a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch with her preschool class. I had just had a baby, so I wasn't able to go with her this time. She had a great time, and felt so old going all by herself. They decorated pumpkins, rode the tractor ride, saw all the animals, and jumped in the moon bounce. She's grown up so much this year. She's been a huge help with the baby. Her and Drew have become closer and better friends, since they often have days and days of only playing with each other. Allie has such a fun personality, its so fun to see her grow!

A Toy Story Halloween

The kids were looking forward to Halloween this year. They carried around their pumpkins for a couple days practicing trick or treating. Drew would come up to me and say "trick or treat" and want me to put pretend candy into his pumpkin.


When I asked the kids what they wanted to be for Halloween, Drew instantly knew he wanted to be "Woody" from Toy Story. He has been watching Toy Story 2 alot lately, and loves Woody. He has a Woody figure from the Disney store from his Grammy Scarbrough, and he LOVES it... He pretends it gets ripped, and we have to act out the scene. He comes to me sad and says "Woody is broken" and hands me Woody. Then I have to say "toys don't last forever" and then put him up like he's on the shelf. Then he walks away sad to cowboy camp... It is hilarious. His imagination has exploded lately, he loves to pretend.

Allie also was deciding between Jessie and Lil' Bo Peep (from Toy Story), but the puffy dress won. Her Grammie Barnette made her a mesh slip to make Bo Peeps dress puffy - Allie loved it... She would wear her other dress ups with it and twirl around. She also loved playing with the staff that came with the costume. She uses it as a cane sometimes - pretending she is a grandma who needs it to walk.

The kids were adorable in their costumes. Allie was an adorable Bo Peep, and Drew was the cutest cowboy you've ever seen. He'd take his hat off his head slightly and say "howdie". He would truly get into character. It was a hoot.

Dan took the kids to our ward fall festival on Friday night. They had cotton candy, popcorn, booths and games, and a moon bounce. The kids had a blast!!! Drew was so excited about the 4 pieces of candy he won.

On Saturday, we stayed in our neighborhood and went around with Jackie Engel & her kids. Dan pulled the kids in the wagon, and I pushed Owen in the stroller. The kids would race up to the door to get some candy. At some of the houses, the people would let the kids pick their candy out of the bowl. Drew would keep reaching in and take another piece and another piece of candy. At one house, I saw that he took 5 pieces of candy, one by one. The lady never stopped him, she let him keep going and going. We finally had to put a stop to it before he emptied her entire bucket!

The kids each had full pumpkins by the end of the night. We've been eating Halloween candy round the clock. As soon as they wake up, the are asking for candy. Drew LOVES candy (just like his uncle Taylor!) Drew's candy bag is almost gone, and Allie still has over 1/2 of hers left.

Baby Announcement

My friend Haleigh Rohner took some adorable newborn pictures of Owen. She did a fabulous job and was so patient with us during the shoot. He usually sleeps in the morning, but of course this morning he did not want to go to sleep at all. Luckly, he wasn't crying or cranky, but he was wide awake for almost the entire 2 hour session. She got some super cute awake shots, but he didn't want us to mold him or put pose him. He finally fell asleep for the last 10 minutes and Haleigh was able to get some cute sleeping shots. Her website is http://www.haleighrohnerphotography.com/ if anyone needs a good photographer. She does an amazing job!

Welcome Owen Daniel Scarbrough

It seems like my pregnancy lasted forever... but it was well worth the wait. Our sweet little boy arrived on October 13, 2009. Only 3 days late... Drew was 7 days late. Luckily the doctor induced me before he got too big. We went to Banner Gateway hospital at 9 am on Tuesday, October 13th for the induction. They started me on pitocin since I was still measuring at a 3 and 80% effaced. After a long day, Owen was born at 8:28 pm. He was 8 lbs. 3 oz and 20.9 inches.

He had a lot of dark hair and was a big boy. He had a good strong cry and I couldn't wait to hold him. Dan was ecstatic - and had a grin from ear to ear. We had a beautiful, healthy little boy. He was very alert and just looked around and at us. He was sucking is fingers and rooting like crazy right away... He wanted to nurse from the get go and latched on great.
He DID NOT enjoy the nurse taking him away from his warm mother to take a bath and get all cleaned up. He cried and cried through the whole process. (And still cries through almost every bath...)

We missed our other two kids while in the hospital, and I was bummed they couldn't come visit. So we did the next best thing - we Skyped them and showed them their new baby brother. Drew kept saying "that's me, that's me". Allie was super excited for her new brother too! Thanks a ton to Katie and Aaron for staying with our kids for a couple days and helping us out so much the first week. Our kids had so much fun with them, they didn't even miss us. In fact, Allie was so sad when we came home and they had to go home!

Thank you again to everyone who helped us out during this time. We couldn't have done it with out all the help. Our ward and neighbors were so wonderful and brought us meals, and our family and friends were so great about checking on us, visiting us & helping out with our kids. I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful support system.

Baby Owen update...

So, I'm still pregnant... 2 days after my due date... But I go in tomorrow morning to be induced, so hopefully we will see our sweet little boy soon! I just wanted to say thanks for all the support and calls, and help we've received over the past few months. We've been so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family and neighbors that are so good to us. Thanks again.

I'll post pictures soon of our little boy!

The Obligatory Pregnancy Shots

Ugh, I actually hate pregnancy pictures, but I do like to have a few pics to put in the kids scrapbooks, so they can see how they were growing in my tummy. Allie took this picture of Dan and I (hence the angle). She loves to take pictures. I am 9 months pregnant in the first two pictures. The bottom two pictures I am 39 weeks pregnant, and soooo ready to have our little boy come out!

Crazy Kids

Our kids are a hoot. They both have the best personalities, each of them so different, but so fun. Allie is so spunky and is truly so funny. Drew is so sweet and loves to play, but can be extremely stubborn. If he doesn't want to do something, he WILL NOT... Allie can usually be talked into something, but if it doesn' fit the mold, or how Drew thinks something should be or look, he will not give in.


Dan took these pictures before church. They both were laughing and having a good time! You can see each of their personalities shining through in these pictures. As they've grown up a little more, Allie & Drew get along pretty well these days. They truly enjoy playing with each other. Allie still tries to be his boss and tell him what they are playing and how they are going to play and who he can and can't be... But Drew is starting to hold his own and demand fair play. I'm so glad they love each other so much! Drew looks up to his big sister so much. He copies EVERYTHING she does and says. She is so influential to him right now, and I'm sure will continue to be so as they grow up.

Drew's infamous finger point. When he's frustrated or doesn't like something you are doing, he'll points his finger and scowls at you. Sometimes he'll even say "no" or "never" along with it. It truly is hilarious... but I can't laugh because I tell him he needs to talk kind. But it is so funny. One day, Dan got a double finger point...

Allie's Tea Party

Allie chose to have a dress up tea party with a few of her friends and cousins for her birthday party this year. We put out all of our dress ups and shoes and a little changing area. Allie thought the changing area looked just like Cinderella's. It turned out super cute - all girls had a fun time trying on different outfits and costumes. We made little finger foods and had pink lemonade as our "tea". Each girl did a little craft and decorated a little purse with flower cutouts and jewels.


We played some games and opened presents after eating a sherbet ice cream cake. Allie said this was "the best day ever". She is a little overdramatic (like her Dad :-)) But I'm glad she had a wonderful birthday.



All the dressups and our Cinderella changing area.

Setting up for the tea party. Allie was anxiously waiting for her guests to arrive.

Ali, Breckon, Lauren, Lyndsey, Felicity, Peyton, Allie, Melonie

Drew was the only boy at the party, but he didn't seem to mind. He loved the finger foods, especially the giant cheetoh balls, and the donut holes.

Allie & Peyton

Cousins Peyton & Lyndsey

Opening up gifts