The Bingham Family

Mr. and Mrs. Bones

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If only we could capture all the glow in the dark giggles these cute Jammies have given us every year, they are a Halloween must have!!

Bates Nut Farm

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We love Bates Nut farm at our house, this year we had to go up twice we loved it so much!!

The kids get to ride horses, feed the baby animals in the petting zoo, go on a hayride, burn lots of energy in the bounce houses, and most importantly chill with the family while we pick out our pumpkins.

Kayla was determined to take this little beauty home, she tried for at least 10 minutes to get it to move...it didn't budge!

Handsome man of mine!

Pumpkins

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Every year we paint and carve pumpkins. The kids are so funny to watch, Sawyer started to paint on his arm and Kayla showed him up by painting on her nose. By the time they were done painting they were quite the scary little monsters.

Mr. Saw in deep concentration.

Kayla painted the best witch we've ever seen! Good Job sweetness!

Saw wasn't about to put his hand in there:)

Kayla LOVES to get in and get the job done!!

Our Masterpieces!!

Our Nightmare Before Christmas

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Happy Halloween!!

If you have seen The Nightmare Before Christmas I would dare to say that Walt Disney and Tim Burton would be proud of our AWESOME costumes! If you haven't seen the movie...

CAST

Jack Skellington...Sawyer

Miss Sally...Kayla

Shock...Danie

Oogie Boogie...Ryon

As my sweet husband put it "this is the best Halloween yet!" We had so much fun this year, our kids stole the show with their cuteness!! I have the spookiest family ever!!

Fall FAVES

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Here are a few of the many Favorite things of mine that we do in the Fall.

Jumping in the Leaves!

There are so many memories doing this as a child and I love to see my kidlets have so much fun doing it too!! We only have the two kids to rake leaves for...My dad was raking leaves for hours of fun for all 10 of us, but of course he never complained or seem to get tired. I think Ry and I were tired after the first few rakings.

Mr. and Mrs. Bones

I LOVE bone jammies!!! It gives us tons of glow in the dark giggles...the best part is the headless dancing that goes on in the dark!

Our Annual Pumpkin Paint-Off

We started doing this the first year that we had Kayla, we thought it was fun for her to paint and a lot more safe then carving. We always have Kayla judge who wins out of Mommy and Daddy and I always happen to be the winner. (I painted the cat)

Pumpkin Carving Contest

I can't wait to have carved pumpkins out in the front yard...the yummy smell is the best! Once again we have Kayla judge our pumpkins and of course I am the winner! Ry carved the headless horseman and Sawyers skull and I carved the haunted haunted house and Kayla's cat.

Pumpkin Patches

This year we went to a few Pumpkin Patches and Bates Nut Farm was our favorite, it was so awesome!

Halloween Time in Disneyland

Two of my favorite things...Halloween and Disnyland, can it get any better then that? Even Better...spending the day with my family in this enchanted place!

Making and Decorating Sugar Cookies

Whenever we would decorated cookies when Kayla was little she would put her hands in front of her and wiggle her fingers back and forth (like sprinkling shredded cheese on a pizza) and say "Sprinkles". She never was into the frosting as much as she was into putting a ton of sprinkles on each cookie. Sprinkles are still her favorite thing, they just don't end up on the cookies anymore.

Sawyer had so much fun spreading the frosting all over, we replenished his supply every couple minutes but it still wasn't enough. By the time we were done he was covered and so was everything around him within reaching distance.

Carmel Popcorn

Every year when I was little my mom would make the most Yummy carmel popcorn. It was always so fun to do, Mom would drizzle the carmel in cold water and we would eat spoonfuls of the carmel to "test" it to make sure it was good. Of course it was delicious but we would have to taste it at least a few more time to make sure. Kayla and Sawyer had spoonfuls of their own while it was in the making, they couldn't seem to get enough of it!

My Creative Husband

Ryon just decided to make a Haunted House out of cardboard and it turned out really cool! He always has such fun and creative ideas.

My Family

Fall is my favorite time of year and with it comes so many fun and excited feelings, emotions and memories! It was 7 years ago that I met Ry and we went on a Haunted Hayride and spent such a fun weekend with his family.(it was meant to be, meeting my favorite person at my favorite time of year) So everytime Fall gets closer not only am I looking forward to so many fun activities but I always think of how lucky I am to have met Ryon and to have him in my life!! Without him we wouldn't have these two Blonde haired, Blue eyed Babes!

Our Haunted Halloween

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GO BIG RED!!!

Herbie Husker, Lil' Red, The toughest football player Nebraska has ever seen (besides his daddy), and the most Drop Dead Gorgeous Cheerleader.

Our Trick-or-Treaters!!

We had such a fun Halloween Party with our friends...Since you probably don't recognize them because of their killer costumes...Tommi, Russ, Noah, and Grace (not pictured, she was spent after all the trick or treating fun), Steve, Liz, Trey, and Mason.

Don't drink the punch!!

We had bloody bandaged fingers and eyeballs for appetizers. For dinner we had chilli in bread bowls, cornbread, and veggies.

Bones, spiders and more eyeballs were fun sweet treats.

Happy Halloween

Beach Babies

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It is fall, making beach days much more chilly especially for our babies. We had to take one last "swimsuit" beach trip before the beach becomes to cold.

We had such a fun day and Sawyer kept putting sand in his mouth and didn't even care...he just kept shoveling it in.

Our little Mermaid... Ryon makes the beach so much fun for Kayla!!

Diva even had fun!!

Family Pictures

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A few weeks ago we had our family pictures taken at the beach and we decided to take a couch along with

us. I think that the pictures turned out fun with the couch as a prop.

I love sunset at the beach!

I keep looking at my "babies" and I can't believe how big they are! I wish they would stay little forever! I love my sweet little lady and little man, they bring me so many laughs and smiles all throughout my day!

Sawyer's Stats

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I forgot to let everyone in on Sawyer's big debut...he was born three weeks early (thanks bud!) on March 21, 2009. He weighed 7lbs 4oz and was 19.25 inches.

Mr. Sawyer Ryon Bingham

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I am a Mommy all over again!! Two weeks ago I was a fat and sassy Prego woman that loved my baby bump so much, I loved every hiccup, kick, and punch. Any time I would feel my little man moving around it was as if everything around me no longer mattered...I had a healthy and strong little boy growing inside of me.

I was once again AMAZED at how so much can change in a second of time in a delivery room. I was blown away by the instant unconditional LOVE that I felt the moment that Sawyer was born. Even though we have only spent a little over 9 months together (most of which I could only dream of seeing his face) I love this little guy so much and I can't wait for every second of fun and laughter that he will add to our little family.

It has been so fun to have Kayla helping me every time I need anything, she tells me what I am doing wrong or what Sawyer does and doesn't like. She knows everything! It seems that she went from a three year old to a teenager once we brought him home from the hospital. She seems smarter, more mature and so HEAVY.

I am so grateful for my sweet husband who does EVERYTHING for me, Kayla and Sawyer. It is almost as if I have fallen in love with him all over again! I love to see how patient and loving he is with Kayla and the transition she is going through. I also love to see my huge husband holding his teensy Sawyer, it really is histarical to see. Whenever I look at him I am reminded of how lucky I am to have my best friend for my husband and how blessed we are to build our lives together with our two beautiful and healthy babies.

Halloween

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I know Halloween was well over a month ago but since it is my favorite holiday I had to share a few pictures. We had so much fun and it was so sad that it was over so fast...I wish Holidays could last longer!

Our "Under the Sea" Family

Kayla has been talking about being Ariel for so long and it was so much fun to see her love every minute of being dressed up!!

If Walls Could Talk

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I just have to say that if walls could talk our old house could've written a book! We have had so many memories in our old place, it was our very first place we called "home" and it housed four and a half years of our lives together.

The floors of this house had sandy feet walk across it almost every single day of our first year in San Diego. It saw how elated we were when we found out we would be changing our family of two to three. It saw how Ryon and I became parents and it witnessed the many times we both wondered how we were ever supposed to know what to do or how to do it when it came to parenting. It also witness our beautiful baby girl grow to become a smart, sweet, sassy, and comical three year old.

So even though it is so sad to say goodbye to the house that has held so many of our memories we are looking forward to the many new memories our new house will hold.

London, what a Trip!!

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Ry flew straight to London after the game in New York and was there three days before I got there. It was so fun to hear of all the fun that he was having. He was able to stay in a castle in the country so he was about an hour drive to London. He had one day off and he made the most of it, he got up early and stayed in London all day and was able to see quite a lot of the city. And as you know Ryon he had a fun time laughing his way through London.

Although I was anxiously anticipating the experience London would be I was dragging my feet about going. I would have to leave Kayla! Every night I would hear of all the fun Ry was having and deep down part of me wasn't even looking forward to it at all. I had even warned Ry not to get his hopes up to see me until I called and told him that I was actually in London.

My sweet friend has a three year old, Grace, who is just a few months older then Kayla and she happens to be her "best friend in the whole wide world". Lucky for me she would be taking care of Kayla while I was gone, I knew that K would be so happy, well loved and taken care of. So we picked the girls up from school and drove to the facility to get on the bus that would take us to the airport. After my flood gates had opened and Kayla waved good bye (as though she wanted to say "Mom, go away now!") I was consoled until I got my act together and got on the bus. Of course it was all an act and the tears came once again and I felt like they would never stop. I think my pride got to me because once the bus started filling up I slowly pulled myself together. Even though it was so hard to leave her I am so glad that I went.

The first day the ladies got there we cleaned up after the brutal flight and went out to eat and just relaxed until it was late enough to call it bedtime. The next morning is when the excitement began, we got up early and walked through Green Park to watch the changing of the guard. We took the Big Bus around London and got on and off so we could see everything we could. A few of the things we were able to see were Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, Parliament, and Westminster Abbey (my favorite building, the architecture is amazing!!) We wrapped our day up early so we could go get ready to see our boys. It was so exciting to finally be with Ryon! That night we went on a river boat cruise down the Thames River with everyone on the team. It was a lot of fun and of course we couldn't get enough food so after we stopped to get yet more dinner.

Quick, funny story...Ryon checked into his hotel room and we took his bags up to his room and much to our surprise there was only one bed in the room. No big deal right? Well many of you know that when the team travels Ryon has a roommate who like Ry is tipping the scales well above 300lbs. Ryon called the concierge and told him about the problem and they assured him that it would be taken care of. When Ryon went back to his room the bed had been SPLIT apart into two TWIN beds!! Ha Ha!! I would have given a lot of money to see those two boys both snuggled ever so snug in twin beds. Needless to say because of this unfortunate thing Ry got to stay in my room.

The next day the team had meetings (BOO!) and so a few of us that have kids went to a toy store. I know what you are thinking, "why would you go to a toy store while you are in London"? But I am telling you, Hamley's was the coolest toy store I have yet to see, with a whopping 7, (count them) 7 stories I was drawn in! After spending WAY to much money on toys we hit up a few places to get some souvenirs. Once the boys were done we met up with them and toured The Tower of London, saw London Bridge, and we rode the London Eye. It was such a good day!! And to make it even better Ryon and I went to dinner and just enjoyed each other!

Sunday was finally here, game day! Well my head wasn't on the game at all, I had a mission, to get a few things that were hard to find at a souvenir shop, so a few of us went out to get what we needed. Luckily we got what we needed and ran back to the Hotel to catch the bus that would take us to the game. We watched our boys play in Wembley Stadium, which was such an awesome, once in a lifetime experience! After the game Ry and I went out to dinner and Ryon ordered the food. I should have known better! He thinks he is so sneaky and told the waiter not to tell me what the dish was and, oops!, the waiter announces our dinner plate and says the word Venison and so I simply didn't eat. He also ordered Duck which I tried and didn't like! Since I really had nothing to eat except for some soup I tried to order something else and the kitchen was closed!! So I spent the night listening to all the strange noises that my tummy can make when it is hungry. -Love you Ry!!

And the dreaded flight home!! I tried once again to sleep and No I didn't get one second of sleep! What I horrible way to spend 12 hours! Luckily I had a lot of friends to chat with and once Ry woke up he kept me company too!

The entire flight I had one thing on my mind...what would Kayla do when she saw me? When we went to Costa Rica we left her with my sister, Jan, and were gone for a week. When we got back it was in the middle of the night and we both climbed in bed with K and she woke up freaking out!! Wanting "my Jan" and not her mommy! So we left her to sleep and the next morning when she woke up she had nothing to do with her crying mommy for at least 3 hours! That was one of the most heart-shredding experience I have had to go through yet!!

Once we landed and were in our car we were cruising to get Kayla. When we picked her up she came running for us with her arms wide open, more excited then I had ever seen her, screaming "Mommy, Daddy!" Oh what a happy moment!!

London!

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Catch up!

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I feel like I haven't blogged for forever because so many things have happened in the last few weeks and I haven't been able to keep up. So...be prepared for a bunch of fun "catch up to today" blog entries!

Helping Hands (A.K.A. Sticky Fingers!)

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We have officially began packing for our move. With Ryon leaving for 10 days we wanted to get a lot done while he was here so he could help me as much as possible. Yesterday was a day of packing and laundry for me, my goal was to have a lot done while Ry was at work. Kayla had been "helping" on and off throughout the day and in one of her off moments I went to change the laundry, came back inside was folding the laundry when I heard Ry's truck pull up. In a moment of sheer joy I ran down the stairs to meet Ry at the door only to be greeted with a fabulous surprise at the bottom of the stairs. My sweet Little Angel Girl had decided to go GOTHIC/TATTOO ARTIST in those short few seconds she was alone. Oh what a sight to see! She was so proud of her new found "look" and kept giving me the kissy face and dancing around as though she had just spent the day at the spa getting a facial! And I must say even in that moment she was still the most beautiful girl I have ever seen!!!

After Kayla's briefing about not giving ourselves, our clothes, our animals, our walls or our couches tattoos it only took 3 minutes for her to decide that she no longer liked her new tattoos. Since she used a permanent marker (which means PERMANENT) and couldn't get any of it off except her lips, she wasn't happy. Lucky for me I have a stash of fun long sleeved Halloween clothes which she liked! And since we weren't keeping her busy enough we assigned her the task of being Miss Tape Girl! Whenever we needed the tape we would tell her and she would come running with the tape! She was our packing Super Girl!

Kayla got the hang of the words "I need the tape" and before long she was yelling to me "Mommy, hurry!! I need the tape!!" I came downstairs and Kayla had a box all ready to be taped and she was laughing hysterically!! Through all her giggles she managed to tell me again "Mommy, hurry, hurry!! I need the tape!" My sneaking suspicion got to me and I opened the box to find...Diva!

After I didn't tape Diva into the box Kayla was so sad and said "But Mommy, I need Diva to come live at my new house!" I love that girl!!

Mammy and Poppy!

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This last weekend we were so lucky to have our "Mammy and Poppy" come in town! We always love having family in town and Miss Kayla adores her grandparents! It is so fun to see how excited she is when she is with them. We were able to enjoy each others company while we ate good food, visited our new house, played at the beach and of course cheered for Ryon at his game.

It has been a while since the last time we were able to go to the beach with Jeff and Lora and as soon as we put the car in park Kayla instantly started to ask where her Mammy went. The tradition of Lora disappearing at the beach has continued! By the time our toes were touching the sand Lora was waist deep in her ocean of heaven, not to be seen again for at least an hour! It is so funny to hear all the stories of family vacations to California where the same thing happened, I love that Lora loves the ocean that much!

We really could spend all day at the beach if it were up to Kayla, she loves it!! Even on the coldest day she will find her way to the waves and get drenched in no time! ( I didn't let her get in the water because she was sick...mean mommy!) Luckily she could spend just as much time playing in the sand!

The beach is one of our families favorite places to be, but I think when we have family in town we realize how much we take for granted that we live so close to the ocean and all its beauty!

Our weekend was perfect! Come back soon Mammy and Poppy!!!

Miss Starr

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Our Favorite little lady doing what she does best...being silly!

Kayla and I were ready to cheer Ryon on when she suddenly got really sad and said " Mommy, I can't cheer for daddy!" I asked her why and she said "I need my special charger clothes on." We went to her closet and she pulled her "princess charger girl clothes" out. After dancing and shaking some booty in front of the mirror for a few minutes she was ready to cheer for Daddy!! "Go Daddy, Go!!

Since this is my first post I thought it only appropriate to make everyone smile since that is what Kayla is the best at, making everyone around her smile!