Festivities . . .

I think this year was one of the funner Halloweens we've had so far. The boys are just getting bigger and understanding more of what its all about and if the big boys are excited then Dax just follows along. We didn't do anything major this year, just kept it simple and fun! Grandma Jackie made them a Halloween lunch on Thursday. She made mummy dogs, brains, and a snake sandwich. It was so much fun (even though the boys were a little nervous about the food)!
Next was carving the pumpkins. Griff had a blast drawing in his while the rest of us scooped and carved. I didn't get a picture of the final product so you will just have to imagine . . .

On Halloween day we did a few crafts (candy skeletons and pumpkin sugar cookies) before getting ready for trick or treating. I am so glad we had good weather. It made for a much better time! Mason and Griffin were cowboys and Dax was a dog. He was so cute in his little dog costume and the first of my kids to actually wear the hood the entire time! After trick or treating we headed over to Grandma Jackie's to see her for her birthday. By this time the kids were exhausted! It was a good night. Stressful, but good :)

22

So I decided it was about time to post a prego picture of me . . . so here you have it! I am now 22 weeks and getting bigger and bigger each week. I guess I am just one of those that shows early and gets huge :) But I'm pretty much used to it since I am on my fourth pregnancy in 5 years!



I have been really lucky with all of my pregnancies in that I feel pretty good for the most part. I could not imagine being sick all of the time and still having to care for my other kids. So I guess I really can't complain! Other than the heartburn and tiredness . . . I feel great! It still amazes me every time I start feeling the baby move! She is for sure a mover but likes to save it for night time (or maybe I am just to busy during the day to notice her movements much!)

My mind is filled with ideas of projects that I want to complete for her in the next few months and I have already started a few ( I will have to post some pictures when they are done!) Anyway, I am just super excited to have this little girl on the way and am sure the next few months are going to fly!

The Perfect Weekend

Last weekend was just that. Perfect. I don't think I have been able to say that about a weekend in a while so I figured I better document it!

The weekend stared early for us on Thursday. It was a big day . . . the ultrasound. I was nervous all morning. I always get nervous before my ultrasounds, I think it is the unknown and the anticipation. Luckily my appointment was in the morning so I didn't have to wait ALL day, it just seemed like it! I was planning on walking out of there in boy mode. I was shocked, surprised, excited, scared, giddy and a million other emotions when they told me it was a GIRL!!!!! Wow! I couldn't wipe the smile off my face all day. It was perfect.

Friday was just a normal day. But still perfect considering our news.

Saturday we packed up and headed to Park City. We haven't been anywhere in a while and this was a much needed family getaway. We went with Kasey's family (his mom and dad, and sister Krista and her hubby Bobby). We got there a few hours before check in, so we decided to take the boys out to lunch and hit the Alpine Slide. It was way past lunch time and we basically never take all of them in a restaurant (do you blame me??), but they did so good! I was a proud mommy.

After lunch we headed over to the Alpine Slide. This was the only part of the trip that was not perfect. Kasey took Griff first and then the plan was to take Mase next (someone had to stay at the bottom with Dax :)) There was basically no line at the bottom so I figured it would take 15 min or so. Nope. An hour and a half later they came down the slide. It was a LONG wait for a baby that hadn't had a nap. . . he was so tired that he would just lay down in the gravel (we were waiting in gravel). Long story short, Mase opted to skip out on the slide so we could go swim at the hotel.

The rest of the time was spent swimming, eating, and swimming some more. What could be more perfect than that? We even got to have a little adult time which was so nice. Kent and Jackie offered to watch the boys and get them to bed while we went out to dinner with Krista and Bobby. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to do it again!

Soccer Star

Mase played soccer this fall and loved it. The first few games he was more interested in being close to his buddy Jaxon at all times, but by the end of the season he was focused on the game and serious about scoring a goal. He even ended up scoring a few goals and when his coach told him that he was getting better and better every game he was beaming ear to ear! They were giving trophies at the end of the season which was pretty much the icing on the cake. He keeps it on his nightstand and is so proud!

Daxon loved going to the games and loved having everyone there to give him attention! He usually likes to give a wave when saying hi, but this time was feeling extra lovey.

sMiLE!

This kid sure can SMILE . . . (don't mind the food in his mouth :)

Field Trip

Griffin went on his first field trip of the year to Black Island Farms. It is a farm where they grow and sell veggies and have a huge corn maze and haunted house. He had so much fun and is still talking about it (a week later!) They first got to see a pig race. Then they went on a tractor/trailer ride through the farm and learned all about the crops. They each got to pick a pumpkin and then they had free time to run around and play on all the slides and bounce toys. Griff was a little shy at first but by the end he was running all around and enjoying his rare one on one time with mom :)

Mud . . . a little boys heaven!

Last week my sister Julie and her kids came over to visit. While the little ones were asleep we sent Mason and Ty outside to play. It was pretty quite for awhile and then I heard a loud noise so I went out to see what they were up to. They had turned on the water and created a huge muddy mess on the patio. Then they decided to throw mud balls at the house (that was the noise I heard) They were covered from head to toe in mud and there was really no other options than to strip them down to their underwear and spray them off with the hose. They had a great time and even though I wasn't happy about the mud, it was hard not to laugh at the mud covered boys!