Thanksgiving Week

The week of Thanksgiving brought about extreme busyness, change, miracles, family time, and lots of fun. The kids were looking forward to a week off of school. Megan decided to get her ears pierced. We let the girls get them done when they turn 8 but it took her almost a year to have the desire to get it done. She was actually pleasantly surprised that she hardly felt it. She loves her earrings! We then had the medical visits kick in. Brady jumped out of the back of Jason's truck while it was moving and the trucks back wheels ran over Brady's leg and stomach. I was not home when it happened and got the call and quickly raced to the ER to be with him. The ER doctors quickly rushed us in and did their examination. They then sent Brady for a cat-scan. The doctors came in to tell us that they could find nothing wrong with Brady other than a bad raspberry on his stomach. The doctors found it unbelievable and we knew that we had just received a HUGE miracle. Jason and I are in awe of this and are SO very grateful that Brady is fine. How powerful combined prayer can be! He has been very sore and limping, but other than that he is doing great. If Jason had not felt himself run over Brady then we would probably question if it really even happened. We know how very blessed we are!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately the next morning Addi had to go in for surgery to get her 2nd set of ear tubes and her adenoids removed. Thankfully Janece was able to come down at the last minute to stay with Brady. Addi did great and hopefully this set will work for us. For Christmas this year the girls wanted to redo their room. Jason worked on it for an entire day and night and finished it for them. They wanted green walls with zebra bedding and black and pink accents. It actually turned out REALLY cute and the girls love it! We enjoyed lots of hanging out with family during the week and did some fun activities. Karina was so kind to have our family and my brother Ben's family over for Thanksgiving at her new house. She did such a wonderful job hosting and we had a great time together with quite a feast. It definitely felt different with Mom and Dad gone and Emily and Lauren's family not there though! We sure missed them! The dad's took the kids on a campout Friday night and the mom's came up for the daytime hours with the babies. The kids always love getting out and camping, shooting guns, riding the go-kart, and just enjoying the outdoors. It was quite the eventful week with LOTS to be thankful for.

Playing catch up

I have not kept up very well with my pictures and posts lately and do not want to get behind, so I will do a long catch up one. Baseball and softball season have officially ended. I loved it and so did the kids but I cannot say that I am too sad to have a break from all of the games and practices. For FHE last week we went rock climbing. The kids love this activity and even Addi had to get involved this time. She was so cute swinging in her harness. We were able to keep our niece Gracie last week and had a great time playing with her and getting to know her better. The busy holiday season is here so I will probably be playing catch up many times over the next little while.

Beautiful weather means zoo weather

October around here was not very nice, but November has been amazing! The weather is warm and sunny and perfect. We decided to go to the zoo with Jesse and Jocelyn the other day and had a great time. Addi LOVES elephants and was so excited to see them in person. She has now also been talking non-stop about the gorilla. I think we are going to have to go to the zoo more often. This zoo was particularly fun because it has a water stream for the kids to play in. Isn't it awesome that the weather was warm enough for that?

Halloween Weekend

 

 

 

 

It was fun that Halloween fell on a weekend this year because we got to celebrate 2 nights in a row. Friday night was our ward trunk or treat and carnival which I was in charge of. It went really well and we had a great turn out, but I am sure glad it is over. I made over 250 cotton candy's that night. Saturday night we went trick or treating. Hailee had a great time going trick or treating alone with some of her girlfriends for a while. That is why she is only in one picture. Again, she is growing up to fast. She was a polar princess, Megan was a witch, Brady was Obi-wan-kanobi from Star Wars, and Addi was a leopard and a clown. The weather was beautiful and we got way to much candy as usual. What a fun weekend for all!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Some of my sisters and I took our kids to the pumpkin patch the other day. It was cold and muddy, but we had to go anyway to get the cute pumpkin pictures. We had a lot of little ones between all of us so we did not get any cute group kid shots, but had fun regardless.

Halloween Party

Addi's cool aunt Angela threw an awesome little Halloween playdate party. Addi had a great time in the bounce house, coloring pumpkin pictures, decorating sugar cookies, making lollipop ghosts, and having lots of kids to play with. Great party Ang - we loved it!

Pumpkin Carving

This week we did the annual pumpking carving. Most years we do either carving or painting, but this year the kids wanted to do both. I wish I was able to relax more during this activity, but the mess it makes stresses me out. Every year I tell myself that I will just give into the disaster, but I still can't do it. Hopefully that will get better over time. The kids had a blast though and were really creative with their jack-o-lanterns.