Christmas Tree Finally

Brian got our tree last week but we have been feeling so yucky that we didn't even bother to decorate it right away. But we finally got it done.



The boys really had fun putting the bulbs on. Blake was funny to watch, he kept hanging them on the tips of the branches where they would fall off. Kyle kept grouping them all up so they would have "neighbors" and "friends" to play with.

I love the way Christmas lights look. They are so peaceful.

Winter

Though we have a few more weeks of fall, it feels like winter here. Everything is covered in snow and I am missing the backyard. But we have found a few fun things to do indoors. We went fishing. We had a clothes pin attached to Kyle's fishing pole and pretended the bed was the boat. Then one of the boys would cast into the "water" and the other would attach some water related toy.




Blake caught a ducky!



I am still very much a summertime person, but if we are creative I guess we can still have some fun in the winter that doesn't include me freezing to death.

Baby Number Three Is...

Ultrasound day was today and it's a boy!! Wow, was I wrong. But I am so excited, I think it is going to be so fun to have a house full of boys! Can't wait to see what this little person looks like and get to know his little personality. Most importantly, everything looks really good. That was a relief.
Kyle was a little sad. He actually teared up a little when I told him. He has been adamant that he wanted a baby sister. But he seems to be a little happier now.
So, I will have the crazy house pretty soon. No doubt by next year, this will be where the wild things are.

Thankful

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!

What It's All About

Blake is hiding. He thinks I can't see him:

If the feet aren't a dead giveaway, the little squeals and giggles should do it.

Kyle saw that my little vase didn't have any flowers in it. So he took care of that for me-

I thought this was so sweet. He is such a thoughtful boy. Whoever marries Kyle one day will have the sweetest kindest husband ever. Kyle will be a lot like his dad in that way I think.

I love having boys. I am four months along now with baby number three, and I am having a hard time waiting to find out if this one will be a boy or a girl. Everyone thinks this one is a girl, including me. However, I have to say that if it is a boy, I will not be at all disappointed. How could I be?

End of October

I got a nice new digital camera when Blake was born. The camera was actually nicer than my computer. (My computer was really cool, eight years ago.) After almost three years of me taking pictures of the boys with the new camera, I finally ran out of space on my computer. It was done. So, now I have a new computer that is pretty nice. Thanks to Dixie! She is giving me an early bday present.

That said, I now can post pictures in less than 30 minutes!

Pumpkins round 2:

Our first round of pumpkins lasted only a week. Yes, that is a jigsaw. Isn't this a construction worker for you?




We are trying to get Blake to give up naps. Sometimes he makes it and sometimes he doesn't.




Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Pumpkins

Why We Need a New Car

Poor Kyle has to put his knees up to his chest if Brian is sitting in front of him.



Trips to Star Valley are rough. We really struggle to get everything we need into our little car.

So, here it is! Our new van. Well, new to us at least.



Another reason for the bigger vehicle: Baby number three is on the way. Looks like Blake and Kyle will have one more little person to play with next April.

Fall??

So we went from nice warm summer weather to turning the heater on in one day. The mountains around us have snow on them. Our cars have frost on the windows in the morning and our tomatoes are done!

I love fall. Where did it go? I hope it comes back.

Just before the freeze came, the ice cream man made his last appearance of the year.


There are such great kids around us for Kyle and Blake to play with. Here is a whole herd of them with my boys enjoying the last round of ice cream.

Before we resign ourselves to shoveling snow, I would really like a few weeks of nice weather. Especially so we can enjoy trick or treating. We are hoping for the best.

Life Goes On

It doesn't seem fair that after such a difficult trial, that life just moves on. You still have to get up the next day, you still have to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner, clean the house and pay bills. It must be so hard to try to go back to normal. But it is part of the healing process. So it must be this way for a reason.

We still miss Sam. We still think of him often. And we greatly respect Mike and Sue for the tremendous faith that they have.