One Cute Little Guy

So this morning while Addie was at school I was straighting up the house and Grayson had gone into Addie's room with me to put laundry away and had not followed me out. It was super quiet for a few minutes so I decided to go make sure there were no markers or lipgloss on his level and I peeked around the corner to see this....

He had put his blanket on the table for a table cloth and gotten dishes out to play with. He was playing so cute and it kept him entertained for quite a while.

--No I am not worried about my little boy playing with dishes.

Addie's Birthday Party

We had Addie's Addie's Birthday Party for her friends yesterday morning. Holy cow...chaos! It was something else. When the friends arrived we made ghosts out of white material and suckers, then played the game where you tie a balloon around your ankle and try to be the last one without you balloon popped. It was a fun idea, but Addie hates popping balloons, and threw quite a fit.

Then we had cake and ice cream. Again I let my daughter pick her cake out of a book with lots of fun cakes, and which one did she choose..... a spider web! Who wants a cute pink cake anyways. The cake was super cute. For once I was proud of my cake.

Then we had a sawdust dig in place of a pinata. It was such a fun party. She has been playing in her room for hours with her fun gifts.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADDIE!

Happy Birthday ADDIE!

Yesterday, October 16 was Addie's fourth Birthday. Wow how time fly's. She is such a sweet little girl to have in our family. Her favorite foods are "corn on the cob, and Hot Chocolate" Yes, she has hot chocolate about every other day (even in the middle of the summer). Her favorite things to do are: Play with her friends outside riding bikes, Paint, Go to school, and go to her cousins to play.

^This is Addie at four weeks in her blessing dress!

Our cute little Four year old.

Our Trip To The Pumpkin Patch

For Family Night we ventured out to the "Big Red Barn" in Santaquin, where they take you on a tractor-pulled wagon ride to a big pumpkin patch so that you can choose your very own pumpkin. We had so much fun. It is interesting to see and hear what the kids determined to be their "perfect" pumpkin. I think we choose just the right ones for us!

Ryan and Grayson

Addie in the Pumpkin Patch
Ryan hauling our big "Family" pumpkin

And The Gender Is......

So we went in today for the 20-week ultrasound, this is always a exciting time of the pregnancy. Everything looked great: Two arms, two legs, 10 fingers 10 toes, you get the idea. It's right on track for a February 13 birthday.

Oh yeah, and we chose to let it be a delivery room surprise!

Our Trip To The Zoo!

A friend and I took our kids to the Zoo today and boy did we have a great time! I don't know what to type besides letting the pictures do the talking (and there are a lot of them).Tyler, Grayson, Addie and Sydni.

Me and the kids by the bronze gorilla.

Addie, Sydni and Grayson by the Zebras. (yes all two of them)

We got there early enough that it was feeding time for some of the animals and that is always fun for everyone.

So when we got home I asked Addie what her favorite part of the zoo was. Don't even try to guess. She said "the bats" are you kidding, the whole time we were looking at the bats I had the willies, and that was her favorite! She also loves the big spiders and the massive snakes that I really could pass up at visits to the zoo. I sure hope she grows out of this before she realizes you can buy those for pets at pet stores.

SICK!

Grayson measuring up to the Gorilla.

Addie hatching out of the egg at the playground.

Of course you have to take a ride on the train!

So this picture....... yeah don't know what to think. I did not take this picture so I am guessing that Addie did. I am hoping it is an empty exhibit and that is a stuffed animal monkey because it does not look too lively.

Family Photos

Yesterday my sister took some fun family pictures for us. She did a great job, I wanted to post some of my favorites. I did the touch-up on them just playing around, so if you don't like it, then it's my fault, not hers.

-Thanks Julie

Two cute kids.

^ I love the look on Grayson's face in this one. It fits him perfetly!

Can you believe how much they look a like.

Addie, so cute.