For some reason I can't add more, but here are some shots we did of the kids around Christmas.  It was quite entertaining. :)

 

Happy 55 Birthday Mom! Love ya. :)

This is how I left the children this morning to work on stuff for theYW 2013 main events/activities/calendars/lists/gifts/budgets/ goals/callings/ etc etc etc... on the computer.  Aren't they cute!  They had just put their babies to sleep (as seen behind Joseph), and sat down in the kitchen to play "hot chocolate".  I even gave them REAL crackers to snack on!  So sweet.

Then, I came back from the bedroom a bit later...after Kaylena brought me a snack.  Mashed crackers crumbled and stirred in water.  I posted on Facebook that it both melted my heart and turned my stomach.  It really was super super super cute and sweet!  Especially how excited she was!  But for some reason the sight of soggy crumbled cracker partcles swirling around in this water was SOO nauseating!  I told her how kind and thoughtful that was and she asked if I wanted a bigger bowl.  I declined, but agreed to come out and help her make something for all of us...and this is what I found.  Wooooow right?

 

On the other hand, remember our kitchen plans??  Yep, just a few more finishing touches and we'll be done with our KITCHEN!! Under budget (thanks to mom and dad for paying a chunk of labor for the backsplash and trim adjustments for our birthday/christmas gifts) AND right on time- right? we said by Christmas!!

Happy Thanksgiving at Grandma Maynard's!

 

A bit late, but I'm going through pictures.  Our computer crashed over a month ago, I can't find the flash drive that had the backup photos on and I coudn't get into the Waglreens photo account. :(

 

Luckily though, I got that reset and there are most of the photos from Joseph's first year on there already, AND they're having a 4x6 print sale, so I got those ordered.  My plan is to scrapbook the first year of kids and photo book everything else.

 

Happy December 6th!

We've all been busy growing up around here!

One afternoon Kaylena was riding her tricycle in the unseasonably warm days of November and we realized that she was way too big for it, and that she's 4! It's time for a serious bike! So we found someone selling this purple one and snagged it up, complete with training wheels!

Joseph has been growing taller and bigger and more observant. He does much better sitting with arms folded for prayer with a plate of food in front of him (he's always been fine for family prayers, it's those meals that took a lot longer. Heheh). He signs a lot, says s handful of words, and makes noises. :)

Baby boy is also growing along with my energy. As long as its cool (or cold for non pregnant people) I seem to do fine. As mentioned earlier though, we've had some 80* days this November, and if its too warm at night, I'm guaranteed a head in the toilet morning. Overall though, I've gained all the weight back that I lost that first month..... And my dr told me to 'cool it' this past checkup. I'm guessing 10 lbs in one month was too much to gain, but she seemed much more upset this time than when I had lost it! Oh well. I'm exactly where I was with Joseph, so I'm not too worried. :)

And Jason is growing in his handyman abilities and finished grouting our kitchen tile!!!! I'd say we're right on target for having the summer dream kitchen done by Christmas!

Thank you for a great birthday!! I'm exhausted and gonna use this extra hour!

Cute 4 year olds still fall asleep at the table on a quiet afternoon after a rough morning of shots.

Then, today we made salt dough skulls, baked them and painted them!! It was actually really exciting. Kaylena is totally into the painting stuff now. Joseph is totally into the eating the paint, and kept thinking the baked salt dough was a cookie or something... Lol

All in all a fun day though!