Super Bowl Bound...So excited...I didn't take any pictures but we spent the NFC Championship game at Zach and Liz's house. It was a lot of fun and we had a LOT of good food. We are already planning our Super Bowl Party (decorations and all)!!! The Packers haven't been in the Super Bowl since I was in high school. It is fun to get into the spirit of it all especially since I don't live at home. I am hoping for a good snow so I can make a nice Green Bay Packers fan in my yard! GO PACKERS!!!

October in a Nutshell

Boy has life been busy! We are scurrying around trying to get things not only ready for our baby but also for my sisters wedding! We have a lot of people coming and a lot of things to do. My time has been streched to the max, but I have had a lot of fun helping her to get ready, and it is a very exciting time! Thankfully I think that she is almost done, which means I am almost done. The kids are doing great in school and loving every minute of it. I get to volunteer once a month for Carson's class and he hates it. I think he thinks I am intruding on his independence...lol. It is lots of fun to see him interact and be so eager to learn. We are knee deep in 2x4's and dry wall trying to get some projects done in our basement, and it is coming right along...yea! However last weekend while loading the truck I put a 2x4 right through the back window of Jack's work truck...YIKES!!! Luckily he seriously has the best boss EVER!!! Jack has been busy hunting this month and came home empty handed...he said he should have just retired 2 years ago when he was 3 for 3...now he is 3 for 5...:( The kids have been loving every minute of this last minute nice weather we are sporatically getting. Everytime the sun in shining they are begging to get on their bikes, I have no idea what I am going to do to entertain them this winter. Here are just a few of our pictures from the following month...Jackson has to read a half an hour everyday and Carson loves to sit and listen to him, this was just a candid moment and thankfully I knew where my camara was...Carson cuddling up to Jackson!

Carson and our little neighbor girl playing in the rain!

Halloween...it was actually really fun, and I hate and I mean HATE Halloween! A shout out to my wonderfully talented mother in law who made Addi's tinkerbell costume. ( I also have a ton of wedding dresses she is currently working on...Sorry Ceri!)

Pottytrained!!!

I have potty trained all my kids early and for some reason I did not want to do it to Aubrey. She is by far my hardest toddler, but a little encouragement from a friend, I set a date and decided to do it. Much to my surprise, she has been my easiest potty trainer. We have been doing it for 2 1/2 weeks now and she is doing great. She needs a little reminder here and there but we have had several days of no accidents. I am hoping that she will be a pro by the time the baby joins us and will have no set backs! I don't know what it is about having them potty trained, but they all of a sudden decide they are ready to be big. She has attempted a to talk a lot more and show me the things she needs rather than just throwing a fit and expecting for me to figure it out. The other picture of her is of last night...we had ice cream cones after Family Home Evening and she made a disaster, it was quickly followed up by a nice warm bath!

Carson!

Carson has turned a new chapter in life and is off to school twice a week! He has done surprisingly well. Not that I thought he would do bad, I just thought maybe he would have a hard time being away from me, but the fact that Addi and Jackson go everyday makes him crazy that he only gets to go twice a week. Carson is my emotional child. He is so sweet and is always giving me kisses and telling me that he loves me more. He is awesome with Aubrey and can't wait to for the new baby, always coming up with new names for it. The other pics with this blog are just of him climbing into the bathtub after he had gotton out and gotten his jammies on. He is a really fun kid always surprising us with the things that he does. We sure do love our Carson.

The Perfect Evening

I really am not complaining...I feel like the luckiest girl alive, but after a long day of managing a household and trying to be a good mom and wife, I look forward to the evenings when everything and everybody is in relax mode. Before school started we were really being relaxed about the kids bedtimes :) (something I already miss) A few weeks ago when Jack got home from mutual, he made some popcorn and cuddled up to them on the couch and was telling them a story of when he was little. I was in the kitchen giving Carson a little bedtime snack (bowl of cereal) and Aubrey was already in bed. It just seemed to me to be the perfect evening.

First Day of School

Today we hit a new milestone...Addi started Kindergarten and Jackson was off to 2nd grade. After a few tears and much excitement the kids were off and did great! We had back to school night last week so they had already delivered all of their supplies and met their teachers. They were a bit concerned about not remembering where their classrooms were and where to line up, but the school yard was full of helpful teachers directing them where to go! I am so proud of my kids, they really are the best!

Bear Lake and The Badger

My family just came from Wisconsin this past week and one of the adventures we went on was to Bear Lake, which is one of our favorite places to go! We just made a day trip out of it and it was a lot of fun. Good food, good fun, beautiful weather, and lots of fun people. There were seven of the eight of us siblings together!Yesterday Alexa and Stef thought they had heard some scratching at the window during the night but couldn't see anything so just thought maybe it was a mouse...eww. So I went outside to see if I could see what was making the noises and this is what I saw...
this Badger was one mad thing...I called everyone I could think of in the phone book to come and get him out for me...but Fish and Game told me to either shoot him or put a board in there that he could climb up and hope that he found his way home. I am not gonna put a board in there and let him roam a neighborhood FULL of kids...so Jack came home and took care of business...poor little guy!