Quick Trip to Utah

On the 10th me and the boys flew out to Utah. I was nervous flying 35 weeks pregnant with 2 crazy boys and with no help but the flight couldn't have gone better. The boys were excited to see their grandparents and they were on their best behavior.

The main reason we flew out was to see Peter and Annie get married...

The ceremony was beautiful and so was the couple.

Sisters-just missing Marianne

Millar family- minus Ben, Jed and Marianne- we missed them!

We ended up leaving cause Gray was a little snowball happy and that just made Mac not so happy
The reception...
You could find the boys watching the wedding video pretty much the whole night.
"oohing" every time the couple kissed:)

The wedding and reception was perfect and we are so excited to have another brother in the family! we love you Annie and Peter!

The week went really fast. Saturday I went to the temple with the Millars to see Annie get her endowments taken out. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we had wedding things and my mom took the boys all those nights! It was so nice to have her around so I could be a part of everything. I got to see what it would be like to have family around to help and it was really nice! Thanks Mom.
While I was running around, my mom did some fun things with the boys. She got them the book "The Elf on the Shelf" It's a cute book about an elf that watched the boys all day and then at night goes back to Santa to report what he saw. Then in the morning the boys had to find the elf again. Mac and Gray loved it and so did we. Whenever they acted up we reminded them that Browny the elf was watching and they shaped up!
Friday we opened presents with my family and then Saturday before we flew out we opened presents with the Millars. We basically had 3 Christmases this year. We were totally spoiled by both families.

We loved every minute we were in Utah. It was great seeing family and being a part of Annie's wedding. Now we are home, organizing, cleaning and getting ready for our new arrival...

Winter is here

Every time Mac sees it snowing outside he says "Mom it's Christmas, we can open all our presents!" I'm bad and have wrapped most of their presents already and put them under the tree. The presents sit there looking pretty, taunting the boys all day long. So far they haven't attempted opening them but Mac notices if one has been moved or if a new one has been added:)
The first day it snowed G let me get him dressed warm . After that...
The minute he stepped outside, coat off, mittens off, and hat off. No wonder he has a horrible cold this week!


It was hard getting Mac to come back inside. He kept saying he was making snowballs for his snow prophets. We didn't stay outside long enough for him to complete his masterpiece so we are still wondering what exactly a snow prophet is.

For family night last week we wrote letters to Santa. Grays was quite informative...
We had the boys pick out a present for each other and Mac has yet to find a guy to punch in the face, but he's set to give G that because he really wants it!

Happy Anniversary!!!!

Yesterday my parents celebrated 31 years of marriage! This is them around their 2nd anniversary, aren't they cute?!

Thanksgiving 2010

I love the holiday season!!! Once Halloween is over I feel like November and December fly by.
This year my family came out to be with us for Thanksgiving. My parents and Dave flew in the Saturday before Thanksgiving and didn't leave until the next Saturday. I'm pretty sure that's the longest they have stayed with us. It was fantastic!!!

Monday we went to Asheville, NC. The weather was amazing and we got some fun shopping done. Visited the Biltmore Estate...







After a long drive and a tour of the house, my clan was a little tired...

G found a nice spot in the garden to do his business

Tuesday we got home just in time to be there for Ry and his crew. The kids picked up where they left off in August and played and played.

Wednesday night Nat flew in and the cooking began...
The rest of the week was filled with eating, movies, family pictures, a baby shower and a stomach bug that passed through everyone:( It was still a great week! Thanks everyone for making the long trek to Kentucky! We loved having you!
and they all helped put up my Christmas...

Veterans Park

It's warm, 74 degrees to be exact. I think I'm getting old, my life is consumed by the weather.
I look at my health and weather the same way. I don't appreciate it when it's good until it's bad.
Thinking that last week was the end of the beautiful fall weather, I packed up our summer clothes, turned on our heater only to be surprised by the warm front that came in. All week we have been going on walks, enjoying the outdoors because really, how long can this last? Yesterday we picnicked and today we took an hour long walk through the park. It was perfect!

"Wipe your nose with the tissue not the stick!"

warm weather and still insist on wearing his hood.

Mac says some pretty funny things and I tend to not write them down because 1. nobody thinks your kid is as funny or cute as you do and 2. I forget to but not today.
The other night we were watching Life and there was a segment on a lizard running on top of the water and Mac said "hey look mom, it's a Jesus Christ Lizard." I could not stop laughing, totally inappropriate coming from anyone other than an innocent 4 year old.

Mac went in for his 4 year check up... weight 47 lbs (gained 5 lbs this year) and 43.5" tall (grew 1.5 ") His favorite thing about the checkup, peeing in a cup! It's great being a boy!

Time

It's raining outside! It's cold and wet and it's making me dread winter. One positive thing about winter...my baby will be born. It hit me she'll be here in a short 10 weeks. Not only is her birth quickly approaching but so is Thanksgiving-my family is coming, a quick trip to Utah and Christmas. This is a busy time of year and my list of things to do is long but I can't seem to focus on anything but my new camera.

I hate spending money, i have issues. I'm cheap, super cheap. So buying a big purchase like a camera about killed me. Since I have bought it I have had guilt. Guilt that I'm not using my camera to it's fullest abilities. Guilt that I bought "too much camera"and therefore spent too much money. So even though I have a million things to do, I seem to forget about them and only worry about being able to take decent pictures by the time this little girl comes.

Today instead of working on Christmas gifts or cleaning my gross bathroom, I tried taking pictures in low light rooms without using a flash. G was more than happy to be my model.

Oh and I made my first skirt for baby girl...

Trunk-or-Treat

Halloween 2010
All day Mac kept asking "Is it 6:00?!!!" He was so excited for the Trunk-or-Treat!

Gray = Zebra, Mac = Tiger

Me and Drew were dressed like we were on a safari.

waiting for the trunk-or-treat to start

Tom Selleck? It wouldn't be Halloween without a fake mustache.