Happy Halloween

What a difference a year can make! Last year Brody refused to wear his costume and did not want to have any part in trick or treating. This year Brody wouldn't take his costume off. And didn't want to miss an ounce of trick or treating. We went to the trunk or treat and he wouldn't even let me talk to anyone because he had to move on to the next trunk because he was so excited to say trick or treat.
Most definitely the cutest witch I have ever seen!
Addy with her cute friend Skyli


Ethan at the school costume parade
He is ready to report for space duty

Kosuke Visit's

Last week we had a student from Japan visit us. Kosuke is 15 and in 9th grade his whole class came over and each student stayed with a differnet family. Kosuke was very respectful and shy. He fit in great with our family and we enjoyed having him stay. Ethan was a little nervous about having someone stay with us but as soon as Kosuke came Ethan had the most fun. Kosuke brought us a book and paper to make origami. The kids loved doing this and Kosuke showed them how to make lots of neat things. He also brought us Japanese cookies and miso soup. We had a great time teaching him about Halloween. We took him to a pumpkin patch and then he carved pumpkins with us. He even helped us make halloween cookies. I think he liked decorating them more than eating them he said they were too sweet. He enjoyed going to trafalga with us. We also had lots of fun playing games like Uno and Sequence. It was a great experience for our kids and we are going to miss having Kosuke around.

Look Who's Three

Fun Facts about Brody

*He is always the first one up so he comes running into my room and asks for a gogurt and movie every morning. (Preferably the Tom and Jerry or Scooby Doo movie).

*Brody loves to sing his favorite song is Twinkle Twinkle little star, or as he would say (Winkle Winkle)

*Brody still loves his white blanky.

*Brody can throw a mean tantrum or two or three or four everyday.

* He is a dare devil and is always trying to jump off of things. He loves swimming and jumps right in even though he doesn't know how to swim yet.

*Brody loves animals especially cats when he see them he runs to them and gives them a big hug.

* His favorite books are "Goodnight Moon" and "Noah's Zoo" we read these at least twice a day. He got "The Busy Spider" for his birthday and that is also becoming one of his new favs.

* Brody loves action figures and star wars guys he has to carry them around everywhere he goes and he must have at least five or six so his arms are full at all times. We can not go anywhere whithout the "guys".

Brody keeps us on our toes and is not easily persuaded to do anything. He seems to think that he is in charge and maybe he is. Our lives would not be the same without him. Happy Birthday Brody we sure love you!!

Back to School

I have to say I was very excited for school to start. I am ready for more consistent schedules and early bedtimes and having a little bit of peace in the house. Don't get me wrong I love summer and as kid I never wanted it to end. I was never ready to go back to school, but I guess it is different when you are the Mom.
Ethan is looking so grown up. He got braces this summer and they make him look a little bit older.
Here are the cute boys at the bus stop.
Yep third grade here we come.
Addy is in kindergarten this year and she was so excited to be able to finally ride the bus to school. Every morning when she leaves I can not believe how grown up she is.


Check out Brody's cute little face. He was so excited for school too, until I wouldn't let him get on the school bus. He ran all the way down the street and then collapsed in my neighbors front yard he was so mad he would not come home until I told him he could go and play at Luke and Lily's house.


Addy wasn't one bit nervous for the first day of school she is ready to conquer the world

Addy turns 6

I can hardly believe that Addy is 6 years old. She has really grown up this last year and sometimes when she talks to me I can hardly believe how mature she is because I still think she is 3. Well for starters she still is the size of a three year old. Most people think she is a lot younger than she is, and then when they hear her talk they realize that she must be older than what they were thinking. Addy is my most content child she will play for hours on her own. She loves to play barbie's and barbie.com and she has such a great imagination. She loves to get her nails painted, and pretty much anything that is girly Addy is all about. She loves to sing. Her favorite song is I will follow God's Plan for me. She has become a little fish this summer. She finally put her face in the water and now she is jumping in and swimming on her own, it has been so fun to watch. Well I know she had a great birthday because we celebrated all week. Starting off with presents then swimming and cupcakes from Sweet Tooth Fairy. Then She got to pick one friend to go to the salon and get their nails, hair and makeup done. She picked her cute cousin. The two girls had a blast and they enjoyed being pampered. Next she got her ears pierced which I do not have pictures of because the batteries were dead on my camera. She was so brave she didn't even cry. After they pierced her ears she just looked and me and said mom my ears are stinging. Then it was off to Chuck E Cheese with the family( also not pictured). The kids had a great time and you will just have to take my word for it. All in all Addy had a great birthday week.

So it has been awhile since I last posted. Summer seems to get so crazy and I feel like I can barely keep my head above water so blogging is definitely out of the question, but we have some noteworthy news. Baby number 4 is on it's way!!!! Yep coming late February. The kiddos are very excited and are hoping that it will be a baby sister, so of coarse it is going to be a baby brother. I guess we will find out in about 5 weeks.

Easter 2011

We started the day off at the Easter Egg Hunt. I am pretty sure Brody ate nothing but candy for two days straight.
The kids got their faces painted


Then we got to dye eggs

Check out our finished product.

Finally the Easter Bunny came!



They look so cute all dressed up.