Pumpkin Carving

A couple nights before Halloween we carved our pumpkins. The kids thought it was so neat. Mason just dug right in and loved getting all the seeds and slime out. Kinley on the other hand wanted nothing to do with cleaning out the inside. She would only use a spoon and scrape it a little bit. But as soon as her hands got dirty she would stop and go wash her hands. So as you can imagine she was washing her hands often. Mason drew his own face on all by himself and it turned out pretty good. They both loved it when we got done seeing them all lit up . I love having little kids they think the littlest things are so amazing.

Happy Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween this year. The kids have been looking forward to it for weeks. Mason decided that he wanted to be Batman and Kinley picked out a super girl costume and Taylee was a little pig. Chris also decided to dress up as Clark Kent. We had a really great night and went to our ward Trick or Trunking. The kids loved going from car to car and getting treats. Kinley would look in her bucket and just stare every time she got a piece of candy. It was such a fun night and the weather was great.

So Sweet!!!

This is my new sweet, adorable little niece. My sister had her on Oct. 1, she weighed 5 lbs. 15 oz. and was 17 inches long. They named her Tatum Shalee. She is so stinking cute. I can't wait to hold her. I am so glad that I only have to wait one more week to see her. I am going to take a little trip with Taylee and we are going to fly there to see her. It will be my first trip without Mason and Kinley. My sweet husband is taking time off so that I can have a fun weekend. I am counting down days and seconds until I get to meet my new little niece. Congrats Shalee and Chase. Tatum is a lucky girl to have such wonderful parents. Plus aren't these pictures so amazing. One of our friends from S.V. took them. She is soooo talented. All I can say is she so cute, cute, cute and I already lover her to pieces!!

Happy Birthday Mason!

The Invites



The Cupcakes


Obstacle Course


Birthday Boy



Party Time


Last week was Mason's birthday. I can't believe he is 5 already. He is such a sweet boy. He is an amazing big brother to his 2 little sisters. He is so curious and creative. He is constantly amazing me with the things he thinks of. He is so much fun and I love seeing the world through his eyes. We love, love, love, having him in our family.





He has been looking forward to his birthday for so long. It seems like almost 9 months ago he started asking when his birthday was going to be. So you can imagine how excited he has been. He decided that he wanted a superhero/batman party. So batman it was. I made batman invitations for all his friends which he loved. He carried his invitation around everywhere he went all week long. It was cute. Then I decided to make capes for all his little friends that came to the party. It was a lot of work. But I just kept picturing in my mind all his little friends running around in our backyard with their capes on. Mason loved the capes, he could hardly wait for his party so he could have his cape. Then when all his friends got here he would excitedly hand each of them their capes.





For the party we had pizza and batman cupcakes. We did a superhero obstacle course which Mason loved. Each of the kids ended up doing it over and over. We then did pin the bat on the batman. Then we had tons of balloons that had candy inside of them. We then threw them out and they had to get the balloons (a.k.a the bad guys). In the end instead of doing treat bags I bought a whole bunch of candy and set up a little makeshift candy bar. Each kid got to fill up their bag with candy. It all turned out really fun. Mason had so much fun. He was just grinning the whole time. Throughout the week while I was working on things Mason came up to me and said " Mom I just love when you do really special things for my birthday party. It makes me so happy." When he said that I knew all the work and time was so worth it. I had so much fun doing it and I know all to soon he is going to be way to big. And he will think things like this are so not cool. I figure I need to do it while I still can. He is still talking about all of it a week later. I love that boy!!!!

2 Months Old

Taylee is two months old now. I can't believe it. It has gone by so fast. It feels like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. She is such a GOOD baby!!! She has started sleeping 9 hours at night. Which is heavenly for Chris and I. She is smiling and talks a little bit. She loves any attentions she gets and smiles the whole time if you will sit and talk to her. She loves the bears that hang on her swing and I will often find her smiling and cooing to them. (IT is so precious). She loves her brother and sister and will stop crying when they come and talk to her. She has started getting the cutest little rolls on her legs. I could just kiss them all day long. Overall she is very easy going and so much fun.

WE took her to the doctor today and she got 3 shots. I hate those things. I know they are for her own good, but still completely hate them. She is our first kid who I have sat with while they have gotten shots. I usually make Chris do it because I almost cry every time. But the good part of the visit was finding out how big she has gotten. She now weighs 12.5 lbs. and is in the 90% for her weight. And she is 25 1/2 inches long, which is over 100% for her length. Our doctor said she is off the charts on that one. I guess so far it looks like she is on the fast track to being really tall.

Blessing

We blessed Taylee today. It was a really neat day. Chris's sister and her husband and son came for the blessing. And we also had Chris's Aunt and her family at the blessing. We were so glad that they could be here with us on her special day.

My Mom made the most beautiful blessing dress for Taylee. It is amazing!!! I can't even begin to explain how perfect and wonderful it turned out. My Mom is so amazingly talented and we were so lucky she would spend so much time making such sweet dress for her. It is a definite keepsake. She even embroidered on the inside of the dress Chris and my names with the date that we got married. Then she put Precious child of God Taylee Karen Black and then the date she was born. It is so neat. My Mom is soooo talented! She looked so beautiful in the dress. I tried to get some good pictures of her in it. But seeing her in it in person is priceless. I had a hard time taking it off her at the end of the day. She just looked so sweet in it. Mason kept telling me all day long how pretty she was in her dress. It was so sweet. When he got up this morning he came over to Taylee and said in the sweetest voice "Taylee today is your really special day". It was so cute!

Overall it was a really neat day. We are so thankful to have her sweet little spirit in our family. She has definitely been so much fun and brings our family so much joy. We love her so much!!!

The Big 29

Saturday was Chris's birthday. He turned 29, only one more year til he turns the big 30. We had such a fun day celebrating with him. Mason has been talking about it for weeks and helping me plan his day. We woke up early (the kids and I) and had to decorate the house. Mason insisted that it was a must to have the house all decorated special for Daddy. So we decorated and let Chris sleep in and then made him homemade waffles for breakfast. After breakfast the kids couldn't wait any longer for him to open his presents. So we hung out and opened presents. I love how excited kids get about birthdays. As you get older it seems like it gets less exciting. So the kids made the day so much fun. We hung out and went to Cafe Rio for lunch. Then Chris got tickets and he and Mason went to the USU vs. UNLV football game. What a perfect end to the day. We couldn't believe that USU came here for their opening game and on his birthday. It just doesn't get any better than that.

It seems like I am always talking about our kids and I don't post very much about my amazing husband. I definitely got lucky when I married Chris. He is the most amazing father and husband. He always puts the kids and I first no matter what. He is the kind of guy who wakes up in the middle of the night to change all the diapers and help me with the kids. He cleans up the puke since I can't seem to stomach it. ( I am so lucky!!!!). He does all the baths and always has since Mason was born and still does to this day. To sum it up he is AMAZING DAD!!!! And it doesn't stop there he is an amazing husband. He makes me smile everyday and is always for there for me. He is my best friend and without a doubt the man I can't wait to spend eternity with!!!

Happy Birthday Chris We love you !!!