Christmas 2009

My Birthday

Anna giving me my gift.

Pictures from the girls.

I celebrated my 29th birthday last Tuesday. Thanks to an amazing husband, four sweet children and very thoughtful family and friends, I had a wonderful day. I had to go grocery shopping (it was the 1st) which I would have preferred to just stay home, but it wasn't bad at all. Lily and Anna helped me bake a lemon bundt cake. Adam was going to buy me one from this bakery called Nothing Bundt Cakes, but I wouldn't let him because they were $30.00! I told him I'd gladly make it and the girls would have a blast helping me. Besides, it isn't that hard to make a cake from a mix in a box. I enjoyed the afternoon with the girls and then after we got Ammon from school we headed to Macaroni Grill for dinner. The food was good and they brought me out an awesome piece of chocolate cake. Needless to say, we didn't eat my cake when we got home. But we did enjoy the next two days in a row! I made an orange glaze frosting for it and it was delicious! Adam totally spoiled me with gifts, as usual. I got sweet cards from each of the kids and hugs and kisses from them too, a nice white dress coat, a mirror for my hallway, socks and new knives! I have never been so excited to cut up food before. It is amazing how much of a difference a good knife can make! I also got two collage frames for my hallway from my mom and some clothes and money from Adam's parents. I also got calls, messages or texts from all my family and many friends. My dad sent a great big birthday hug through the phone for me too! I was also glad to get phone calls from my grandparents. I love them all so much and love to hear their voices. I wish I was closer so I could see them and all my family more... All in all it was a great day. Thank you to all of you for helping me to feel loved and special on my birthday.

Three Months!

Wow, were has the time gone? My cute little baby is getting so big. He is about 16 pounds and still super-happy. He loves to be talked to. He is learning that crying gets results. It is kind of funny and really cute. I'll lay him down to do something and he'll get so mad. He cries like I broke his heart. If I pick him up he is fine, silly boy! Most of the time he will cheer up if one of the kids will simply go over and look at him and talk to him. He loves attention and gets a lot of it! Anna still loves her baby 'broder' and tells him he is cute while she softly rubs his head. She is a sweetie. Ammon loves having Scottorn sleep in his room. I had him on the couch for awhile, but right before Thanksgiving I had him start sleeping in his crib. He is doing really well and Ammon is happy not to be alone anymore.

We absolutely love Scottorn! What a blessing he is. We all love it when he tries to talk to us. It is so sweet. I really don't think that there could possibly be a happier baby in the whole world! He is so good. When he gets tired, he just falls asleep! Sometimes I can't believe how good he is! Oh, I think he is going to be a finger sucker. I don't know which one he'll decide on, but he sure chomps on his hands a lot.

Catching up!

Veteran's Day Parade

Slow on getting the pictures done as you can tell the pumpkins weren't looking too hot!

Scottorn in his cute Halloween jammies.

He chills out in his Bumbo for short periods of time. He isn't crazy about it yet, but I love it!
Anna relaxing while she eats. She is so funny!

Why Do They Have Beds?

They all insist that the floor is better. Silly kids!

Scottorn's Blessing

We blessed Scottorn yesterday at church and he cried through the whole thing. I was glad that I was still able to hear everything Adam said. It was a nice blessing and he looked so handsome in his little outfit. My mom came in Friday morning to spend the weekend and Adam's parents came up Sunday morning. We had a nice lunch after church and invited the Shannon's over to eat with us as well. They are great friends! I also spoke in Sacrament meeting on how the priesthood has blessed my life. It was a great topic to be able to speak on. I am so thankful for Adam and the wonderful husband he is. I am thankful he honors his priesthood and is able to bless our family by doing so.

Halloween

My 4 Cuties!

Monster
Duck

Anakin

Halloween Fairy

Tons of candy
Her bag was so heavy she cuold hardly carry it.

Carving pumpkins Saturday morning.

Pumpkin pancakes

Our neighbor's "Hamburger Pumpkin"

Sue, a great neighbor!

We had a great Halloween. We carved our pumpkins Saturday and thankfully Anna wasn't scared of them this year. Last year she was terrified of them! We even baked our pumpkin seeds this year. Ammon was happy about that. They were okay, I think I could have cooked them a little longer. We trick or treated only in our development and the kid's bags were full clear to the top, except Anna's because hers was bigger. When we got home, she kept taking candy out of our Halloween bowl and adding it to her bag. She is hilarious! The kids have way too much candy. We are going to save the rest of it for our gingerbread houses. They had a great time trick or treating. I am so glad it was so warm! It was a beautiful and perfect night!