This and That

I finally uploaded my pictures and thought that I would post some of them. Some are from Braden's birthday, some are from last week but this is what we have been up to lately.

William loves to stack and climb as you can see from the pictures. He also loves to "organize" my kitchen. If my measuring cups and mixer are not in the middle of the floor, he has work to do!






This is a typical day after school. If Braden doesn't get to play, I think the world might end. There are so many boys his age in our neighborhood and they have so much fun together. Of course Will thinks he is one of the boys too.




Braden and his friends love to play football and I love to watch their imaginations. Braden created an offense/defense setup with his stuffed animals. It was dogs against all the other animals. And of course Braden was the quarterback.


And once again Will tries to be like his brother! That's actually Braden's jersey, but I think it fits Will better!

Baby #3

Since absolutely nothing is going on in the month of January except freezing temperatures and inversions, I will blog about the new addition to our family. I am due July 26th when I'm sure I'll be wishing for some relief from the scorching heat! You just can't win! I'm currently 13 weeks, still throwing up, and should I really be needing maternity clothes yet??? The baby is as big as a lime, not a cantaloupe, so why do my clothes no longer fit? Still I refuse for at least a couple more weeks! I have had two ultrasounds (neither of which is the picture above-it's just too easy to pull one off the internet-and you get the point)and everything looks good. I have come to the conclusion that I do not get to pick when I have kids, so if you are wondering why Braden and Will are 5 years apart and Will and baby #3 are less than two years apart, don't ask me, I don't know either! I guess it was meant to be. We are really excited about the surprise especially since we didn't have to do any infertility treatments-this is what normal people feel like I guess!!

Braden and Cory are excited to have another baby, Will has no idea, and I'm glad this is the last time I'm pregnant!

We are all excited for the addition and I'll keep you updated on if it's a boy or girl when the time comes!

New Year's Resolution!

So this year for my New Year's Resolution I am really going to try to keep my blog up to date. So I will start with sledding on New Year's Day. We went to Old Main Hill and went sledding for a while. We went with Dan and family, my mom and Jenni. Will didn't quite understand the sledding, but he likes being outside-even if he couldn't move!


Braden had a great time and loves sledding especially with his dad.

Although it took an hour to get ready and we only sledded for a 1/2 hour, I think everybody had a good time and it was worth the work.

Maggie and Will

We have been watching Cory's parent's dog Maggie. Will loves Maggie, but I think Maggie puts up with Will, unless he has food. So when Will spilled a box of Trix, Maggie and Will worked together to clean the mess up. I do understand that I am letting my child eat off the floor, but I only let him while I took some pictures. Then Maggie took care of the rest of the mess. That is defiantly one good reason to have a dog around.



He also hates it when things get stuck in his toes and I think it's pretty cute watching him try to get them out!

Happy Halloween

We had plenty to do this Halloween. We went to a Halloween party at Grandma Cindy's on Tues. then a Halloween party at Grandma Donna's on Thurs. Plus a church party last week. By the time Halloween hit, Braden and Will were sick of putting on their costumes. Good thing Braden was willing to put on his costume when there was candy on the line.

This is Will hanging out in Maggie's (the dog) bed. He loves dogs.

Braden and his cousins playing Halloween games at Grandma Donna's party. She had a lot of cute games and a very scary spook alley. The kids love it.

Every year Cory likes to carve a pumpkin. He has carved the Aggie Bull, Jack Sparrow, Sherk, and even Pres. Hinkley. This year Braden talked him into carving a dog. I think it turned out pretty good considering we had some time constraints.

These are the rest of the pumpkins we carved at Grandma Cindy's party. Danika's (it has some issues!), Dan's, Lukes, mine, and Braden's.



We ate a dinner of eyeballs, brains, giant's fingers, and spiders for dessert. Everyone had a really good time.








We spent Halloween night passing out candy, trick or treating, then up to Grandma's. The boys had fun and we got way too much candy. Mostly because I over bought candy. I never can guess how much to buy. I guess it's better to have too much than not enough. Especially when it's candy!

Last camping trip this year

I thought this sequence of pictures was kinda funny when I looked at them. This is Braden, Luke, and Will in the back of Cory's truck and I was trying to get a good picture. Will is screaming because he doesn't have a graham cracker like the other boys.



This is Braden giving Will a cracker.


And here's a happy camper!



Luke really enjoyed his corn!


Taking a one year old camping is not an easy task! He did had a blast wondering around and throwing rocks in the river!

The boys loved the headlamps and wore them all night.


This was the boy's table. Grandpa, Branden and Luke enjoyed a yummy dinner of steak and dutch oven potatoes.

Luke had a cool fishing pole that Luke shared with Braden while Dan fished. We had a good time camping and the boys really love it. I'll be ready to go again next spring!

End of Summer

Even though it's the fall now, I thought I would put up some pictures of how we finished up the the summer. I guess they are mostly of Braden, I guess he had a busy summer!

Braden started kindergarten.





Braden and his buddies played a lot of football in our yard.



Braden lost his first tooth, literally. He had it in one afternoon at Grandma's house and after dinner it was gone. He either ate it, or it fell out while he was playing football outside. Good thing the Tooth Fairy has a magic wand and we think she was able to find it because he still got money under his pillow. And it's a good thing kids believe anything you tell them!



We went swimming one last time for Cory's work party. His work had a big party at Willow Park and then swimming at the Aquatic Center. The kids love swimming and had a good time!