Scarcrows, pumpkins, and Cowgirl Boots

Last Friday Cayden, Kayla, Tammy and I went to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point. We had a blast. Kayla found time to nap though. Cayden spent most of his time being very silly. He is such a ham. Will will make funny faces and then say "Mom take my picture". He will then take the camera and say "OK mom, your turn to do this and I take your picture."

They had the cutest scarecrows all over. These were at the entrance so everyone was sure that they were in the right place. I had a but and adult ticket and get a child admission free. This was so cool because the kid tickets were $10 and the adult tickets were $5. They had so much for Cayden to do he did not want to leave. They had a petting zoo, tons of bounce houses, a train ride, peddle race cars, and games that were all included with the entrance price. I was so great! I am sure that I will go again next year.

I was out shopping for new shoes for Kayla because it is getting cold and her little feet do not stay very warm. I found these super cute cowgirl boots. I had to get them because Cayden loves boots so much and is always wearing his now they can match!

Isn't she such a doll!!!

While we were having so much fun this week, Blaine and the older boys went hunting. Blaine had a deer tag so he took both Josh and JD this year. The boys were so excited to be able to go with him. Well, unfortunately they did get a deer. I was not really excited about that but at least Blaine found someone to process it and make jerky out of it so it will not stink up my house this time. The boys were so excited to have been there when the deer was shot. They have been talking about it since they got home yesterday!

Snow in October??

So this was what I woke up to when I went to go to work on Sunday morning. It had snowed most of Saturday but it had all melted before bedtime. I can honsetly say that I am not ready for winter to begin! I love summer and I am ok with fall weather. I like that it is a bit cooler, but snow! I sure wish that it did not snow so much! Oh, my car looked like this on Monday when I went to work also. It snowed all weekend!

Hair Cuts

Last Saturday, both Josh and JD came to me and said that they wanted to get hair cuts! I was so shocked! They have been growing their hair out for at least 6 months and it has gotten so long that I can hardly stand it. I decided that I need to pick my battles and hair would not be one of them. Jared picked out a hair cut that has to be styled, he never does it, but it looks really nice when he does do his hair. Josh just had them cut most of it off. He said he was tired of his hair being in his face all the time. I was so excited to see my handsome boys with nice hair again!Jared was not really thrilled for me to take his picture. Note the fake smile!
Josh didn't care. He is much more laid back about pictures as long as he has a shirt on!

Diet Update

so...I have been on my diet now for 14 days. Iam so happy to report that I have lost 14 pounds. I can not wait to see the final result! I will keep you updated!

Surgery, Shots, Virus

Well, to say this week has been busy is definitely and understatement. It started on Tuesday when Blaine had oral surgery and Kayla had her 4 month shots. Blaine went in for a root canal and ended up with a tooth being pulled and bone grafting for his jaw. HUGE ouch! Kayla had 4 shots for her 4 month check-up. She is also having a sensitivity to the kinda expensive formula so we had to switch her to the super expensive formula ($45.50 for 14 oz) Another HUGE ouch! She was feeling better on Friday so I thought I would take her to get her ears pierced. Huge ouch for her. The earring got stuck on the back of the piercing gun and it took a minute to get it out. I must say I would not take her if I had a do over. It was horrible to just listen to her scream while they were trying to get the earring unstuck and then we still had the other ear to do! She did calm down really quickly once they stopped messing with her ear. By Saturday morning she was fine and I could touch them and clean them and they were not puffy.
I was a little late taking her monthly picture in her car seat. It is so fun to see how much she has grown in just 4 months. She is now 10 lbs. 10 oz. and 21 inches long. She is meeting all of her developmental milestones she is just tiny for her age.
She even reaches for her toys and tries to put them in her mouth. She is also rolling over from front to back. The only problem with this is that she sleeps on her tummy. So, in the middle of the night, she will roll over and wake herself up. She goes right back to sleep with her binkie and me flipping her over. I finally found a sleep positioner that keeps her on her tummy and also keeps the blankets on her. Awesome find since it is getting very cold a night!
Well, while I was taking Kayla to get her ears done, Blaine was back at the endodontist for more bone grafting on his jaw and new stitches (they had fallen out too early). Needless to say he has not had a very good week. He does not like pain pills and tries to suffer through the pain, I try to tell him how to control the pain better but he does not listen to me. Typical guy thing I think. He has not been very happy this weekend. I stayed home from work on Saturday to help him but it is very hard to help a grumpy guy out!
Lastly, our computer got a virus from a game that the boys had downloaded to play with their friends online. I had to reboot and reinstall everything and it is still having some glitches. I bought a virus detector and that did get rid of 3 viruses that we did not even know we had. Hopefully the computer will recover soon. If not the Geek Squad will have to be brought in for help in fixing the problem!
Well, have a great week and I will post more later this week. I just have to get pictures of the things I want to post!

Diet

Well, thank you to everyone who said that I still looked really good for just having a baby. I am still thinking that I look fat. I decided that I would do something about it instead of just complaining. So I started a new diet yesterday and we will see how I look in one month. If it is major progress I will tell you about it. Wish me luck!

14 already!

Joshua turned 14 this weekend if you can believe it. I surely can not! I can not believe that my little boy is turning into a man. He has long hair, is taller than me, weighs more than I do, and shaves his face. Not to mention he told me that he is growing hair in other places too! He had such a big week. He went to his first boy/girl party (well supervised), and he got his first girlfriend. He has been on the phone more the past 2 weeks then in his whole lifetime. This is the cake that Cayden and I made. I thought it turned out pretty good. I t was a little dry because I was giving Cayden a hair cut and did not hear the timer go off. Still can you really go wrong with chocolate?
He blew out all but one candle on the first try. Maybe next year his wish will come true.
He wanted about $600 worth of presents. Instead he got the third book of the Eragon series, a collectable Mustang Shelby, and a 22 (for those not into guns, it is a gun). He was so excited to get everything. He even woke up early on Sunday to open his presents. When they were all opened, he went back to bed. We were fasting and church is not until 1 pm so he figured sleeping was a good option to eating. After sacrament, Blaine ordained him to a teacher. He is such an example to his brothers and sister. We are so thankful to have a son like him. He may have long hair and not turn in his homework regularly but he is a good kid.
Cayden and I had some Mommy and Me time and we took some silly pictures of ourselves. Cayden loves to take pictures and this is what he wanted to do. We had fun just being at home and being silly. Then we read a book and Kayla woke up.
This is Blaine being what he thinks is cool. I think it is scary. Kayla is starting to hold her head up better so Blaine likes to balance her on his hand. I think it is a guy thing. She does not seem to mind it so I gently remind Blaine that our baby is not a balancing toy.