WAHOOO!!!!

So I have a friend that I only keep in touch with via blogging. I feel like I know what's going on in her life because she regularly updates. So I was blown away when there was a random post about her delivering a baby. WHAT??? She hadn't posted a single picture of herself during her pregnancy nor mentioned it in any way. It was really funny to me that I felt like I was 'in touch' with her life. So for any of you out there that don't keep in touch with me any other way than blogging, this is my announcement that I am PREGNANT!!!

This picture was taken at 26 weeks. I haven't posted sooner because I was pretty sick for the first 20 weeks. The mornings are still yucky, but it is way more manageable than the all-day sickness. I am due January 20th. We aren't going to find out the gender until delivery... so we are super stoked with anticipation. I am interested to see what sex you guys think the baby will be, so leave a comment! :)

Halloween Fun

This was the best picture I could get from my little bumblebees.

For the generation that actually knows who we are dressed up as, we got lots of compliments. But pretty much everyone else thought we just kinda looked funny. I did, however, win a little trophy for best costume at a Halloween party we went to the Saturday before Halloween. ***We are Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World***

Carving Pumpkins

Sadie drew this as a pattern for Ryan to make into a jack-o-lantern.

He did such a good job replicating it!

We visited my parents who have a cute Halloween village. Boston was seriously entranced with it. He would stand there and stare at it for a long time. Eventually he would try to steal the cars and "drive" them around the floor.

It was a pretty dang fun holiday this year!!

Tough Mudder

Ryan has been working really hard to train for the Tough Mudder and it finally came in October. It is basically a half marathon with 25 military obstacles to really test endurance and strength. He wanted a tough look and I think he achieved it!

The bishop didn't get to see his haircut though. ;)

Ryan's good friend, Dustin, came in from Idaho Falls so they could go together.

Ryan also convinced his sisters to join in the craziness. Stefanie even flew in from California. She proved herself to be one tough-mother!! Unfortunately Ashley was unable to participate because of an injury. :(

The starting line...

I don't know how they did it, but it looked like pure torture to me! Glad you had fun babe!!

October Crafts

We weren't able to do the co-op preschool for Sadie like we did last year. At first Sadie and I were pretty bummed about it, but I've tried to make up for it by doing a preschool with just her and me. We are doing a reading program together that is going really well. Obviously we have to do some fun crafts together too!

Sadie had a blast painting on of the pumpkins from our garden.

We also made a skeleton from milk jugs. It took quite a while to cut out all the pieces. I was hoping Sadie could help more, but it was kind of tricky.

I was burned out from all the cutting, so Ryan graciously assembled it all together.

I love the way it turned out!

Lastly, we did a pinata for a playgroup Halloween party.

Sadie was a great helper!

The final product! The kids had a blast bashing it up, but I didn't get any pictures during.

Park City Getaway

In late September, we were able to have a weekend getaway. It started out with just me and Ryan. We went up to a great place called Westgate up in Park City. We had a night and afternoon to ourselves, then we picked up the kids to come play for the next couple days. Our room was spectacular. Here is the outside of it from the pool view.

They also had a pool, sauna,and hot tub indoors for adults only. They even had a third pool that was both indoor and outdoors.

It was so fun to have the kids and luckily it was warm enough to still play outdoors. Sadie asked for days afterwards when we could go back to the hotel. She really misses the swimming pool now that it is closed.

This picture was taken a while after Boston had a little accident. He was in footed pajamas running on hardwood floors and tripped. Unfortunately, his face caught the fall. His teeth went through his upper lip. It was bleeding so much that we didn't really notice his nose was also bleeding. He had a nasty bruise on the bridge of his nose for a few days and a very fat lip. It was so sad! Luckily he didn't end up needing stitches. The picture doesn't do his fat lip justice, nor the bruising, but he was a trooper!

More of our fun weekend that isn't pictured included hiking and fishing. It was a great weekend overall and wish it could be a yearly trip.