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Monday, November 15, 2010

Happy 29th Birthday!

Bo's birthday was fun. Once again we had family over and had cake and ice cream.

Bo you are a great dad. The kids love you and get so excited to see you every day. You know just how to make us laugh and feel special. Thanks for all that you do for us. We love you!

Ok, I know I am way behind on my blogging. But, I wanted to have this on here so I can remember. This Halloween was probably the funnest one so far. My parents and Trent and Alisa came over and we had lunch. It was fun. I forgot to take pictures.

Then we carved pumpkins. Well,Hailey, Jackson and Bo ended up doing it. I had to feed Brayden right after we started. Conrad wanted to take pictures because the goup inside the pumpkins was too slimy. But, it's nice to have the pictures.

It was a beautiful night for trick-or-treating. The third year in a row. I can't believe it. But, I am grateful every year that it is nice. Off went to trick or treat. It was a lot of fun. We went through our neighborhood for the first time. It was just the right amount of houses and treats. After we got back home, the kids had just as much fun putting their candy back in the bowl and giving it out again. (their idea not mine, but I wasn't going to say anything.) Then our neighbors had a party at their house. It was a lot of fun.

Hailey was an Indian, Conrad was the Black Spiderman, and Jack was Wolverine in the afternoon and got his costume all dirty and ended up being Spiderman when we went. It was cute to have the two older boys dressed and Spiderman.

I am so happy that we have fun holidays to look foreword too. I can't wait for the rest of the Holiday Season.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Hailey's 6th Birthday

On Sunday we had a family party. It was a lot of fun. We had Gini (Bo's mom), my parents, Barry and Sam, and Trent and Alisa there. Hailey was excited to have you all there. Thanks for taking the time to support her. We had Broccoli Cheese Soup (her new favorite) and cake and ice cream.

Hailey had so much fun. She got a whole bunch of art supplies and games. It was fun to watch her. I love birthdays.

I know the cake is not pretty, but she wanted chocolate cake with caramel frosting. It tastes good, but it's nothing to look at and I forgot to decorate it until it was too late.

Monday she had a friend party. It was her first. We are trying to get to know the two girls in her neighborhood her age so we had them over. Hailey got a cupcake maker for her birthday so I did a cupcake themed party. They made chef's hats and decorated cupcakes. The girls had so much fun. Little girls are so cute! I had fun watching them.

At 6 Hailey's loves:
school
writing
coloring
cutting
actually any art project
church
her new brother and her other brothers (they are best friends)
reading
her purse she got for her birthday
bread
chocolate
TV
Hailey, we love you so much. We are so blessed to have you in our family. You are a great older sister and daughter. You are such a big helper and we are best friends. I can't wait to see what the next year brings

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Brayden at 4 Weeks

Brayden is now 4 weeks. I can't believe it went by so fast. Brayden is still a very mellow baby. He must know he's number 4 and has to be. He can sleep anywhere and never gets woken up with noise. He is the only one of our kids that likes a binky and it is so nice. It totally soothes him when nothing else can. I will probably be hating it in about a year, but for now it's great.

The kids still can't get enough of him. They are so helpful. Some (well Jack) is a little too helpful. I've caught him trying to pick him up while he was napping a couple of times. We love you Brayden!