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29 October 2008

Suggestions?

So, I only have 2 1/2 weeks left, but for me this is always the longest because I have a lot of contractions which give me hope that I will go early but then with my boys I had to be induced. So if anyone has any suggestions of what I can do to help this baby get here, let me know!

04 October 2008

The old yet good news

It just occurred to me that I never posted our news on our blog so there are many of you that may not know that we are expecting a little girl........in 6 weeks, I guess better late than never. I am due Nov. 16th, so not much time left to go and actually even though this has been a little bit harder of a pregnancy for me it really has gone by quickly. All of my boys are really excited about a girl joining our family and the boys love to talk to and hug my belly. They also love to shake it while telling "sister bug" to wake up. I will keep you posted on all of our baby news.

02 October 2008

Corn anyone?

I love fall so much! I love the smells, I love the sounds, I love the colors. One thing that screams fall to me is harvest-time. Growing up it was potatoe and sugar beets, for my boys it was corn. A family in our ward grew a field of corn and let anyone go and pick what they wanted. We picked 124 ears of corn and then came home and froze it. It was so much fun to take the boys out and they LOVED it! They were little corn picking machines, they loved shucking it and they were always sneaking bites off of the cobs, Brycen said it was the "rule" that he take a bite out of all the ears he shucked. There really is something great about a family working together and it really feels good to have all of that corn in the freezer. We left with itchy arms and corn "hairs" all over us but we had a great time.




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Rain, Rain


Last week we woke up to a rainy day and the boys could hardly wait to get on their gear and go out and play. They rode their bikes through the puddles and were splashing up a storm until they saw the camera, then it was all smiles and funny faces, what a couple of cheesballs. I wonder where they get that?


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A long time commin'

After a summer of blogstipation, we are back in the game! Here are a few of my favorite pics of the last little bit.


This first pic is the way my house is running, either my boys are the best of friends, here they were watching TV and Brycen had his head on Rylan's lap while Rylan rubbed his head or like right now for instance they are yelling at each other and screaming something about legos. There seems to be no middle ground it is either love or hate. I sure hope this is normal.

We got a "frequent shopper" card somewhere and after popping out the cards we threw the rest in the garbage where Rylan my "treasure" finder retrieved it and wanted it made into some sweet fighting glasses. And aren't my boys adorable!

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