Happy Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving with my parents and extended family in Pasco. We had a great time and the kids loved going to the farm as usual. We woke up to this foggy morning.

While we cooked a few items for the extended family Thanksgiving, the kids had Grandpa take them on a 4-Wheeler ride. Luke had his first ride and if it were up to James, he would never get off.

We had Thanksgiving at Aunt Debbie and Uncle Karl's house with my Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Grandma that live in Pasco. While we waited for dinner. THe kids played on the playground.

We then got to wish my Grandma a Happy 90th Birthday. Her b-day was Nov 20th. She hates to have her picture taken and wouldn't look at the camera. She is one amazing woman and quite active for 90.

 Friday was another beautiful day so we took Liz and James on a 4-wheeler ride by the river. The highlight was riding in the mud. Somehow it tired James out and he was out cold for the trip back.

 While at my parents house, the kids loved playing on their bed.

 One night we played cards. THis is my dad, Uncle Phil and cousin Aaron

James and Luke love to play together (heart)

Love those blue eyes (poor dry cheeks!)

Race on Over to Celebrate James 3rd Birthday

James is turning 3 years old...in 2 more days. Who says you can't celebrate early? His birthday lands on Thanksgiving this year and we will be travelling so we decided to have a little party the weekend before. James is such a fun kid with a huge personality. He is always trying to get everyone to laugh and is hardly ever serious. He loves to wrestle with Luke, follow his sister around, and play with any truck, car, airplane, motorcycle, etc. that you put in his hand. He was potty trained 3 months ago (day & night) and can dress himself--what more could a mother ask for! 

 James LOVES the movie cars and has been asking for a lightning McQueen cake for a month now. He also told me it had to be chocolate. I never knew he was so particular. Of course, I had to attempt to give him what he wanted and I thought it turned out pretty good.

For the party, we invited a few of his friends and their families over for pizza. We had the kids make a car and had a race. It was hilarious. Everyone had fun though, especially James and that was what mattered. Love that kid!

Lastly, for James' Birthday we bought him a remote controlled lightning McQueen car which he was thrilled about. However, we put the batteries in and it went about 3 feet and started smoking. Are you kidding? I was able to take it back to the store, but of course no McQueen cars. They had Francesco though and James was thrilled. Luckily, it works great and the kid doesn't want to put it down. 

An interview with a 3 year Old

Looks whose Crawling!

Luke has been pushing himself backwards around the house for over a month now. He has also been pushing up on all fours for a few weeks so we knew it was just a matter of time before he was on the move. One week ago, Oct 28, he decided he was ready to move forward and took off crawling. He is still fairly slow which is nice unless you put a phone on the floor and then he can move pretty fast. Again, it is only a matter of time before the kid becomes speedy gonzales!

Happy Halloween

This year we had a great Halloween. We celebrated several times and I am not gonna lie, I am kind of glad it is over. Lizzy has been planning on being Rapunzel for a few months which works great for me since I bought her the dress-up for her birthday in June. James chose to be Lightning McQueen, Luke was a puppy, I was a witch and Adam wore a mullet. We started the celebrations by carving our jack-o-lanterns on a Saturday night with G & G Robinson. Lizzy was not too happy at first that we made her clean out her pumpkin, but she was determined that Adam carve her a cat so she did it.

our ward Halloween party. It consisted of some games and a trunk or treat.

 A popular game was "whack a deacon".  yeah...hilarious!

 face or hand painting...bean bag toss, rubber band guns, etc

 Liz and her friend Kayla

After the games, we headed to the parking lot for a trunk or treat. The kids made out with a ton of candy and home we went. The kids also joined Grandma and Grandpa R at their carnival and trunk or treat on Sat while Adam and I went out on a date.

Lastly, we celebrated on Halloween by taking the kids trick-or-treating. It ended up being a beautiful clear night outside. We just went to a few houses in the neighborhood as to limit the amount of candy intake. James was hilarious as usual. One house we went to he said, "I can't reach the ding bell". He then proceeded to reach into his pumpkin for a sucker to use as a door knocker. When the guy didn't come to the door fast enough he said, "Hey, I got a whistle" and started blowing (He picked that up at a previous house) Gotta love the kids persistence!