Holy Freaking Huge Pumpkin!

It's that time of year again....pumpkin carving, or pumpkin "scarving" as Hadley calls it. So she had to pick the biggest pumpkin she could find, thanks a lot dad. He needs to grow some normal size pumpkins. Anyway, so this is not Tyler's favorite thing to do in the first place, so you can guess how he felt about this thing. It is massive! It seriously took about a half hour just to cut into it. Then when the knife wasn't working, Tyler had to go get some reinforcements, a hammer and chisel. It was a long night. Tyler broke the biggest knife I had in half trying to cut through this thing. I told Hadley, next year I get to pick the pumpkin!
It did turn out pretty cute though

Barnyard Boo!

Here are the most recent pictures of our adventures. Tyler was hunting again this weekend, so we went with the rest of the fam to Barnyard Boo at Thanksgiving Point. It was fun, anything to keep the kids entertained. Hadley loved every minute of it. I think Lexi was over it after a while. But we had a good time, there were lots of things for the kids to do. I think they were a little overwhelmed.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

This one was a lot of fun. It was so simple, but Hadley loved it. Lexi did too! She thinks she's pretty cool cause she gets to tag along on Hadley's field trips. First we took some pictures of the whole class, then they got to go through the corn maze. After that they each got to pick a pumpkin then had a snack and a story. It really was a fun field trip. We hung out for a while after and pretended to test drive some tractors with some of Hadley's friends. Hadley was so excited about going with her class. She loves school, and I do have to say, I do too! I'm getting used to the break, it's not sad anymore.

Lexi's 15 Month Check Up

I finally got proof of her kisses!

This is how she eats her corn

She wasn't very happy about this picture, but her outfit was cute!

Lexi had her 15 month check up today. I can't believe she is already 15 months! What happened to my little 6 lb 10oz baby? She is now 20lbs 8.5 oz and 30 1/2 inches long. She is happy and healthy. Her favorite things at the moment are, kissing her sister, her babies, teasing, walking backward, corn, and of course water. I can't get the kid to drink anything else! Oh yeah, and anything sweet, she's just like her dad. She is growing up so fast, it's crazy. I am so thankful to have her here with us, she is a great blessing in our home. She is the little peacemaker. She gets really upset when her sister is in trouble or anyone in the house isn't happy. She always checks on her sister when she's in time out to make sure she is ok, and she kind of groans at me for getting mad at Hadley. She is such a sweetheart.

Just for fun, here is a little comparison

Lexi at 15 months - 20lbs 8.5 oz 30 1/2 inches long head circ 43 1/4

Hadley at 13, yes 13 months - 25 lbs 9 oz 32 1/4 inches long head circ 47

Lexi's measurements now are closest to Hadley at 9 months.

Hadley at 9 months - 21 lbs 3.5 oz 30 3/4 inches long head circ 46, Hadley's head circ was 43 at 4 months! Hadley was still bigger at 9 months than Lexi is now! I can't believe how different my children are! Hadely took it all. Surprise, surprise.

Another Update on my Girls

I'm back from Chicago and no more traveling for a while. I went there for my old job at Maggie Sottero to help out with the bridal shows. My job was to help dress the models. It is always nice when the shows are over and I can go back to normal life and forget about what the models look like...I can't help but leave feeling a little discouraged about my physical appearance after dressing someone with a perfect body all day. This time there were no black eyes while I was gone and everything went really smooth, thanks to my mother-in-law. She is a life saver! Tyler was elk hunting while I was gone, and by the way, no luck so she volunteered to take on the task of my children. She even took Monday off work to take care of them and take Hadley to dance, then she picked me up from the airport at 10:45 pm, drove me all the way home then had to drive back to her house in Sandy and go to work the next day. She is amazing, I don't know what we would have done without her. Thanks Donna, you're the best!

Parent observation day went much better this month than last month. I actually got to see Hadley do the dance this time and there was no passing out! It is so cute to see kids dance and not really know what they are doing, I Love it!

Lexi thought she'd try out Hadley's dance class, she loves to dance!

This is Lexi's cheese grin

We finally got our hand-me-down swing set put up and it is the greatest thing ever! Hadley loves to push Lexi in her swing and feel like she is in charge. It is great, I just watch from the window and get things done in the house. Too bad it's going to be getting cold real soon.


I was taking some cute pictures today of Lexi and Hadley always gets jealous and has to get in the picture. Lexi wasn't too happy about it but usually Lexi LOVES her sister. She gives her about a million kisses a day and I am lucky if I can get one. I can never get a good picture of it though because Lexi seems to have camera radar and is determined not to let me get proof of her kisses. She loves to kiss Hadley and babies, not mom and dad. All though she'd much rather kiss her dad than me, and she's such a mama's girl...I don't get it.

Field Trip to Tracy Aviary

Yesterday Hadley had her first field trip. She was so excited about all the birds, she wants to go back and take her dad to show him the big ones! She thinks she is so big now that she is in preschool. We had a handout about some of the birds and Hadley wouldn't let me leave until we saw all the birds on the paper. Lexi had a good time too! I feel like all my posts are about Hadley lately. There just seems to be a lot going on in her little life. After we were done at Tracy Aviary, I took the girls to the playground and had lunch. Of course Hadley instantly found a friend to play with and Lexi was content picking up the bark.

So Photogenic!

Ok so it was our turn to get pictures done and here are just a few of them. After Hailee's cute sister in law JoRae took some way cute pictures of Carter, then of Taylor and Addison, of course it's no surprise that my kids were next. JoRae is awesome. These are a few of her favorites and I couldn't narrow them down so I posted all of them. Let me know what you think cause I'm going to have a hard time picking just a few, especially when I get all of them back. Thanks JoRae, you're the best!