Music Assembly

Megan was invited to be in the music club at her school and would stay after school 1 day a week to practice. They had their assembly last week and I taped the whole performance. It is about 5 minutes long, but we are so proud of her. She loves her music teacher and loved being a part of this group.

Guess Who Came to Our House Last Night?

The Tooth Fairy!!

After all the wiggling and asking every day when her tooth would fall out, it finally did. She was so excited and you can tell a bit shocked when it came out. We were lucky enough to get it on video...

She left to school all excited that the Tooth Fairy came and said that she dreamed about the Tooth Fairy all night then she came home from school and asked me if the Tooth Fairy is real, or if it was Dad & I?

I replied: What do you think?

Her: Did you come and put a dollar in my pillow?

Me: Nope (since Josh did it)

Her: Well I don't think that the Tooth Fairy is real.

Me: If you don't think she is real then she won't bring you any money when you lose any more teeth.

Her: I believe she's real.

I can't believe we are already having this conversation after her first tooth, what is she learning at school?

Swimming

We started the kids in swimming lessons.  This is Bryson’s first swimming lesson without us with him.  It is also his first structured setting. (unless you count nursery) so we are excited to see how much he grows.  Megan is loving it and is still swimming really well, swimming under water and jumping in all by herself.  We’ll see how much they each grow by the end.

Home Sick

There are definitely those times when I wish we lived closer to home. Usually around the holidays I feel this way. But for some reason I'm really feeling home sick today. Why today? Well today is the day my little brother comes home from his mission. I wish I could be there to welcome him off the plane, to see how much he has changed in the 2 years we haven't seen him. So much has happened since he left. Here is a picture when he came to visit before he left.

Now here we are on my birthday. (really this was the last time I have a picture of all my kids together all looking at the camera.) All my kids have grown up so much and we've even added Connor to the group.

I just wish I could be there to see my little brother come home and be able to show him my cute kiddos. At least we don't have to wait long, since we will see everyone in 3 1/2 weeks. Welcome Home Little Bro!! Wish I could have been there! Can't wait to catch up on the last 2 years!

Leaves, Tricks & Wiggly

This week I have been sick and so not a lot of anything has been going on around here but a lot of movies. My house is a mess, Bryson was bored and so you can imagine the excitement when Daddy raked up a big pile of leaves for him to jump into. It was the most fun he had had all week long.
Okay, so I need some help, I have been trying to get a picture to hang up on my wall, so which one is your favorite the right or left of the BW picture?

Connor has also been learning new tricks.

First is Dad's favorite trick to do with the kids...

Second is Connor's trick.

He first rolled over on Friday the 6th, and I have been trying to catch it on video ever sense. It always seems that once I leave the room or stop recording he rolls over. So I caught him as he was doing it. He loves to roll from his back to front only on the right side, but then once he gets to his tummy he gets stuck and frustrated. Hopefully it won't take him long before he learns how to roll from his tummy to his back.

And lastly Megan has her first wiggly tooth!! She is so excited that she wiggles it all day long. Today she read every book that we have that talks about loose teeth. She even wrote the Tooth Fairy a note that says that she has a wiggly tooth and stuck it under her pillow. I told her that the tooth fairy doesn't come until you loose the tooth. So I am sure we will be posting about her lost tooth soon since she just can't stop wiggling.

Halloween & Parties

We had a fun time this Halloween with plenty of fun things to do and TONS of candy. Our ward party was a blast having our soup & chili dinner with fun games for the kids to play and a bucketful of candy for the kids to get. The kids loved getting dressed up and looked so cute in their outfits. Josh & I threw together last minute costumes with things that we had or could borrow. Here are the kids in the costumes...

Megan's favorite thing was wearing the red lipstick and I even put some mascara on too. She looked so pretty!

Bryson didn't want to wear his hat, but I was able to get him to wear it for a piece of bubble gum. He also liked to wear it sideways.

Connor was just cute, he liked to eat his red ruffles.

The Halloween party that Josh and I have been waiting for and preparing for was a BLAST this year. First I want to thank my sister for watching Connor and dealing with him cry so that we could go to the party. We really had a blast and can't wait till next year for the crazy road race to find places, items & info while figuring out riddles. Here are the pictures from the night. We had a great team which helped us win first place!!

We hope that everyone had a great Halloween and if anyone is lacking in candy, we have plenty to go around. The kids have been eating it non stop, and we could get rid of some. Happy Halloween!