Decorating Our Charlie Brown Tree-Nov 26, 2012

I let the kids stay up late and wait for daddy to get off work last week so we could decorate the tree for FHE.  Decorating the house for Christmas is always one of my most favorite things about the holidays.  (taking it all down is my least favorite!)

They kept wanting their pictures taken with ornaments....

As usual, most of the ornaments ended up in one spot :)

Topping it off with an angel...

Not sure why this one is sideways LOL.

More Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

The kids had so much fun with Grandpa and Grandma Call. They were so upset when they woke up Sunday morning and they were already gone.

While they were here we had a little ice cream Birthday for dad/Christams party.

Turns out shopping with Grandpa is more like an amusement park ride than actual shopping!

The girls making Christmas cards and ornaments (courtesy of Grandma).

Thanksgiving 2012

Dad and Karen came to visit for Thanksgiving! This was seriously the best Thanksgiving away from home we've ever had.  Clint was here, we had family visiting, Jason and Shelly came over, my cousin brought her family up from Hutto (45 minutes south of where we live), and Nikki and RJ came over.  I roasted my first turkey and it turned out pretty good.  It was so fun I didn't want the day to end!

I made cute little name cards for everyone.  Just for fun :)

Getting the edible crafts ready for the kids.  Thanks Grandma!!!

Yummy Turkey!

Crafting

Men doing what they do best.

We were so thankful to be surrounded by family on Thanksgiving.  And especially to have Clint home with us.  We are looking forward to Christmas with him this year also!

Cake Pops!-November 20, 2012

These pictures aren't great, but they tell the story (kind of).   A friend of mine really wanted to make cake pops for us to reveal the gender.  Well, Clint and I didn't want to wait another second to know, but we made the kids, my brother's family, and all our friends wait until Areli brought over the cake.  Morgan was already tired and cranky when the night got underway.  Then the news of a boy made her even more upest.

"I'm only here for the food"

"When is the baby gonna pop out?"  Ambria thought the party was for the baby popping out of my belly.

Morgan was hesitant.

And extremely bummed when the cake inside was blue instead of pink.

BUT...it was yummy so she kept eating.

I asked her if she was excited to have a brother and she said no.  She's still (3 weeks later) not happy about it.  I admit I was a little bummed at first.  But I'm getting really excited now.  Little boys (at least Jackson) are so cuddly and loving.  And not nearly as emotional and expensive as girls :)  I'd be fine with only having 1 girl forever.  Then she and I can do all the fun girly stuff together!

20 Weeks

We are halfway there! We had an ultrasound yesterday and got some funny pictures. No profile picture though. The baby was so squirmy and wouldn't cooperate. He's measuring 4 days ahead of schedule, but my due date is still the same. April 8. Oh ya, did I mention it's a boy? Yep. He wasn't shy at all and we got a very clear shot of that fact. He's almost a whole pound. Now that we know we're having a boy I'm getting really excited. Morgan will be devastated I'm sure. Once we finally tell her. A friend of ours is making a cake for the kids to reveal the gender to them tonight.
Here's a thumbs up picture.


And a flexing picture.








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18 Weeks

This pregnancy is dragging! I'm going nuts! And I think my butt has grown more than my belly in the last two weeks LOL. Only 12 more days until we find out if its a Joe or Jane. And only 15 days until my dad gets here for thanksgiving!


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Little Rangers

I've been taking Jackson to Morgan's school once a week for Little Rangers. He struggles to hold still, but he loves his class. Today he made a cereal necklace and was so proud of himself!


We work on letters and numbers each week. Today the kids had to poke holes in the lines of the letter N. Jackson was concentrating really hard and did a fantastic job.


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Halloween and Clint's Birthday

The kids had a blast on Halloween.  We stayed close to home and trick-or-treated around Morgan's school.

Here they are ready to go!

Checking out the loot!

Halloween was also Clint's birthday.  He doesn't care too much for birthday celebrations, so I gave him exactly what he wanted, no big deal.  We ate donuts and apple fritters after trick-or-treating and he opened a few gifts.  I sure love this guy and I'm so blessed to have him by my side.