20 WEEKS

I don't know what it is about this pregnancy but I am sure sticking out fast. It is really fun though because I started feeling him move at 16 weeks and now every night the kids and Tanner can feel him going crazy. Tuck and Sadie both love to talk to their baby brother and give him 'loves' constantly:)

SLEDDING FUN!!

I REALLY CANNOT STAND BEING COLD, SO WE PULL THE KIDS BEHIND THE CAR WITH TANNER HANGING ON TO THE ROPE OUT THE BACK HATCH. I DRIVE WITH THE HEAT ON HIGH AND THE KIDS HAVE A BLAST:)

Junior, Savanna, Tuck, Gracie, Kallie, and Sadie all enjoying the sledding train!

We eventually make our way up to grandma's famous sledding hill and the kids enjoy a few runs down. This is the hill that Sadie crashed into the picnic table last spring, but she was a trooper and did pretty good. She was more than happy to go down she just didn't want to go by herself and I don't blame her a bit.

I love my kids!!

Oh Christmas Tree!!

I left my camera in the truck and didn't want to trek through the snow to get it so these are the only pictures that I got of our tree-hunting experience.

It was the weirdest thing, but the kids did not enjoy finding a Christmas tree this year, bummer! Tanner ended up pulling them in the sled the whole time and we listened to them whine and cry over every little thing....oh the joys!

This little guy can be having a miserable time and still give the sweetest smile:)

Sadie: "my mean 'ol parents made me go into the cold snow to find a Christmas tree! I hate it when I don't get my way and I have to let everyone know about it!"

Our beautiful baby!!

ITS 100% BOY!!!

It's so miraculous to me that this little guy weighs 7 ounces and yet he is so perfect and developed. It was so exciting to see him and we love him so much already. We feel so blessed and grateful to have another pure, sweet spirit join our family.

Our official due date is April 24th, 2011. And we can't wait!!

PARK CITY

I got these pictures completely out of order but oh wells.....Every year we get the opportunity of going to Park City for a little R&R. My mom and dad have a time share at the Marriot so they reserve 2 weeks and we all get to go enjoy whenever we can during that time. This year the days that we went were in the first week of November, which turned out perfectly because in Heber they were doing there huge cowboy gathering filled with lots of entertainment, booths, food, and fun. So we took advantage of the fun festivities!!


It was really dark in the auditorium but this is a picture of the Bar J Wranglers. We love them so we couldn't miss seeing them!
So this guy was just plain nuts (in case you can't tell by his face). But this is on the Heber train. There was all kinds of entertainment for over 2 hours while we rode on the train. It was so much fun and the kids were angels.

This guy asked Tuck to come up and help him play the violin, it was so funny and Tuck was so serious about his job of plucking the string:)

Before we got on the train we enjoyed hanging out. It was such a beautiful day and they had chili, cinnamon rolls, hot chocolate, and lots of fun entertainment.

Like I said obviously these are not in order, but here we are on the train.....

I didn't get any pictures of us at the hotel swimming and playing video games, but we had so much fun and definately got our swimming in for awhile. Also Tuck learned how to swim without his life jacket while we were there. Thanks Mom and Dad for always providing us some R&R!

HALLOWEEN!!

MARIO, LUIGI, AND A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY HAD SO MUCH FUN GOING OVER TO THE SCHOOL FOR CHILI AND TRICK-OR-TREATING DOWN THE HALL. THEN THEY HAD A BLAST GOING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE COLLECTING GOODIES!!

THE COAL MINE!!

Tuck's Papa works at the P & M Coal Mine in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Tanner and Tuck were in heaven going over to work with Papa for a few hours as they toured around.

Tuck loves his Papa so much and really looks up to him. When he got home he said, "mom, when I get big can I work at the mine with Papa?"

The big trucks were mesmerizing to Tuck and he was so excited that he got to go on one. I thought that it was so awesome of Tanner to take Tuck over to the mine to have a Papa work day. These experiences are priceless!!

THANKS FOR THE TOUR PAPA!!

#3....HAPPY TIMES!!

TUCK AND SADIE ARE VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL HAVE A BIRTH OF A NEW SIBLING AROUND THE 20TH OF APRIL!!

We are so excited and blessed at this time in our lives to be able to have another baby...As many of you know, the past few years have been somewhat difficult for us and we have been told many times that we would not, or should not, have more children. Through doctors, alternative medicine, prayers, and lots of faith we are almost 13 weeks pregnant and completely overjoyed!! The kids prayed for months that Heavenly Father would put a baby in mom's belly and so the second we found out that there was a baby we had to tell the kids:) So this news is old stuff for many of you since my kids and husband announced it at church, school, and anytime they talked to anyone when I was only 5 weeks....But what can I say, we are EXCITED!!

MY BABY IS 4!!

Sadie,

Happy Birthday pretty girl, Momma loves you so much!! I am so glad that you are feeling so much better and that you are happy. I am blessed to be your mom and to go through this mortal existence with you. I hope that you had a fantastic birthday!

Love,

Momma

Sis' birthday was on October 2nd. One of the few things that Sadie wanted for her birthday was a pinata. She only wanted chocolates and carmels to fill the pinata, "with no nuts". It was so cute because she didn't know about the blindfold part of it and when I put it on her she said, "mom, I can't see and its really dark in here."

Sadie doesn't really care for cake so she wanted chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup and carmel syrup....so that's what she got!

The bike was a huge hit!! She has been wanting a BIG GIRL bike for a while and she was so thrilled that it is pink and purple!!

It is so great to have such wonderful aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins that all came to her party. She loved all the gifts and loves you all, Thank You!!

She loves her brother and loved the poly pocket gift that he gave her!

The bumble bee pillow pet was also a huge hit, she named it sun-sun and cannot sleep without it

Pretty as a princess!!

Sissy also got some money, a jacket, play dough-cake making set (that her and Tuck played with for hours while I watched conference-thanks Colletts), a cat in the hat game, two princess games (that she cannot get enough of), a pretty pink guitar (that her and Tuck compete with to come up with the best songs), and some candy. She had a really great birthday! I cannot believe that she is FOUR!

CAMPING/FIREWOOD CUTTING

We went up to Dowd Mountain for a couple of days to get some firewood for the station and to enjoy some family time in the wonderful fall weather!
This is our style of camping...we put a mattress in the bed of the truck to sleep and then we put the easy-up over us to keep the sun off us. We filled the horse trailer with wood.

Tuck and Sadie were such big helpers...they sat on the logs to keep them steady, I don't know what Tanner would have done without them:)

CABIN FUN!!

A few weeks ago we went to the cabin to play hard for a few days...The swing is always a HUGE HIT!!

I think that this picture is so funny...She couldn't decide if she loved it or hated it, but she kept on going for another turn.
Tuck is a dare devil and would go as high as we could pull him and then he would try doing tricks....I might have my hands full with him

Sadie, Junior, and Kallie posing for a quick picture

We invited my mom and Haylee up for dinner the first night. We had a blast playing softball. Then Haylee had the bright idea to climb to the top of these trees that were half cut down, and of course two little boys had to follow her up

The kids are so great at being patient and waiting for their turn and cheering each other on...I sure love these kids, they are so much fun!!