Snow!

Yesterday was our first real snow this year. It was also Jack's first real experience with it. It was first thing in the morning and he was dying to go out. So I just stuck gloves on him and a hat so he could check it out...looks like i should have got him into all of his snow gear with how covered he got...I think he loved it. Although, he didn't really like being whitewashed...

Right now i love snow. Its so beautiful and peaceful, can't wait for a little more because yesterday, we bought a sled and tomorrow we hope to test it out :)

Family weekend

These 4 people are the reason we headed south for the weekend. G-ma and Pa P were in town from their mission in Nauvoo so we celebrated Thanksgiving early with them. Peter was also speaking in church on Sunday before we leaves tomorrow. It was good to see and be with the grandparents and Peter did such a great job on Sunday, he's so excited to get out of here and serve the Lord that its hard to think much about missing him. He's going to be a great missionary. I'm so grateful for the example of my siblings, they really are the greatest, i love watching them grow and move on in their lives. Soon Emily will be leaving too, i just can't believe it

We had family pictures while we were with the entire family, i think they're going to turn out great, here's just a pic of Jack playing around in his totally studly outfit...

 And this wonderful man is the one that told me i look ready to pop, and "aren't you due like tomorrow?" Well if I look like i'm due tomorrow, what does that make him???

Thanks for the great weekend everyone!

(since i've really been wanting to take weekly pictures of this pregnancy but havent' gotten around to it yet, this will have to work as my 30 week belly)

shopping

Last night i had to make a run to the store. Jack wanted to bring he bear. He held it like this the entire time. I had to snap a pic

first black eye

Ever since Jack's learned how to stand up, he has tried to stand up in the tub, we're always telling him to sit down but this is one concept that he just won't learn, anyway, last Saturday he slipped and fell and hit his upper cheek on the side of the tub and every day since, the bruise just keeps spreading. I've felt really bad about it everytime i look at him but he didn't and doesn't seem to bother him.

I've been trying to get a good real picture of this ever since it happened but mostly i've been unsuccessful, so here'a  few from my phone

Just after:

Today:

I hate it when he gets hurt, like really hurt, but i think he just might have learned his lesson, and thats probably a good thing.

Good times

Here's my 2 boys on halloween, Jack was a lion (he reminds me most of the one on the Wizard of Oz) And John had to dress up for work, he was very creative with his costume and was a hippie, thanks Olsen's for the ugliest tie dye shirt in the history of Tie Dye! It made a great costume!

After John left and Jack saw the bandana tied around his head he had to have it too, lol so cute

 

 Then this morning, they were still out, here's my handsomes :)

And i just HAD to add this picture, its something i Finally captured on camera, its the way John washes Jack up after a meal, this is the way he's always done it and probably always will, lol I just can't believe Jack lets him! He doesn't seem to mind at all....I love my boys

SLRs

I know i'm on a blogging kick. I'm just looking into getting a new digital SLR camera. But i need advice, Canon, or Nikon? I'm looking at the Canon Rebel T1i or the Nikon D5000 or the D3100. If anybody has any advice it'd be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

The Windcaves (picture overload)

Yesterday we decided to hike to the windcaves, we figured after 2 years of living here it was about time. It was fun and really cool

 It doesn't look like it in these first pictures but Jack really did love being in the back pack and being able to check everything out, so fun :)

 See that snowball in his hands? He did NOT want to get rid of it, after it started melting too much we took it from him and he wasn't a happy camper, oh well, he got over it :)

 He love hitting his dad in the head with a stick, who wouldn't love doing that?

 This is a little alcove on the way to to the windcaves, we stopped for a rest

 And then we made it! They really are pretty cool, we had no idea how big they were!

 Here's a prego picture for all of you that are wondering what i look like these days...

Jack was pretty excited just to be able to sit and walk around after the long hike stuck in the backpack.

 (I love how when he picks things up it looks like he's doing a grab on a snowboard, so funny, so much like his dad :))

A pretty view, i was sad we missed most of the fall leaves, they've mostly fallen off the trees by now and been soaked in that last rain storm we had, but it was still beautiful!

John and i both agree that being outside is VERY therapeutic, we love it! So glad John had a couple of days off work to relax and hang out with us! I'm so grateful for all he does for us, but sometimes i just miss him, it was so good to have him home!

outside

Jack loves to be outside, so do all of us but its been so cold lately its been hard! Yesterday morning Jack was dying to go outside, by this i mean he kept bringing me his shoes, knocking on the inside of the front door, and staring out the window...anyway, it was only 8:30 in the morning and i was not ready to go outside yet. But since he was so anxious i put his shoes on and i put his coat on, he doesn't really like his coat because it totally drowns him and is hard to move in and i thought if i can make it drive him crazy enough, then maybe we won't have to go outside. Well this is the best i could do...
 

 And he finally couldn't stand it :)

I'm trying to upload more pictures but i'm having the same problem with blogger...oh it drives me crazy. So this is all you get for this post!

The best 3 years

Yesterday was our 3 year anniversary. It was the best one yet :) In case you didn't know, i married the greatest man alive and i love him so much. He got work off so that we could do something special and something special we did. We started out that the corn maze with Jack and a Hayride. It was a lot of fun

We went through the maze and John and Jack had fun climbing the haybales. There have this place where you can jump off into the mattresses, its pretty cool.

The cool haybale pyramid. It has a maze going through out it and you can climb up it too, pretty cool

Yes, that is my star.

We came home and carved pumpkins, John is the creative/family oriented one. If you can figure out his Jack-O-Latern let me know :)

After all this, we put Jack to bed, got a babysitter and headed to dinner and a Movie. It was seriously such a fun day, i'm so glad we were able to spend it together! 

Happy Anniversary to my best friend!

P.S. I can't figure out how to move these pictures into the right order so you get them as they are. Sometimes blogger drives me crazy!

Sneak Peak

I think he's pretty much the cutest little thing in the world, but i may be a little biased...

sippin' hot cocoa

Wow, i'm really loving hot chocolate this fall...hmmmm, yes i'm having some right now. So good, I LOVE fall, really, what is there not to love about this time of year? The beautiful trees, yummy soups, pumpkins, and hot chocolate. So. Good.

Today we went to the pumpkin walk here in Logan, its really cool, random people just come up with these totally awesome pumpkin displays and you get to walk around and look at everything for FREE! It was great. We went with our friends and they were awesome enough to provide hot chocolate and orange rolls. It was so fun. I feel like i haven't gotten to enjoy fall much this year because i'm stuck at home and all we have around here are little punny (is that a word) new trees, not the amazing mature ones up the mountain or even in town but today i felt like i got a little bit of my fill and i really enjoyed it. I even wore a sweater...and it even snowed :) Good times. Life it good. John is busy, Jack is growing...and so am i.... only 3 months left and we'll have another little one! We're very excited.

I hope you all are having a wonderful time this time of year too! I think we better enjoy it while we can because i don't think its going to last too long. I wish i had leaves to rake...wouldn't that be so fun? Someday.... well i was feeling like i needed to blog because i hadn't in so long so there it is, no pictures, sorry...now i think i'll go snuggle up in a blanket, read my book and enjoy this amazing hot stuff :) Later

since we're having a girl...

Hey! Since we're having a girl i made this cute car seat tent thing. I love how it turned out and had to blog about it! And since blogger is being weird i had to use the old publisher and i can't change the size of the picture, oh well. hope you all like it ;)