Everett

Last Saturday Everett was able to go fishing with Grandpa T. He was so excited. (Paul just saw this picture and couldn't stop saying "granpa, granpa, granpa....Reverett", it took him a while to see Everett in the picture too!:)That night Everett's best friend Connor was baptised...in the sound (it was 55 degrees)! It was such a neat baptism and I think it got Everett excited for his own. (I can't believe he's almost 8!)

pumpkin patch

oh, how they've grown!

my boys

He is looking about 6 months pregos...
Everett started Judo and is loving it...you better watch out or he'll throw you

after I posted that pic of Paul, I remembered this one of Everett, he was 2 1/2. (these are Mr. Potato Head's)

babymakes6

Here's the first of many pictures of our 4th and final (we think!). It was so fun to see him/her wiggling around in the ultrasound. It makes all the nausea/exhaustion/crazy cravings worth it. Our due date is 4/4 (appropriate, huh), but I'm saying the last week in March (it just sounds so much sooner, plus the kid's head measured for the 26th). The kids are so excited, Paul was so cute last night when I brought the pictures home; he looked at each of them and kept saying "baby". He's going to be a good big bro.

last camping trip of the summer

we decided to go on a quick overnight camping trip on Friday. We went to a state park close to home (good thing too, we forgot the air mattress & Chris had to run home to get it!) We had a lot of fun...Everett really enjoyed helping with the fire, Anna loved riding her pony(see below), and Paul had a lot of fun playing in the dirt, rocks, and with the little crabs. I love spending time outdoors with our little family, it was a lot of fun, and we're looking forward to next summer...
Anna was pretending they were riding her pony to the beach, she is such a fun sister

nice throw!
seriously, check out those lips!
little crab


this was actually in the morning, my kids wake up early!

there was a playground across from our campsite...cool!
3rd kids are crazy...I can't believe he climbed to the top!
the brothers

FHE

tonight for FHE we did service. Well I mostly did the service and the kids helped deliver it. A lady in our ward had a baby last week and a sign up went around for dinner. I thought it would be a fun FHE. So when we get there and I ask Everett and Anna to help me carry the stuff in Everett says, "what, we bought all that stuff, and you are just giving it to them". Everett really is a kind kid, he just didn't really understand the concept of this kind of service. I reminded him of the nice meals people brought over when Paul was born. Anyways, after we dropped it off we went to the park by the water. We played and skipped some rocks and then did a little lesson. Chris asked the kids how they felt when they gave the dinner to the family with the new baby, the kids said they felt good. Chris quoted some scripture and then asked Anna "is it good to serve people". Anna said "no, we shouldn't disturb people. Huh? Apparently she thought he said "is it good to disturb people". She has been learning to be polite to others in kindergarten this week. Kids are so fun to have around!

"help!"

"mom, help!"

this is what I woke up to this morning. I ran into Anna's room. "I'm stuck!" she said. I went over and unwrapped her from her blankets, she did kind of look like a burrito. She tried to sit up but her head wouldn't let her. "I'm stuck!" Then I saw it....the silly putty that she was playing with last night. I had no idea it was still in her hands when I carried her from the van to her bed (we went to the temple last night and grandma & grandpa babysat -thanks again! oh, and thanks for the silly putty too:). The poor girl. She was so sad, mostly because her silly putty was ruined. "mom, get the scissors, quick". I almost did, but thought that maybe I could unattached her from the bed and then google "how to get silly putty out of hair". Use PAM! (don't you love the internet!) And it worked...here's proof: