Christmas Performances

This time of year is always so crazy with Brynn's Christmas performances. One had been canceled last week because of this crazy snow and she had her second one last night. She did such a great job, I love to watch her dance. She gets so excited on dance days and I love to see her enthusiastic about something. She is such a sweet little girl and is such a great help to me. She will pick up toys all over the house without me even asking her. She loves to come up to me and say I have a surprise, close your eyes...and she will lead into whatever room she has cleaned for me. Now, I just wish her brothers would follow in her footsteps, but that is just Brynn. I know she will be a big help with this baby and she is so excited to have a baby sister. When Peyton was waiting for his bus we were all waiting with him and they were talking about what they want for Christmas. And Brynn said that she was going to ask Santa for a real cell phone. And I asked her what she was going to do with a real phone and she said, "I am going to text my friends, mom"
I think I need to be afraid, very afraid.

Our Thanksgiving

Our thanksgiving was great. It was so relaxing and I really enjoyed it. Dinner was great and we just hung out with Tyler's family. Mark and Savanna and her family were here too, so it was great just spending time together. The boys of course did some hunting. And Tyler and Jaman both missed some deer with their bows. But they did get some birds. Tyler took all the kids bird hunting with him one day and they really enjoyed it. Peyton loves to go with his dad. Brynn is interested, but wants to stay in the truck and not get out in the cold. Landen just likes to play with the dead birds, so there ya go. Ty has three little hunters on his hands. I was able to get my Christmas shopping done and I introduced Tyler to Black Friday. We left at four in the morning and went to Twin. He actually didn't think it was too bad. So now that I have all of my projects behind me we are ready for our little girl. I have so much to be grateful for this year. My husband and kids are the best. I can't imagine my life without them. My husband has been picking up a lot of extra slack these past weeks, now that I cannot bend down, roll over, etc. We are so excited for this baby to come. Landen always likes to "talk" to her and he was talking to her this morning and said "baby come out, u are taking forever!" (I hear ya, Landen.) I am grateful for Tyler's family who are so awesome and I am of course grateful for my family in Florida. I will miss them so bad this holiday season, but I will get down there soon. I am grateful for the gospel, for my new calling, and for my ward. I am so grateful for the great friends I have, who I know I can always rely on, and who have helped living away from home bearable. I love our little community and I love the people who live here. I am especially grateful for our Savior and I love to reflect on his life during this holiday season. He has done so much for me. I have so many blessings to be grateful for this holiday season!

Miss K is finally here!

Little Miss Kinsley has finally made her grand debut! She was born on November 17th and weighed 8 pounds and 3 ounces. She is absolutely perfect and I am one jealous aunt because I am not there. I don't know when I will see her. She will probably be walking before I can get there :) I just wanted to post some pictures and brag on her a little bit. I wish she could have told her cousin to come here soon too. My little lady isn't wanting to come anytime soon it seems. I guess that the biggest lesson you learn when you are pregnant is PATIENCE. Congrats on your beautiful little girl Jonathan and Kailynn!

Snow!!

We had our first real snowfall this last weekend (and it still hasn't let up). To say the kids were excited to see the snow, would definitely be an understatement. We had to make them wait until we got back from town before they could go outside. Landen especially is a little snow bunny. He LOVES playing in the snow. And being from Florida, I really don't see the real excitement in it, but my kiddos enjoy it. We had to go to town that morning to get Peyton and Brynn some snow boots, Landen has some pink ones so he was good. :) We ate the best cinnamon rolls ever at Papa Kelseys and then went to a couple of stores to run errands. When we got home, Tyler tied the sled to the 4-wheeler and spun them around the yard. They built a snowman, ate a ton of snow, and made snow angels. They pretty much stayed out there most of the afternoon. It looks like we may have a "white" Thanksgiving this year!

Getting Ready for the Baby!

I just have to take a minute and say that I have AWESOME friends. I don't know what I did to ever deserve any of them, but for some reason they like me too. I was able to have not one, but two celebrations for this little lady that will soon make her debut. Kristen threw me a get together at her house with cute decorations and awesome food. We had an all you can eat bread, salad, pasta, and soup. The food was so good, I know I gained a few extra pounds. The girls gave me a card and some money so that I could buy a stroller, since our old one kicked the bucket. It was such a fun night to hang out with my friends and just relax.
My other celebration was in Twin. I think that Tiffany pretty much set everything up. I had no clue what we were doing, just that we were going to Twin. These girls surprised me with a pedicure, dinner, and a gift card to Buckle after I have the baby. I have never had a pedicure before, so this was a first and it definitely won't be the last! Dinner was at this Japanese place where they cook the food in front of you. It was soooo yummy! I can't wait to take Tyler there. It was a great day! I have been so spoiled with this pregnancy and I feel like I have been given so much. A big THANK-YOU to all "my girls!"

Happy Halloween!!

Spider-Man (Landen has been wearing this costume EVERY day)

Pumpkin Princess

Love the mask inside-out

Ninja

Halloween was just crazy this year. We were able to have Mark, Savanna, and Grant with us for the weekend which we all LOVED. I didn't get any pictures of Grant because I had to leave early to help set up the trunk-or-treat. He was the cutest little lion. Halloween week is always crazy...I feel like I am dressing my kids up for something every day of the week. But they love it! I was really glad it was all over and I can't wait for Thanksgiving this month! I told my kids to pose how they thought their "halloween character"would pose and these are the pictures I got!