Happy Birthday Braidon!!!!

It's hard to believe but our baby is 2 today! He is such a fun little guy to have around, always full of smiles and thank yous. However, the terrible twos have begun so hopefully he doesn't change to much. We are very grateful to have him in our family, and I wouldn't change any thing about him. He has such a great spirit about him and can always make me smile. He tries so hard to be just like his older brother and sisters but sometimes it just doesn't work out but he is always willing to give it a go. He is our little monkey, always trying to find something to move to climb on and see what he can find on the counters or turning on and off the lights. I hope you have a wonderful day and know how much you are loved. Happy Birthday Braidon!!! (hopefully soon i can update with pictures of him and even our Christmas)

All I want for Christmas is...............

my two front teeth!!!! Brysan lost her first top tooth last week and was really excited about it. The other one was loose but not ready to come out, until daddy came along. They were playing around and wrestling last night and her tooth got knocked out. So now she can sing "All I want for Christmas is my two front Teeth." She is super cute and really excited that they both are out.

News...

It's been a week ago now but we had our ultrasound. We were very excited and really enjoy this part of the pregnancy so much. I love being able to see the baby and I truly do treasure this day. We were not going to find out what we are having, however we changed our minds (or Dusty gave in) and we were able to see that baby #5 is going to be a.............
BOY!!!!!!!
We are excited but a little sad that we broke our pattern. Boys are fun and we can't wait to meet this little boy in April.
We didn't get very many great pictures of the baby because of the position he was in but i am still going to post some of them and hopefully you can tell what they are.

This picture is of the nose and the mouth.

Here is an arm and the hand in a fist.

Here is a picture of the feet.

She's 3.............

Well Friday happened to be Aleysa's birthday and she turned 3. It's hard to believe that she is 3 already but it is fun to see how she has grown and all the things she is doing. She is such a sweet spirit and is so much fun to have around. It's been really great since she has potty trained and is totally out of diapers. (even at night) She is the earliest of our kids so far and it has been wonderful. She is full of energy and loves to read and learn things. I am so grateful she is in our family and love her tons!!!!She sure has changed, but she is still a cutie!!!!

Our Family pictures....

Here are just a few of the family pictures we had taken the end of last month. We are really excited about them and wanted to share a few. Taken by Kim Hodson photography.










Thanks Kim for taking our pictures.

Happy Birthday!!!!

I just wanted to wish Dusty a very Happy Birthday!!! You are such a wonderful Dad and husband and we couldn't ask for anything more then you. Y0u always amaze me at the love and time you have for us and i am glad we can have that time with you. Thanks for all you do and know that you are appreciated and loved and we all hope you have a wonderful Birthday.

Fall and Halloween Fun....

We have had a busy couple of weeks and hopefully things will slow down just a little for us. We are in the process of cleaning out my Grandpas house and when we were over there the other weekend the kids decided to have some fun in the leaves. It was fun to see them having so much fun and playing together.Here are the kids pumpkins that we carved for them. They created their faces and we did the hard work for them. I think they turned out cute.For Halloween this year we had all kinds of fun and lots of things happening. I spent most of the evenings before Halloween trying to finish Dusty's Costume, which took a lot of time. For the work contest they posted that if you brought a treat to go with your costume you would get extra points so he decided he wanted to go as a popcorn ball. So we made him into a popcorn ball and made over 60 popcorn balls for him to take to work. He did look pretty good and he looked like a popcorn ball.Then we have the kids, they are always fun to dress and get ready. They have been really excited and on the count down for a couple of weeks. Brysan decided she wanted to be a pink princess after a long debate on whether or not she wanted to be a vampire. Spencer decided on the muscle pirate. He looked really cute. Aleysa went as Snow White, and Braidon was our little tiger. They had lots of fun and all looked really cute.Now that Halloween is over, things should calm down i hope! Things are going great with the pregnancy still, I have been able to feel the baby move for a couple of weeks now and i love that feeling. We should be having our ultrasound the week of Thanksgiving and i can't wait.