more pics for the calendar

Took some more pictures for the church calendar today. I love the ones of Jakeb and Addi. They look so adorable. Kaleb, on the other hand....well, I'm not going to even get started on the kind of day he has had. Let's just say...."a picture is worth a thousand words!"

EVACUATE

We're getting a new electric heater system, and Eric convinced the heater people to take off $100 if Eric himself ripped out the old oil tank and heater unit. He did great with the oil tank, but then came the heater unit. As he was ripping it out, somehow he did something wrong releasing freon everywhere. (I was not impressed with this.) From what I understand this is not good. Eric comes upstairs and tells everyone to get their shoes on and go outside......into the RAIN!! So here we all are on the front little porch trying to stay dry under the awning...some of us in our pajamas still just standing there not sure of what to do next. We were definitely a sight to see.

The boys were getting pretty nervous about the whole thing thinking that we were all going to die or that our house was going to burn down or something...., so we tried to make the best of the situation and made the excuse to go to Chick-fil-A. YUM!!


By the way, we contacted a guy from church who knows all about this type of stuff. He not only advised us to open the windows and let the place air out, but is hooking us up with a better heater for a better price!!! Yay!!! God really does work in mysterious ways! New heater will be here tomorrow!!!!!

Kaleb's Birthday

Kaleb turned three today. He was pretty pumped about it. This morning we had a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. He got lots of goodies. Then after dinner he opened the ones from us. For the past month he's been telling me that he wanted a pirate ship. Well, he got his pirate ship. He was so excited about it. He was so excited that he didn't even want to go out with his daddy for ice cream. He just wanted to stay and play with his ship. And when his brothers kept trying to play with it, he kept saying...."No, it's my burthday, my burthday!" In other words....."don't touch my ship!!" And thankfully, they had to oblige because we have a rule in the house....if you get a new toy, you have a full 24 hours before you have to share. So anyways, Happy birthday, Kaleb!!! I can't believe you're three already!

Football

The boys learned how to play football with their Uncle Michael. For any of you who know Michael....know that the guy LOVES Football!!!!! And well, he's passing the love to the kids. They were loving it!

Thanksgiving

We had thanksgiving at my house on Thursday, and believe it or not..I didn't take any pictures. On Friday, we went to my mom's to celebrate Christmas since my brother and his family weren't going to be back in town at Christmas time. Makenna got her first piece of jewelry...a ring from Aunt Stacy and Uncle Michael. It was so pretty. The boys loved their gifts. My mom got a new jacket, and Stacy got some really cute snowman stuff that she was soooooo excited about!

Leaf Jumping

I also took these over a week ago, and never posted them. It was so much fun to watch the boys jump in the leaves. The three older boys ran, jumped, and played in them. Kaleb, on the other hand, ran to the leaves and then refused to jump. Of course, some times he would just get mad that his brothers beat him to the pile and stomp off. Once, he even went inside to get himself some protection. He brought out the sword and helmet to keep himself safe.

Fall

I took these a couple of weeks ago, and then my computer crashed...and then we had company...and then I finally got around to posting them. We took these in our yard next to our driveway. I love these pictures of Blake.

Cousins LOVE Makenna

Kaylee and Andrew sure did love Makenna. I'm thinking that they need a little sister or brother in their house....hee-hee.

Cousins have arrived

The cousins are here and the kids are thrilled. They've had so much fun already with only half of their time here. I guess it makes it ten times better that the cousins are actually staying with us in our house. They usually stay with my mom, but opted for our house this time. Yay!!! Here's some pics of them having fun in the leaves.

They, of course, have to get in as much wrestling as possible, as though they don't do it enough already. Poor Luke, he got stuck on the bottom. MUSH PILE!
They watched the Death of the Incredible Hulk (all the kids LOVE the HULK), and some of them were very, very emotional about his death.

five months old

Here's her five month next to the doll. Let's see...what is she doing now?? She definitely recognizes people. She's rolled over once. She sleeps great through the night. She started veggies. She weighs seventeen pounds, and she continues to get cuter and cuter every day.(Check out June, July,and August, September, and October.)

Sweet potatoes

In celebration of Thanksgiving, Makenna had her first taste of veggies....sweet potatoes.



I'm not thinking she was very impressed with the whole ordeal.

I'm coming back - SCROLL DOWN

My computer is up and running. Eric, my hero, recovered everything on my old hard drive. I have tons of stuff to post, but no time. I have a baby shower tomorrow, have to take Makenna's four month pictures, and I have to finish cleaning my house because my brother and his family are coming in to town.....not to mention church tomorrow morning and evening...oh yeah, I have offertory too. AHHHHHHH!!!! So until then....

Prett girl & a Pretty dress

Apparently she would much rather eat the dress than anything else.

Decorating the tree

My brother and his family are coming next week, so the kids and I went over to mom's house today to help decorate her tree. (oh, I forgot to mention that we are having Christmas next Friday with my brother which is the reason for putting the tree up so early.) The boys did all the work minus putting the lights and garland on. The kids enjoyed looking at all the different decorations while putting them on the tree. However, Jakeb would much rather wrestle with his poor grandma.

blake near death experience

So my son came running upstairs the other day saying that the TV and DVD player were broken. He then proceeded to tell me what happened. He says that he was playing with the scissors while he was supposed to be watching his teacher, Mrs. Chapell. He then "accidentally" dropped the scissors which just "happened" to go straight into the open outlet socket right next to him resulting in a blown fuse. Needless to say, this has all been corrected not to mention that his story has slightly changed a few times.

So Bummed

I'm typing on my hubby's computer right now because my computer is DEAD! It died last night which makes me very, very sad because I hadn't completely backed up the past two months of pictures. on his computer. I lost some of my pictures..I think mostly August and September. However, all the cool ones I posted on my blog, so I can copy them to my new computer. Thank goodness for my blog. But what I'm saying is that until it gets fixed.....blog posting my be null and void for awhile along with email response. So, if you wanna talk to me...gotta do it the old fashion ways...snail mail (yeah, right!) or pick up a phone!

Happy Birthday...

to me.....Had a good day. My husband took me out to a very fancy restaurant called ONE. H kept telling me that we were going to One Restaurant. It was some good food. Oh, and I have to tell you guys that I was very BUMMED when the mail wasn't running because of Veteran's Day. This has happened a couple times on my birthday, and it always just bums me out because, come on, who doesn't like to get one piece of mail on their birthday? Anyways, my hubby knew this, and placed a card in the mailbox for me just so that I would have a card to open on my birthday. Sweet, huh?

So furthermore, I have concluded that thirty won't be too bad.

Makenna laughing

She's been doing this awhile, and she isn't actually cackling like she has before, but she's cute, and well, I just wanted to put it on here.

a Blog-worthy moment

Today at church we had a Fast Food fellowship after the service. Basically, after the morning service, everyone was to go grab some food somewhere, bring it back, and fellowship with each other. After lunch we were to have an afternoon service. We ran to Arby's for lunch. We're all getting settled in the lunch area because of course all the kids wanted to sit somewhere else...with their friends and all. So, I had to pass out their food and make sure they got settled. All of a sudden I hear, "Marshan, Look!" Oh, and I heard lots of gasps too. I look and I see my two year Kaleb with his pants pulled down waddling his way to wherever he could find a toilet. Oh, and did I mention that his hands were in the correct spot for standing up and going potty? I was mortified. I called Eric's name, and rushed over and grabbed Kaleb and got him to the potty in time. You see, he'll pull down his pants at home, and waddle into the bathroom, but Kaleb, obviously, has no MODESTY since he decided to show the entire church everything!!! But on a good note, he was still completely dry all day!

SURPRISE!!!!

I don't know how he did it, but he did. All of you who know me well, know that for the past 7 years, I've been saying to Eric that he would have to throw me a surprise birthday party for my thirtieth birthday. He kept saying that there was no way he could do it because I already "knew" about it. In the past couple of months, I told him that he didn't have to. I don't know if I was working reverse psychology or not, but oh my word..... it worked. He did it. He threw me a surprise party and successfully. I never would have thought that he could do it and pull it off. He was pretty sneaky, and I knew something was up his sleeve, but I just figured it was something for Monday. Little did I know, he had it all planned out.
Our Sunday school class was having a bowling activity, and he combined the party with that or vice versa. I don't really know. It was the perfect cover, because I DO NOT LIKE BOWLING. And since I don't really like bowling...well, I didn't really want to go. However, the kids were having a pajama party over at our S.S. teacher's house, and once they announced that part from the church pulpit, well....there was no way that my kids were gonna pass that up. So, we went for the kids' sake...or so I thought.
We walk into the bowling alley where we are met by our S.S. teacher telling us that we are going to have our devotional first so that we can bowl uninterrupted all night. He's always so insistent on having a devotional for every activity, so I thought nothing of it. We walk into the room, and SSSUUUURRRRPPPPRRRIIISSSEEEE!!!!!
It was pure craziness. He totally got me. I couldn't believe it. With the help of my friend Lisa, and who knows who else, he pulled it off! Then we got to the presents where I got a ton of stuff, mostly gag gifts, but very funny gag gifts. Check out the wig....nice, huh? Oh, and the toilet seat!!! You know I need one of those big boys since I'm getting so old. Oh, and Eric got me a whole bunch of camera stuff. His goal was to get me thirty gifts...since I was thirty and all. Some of them were hilarious! Oh, and did I mention that I had to wear whatever gag gifts that they bought me??? Lovely!!
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that my friends, Kent and Richi, gave me a Alma Survival Kit. For all of you who are wondering whats in the Alma survival kit...note the pregnancy test, baby food, diapers....and something else that I can't even bring myself to mention online although Blake did send one of these to his grandpa once......)



I'm still in shock that he pulled it off. Thanks, honey!!! If you want to see some more embarrassing pictures of me, check out it out here on Lisa's blog. As though there could be even more embarrassing pictures. Don't I look great? The last one on her first post of me looks like a picture of my GRANDMA!!!

it's time for calendar pictures again

I'm doing the church calendar again this year with the help of my friend, Lisa. She has the greatest ideas and TONS of props.One of these days Lisa and I are gonna start our own photography business. Check out these photos: Addi


Remember Morgan and Jakeb's pictures from last year. You can check them out by clicking here.