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Halloween 2012!

James had a preschool Halloween party at our house.  The kids wrapped Taylor up as a mummy, and he chased them around.

This is the pumpkin we grew in our garden!  We got a lot of small little pumpkins, and one big one.

On Halloween the school has a costume parade down main street.  The kids are so cute in all of the different costumes.  

Mama tiger, and baby tiger. 

Jake and I were a 70's couple for our Halloween party we had with some friends.  We had so much fun.    We have some good friends that we like to have a game night with once a month.  

I had such a good time last month with my mom and sisters at our girls weekend.  We went shopping in a maternity store and Bailee and Shantay tried on some bellies.

This is the only pregnancy picture I have so far.  Two weeks ago Jake and I found out that we are going to have a little girl.  I am due February 24, 2013.  I am really excited.  Jake is nervous about raising a daughter, and all the other boys we are going to have to worry about.  I know he is going to be really protective of her.  She is going to have him wrapped around her little finger.  I am excited to have another girl in the house.  Maybe I will have more say in things, most likely though she will just watch football with the rest of us.   

The Manti Mustangs!

We just ended soccer season.  Taylor and James were lucky enough to be on the same team this year (it won't be that way next year).  And Jake was their coach.

The boys did great!  Taylor loved to play goalie, and he was really good at it.  He would dive on top of the ball even when the other players were about to kick it.  The other team rarely scored when he was in there.

 James did awesome.  He was the youngest and smallest kid on the team, but he was intense.  He was always in the middle, not caring if he got knocked down.  By the end of the season he could dribble the ball better than anyone else on the team.  

Jake was a great coach, and Keaton and I were really good cheerleaders!:)  Keaton sat on my lap and watched his brothers play every game.  He would cheer with his hands in the air, and say "Go, Go, Go, Go".

After the first game I walked into our house and there were sweaty socks, shoes, shin guards, shorts, and jerseys spread all over the place.  I told the boys that that was not how it was going to be, and a thought popped into my head that over the next ten to fifteen years I would come home to a lot of sweaty jerseys, gym bags, and sports equipment.  This is my life, and i love it!

Keaton, Keaton, Keaton

 Where do I start?  This little boy is so smart, I don't know what to do with him.  He is so sweet, and so funny.  Baby proofing does NOT work!!!  He knows how to open the doors, all of the drawers, he pulls the chairs out to get on to the table, he squirms out of his highchair and climbs on to the tray.  If anyone leaves the sliding glass door open, then you will find him outside in the back yard sitting on the riding lawn mower!  He seriously might need a leash some day:)  

He loves to be a big boy, so anything we do, he tries to imitate.  The other day the boys had me draw black lines on their faces so they could be football players.  Keaton came up to me right after and stuck his cheeks out so he could be a football player too.  He sets the ball up in one of Jake's shoes, and says "hike".  Then he runs and kicks it.  He loves to watch the boys play soccer, and he will get out on the field and kick the ball into the goal.     

One day he stood at the couch for an hour and drove his cars back and forth while he made the motor sounds.  

 He loves to play with his big brothers!

Keaton is very loving.  He likes to give hugs.  It is sweet to see him cuddle up with his brothers and watch cartoons.  His favorite is Curious George.  

 He really loves his blankets, and still sucks his thumb when he is tired.  

When Jake comes home from work he says, "Hi Dad", and gives him a big hug.  It is Jake's favorite thing in the whole world.  He Loves his dad a lot.  Some times when we are out running errands when we get home Keaton will walk to our bedroom looking for Jake and say, "hi dad".  He is really sweet, and knows how to turn on the charm.  I just love this little boy so much!!!!

James' School!

James started his school.  He is in two preschools this year.  I am doing a joy school with four other ladies, and we rotate having it at our house every five weeks.  He is also going to the library preschool again.  He has school Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10-12.  The hard part is all the chauffeuring I have to do between taking Taylor to Kindergarten and James to preschool.  Both the boys are loving school though, which makes me happy.  

Fort Bridger 2012

Every year at Fort Bridger, on Friday night we go to a town close by for pizza and ice-cream.

 There are about 20 or 30 of us, and we fill the restaurant.  We have a lot of fun together eating and playing around.  

There were a lot of dogs up at Fort Bridger, and Keaton loves dogs.  When he sees a dog, he barks like the cutest little puppy ever.

The boys were constantly asking to throw tomahawks.

Taylor got pretty good, and stuck it quite a few times.  

The boys liked pretending to shoot while they watched their dad shoot.