Alot to be Thankful for...

We've had a great Thanksgiving week. Christmas decorating, holiday shopping, yummy food and time spent with family are all my favorite things.

I must say I am in love with three boys in my house. They all mean so much to me for different reasons and I can't imagine life without them. I consider it a huge blessing to be able to stay home with these two to help raise them and do my best to teach them how to be good people. I hope this time I have with them will guide them for the rest of their lives.

My parents went to California this week so we had our annual dinner on Sunday...and it was delicious as always. I love spending time at my parents house. It's so comfortable there and I share a special bond with my siblings and love my parents so much. Chelsea ended up flying this weekend so I'm glad it worked out to celebrate earlier. She really is one of my best friends and I am forever grateful for the amazing aunt she is to my boys...not very many aunts take their nephews on monthly excursions to Chuck E Cheese, Build a Bear, the dollar store or anywhere else their little hearts desire. Not to mention she always has a treat in hand anytime she comes over. We love you to pieces aunt Chels!

And my crazy brother. You'd think I could get a normal picture :) He's so much fun though and I wouldn't want him any other way. He's got a cute girlfriend living in London and I know he's counting down the days until she's home for Christmas. We are excited to share this next year with him and what the future holds :) Thanks for loving my boys and being a great friend Jack!

Gotta love my Mom's homemade stuffing and candied yams! My parents have been so wonderful to me my whole life. They are both great examples for different reasons. This year they gave us a great gift and shared some of Grandma's inheritance with us. It came at a good time and I appreciate all they do to make sure we are taken care of and happy.

Thanksgiving Day was spent at Grandma Shoell's house. It was a smaller crowd this year but it was a nice meal and fun time spent with family we don't see very often. I really enjoy spending time with one of McKay's cousin's wife Caroline so it was fun to sit and chat with her.

Peyton and Wyatt getting ready to eat...

No joke this skinny little boy ate three full helpings of Thanksgiving dinner. He is our meat and potatoes boy and I think he loved every bite. Oh how I love this little man...

And last but certainly should be listed first is my gratitude to my husband. As I said in the previous post I have a rough time through pregnancy and McKay has learned to be patient and understanding while I help this little baby get here. 2011 has been a good year, but definitely filled with a few hard things. I appreciate McKay's perseverance to succeed and be the best at whatever he's involved in. I love you McKay and appreciate the influence you are in my life.

Today I have alot to be thankful for.

Baby Girl

Sadly I don't embrace my pregnancy as well as I should :) I am forever grateful to have a healthy, strong body to carry these beautiful children, but I must say the nine months are a little hard for me. At 31 weeks I finally got around to taking a pregnancy profile shot. Hopefully I'll get one more in a little farther along before she gets here.

I'm now beginning my 32nd week and looking forward to the month of December. It's one of my favorite months. I feel like things are just about ready for baby sister to join us in a few short weeks. She is going to be such a fun addition to our family. Her brothers can't wait to meet her and neither can Mom and Dad. We aren't super close on picking a name but it will happen...

Looking forward to meeting you sweet baby girl!

Halloween 2011

We had a fun, successful Halloween this year! Chayce got into it and enjoyed his time trick or treating with Peyt and Daddy. These two boys make holidays so much fun! I'm not really a Halloween person but with them around it makes it great!

Peyt is iffy on when he'll decide to take a good picture...never know if I'll get the cute, genuine smile or the cheesy, fake smile. Either way I think he's a pretty cool Jack Sparrow.

And we love our cute Mickey! We bought a little Mickey doll for him at Disneyland last year and he's been attached ever since! So it was a fitting year for this costume...and Lucy was Minnie so it worked perfect!

We had fun at Grammy and Papa's a few days before Halloween to carve pumpkins and have dinner together. Lucy was freaked out by Papa's Halloween costume and didn't want anything to do with pictures...poor thing! With five people taking pictures of kids at once this is the best you get...but they all looked so cute!

McKay had just come home with Dan from a weekend hunting trip to Logan...where he got his four point for the year! They had been up most of the night before but he managed to carve a pumpkin for the boys.

On Halloween we made our annual trip to Prosper to trick or treat. We tried to snap a few pics of Lucy and Chayce. Between Luc being sad and Chayce not wanting to smile it didn't go amazing...

But as the kids walked hand in hand to daddy's work things got a little better.

My kids ended up with a good little stash before they even really went trick or treating! We've been eating it for the past two weeks and I'm about done with it!

Our next stop was Grandma Ruthie. She loves her great grandkids and always has something fun for them when we come over. We love you!

Last but not least was trick or treating to Grandma Neiger (Grandpa was at work).

Finally got a few decent smiles for the day...

And here are our cute trick or treaters at my door waiting for candy! We have the BEST neighborhood for trick or treating. I went through 15 regular sized bags of candy if that says anything about how many kids live here! We love it!

I've been basing the count down for baby girl to get here on holidays that come and go. Only one more week to Thanksgiving and a short month after that Christmas will be here! I think she'll be here sooner than I think :) Which makes me very happy! We are getting excited to meet her...