And then there were FIVE!!

We are having a baby!  I am currently 6.5 months pregnant so I am clearly a little late in announcing this on blogger, however, I do have great pictures to share because of the time that has passed!!  As I said, we're 6.5 months along, due August 9th, ITS A BOY, and we are so excited for this new addition to our little family!

King Arthurs Quest

Kaleb was in a play!  The Missoula Children's Theater came to town and we took him to audition.  Of 100+ kids and only 50 parts, he got one!  He played the mini white knight of the round table in "King Arthurs Quest."  It was the most adorable thing ever to watch him up there.  He did so good and wasn't shy or anything, he just did his part, sang his songs, and made us all so proud!  Here are some shots from his rehearsals and the play!

Worst Blogger EVER!!

Ok, so for the 1st time this year (and probably 10th time total) I am going to make a goal of blogging more often! I have really been bad about it! I didn't have a camera for a while which resulted in no pictures, but Joe got me an amazing camera for Christmas and I have no excuse rather than pure laziness! So, I am going to summarize the last four months of 2011!

September -

Joe and I had our 4th anniversary! Joe turned 27. I started going back to school, currently a student at LCSC studying Earth Science and back to work full time (I'm crazy)!! I think thats all!

October -

Halloween! The kids went at Princess Ariel and Batman! They had a great time! I did not have a camera so not a lot of pictures of Halloween!

November -

Thanksgiving! We went to my parents house in Asotin for Thanksgiving. It was awesome! Mom made a BUNCH of delicious food and we spent 3 whole nights down there enjoying good movies, company, and left overs!!

December -

I don't have many but I do have pictures from December (I'll put them on after this)!! December was a BUSY month for us! We had Christmas and Kaleb's birthday! We went to my parent's house for Christmas, it was awesome! The kids made out like bandits and Joe and I didn't do too bad ourselves!! We took the kids to the LDS Nativity Show were we got to dress up like our favorite characters and take pictures! It was soo much fun! We also took the kids to enjoy walking through the magical forest of christmas lights in Lewiston! Kaleb's birthday was big and small! We decided not to do a big celebration and instead invited some of our favorite family members over and had a great time celebrating his 6th birthday with family, oreo ice cream cake, a cheeseburger buffet (we had avocado, bacon, mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, etc) and overall it was a huge success. unfortunately I don't know how many pictures of this I have!! I was doing the food preparing and didn't get to my camera. Now I am a bad blogger and cameraman!! I will be better! Lastly, I finished my first semester back with all A's, a GPA of 4.0, and made the Presidents list (not to brag or anything)!!

Here are some pictures I do have!

ok - JUST KIDDING! Blogger won't let me upload pictures for some reason, so I will upload some more tonight if it will let me then!!! Love you!

Kaleb's FIRST day of school!

So apparently I have more pictures on my computer than I thought! Kaleb started school on August 30th. He was so excited and proud! We got up, ate a big breakfast, picked out his school clothes and made sure we had his backpack and all the little items he was supposed to have! Joe stayed home from work that day so our entire family could go be apart of Kaleb's first day of school! I would be lying if I said that I was happy most of the day, I wasn't, I was sad! I just couldn't believe that my boy was already going to school! When we got to the school, we joined the crowd of proud parents taking pictures. We snapped several shots in front of his school sign with the awesome "wolverine" mascot. After a dozen or more shots he was anxious to go inside - so we put the camera away and walked through the front doors! Well almost put the camera away, I had to get a picture of him opening the doors for the first time! We sat down with all the other kids as we joined the standing parents on the other side of the foyer. The kids all looked so nervous, smiling slightly at their parents for reassurance. Kaleb was nervous but also very excited, luckily the excitement outweighed the fear and he didn't cry or fight going at all! When his teacher came to get his class and walk them to their classroom, we hugged and kissed him one last time and watched him walk down the hall. He had a moment of panic cross his face when they started leaving but we told him we'd be "right here" after school and he happily walked away. Once he was out of sight, I turned, nearly bulldozing a small child and ran to my car! I jumped in quickly and cried and cried and cried! Joe got to the car and after laughing at me but as he climbed into the car he had big tears welling up in his eyes and we just sat there looking at the school for 20 minutes. Finally we drove off, I was sad so naturally I felt creative! We went to MBS and bought 6 plants to plant next to the walk way at our home! I loved the plants but I really loved picking Kaleb up from school! He had a blast!!

New Thanksgiving Background...

Ok, so a new Thanksgiving background on my blog is not exactly new posts. I made a goal of catching up my blog before Halloween and I failed miserably!! I only have 2 or 3 pics of the kids on Halloween (my little Cameron hid my camera)! I will try to get them up and the summer pics up ASAP! I am out of town this weekend but will try to upload the pics on Joe's laptop onto mine so I can do it while I am at work! Ssshhh!! :o) I WILL get these dang pictures up before the end of the year! I have too or my blog book will be all messed up!! I CAN DO IT!!

Ok, well while I am here, I do have a few pictures on my computer. I will go ahead and get "CAMERON'S SECOND SELF-HAIR CUT" out of the way!

About 3 weeks ago, I was doing homework while Kaleb was at school. Cameron was coloring at the table, the house was in order, all was well! About 30 minutes goes by and I realize the house is super quiet. I look up to see what Cameron was doing and she was gone! My heart sunk and I instantly knew what she was doing! I flew over the couch and up the stairs to her bedroom, sure enough, as I walk through her door she hides her hands behind her back. The proof lay all around her though, her beautiful hair was covering the floor. Last time she cut to her shoulders, it was heartbreaking but it was ok once we got it fixed. There was NO fixing this, she had to get it completely chopped off! When I saw it I just plopped down on her floor and started crying! I was sooooo sad! She was so proud though, she looked at me and said "I cute my hair mommy, I beautiful!" She is beautiful hair or no hair - but I prefer hair!

(And if you are asking yourself why I don't just hide the scissors - I DO! I hide them so good I can't even find them anymore! But, she somehow stumbles upon them!)