My Big Girl...

Yesterday we went Christmas shopping for the kids and I realized how much Megan has grown up. Last year her requests for Christmas were mostly toys. This year she wants sparkly clothes, a girls magazine(Tyler has been getting Boy's Life since he started scouts and she wants her own magazine), an MP3 player, and boots. Goodness! She is turning into a teenager before my eyes! I'm not ready for this. She is starting to get sassy as well. I'm am going to be in trouble when she becomes a real teenager. I am always saying that I wish I could freeze my kids at this age. They are so precious, well, most of the time. I loved this picture of Megan with Caitlyn. She is not as in to helping with Caitlyn as Tyler is but she still loves her a lot. So here is a picture of my sweet girls!

Bath Time

I don't have a story to go with this I just thought it was a cute picture. Caitlyn loves to be in the shower but as soon as the water is turned off she starts screaming. This was a picture after she had worn herself out from all of the crying. One of these days I will get a picture of her with her eyes open!

Things I'm Thankful For...

I am thankful for so many things but here are a few of them...


A great family



a new baby

great extended family

great friends(and I have a lot of great friends!)

I am also greatful for the Gospel and that we live in a country where we can worship as we please. For all of those people who risk their lives, and have lost their lives so we can have our freedom. For a home that we love(even though it is messy 90% of the time!). I am thankful for a husband who still makes me laugh and for the love we have in our home. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and enjoy those leftovers!

Our New Family

My mom was here last week to help with the baby and she took thse great pictures for us. I don't know how but all of the pictures we took with her ended up on her camera, I'll have to post those later. We had a great time with her and were sad to see her go. She was a huge help! Thanks Mom!

Halloween

I know it is the middle of November but I had to post these pictures of my cuties in their costumes. Graydon was awesome he took the kids to a trunk or treat and then went around the neighborhood for another 2 hours, he was exhausted when they were done. Our friend Wendy gave us this cute skeleton onsie for Caitlyn and she was born in time to wear it! I love this time of year, the leaves are changing, it is starting to get cold, and the holidays are coming. Happy Fall to everyone!

Caitlyn Wood

Our Caitlyn is here! Okay well she has been here for almost 4 weeks but I haven't had a chance to post. She was born on October 24th at 8:35 pm a whole 2 1/2 weeks early! She was 7lbs. 1oz. (which is a tiny baby for us!) This was my easiest labor yet. I was only in labor for 2 hours! We are enjoying her so much. Tyler loves being a big brother and is always wanting to touch her and hold her. Graydon has been amazing. He has been taking the kids to school, going to the store, and letting me sleep as much as possible. We feel so blessed to have this sweet little girl in our lives and can't wait to see how she grows and changes.

Yes I know this picture is sideways but no matter what I do I can't fix it, so frustrating! I like this picture so tilt your head sideways:)

Conference Weekend

I love conference weekend and last week we had a great opportunity to teach the kids about the importance of conference. I always take notes because it helps me stay focused and I get a lot more out of the talks that are given. For the kids we usually get treats and assign a treat for a topic that might come up, i.e. everytime they hear a speaker talking about the scriptures they can have a gummi bear. This time around we wanted to help them get a little more out of conference so we talked to them about writing down things that interested them or things they had questions about. It was fun to see how eager they were to participate. Megan got really into it. She would copy the speakers name from my notes and then write down words that she heard. We cuddled on the couch while she wrote words like obeedeeinse(obedience) and testmoneae(testimony). They felt like they were grown ups and I think that is why they had so much fun. I hope they retained some of the information too, but if they didn't it was still a great bonding weekend for our family. I couldn't find Tyler's notes, but here are some of Megan's. There was page after page of this...