Pictures

Gideon will be three months old this week! I can hardly believe how fast the time has flown by. Here are a few pictures of our little guy......

Snuggles with Anna


Happy boy!



Sarah's reading a story to Gideon


Sarah and Gideon having a nap together.

Catching some zzzzz's.....

We sure love this little guy. He is such a good little baby. Gideon enjoys sitting and watching all the action of our busy house. He loves his soother and falls asleep all on his own. He is sleeping longer at night and staying awake more during the day. Gideon is starting to find his voice and loves to coo and gurgle and tell us lots of fun "stories". He is usually happy unless he is hungry or needs a change. We love his smiles and happy disposition.

Rebecca

Today is Rebecca's 4th birthday. I have some very clear memories of 4 years ago right at this very moment! Mary Lou came up and stayed with our other kids and then stayed for a week to help out. Rebecca was a sweet little baby and a joy to add to our family.

She has grown up into a smart little girl and we still really enjoy having her around!! Becky had a little party with her best friend Ashlyn yesterday and then took some cupcakes to share with all her friends at school today.

She loved the new blanket I made for her. Her previous blanket had been loved to shreds and so I made her one just like the previous one, just bigger.

Just to add to the fun, Becky had a bit of an accident this afternoon and ended up with three stitches in her chin. She was not happy to go to the doctor and even less happy about having him put the stitches in, but she actually did really well and even calmed down a little bit when I quit squeezing her hands so tight. I forgot that she was supposed to be squeezing my hands - I guess I was a little nervous too. Rebecca is the first of our kids that have needed stitches and I have never been that close watching stitches being put in before. We stopped by the grocery store afterward and she picked out a treat - Oreo's - and was happy as a clam after that. Another day to remember that is for sure!!

Let the fun begin!

I love reading blogs and I check the ones I read quite regularly. I love hearing about all the fun things that my family and friends are doing and get a little disappointed when there has been nothing new updated. Then I realized that I don't update mine very often either. It seems like we are always doing the same things and there isn't much to say. Well, just when I think things are settling down......
I got a call from one of our Bishop's counsellor's yesterday and he came over to extend a new calling for me. I am a little bit overwhelmed as they have asked me to be the Gospel Doctrine Teacher!! That has always been a calling that I have been a bit intimidated by. My friend teaches the class now and says it is her favorite calling, but I think it will take a little getting used to before I refer to it as such. I guess I have some growing and learning to do - I just hope the class will have some patience with me as I do that. Especially since next year we are starting on the Old Testament! I have always wanted to learn more about it as I don't think I was paying too much attention in seminary. So here we go - let the good times roll!!

Lately.....

Halloween has come and gone and I am very behind, but better late than never!

The girls had fun getting the seeds out of the pumpkin!

This one is a little fuzzy, but it is the only one we got of Becky. I wish I would have gotten one of her going to school the day before. She decided to be a "Fairy Cow". She wore a cow costume with fairy wings on the back - it was hilarious. I am sure her teachers at school had a good chuckle over that one!

We had a lot of laughs with this costume too! Especially when Matt decided to try it on!!

Grace was sick on Halloween and slept right through trick or treating. Becky took an extra bucket and got her some treats though!

Brendan wasn't so sure about this costume at first, but he got a lot of good reactions!

I didn't actually get any pictures of Sarah. She was a little leopard. Matt was home with the older kids and I was on a little road trip with Cub and Rachel and their kids. We went down south for Mason's baby blessing and went trick or treating at a few houses down there. It was fun to watch Sarah and Zach figure out what trick or treating was. Sarah thought when the door opened she was just supposed to walk right in - so she did! So fun!!

******************************************************

We are having so much fun with our little Gideon. He is such a happy baby. He smiles all day and is starting to sleep better at night too. I was a little worried that Sarah would have some sibling rivalry issues, but she really loves him!

Reading stories together already!

Lots of loves!!

I love this little outfit we got for him! It makes him look like such a little man.

I must admit that life has its ups and downs, but right now life is definitely GOOD!!

We Share Everything!

We have a book that my kids love to read by Robert Munsch called "We Share Everything"
It is a fun story about a couple of kindergarten kids that are having a hard time sharing. The kindergarten teacher comes over between every little argument and tells them that they should share everything. They end up being good friends and sharing even their clothes! I am sure there are many kindergarten classes that focus on sharing because it can be a hard thing to do sometimes.



Well, my daughter Anna is in kindergarten and her classmates have done a little too good of a job sharing right now. I knew that when Anna came home from school on Friday and said, "My friend threw-up on the carpet today!", that it was only a matter of time. Anna woke up not feeling well at all this morning, so it looks like I have another week of quarantine. Hip hip hurray!

First Smiles!!

I am always so excited when my babies start to smile and interact with me! Here are a few that I got of Gideon today - he is a happy baby!!

Double Birthdays

This week I had a neice and a nephew born on the same day and it got me thinking about all the double birthdays we have in our family.

March 4 - my sister Mindy and my son Brendan

April 28 - ME, my sister Melissa, Matt's Grandpa (and Mike and Melissa's anniversary)

October 5 - my neice Lauren and my nephew Mason

October 12 - Matt, my neice Alysha, my brother-in-law Dan

October 20 - My Dad, Matt's Dad, Dan's Mom

Not to mention my Grandpa and his sister who were born on the same day too!! I guess it is nice not having to remember so many birthdays, and kind of fun too!!