Playing in the snow!

Our kids rarely have seen snow so they we're thrilled to have a little bit of snow to play in with their cousins in Pittsburgh. They built one great snowman all on their own and had a great time! Kelsey's snow pants made her slide down the hill which she loved!

Cameron was in his 1st grade Thanksgiving play last week. He is dressed like a Pilgrim of course and did a great job delivering his line about "Q" which stands for a "quiver" that the Native Americans used to hold their arrows to hunt food for the big feast. Way to go Cam!

All I want for Christmas....

I took all three kids to the dentist yesterday (yes, all three--I wanted to just get it over with!) 

Cameron was so brave! His two front teeth were pretty loose, so the dentist  pulled them both out. He looks so cute. The toothfairy visited him of course, and we know what he wants for Christmas now--his two front teeth. 

Kelsey on the other hand, hates the dentist.  We finally convinced her to get in the chair, and I warned the girl that she throws up REALLY easily, and they started cleaning her teeth and Kelsey promptly threw up all over her, the chair, and the girl cleaning her teeth. Then we had to coax her into at least letting the dentist count her teeth and clean her teeth with some gauze instead of "spinny toothbrush" that she hates. She's thrown up every other time she's been to the dentist--so its just not a good thing for her. 

Ellie has been crying the last week and waking up in the night crying that her mouth was hurting and I couldn't see anything in her mouth or a new tooth or anything, so I took her also to see if the dentist would look at her. She did NOT want to open her mouth either, and she looked right at the dentist and said very slowly and clearly, "LEAVE ME ALONE".  We finally got a peek in her mouth and he saw a sore on her tongue where she had bit it and that's what was hurting her. She doesn't have a high opinion of the dentist either now. What a  fun afternoon that was!

Welcome Christian!

My dear friend Natalie Moore had her baby today.  He was born about month early! He is perfect! He was 6 pounds 12 oz.  I've been around now to see all 4 of her boys when they were born. I feel so happy to be here in Virginia to see Christian today too. Sure love the Moore's!

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween! What a fun day we had. Here are some pictures from our ward's Trunk or Treat and from our real Trick or Treat adventures we had with the Moore's. We were happy that Ellie decided to wear her costume. Every other time we tried to get her to wear it she had a complete melt down. She LOVED Trick or Treating. She thought it was the greatest thing that all these people were giving her candy just because!


Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf and their 3 children (this was one of those times that Ellie refused to wear her costume.)

Kelsey the Witch and Cameron the Jedi

Our cute little Witch Ellie

Trick or Treating with the Moore's--so fun!

Pumpkin Patch fun!

Here we go to the Pumpkin Patch!


Cam and Ellie on the slides and "Farmer Cam" in his tractor.

Kelsey petting the goats and loving the slides!

This farm has lots of really big fun slides that the kids loved! They had animals and free cider and apples. This is one of my favorite things to do with my kids every year. It was a great time.

It's A Boy!!

We had our ultrasound today which showed a healthy, active, BOY!! We are so excited and feel so blessed that everything looked healthy. Cameron is thrilled of course to be getting a brother--he just collapsed on the floor when we told him exclaiming "YES!!" Kelsey is excited too--she just wants to help with a new baby, pick out the colors for a new baby blanket, and choose some "cute"clothes (what a girl!). Ellie is clueless about it all and will have a big adjustment to see me holding another baby--something she has never liked. Now just comes the long wait till he comes in March. Happy day!

Sorry about the poor pictures of the Ultrasound--our scanner doesn't work so I had to take a picture of them and its not so great. You get the idea!