SOOO excited!

OUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are getting ready to close on our house and can not wait to move in! I have never wanted to be in a house so much! I am so ready to get out of this 2 bedroom apartment and get the rest of my stuff up here! We have been totally blessed that everything worked out perfect with this whole process! We are very thankful to Heavenly Father who has taken great care of us through this adventure!

Kids Kids Kids

I am FINALLY starting to feel better and am really getting excited for the holidays....too bad all our decoration are in storage or it would be Christmas over here......jk more like Halloween! I'm so excited and ready to be in a house! Here is an update on the kids. They are doing great and enjoying our fun adventure!

Tori

I keep reading about other little kids getting into trouble and then I saw this picture and thought well Tori fits right in. She is always climbing up on the table to the counter and coloring on everything. She is also starting to talk more, and sleep less. Yes, ever since I took her "passy" away she has gone ballistic when its nap time or bed time. Before it was so nice, naps and bed time were so easy and relaxing with her, now its a huge loud fight. I am so scared the neighbors are going to call the cops on us. She screams and yells and kicks and when you think she should be giving up she lasts another hour! If I would have known it was going to be this bad I would have let her passy till she was eight! I remember a few people saying oh she will be over it in a couple days....I was really hopeing that would be the case, but knew it wouldnt be. Its been 2 months and its still a fight to get her to sleep at night.....can you sense a little frustration! Felt good to get that out...Its a good thing I love her so much!

Sydney

Getting ready for picture day!! Hmmm I think Ive turned into Mom with the curlers on picture day! Sydney is enjoying kindergarten and meeting lots of friends....she loves to learn and loves all the activities at school. I got to help out at her school the other day and it was so fun to see how she acted in class. I still cant believe she is in school now and I'm still trying to get used to it.

Steven

Steven has been enjoying being the oldest at home when Sydney is gone and plays really well with Tori. Although he still misses Sydney, and always gives her a huge hug when she gets off the bus. I love playing with just him if Tori decides to take a nap..which as only happened twice.! AND he is starting to quote movies all on his own...its so funny to see what he picks up on to quote. I love it!

Mom & Dads visit

My little Ballerinas!!

Sydney's 1st day of Kindergarten!

Of course we had to take a million pictures. We just kept saying, "I cant believe she is in kindergarten!" I think ever parent says that with their first child. Sydney was so excited the whole morning and kept asking if we could have lunch because she knew after lunch she would get to go to the school bus.. I think she was excited for the bus the most (and liked the idea of not having to wear a seat belt). So when we went to the bus stop we were totally early and then a little girl from Sydney's primary class came and she had afternoon kindergarten too. So even though they weren't in the same class at least she had bus buddy... I always worry more about this stuff than her. She has been SOOO excited for school and always does really well with new things. She is definitely the adventurous one of the kids, but I cant say that about Steven! He is afraid of everything! So anyway She had a great day at school and came home tired, hot and thirsty. She said they had a tour of the school, watched a movie, had a story read to them, and played on the play ground. Steve had the day off so we got to have some good one on one time with the other two. Today I have a doc. appt while Sydney's at school. :)

Western Idaho Fair '09

After a crazy morning, we headed to the Western Idaho Fair.

These horns were SOO BIG!

Hey Jeremy- How'd you like those mounted on your wall??

It was really hot out that day, so it didnt take long before the kids were all worn out and whiney! We ate, went on a few rides, and looked at most of the animals. It was fun!

The Oscar Mayer Weiner Van!

My friend Natalie and her son Kylan invited us to go see the Oscar Mayer van yesterday. It was really fun to see and the kids loved it. They all got weiner whistles, which made for a loud ride home :). It was really nice catching up with Natalie and her cute little guy. We had a great time! Thanks guys!

Natalie and Kylan testing out the whistle.

Play Land

Well the other day I decided to take the kids to a place where they could have fun without me, since I havent been much fun to them latley. This way I could get a break and they could get stimulated. I was able to get way more pictures of Tori because the other 2 wouldnt hold still long enough.

The only picture I could get of Sydney and Steven. They were having so much fun together....They either are fighting like crazy or best friends!

Scooter Steve!

Baby #4

So yes, we are expecting baby #4 around April fools day ( this should be fun!). We are very excited to add another one to our family. I would have to say Sydney is the most excited. She asks questions constantly about the baby and the pregnancy and cant wait for my tummy to get bigger. Steven says Im not pregnant because I dont have a big tummy....its so funny! And Tori....doesnt have clue whats coming. Ive felt like crap pretty much every day and cant wait for the second trimester. I need to have my energy back to keep up with these 3 wild ones :). We will keep you posted!

The Gutierrez's came to visit!

Our friends, Andrea & Jason and their youngest two, Harrison and Addalyn, came to Boise for a couple days and we had a great visit with them. We are hoping Jason gets a job here and they move down and become our NEIGHBORS!!

Visiting the Howards

Sydney has been asking when we are going to visit her friend Ryen, so we decided to stop by and say hi. They have known eachother their whole lives and we always take pictures of the two of them together. Ryen's dad, who died in the war, was Steves best friend. We would always talk about how Sydney and Ryen are going to get married.

Family Vacation @ Depoe Bay

On the ride to Wa. Sydney got a little board.


For Stevens Birthday we bought him a new bike, and took it on our vacation with us.The Kanooth Boys!

Out getting crabs!

Steven and Westin had a lot of fun together playing and wrestling together.

Steven's 4th Birthday at the Beach.

Steven enjoying some batman cake!

Getting ready for bed.

Rachel made some brownies for Steve's Birthday. We had 3 birthdays in a row so we had tons of sweets! We didnt have 26 candles so we just did 2 for his mental age (hahah jk)

Steven having fun with his Uncle Aaron.

Steve and I on my birthday

Beckys Special birthday Cake

of course our Family picture

Tori loved playing in the sand

The Annual Family Picture (always an adventure)

Fun at the beach!