Winter Pics of the Kids

Yeah, So I was starting to pick out my Christmas cards and pics for this holiday season and I could not find any recent pics of my kids to use for the Christmas card. So we got out the camera and matched some outfits and took some pics out in THE COLD. I tried to do the CUTE "NO SHOES BAREFOOT" Look, but the kids were whining so bad that I bagged that idea and got the boots out and the winter hats and scarves. So here we are! OH, You might notice Casen's big front teeth growing in too. He is growing up too fast and getting to big. I am so sad! He is about 10 1/2 months already. Corey is 6 1/2 now and Cade is 4 1/2. They are all getting so big. And Corey is finally getting more photogenic. I am so thrilled! Casen was such a busy body taking these pics. He was so funny! He had to keep looking at every car that drove by. SO NOSY! The kids thought that was funny! Anyway, the photo shoot is over and I got the results I wanted. ENJOY!

3 Visitors this weekend- my sisters and a SURPRISE visit from MOM

So this last weekend was so fun. I knew my 2 sisters were coming up late Thursday night, so I waited up for them until 12:30 in the morning. When a 3rd person walked in, I just assumed it was my sisters roommate, but as I looked closer, it was MOM! She flew in from CA to surprise me. My sisters knew about it and kept it from me. I was complaining about my kids and me being sick the previous weeks and so she flew up because "her girls needed her." But I did not want to catch up on sleep while she was here, I wanted to hang out and start Christmas shopping.

So that is what we did. We did hang out everyday till about 1 PM because everyone, but me and the kids were taking advantage of sleeping in. And then we would get ready and go shopping or go get something to eat or just hang out! We also stayed up till midnight or 1 AM every morning watching movies and talking. We had fun! We went shopping, went bowling, Becca did her 2000 piece puzzle (obsessed) , and mom and I went over to her Mom's gravesite. So we had fun! The best part was just having them around and talking and seeing her and my sisters with the kids. We tried to have a dance party a few times, but my kids all of a sudden turned shy. WEIRD! No, Corey is always shy in front of others, but not her family! The kids did have to go to school, but that time went by so fast. We also went over and saw Mandy and her new baby. And we went and ate lunch with Corey at school. She was so proud to have us there. IT WAS CUTE!

We did get some Christmas shopping done. And we went to Hobby Lobby, the craft store a few times. A FAVORITE OF OURS!

It was alot of fun and it makes me sad that everyone lives far enough away that we can't hang out more. We really missed Steph too. She was in CA. this weekend and she was sad she could not come up. But they will all be home for Christmas time together and I will not be there. So they will have there moment together too.

I am always sad when my parents go or when my mom leaves. But this time I did OK, because I know I will see them in 5 weeks. They are coming up after Christmas. My mom and sisters were in love with Casen. He is just so cute and growing so fast.

I love my sisters and my mom. It was so fun to have them here and such a SPECIAL SURPRISE to have my mom come. I always feel like we get closer on these trips and get to talk so much. I have never been surprised like that in a long time. It was awesome!

So OVER my tacky ROOTS

So I decided to dye my hair darker again this winter. I am so over my dark roots and I do not have time or they money to dye my hair blond once a month. So I decided to go a little more natural and go darker. Now I will only have to get my hair done once every 5-6 months. Every time I have a baby I get these dark roots and crazy new regrown bang things. HORRIBLE. Hormones do some crazy things. But I love it. And I am sure my mother-in-law will tell me she likes it better blond like 10 times, but OH WELL!

So last night I was feeling so awful wondering if I would even be able to get my hair done today. I had body aches again, a fever, worst stomach ache ever, and a headache. I just either cannot kick this FLU or it was my new birth control pills I started taking. Went to the hospital, just to make sure I was not prego, because I was having all this morning sickness feeling. NOT PREGO. So I stopped my pills and had Matt give me a blessing and I am starting to feel better finally! Not 100%, but better. I have never been affected by BC pills before, so it was weird! Hope I am not dying of some underlying reason. But my really awesome friend watched Casen while I went and got my hair done. Doesn't hair make you feel so much better about yourself? I have been wearing a hat the last month, so it felt good to get it done! Friends are Awesome and so is getting your hair done!

Halloween Fun!

So yes , Halloween is already over. Corey kept saying she could not believe it was already over. It was an OK holiday this year. I kept wondering if my kids were going to be healthy enough for Halloween this year. I knew they would be devastated if they had to miss trick-or-treating. So I sent Corey and Cade to school, on dress-up day Halloween, Friday and they were both fine and had a fun day! Well that night Cade and Casen both came down with High Fevers. So I do not know if they had a different virus the week before and were now getting the FLU virus that me and Corey had. But Cade and Casen were sick and so Halloween was not exactly fun!

Cade was OK by Halloween night, as long as I was giving him MOTRIN. So we let him go to a trunk-or-treat for about and hour and then come home. I tried to go with the baby and stayed only 30 minutes and we was ready to go, sicker than a dog. Corey was fine, but I did not really want her out in the cold too long and get sick again. It has seriously been the worst 2 weeks of my life. PLEASE NO MORE SICKNESS!

We are all feeling pretty good now, but Halloween was not so fun for me and for Casen and Cade. Casen did not even get to wear his Polar Bear costume because it was such a HOT costume and he had a fever and I did not want him to overheat. And next year it will not fit him. Guess I will have to save it for our next baby!

But they had fun at school and their Halloween parties. The kids always love dressing up! They went to a fun trunk-or-treat with their cousins on Halloween. We also took a few pics of the baby in some of his Halloween clothes. We actually had some trick-or-treaters this year; about 10. It was amazing. Most of them did not climb the hill though; they had their parents driving them. And I was really surprised at the teenagers this year and their non-costumes, just wanting candy. Kinda funny!