Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we went to Mesa. We were able to see and play with both sides of the family but mostly played with my side because we had big plans with Josh's family for Christmas. We walked to the park near by a lot, ate and ate and ate, ran to IKEA, and the mall (I love you H&M), we also did the aquarium, and a hike called hole in a rock (I think). Also did a little swimming at our hotel and Leslie and I did some black Friday shopping. And my mom sat in the car with sleeping Alyssa so I could run in to the mall! Thank you mom!!  We had fun with cousins and uncles (and aunt) and Papa and Grandma!

We got Snow!! Nov. 2013

The last Sunday in Novemember we got a pretty good snow. I thought it was going to be pretty short lived by the kids but they surprised me by playing outside a lot longer then I thought. The saddest part was that we didn't have the right kind of gloves for Alyssa and that is the most important part in my opinion. They had alot of fun and we had hot cocoa as soon as we were done! So much fun to get snow, I'm glad that it's just for one day! Although we could probably enjoy just a few more snow days.

Cute kids at church

The picture says it all!  The kids were just being cute after church one Sunday.  Love these little cuties!

Troy gets a big boo boo

So Hailey and Troy were not getting along, that never happens... but anyway, Hailey gave Troy a really good push and his face went down to the edge of the wooden T.V. stand. Split open his forehead really good. We have the best neighbors who offered to watch Hailey and Alyssa while we went to the doctors office.  (They also cleaned up his face and bandaged it shut, they are both nurses.  I love them so much!)  We debated between urgent care and ER like crazy but opted for urgent care. I don't know if I'd say that was a good choice or not. They were in no hurry to take care of us and turned out they did not have any glue for his cut or steri-stripes. So we had to go to another urgent care where they could find any glue either but at the last second did and the 1st charged our insurance even though they did not provide us with any services. So frustrating!! In the end it worked out. Troy needed to leave his tape alone for about a week but he couldn't do that and about by day three and it opened up and festered underneath the band aid. We had to take him back into his pediatrician and she took off what was left of the strip and applied a new one. She told us it would probably leave a pretty good scare and it did. Anyway it was a learning experience and hopefully we don't have to do anything like that again. I do have hope that with time his scare will fade a lot!  Poor boy he hates going to the Doctor and had to go a ton between this and dental work and what not!

Babysitting Milly Puppy Oct. 2013

From time to time we get to babysit Milly puppy! My kids think it is the best ever. Every one of our kids loves her to pieces and she is so good with the kids. Very kind sweet playful puppy. Troy especially loves her so much and asks to get a dog of our own all the time. He will say stuff like, "Where do people get dogs?" And of course he'll just ask, "Can we get a dog?" "Can we have a dog?" and "Can we keep Milly?" It is really sweet! We'll see maybe someday. I don't think Josh and I are up for the commitment currently.

Alyssa's hair cut Oct 2013

The first picture is the day before she got her hair cut. I was very nervous to cut it but it had a lot hacked off the back where troy had gone to work so it was needed. The guy suggested this cut a walmart and I love it so much! It always looks cute and kept, hard for it to look messy or bad. And it so adorable on her little face! I was really happy with the end result.

Hailey lost her first tooth Sept. 2013

Hailey finally lost her first tooth.  Her second one came out very shortly after that.  She didn't like to "work" on it and didn't want anyone else to work on it either.  So it was barely hanging on when it finally fell out. She was excited to start loosing teeth because most of her friends at school had already lost some too.