Baby Bump!

Here I am at 22 weeks.
Yes.  Selfies.  Unfortunately.  I hate selfies, but I don't trust my kids with my camera, and Bryan is never home during daylight hours! Can you guess if it's a Boy or Girl? 

Christmas Pictures

Yup.  Still catching up.  But getting closer to real time!
We saw Santa, and Heath was totally enthralled.  It was adorable.  Christmas morning was tons of fun.  As it always is!  I love watching the kids open their presents and get to excited.  It is a magical morning. 

 

More of my camera hog

 

 

Heath....a few months ago

This little kid is so full of personality.  He has this smile....when you see it you can't help but smile back, and then wonder what kind of trouble he is getting into.  He is a typical little brother- skipping every toy that is age appropriate and wanting to be like his older brother.  (i.e.- Legos ect.)

BUT every once in a while, when his siblings are at school, he remembers all the cool toys he has.  Here are a few pictures of him being cute.

 And I have to throw in a picture of Brooke's hair.  I get excited when she lets me play with it!  She has SO. MUCH. HAIR.

The Christmas Card photos

November was full of snow.  Seriously.  We took our family Christmas photos and it was 5 degrees out.  I couldn't feel my hands for 2 hours after the photos were done!  Bryan specifically requested snowy pictures for our Christmas cards.  It was a little tricky to pull it off, but I think they came out great!
Here they are:

Back track to halloween!

I suck at blogging lately. 
Here is how 'into' Halloween we got this year:
We told the kids to find costumes in the dress up box in the play room.
We spent $0.00 on Halloween.  AWESOME.

Here they are....
(And they are still cute in unofficial costumes!)
He's a Jedi...

 Not really sure what Peter is, but he liked his costume.

 Brook was Rapunzel, and then Belle.

 And then she became Snow White.  And went trick or treating with an EWOK, and El Capitan Americano/Nacho Libre?

10 years!

 It' gone by fast.  We've moved 7 times, lived in 3 different states and have 3 wonderful kids and 1 on the way.  I never imagined my life would be this great!  Bryan and I have grown and changed together.  I feel like I have learned so much in this short time, and I know that 10 years from now I will look back and realize these years were just like a blink of an eye. 

 Some of our enduring favorite activities we do together:
*Card and Board games.  We loved to play these while we were dating, and still love them just as much.  We are just as competitive with each other as we were 14 years ago.
*Boating and wake boarding
*Eating.  (This is probably Bryan's personal favorite, I'm just along for the ride, but I do like to find a really good place!)
*Road Trips.  You can't beat bonding time on the open road.  The longer the better!

Some things I've learned:
*Patience is learned by having children.  Through our kids, I am challenged each day to be more patient and Christlike. 
* There is a right way to load the dishwasher.  I was totally unaware it mattered, and thanks to Bryan I have been forced to see the light. 
* People CAN change.  Bryan doesn't leave the cupboard doors and dresser drawers open anymore.  He is super about closing them now. 
*Boys are smelly.  They just are.  So do the laundry often so your room doesn't smell like a locker room. 
* How use the grill.  Thanks to B, I can grill chicken like a dude.  (He is still better than me though)
* Dad is still cooler mom.  It doesn't matter what I do, they are always more excited than life itself when Daddy walks through the door after work.  I am okay with this though.  He really is cool.
* Sparky the Sundevil still sucks.  But I can't tell my kids.  It's my little secret. 
* T-VO has been the greatest invention for our marriage.  PAUSING live TV- Priceless.  Now we can have conversation's over dinner and not worry about missing the game.  Thank you whoever invented it.
*You can't go to bed angry when you pray together.  It is impossible.

Some things I am still working on:
*How to follow the budget.  I'm doing better...but sometimes it is a general guideline rather than a rule.
* How to put my husband first, and be less selfish.  I think this is going to take my entire life.  :)
* Parenting.  Holy cow.  There is big one.  This is also going to be a life long process.  Hopefully I don't screw them up in the process.  At least there is an instruction manual. ;)

Happy Anniversary to us!