baby basting 20 weeks.....

Well, I thought it was about time to start the belly pictures. I like to compare them to my previous pregnancies....just for fun. So here is 20 weeks!! I am feeling great, except for being a bit tired. I constantly crave anything bread related and tons of fruit...and sometimes brown sugar pop-tarts:) Things I used to love don't sound good anymore, which is weird so I haven't even been making that many sweets. Which is really NOT me. So my food blog has lacked sugar goodies. But I know that all the brownie cravings will come back :) I can finally feel little kicks that make me so happy and make being pregnant feel so much more real. I love this baby so much already and I can't wait to find out what we are having......which is Monday morning, yeah!!! Some people might think it is weird, but I love being pregnant. But more than that, I love having a sweet new baby to love!

Annie is 4!

I can't believe it. Annie is 4! Seriously, where did the time go? She is my little buddy and I always tell Rex that I want our kids to stay kids forever. I love that she always sneaks into bed with me while Rex is getting up and ready for work. I love that she is so attentive and smart. She loves all things girl and animals too. She is sweet and good to her sister and friends. She is my baby and I can't believe that she is 4. I love that she wants to borrow my jewelry and wear my perfume. She asks if when she is older if we can share clothes and of course I always say yes. She loves to be in the kitchen with me and help and watch the food network with me too. I am so proud of her and they little girl she is turning into. I love you Annie, happy birthday sweet girl.
Annie picked out her own breakfast cereal and even wore the birthday hat for breakfast!
Her cookie monster cupcakes were a big hit but turned everyones teeth blue :) Sorry, and my girls got it all over there clothes too. I will rethink blue frosting next year.
Her first barbie from her uncle, she loves it! I found it in her bed the other day :)
And of course her scooter! She is always envious of her cousin Ryan's scooter so now they can ride together :)
The birthday shirt picture we take every year. So she so cute and I love this girl!

Halloween!

We had a great Halloween and lots of fun activities too! The girls dressed up as Princess and the frog. They were sooo cute and making the costumes this year wasn't bad at all, they turned out great! We loaded up on lots of candy and goodies, which Rex and I nibble on while the girls are sleeping to cut down on the sugar intake :) Our pumpkins turned out great too!! What a great week we had.

Rex, I mean Clark off to work, I mean to save the world....


Visiting Rex and Papa at school. All the secretaries LOVE the girls so we had to show them off in their costumes.


Our Family Photo


Here is the princess, she loved that skirt!


Here is the frog, ready to jump!


Ahhh, hugging. My kids are the best, so stinking cute!


Our little photo shoot outside Cal Young. Posing in the appropriate princess and frog pose. :)


Annie doing Halloween crafts during quite time at home.


Trunk and treating at our church party! It was so fun and EVERYONE dresses up!


Right when we got home it was time to dump everything out and check out the loot! (We used to do this as kids too!)


Our pumpkins! Mine is the spider, Macey has the cyclopes, Annie wanted a happy pumpkin and Rex's is the really good wolf, he is a master carver!

Halloween Festivities!

We have been doing lots of fun family activities leading up to Halloween. I love when we do all the things that I really want us to do. It makes the holiday seasons so much more fun when you pack tons of stuff in!! So we of course went to the pumpkin patch and picked out the perfect pumpkins.... Macey HATED the hayride. Macey and I walked back to avoid any more tears, but Annie had a hoot. Well, just take a look....At the hay maze which they loved! Who knew that a bunch of hay bales would bring kids such happiness...

Macey, Annie and Kara checking out this really dirty pumpkin...no one would touch it :)

Trying to smile and hold pumpkins....not easy

Macey wanted to take all the baby pumpkins home. She actually made it home with 3.

For family night we made cookie brooms. Scary cookies that were in the shape of brooms that were delish!

Of course we had to do our annual sugar cookie decorating. Annie did great decorating her cookies... all of them were happy

Macey is supposed to be frosting. But most of it made it into her mouth, oh well :)

Us in front of all our glory. It was so much fun!!

Family cookie decorating is the best! Next, Halloween costumes and carved pumpkins! We love Halloween!

Really quick.......

Aren't the girls so cute reading up on how to be a good big sister? Well, good thing because we are expecting baby number 3 on April 5th! We are SOOOOO excited and I have just been waiting to post, so there you go! We will find out in couple of weeks if it will be another girl or our first boy! Just wanted to share the good news!



These girls are going to be great big sisters, I just know it! Yeah for babies!!

Fun Filled Saturday

Wow, we really packed a ton into our weekend! On Friday we went to Portland as a family. We stopped in Woodburn to look around at the mall, went out to lunch and went to the temple while my loving sister watched our kids. It was a great day! Next to be followed by a wonderful Saturday. We all went on a walk in the morning together while Annie rode her bike and then we were off the pick apples with some friends! We had a blast and the weather was great! After nap time we went to a friends house and pet her horses. She worked with Rex and dad at the middle school and every time we went to visit she told Annie to come over and pet her horses. So we did! The girls loved them. Next time they are going to ride them! We finished the day off with dinner and hot chocolate. After the kids went to bed Rex and I snuggled up on the couch, watched a movie and had a yummy dessert! We had a great weekend!
What a great apple, she ate apples the whole time we were there!
Huddling under a tree
Annie and her buddie Kara, they love playing together
Our family photo, not bad :)
Me and Amy (and her little baby) Amy is amazing!
Me and my sexy rexy!
The girls waiting for the horses to come over to them by the fence
These horses were so sweet to the girls. They fed the horses apples right out of their hands!
Macey actually sat on one for a second. They have kid saddles, so next time we are going all out!

We love Glee!

Seriously, we love it! Rex and I have been watching the 1st season and the music is so fun. We have a bunch of their songs on the computer so Annie and Macey can dance their hearts out in my room! It is pretty cute!

Today, I had music on so peaked in my room (she shut the door so no one would see her) to see Annie admiring herself. She is so fun! Pay no attention to the unorganized desk, it gets out of control......



She loves to watch herself in her tutu in the mirror. This goes on and on for several minutes and songs.... Rex was down stairs wondering what on earth was going on :)

p.s. Sorry my blog has been lame.....not much going on around here and I feel like I can't post unless I have a corresponding picture to go with it! I will do better!