Fashion Diva!

H picked out her clothes today, and insisted on wearing every piece.

There is the green and white shirt, the strawberry print dress, the pink skirt, the white leggings (you can't see them in the pic) and her princess boots. She is so gorgeous!!!

Cool Puzzle

My great friend, Kerri, posted about this giveaway on her blog, and I just had to get in on the action. It's a cool custom photo puzzle.

Kerri, sorry that I'm now competing against you for it, but it was too neat to pass up. No hard feelings ;)

Family Pictures

We had our family pictures taken in October, and here are the results. We are really pleased with them.

The Honesty of Children

The other day as I was changing Baby N's diaper, E came up to me and asked, "Mommy, are you going to have another baby in your tummy?" I said, "Not for a while. Maybe when daddy is all done with school I'll have another baby in my tummy." E contemplated this for a moment and then replied, "Um, I think maybe not."

Lightning Fast

Yesterday we took the kids to Chili's for dinner, finally using the gift card my parents gave Jared for his birthday in July. We had a great time. E and H enjoyed coloring on the kids menu, E was able to do the maze on the menu all by himself, and they loved being able to chug down as much strawberry lemonade they wanted, since they were bottomless. After we finished dinner, we ordered the molten chocolate cake to share, and of course, E and H loved that too. Baby N, however, was feeling a little left out. So, Jared got him out of his seat and was holding him, and gave him a small taste of the ice cream. He naturally wanted more, and with his fast-as-lightning hands, grabbed the closest thing he could; Jared's freshly refilled glass of ice cold strawberry lemonade. Baby N's face was classic, clearly shocked about being soaked and freezing. Poor Jared was trying to remain composed as he held Baby N and dealt with a lap full of ice and lemonade. Me, I just laughed as I watched from the other side of the table. (I'm not all that bad, Jared was laughing too) I eventually took Baby N from Jared so he could deal with the mess. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

Nice View

I just love the view from my back door.

Random Pics

I found these pictures that I haven't posted yet. They are from a while back. Enjoy!

Halloween

Here are the pics from Halloween

Fun with pumpkins

Superbaby!

Arg Mateys!

Meow

Up to no good.

We went to a trunk-or-treat with our ward. It was held in the field of one of the members. E and H loved it. They went around to every car and were so excited to get the candy. H quickly learned that she could take more than one piece of candy from each bowl. If the person holding the bowl didn't stop her, she just kept going back for more. I think she came back with 3 times the candy that E did.

After the trunk-or-treat was over, we spent the next 30 minutes pushing all the cars out of the muddy field. We had a great time.

Too Cute

While Jared was at school today, H decided that she wanted to find daddy. She was walking around the house, looking under the couches, the ottoman, the table, and kept saying in her cute sing-song voice, "Daddy, a hi yoo?" (translated- Daddy, where are you?) Eventually she gave up and started playing a game with E. It was soooo cute.

Just for fun!

My good friend Nikki brought this video to my attention, and it brought back many fun memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srIIre8mvV4
I hope you all enjoy.

Crazy!

Yesterday Jared didn't have to go to school, so we played all day. We took the kids to Chuckie Cheese, and had a great time. Then in the evening we decided to go to a drive-in movie theater to see Ice Age 3. Great movie. Here's the crazy part. We drove an hour and a half northeast of where we live to the drive-in, and got there an hour earlier than we expected. How, you may ask? We live in the Eastern time zone, and yet if you drive an hour and a half northeast, you end up in the Central time zone. Does that seem backwards to anyone else? Whoever planned the time zone boundaries for Indiana was on something that day. At least it wasn't the other way around, which would have made us an hour late.
Anyway, the kids loved watching the movie out the back of the van. We collapsed the back seats and put up an air mattress in the back. We brought popcorn and drinks, blankets and pillows, and watched the movie through the open back door. It was a blast.

Evolving

So E's latest phrase has evolved. It makes me laugh even more. Yesterday he saw the leaves falling off the tree in our front yard and he said, "Mommy the leaves are falling. The leaves are kibbing me!" Then we were playing candyland and he drew a yellow card. "Mommy I got a yellow. The yellow is kibbing me!" He says it no longer with a tone of frustration, but one of humor. It is soooo funny.

Cracks Me Up

E's latest phrase just cracks me up every time he says it. He picked it up from his dad who says it while playing a game and doesn't do as well as he wants. E also says it when something doesn't go the way he wants it to. Ready, here it is. "You have got to be kibbing me!" (and no, I didn't spell kibbing wrong.)

Big Ugly Bugs

So I just love living here in Indiana. Love the home, the people, the area. But if there was one thing I could change it would be the bugs. I do not love the bugs. Here are some of the bugs I have encounterd.

First is the cricket. I really don't mind the crickets, except that these guys seem to have taken over the garage. Every time I go into the garage and turn on the light I see them skatter into their hiding places. For some reason they seem bigger here, too, about 1 1/2 inches.

This I believe is called a crane fly. Big and ugly. When it flies, it looks like a giant 3 inch mosquito.
Here is the House Centipede. I usually see these guys in the bathroom or the kitchen sink. Yes, the sink. These not so little suckers can really move. Big and Ugly. Not my favorite shower companion.

Meet the wolf spider. Found this guy crawling across the kitchen floor. Again, Big and Ugly.


All of these critters are hamless, just freaky (except the cricket).

I almost forgot to mention the yellow jackets that we had burrowed in the back lawn (sorry, no pic). They are not harmless, but they are gone now thanks to a wonderful thing called Sevin Dust.

Other than that, I am really enjoying Indiana.

Neighbor and a Birthday

Here is our neighbor mowing his lawn. That big bush is on the property line. It is also where one of the underground behives is located.

Jared and E playing a game of baseball.

I thought this picture was so cute. She did not want me to take her picture.

H's birthday cake. Next time I think I would make the base frosting yellow instead of white.

Opening presents.

Great Grandma Kidman and Grandma and Grandpa Sherwood participating in the birthday festivities via skype.

H with her birthday loot. Some clothes and movies, a stroller and the very coveted princess phone.

Busy talking on cell phone. Please do not disturb.

H had a great birthday. It was fun having Grandma and Grandpa Sherwood and Great Grandma Kidman participate over the computer. We are so glad that we have that available to us so that the kids don't forget them. We are just waiting now for Grandma and Grandpa Jenson to get set up on skype so that the kids can chat with them, too.

We miss everyone, and if anyone is set up on skype we would love to chat with you too.

Some More Pictures

Here are some more pictures of the happenings here.

Jared putting the kids to bed.

H claimed Baby N's bouncer.

So Baby N got H's purple bean bag.
E in his bean bag.

Watching a movie together.


H loves Baby N.

Baby N.

Jared showing E and H were the beehives are and telling them to keep away.

Yup, we have two beehives, in the ground. Jared found them while mowing the lawn. One stung his leg, and as he swatted it away, it also stung his hand. Who knew that bees could burrow into the ground and make hives there. Thankfully our bishop is an entomologist professor at Purdue, so we are going to talk to him on Sunday to see what we should do about them.

E in the back yard. Isn't it fantastic!

We are trying to grow the grass that is in our backyard, hence the hose. There was a new septic system put in, so there wasn't any grass back there when we moved in. Just beyond our yard, where the good grass is, is our back neighbors yard, and he doesn't mind the kids playing there. It is perfect for a game of ultimate frisbee, football, baseball, or soccer, or just to run around. We love it!

H playing in the backyard.

E and H just love all the open space!

H has a keen sense of fashion.

Sharing Baby N's pacifier. After all, he doesn't need 2.

Getting ready for bed.

Another one of H's fashions.

I just love playing with pictures. I thought this was a fun one.