Little football getaway

This past weekend we were able to go to Dixie high school and see Chris' little brother, Cody, play football with his Springville team against Dixie. Cody does real well and is one of the team captains. It is his senior year and it was fun to be able to see him for one of his games this season. We checked into our hotel (in Mesquite) before the game thinking we had lots of time to spare, then realized the time difference between Vegas and Utah. Woops! So, we hurried and got there a couple minutes after the game started. Chris was ticked, but we made it. :) We were able to see Chris' family there, too. They had to leave that night, but we decided to stay the night in Mesquite. The kids LOVE staying in hotels. It is a real treat for them. It's fun, but not too great of sleeping for Chris and me. I swear we both woke up about 50 times that night. It's different not being in your own bed. We went swimming and out to eat and just had a fun little getaway.

The kids liked playing with their grandma, grandpa, aunt, and uncles. Here is Cody playing.

Kylie and Peyton laughing with their uncle Brandon.

Kylie and Peyton staying occupied during the football game. Nice faces, kids?!

Camping!

Kylie has been asking us to go camping for awhile now. I got the idea from my sister, and I think it is great. We put up the tent in our front room! The kids have loved going in and out of the tent and playing in it. It is way too hot to go real camping right now, but we would like to go sometime before the new baby. The kids would love that. Here they are pretending to sleep, and then concentrating on their "camping water," as they called it.

We also made some smores. Mini-smores. We got toothpicks, mini-marshmellows, and chocolate chips. We stuck the stuff on and lit it by our "campfire," a match. Kylie thought they were great. I thought it was funny and clever. :)

So, if any of you want to go camping, I suggest this type of camping!!!

New Haircut!

I decided to give my hair a new cut. I told the stylist I wanted an A-line, but not such a drastic A-line. Well, she just kept cutting and cutting. Oh well. I like it, but I wish she would have kept it a little longer in the back.

By the way, Kylie took these pictures all by herself. On the second one, Kylie told us to say, "Cheese!" and this is what Peyton did. :)

Trains, Trains, Trains!!!

Our neighbor was so nice. Her family had tons and tons of trains, and her boys are getting older and don't play with them anymore. So, she asked if we wanted to have them. She has been trying to give them away, but didn't know anybody who had a young boy. I said sure. I didn't know what she had or how many. But we were excited! We went over there and there were tons and tons of trains, tracks, and play things everywhere. She said she loved it probably more than her boys did. So, she had bought just about everything related to Thomas. It was so nice of her.

Peyton and Kylie already love playing with them. We set up a little city, and all we hear is, "Choo, Choo! Chugga chugga choo choo!" The kids will play for hours up there. It is great, too, because now we have some more boy stuff, rather than just princesses and barbies. It'll be great for the next little boy, and we will use this for years and years. It's great to know there are people out there still generous and willing to share!

It's a ..................

Everything is healthy with the baby and things are moving along. A lot of my friends are having girls around the same time I am due, so our little boy will have his pick of all the girlies. :) I happened to wear blue, not on purpose, to our appointment. I have had a feeling of it being a boy, but never really could decide. And what better way of telling people what the baby is than by making and eating cake. Right?!!!!!!!! :)

Here are some ultrasound pictures...

The baby is putting it's hand by his head and later sucking his fingers.

The baby looking at us, and later smiling.

The baby waving at us.

We are all excited!