November in a Nut Shell

The boys adore their baby sister and take good care of her.  They are always willing to help when I ask them to help Rylea with something.  :)

Ada and Rylea

We got to go to Time Out for Women in Las Vegas this year and it was so good!! I loved it and I'm already planning on going next year to the St. George session in November.  It was a much needed break and rejuvenation.  Now I just need to keep going back to my notes to remember stuff.

This is the dress that she never actually wore.  I saw it at the store and though it was so cute, I put it on and glitter just falls like crazy.  I put it on and after a couple minutes everything was covered in glitter, so I snapped a picture and changed her clothes.  :)

Logan is still my pickiest eater by far.  This was a night when he was particularly grumpy about trying something, so I snapped a picture of his best grumpy face, he though that was pretty funny actually and it helped keep some peace at dinner time.

I love my little Jear-Bear.  I think this mustache was from a drinkable yogurt.  He liked them for about a week and then didn't like them anymore.  So fickle.

Logan worked really hard to earn and save up money.  He went to the store with about $60 and came out with his own remote control car.  After this experiment I decided I'm never buying toys for my kids (unless it's birthday or Christmas) because they take such good care of their stuff when they were the one that had to buy it.  I love it!

The kiddos love playing with the Legos at Grandma's house.

Logan loves his baby sister.  As far as looks go, these two look the most alike.  Sometimes when she's in the high chair and I'm feeding her I think it's Logan for just a split second and then she makes her unmistakable squeal and I know it's my Rylea-Girl.

For Thanksgiving we went up north to celebrate with the Hadlock side.  The weather was gorgeous and such a blessing.  The kids were able to play outside a lot without even a jacket on.  It was great!  We went to the new museum at Thanksgiving Point the day after Thanksgiving.  It was pretty crowded, but the kids still had a blast and it was something fun to do with family.

We had a good November.  Next year I think one of my goals is going to be to keep more on top of the blog and try to get back into doing a weekly blog, since, this is my journal and we are at a really awesome time in our lives and I want our kids to be able to look back on our blog books and have fun memories.  Until next time.....

October Fun

One of the cutest smiles we've caught on camera.

Daddy and Rylea lovin' some General Conference.  :)

Jaron playing outside with a buddy.  I love that it's October and we are still in flip flops and shorts.

Logan was having a particularly hard day with life and decided he would just run away.  When Damon brought the note to me, I just busted up laughing.  I just kept laughing until Logan finally came out of his hiding spot to ask what was so funny,

Logan is such an awesome big brother.  He sure has grown up a lot this past year.

I love those crazy boys of mine.  They just can't get enough of the outdoors.  I'm glad we finally have a wall up in the back yard so I can send them out to play in the dirt.

We did a family home evening by the fire pit.  It was really fun.  A lot of work, but fun.  I hope it's a memory that the boys will remember.

Just playing some Plinko at the GWA Carnival.

Yeah, we found a tarantula in our backyard, and that's a quart jar, not a pint jar.  Eeeek!

This is what happens when Jaron doesn't want to take a nap.

Cutest pumpkin in the world.

Tragon was Spiderman for Halloween this year.  I opted to just buy costumes since they have been enjoying dress up play time lately, I figure it's an investment since three of them wear the same size practically.

And, bad mom moment, I don't think I actually got a picture of Logan and Damon in their costumes.  Hopefully Morgan did and they will someday eventually end up on the right post.  :)  Damon was Ironman and Logan was a vampire.  Halloween was fun this year, the kids did great and our neighborhood had a little party.  I'm looking forward to many more fun times and being better at blogging starting....tomorrow...until next time....

September Re-cap

Cute baby Rylea is so much fun.  I have way too much fun playing dress up with her.

Damon took a knock to his face on his scooter going down the driveway.

His lip got super swollen, I was worried about it, so Morgan took him into Instacare, they said he was fine, but got after Morgan about him not having a helmet...really, it was a rare thing that he didn't have his helmet on (my kids are pretty good at remembering helmets) and the scooter hit his face, nothing a helmet could have done to protect on that one.  He still has a small scar from the incident.

Logan's first day of 2nd Grade.  Man, he's growing up.

Damon's first day of Kindergarten.  He was so excited for school

More fun pictures of little Miss Cutie Cute Cute.

Tragon and Jaron got to go on a little date with Mommy after Tragon preschool orientation was done.

Our neighbor found a scorpion in her garage.  I took it to the boys classes at school, then gave it to my mom to show her class too.

Oh yeah, Tragon broke his arm this year too!!!  Just a small squish of a break.  He was playing around on the couches in the living room, most likely trying to get to the blind cords on the windows.  We heard the crash and I took him in the next day when his arm still hurt.

Super Rylea, this girl has already won her Daddy's heart.

We went on a picnic to Kolob with my family.  It was still pretty hot, but we had lots of fun doing a Smartie scavenger hunt and little hike to the overlook.

Logan will photo-bomb about every picture he can....and his sister loves him.  He's an amazing big brother.

Damon turned 6!  I know he deserves a separate post all on his own because he is one amazing kid, but I'm afraid if I try and do too many posts I won't get anything up.  :)

We just had a little get together with family for cake and ice cream.  This boy is amazingly smart and can be one of the hardest workers I know.  He loves his brothers and sister and has even started piano and is doing great.

Tragon's cast was on too tight (I tried to tell the doc it needed to be replaced, but no they said, just wait a couple more weeks and we'll take it off they said).  Anyway, it looked way worse in real life and lasted about a week before all the dots went away.

Jar-Bear, what's on your finger?  Poo he says, yes, he stuck his hand in his diaper...gross, and it had already kind of been a crappy day (haha) if I remember correctly.  Don't worry, it's not poo on his face too, that was Nutella.

Our little pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  We had an amazing storm come in and in the morning there was a triple rainbow.  It was pretty awesome.  We all ran out in our pajamas (well the boys did anyway) and watched the rainbow come to light and fade away again.  It was really cool.

And, I've become super girly now with hair accessories for my bald beauty.  I love making headbands and bows and clips.  Someday she'll thank me.  ;)

Until next time...during our next month re-cap...