Happy 3rd Birthday, Davis!!

Davis turned 3 (I CAN NOT believe this!) on December 15th. Since we were going to be traveling on his actual birthday, we had his birthday party on the 5th. For a couple weeks, I think he thought it was his birthday every day...he'd get a present in the mail from someone or have cupcakes for his birthday at preschool and think he got to have his party all over again. We decided to do a friend party this year for the first time. I was thinking It's a Saturday during Christmas season, I bet a lot of kids won't be able to come, so I will invite a bunch of them. Well, I started to panic a couple days before when not one mom had called to say they couldn't come. We ended up having 18 two, three and four year olds (yes, at our house). It was a crazy couple of hours but we were pretty organized and it went way better than I thought it would! We made gingerbread houses, played games (at least the older kids did), had lunch, cupcakes, opened presents and had a treasure hunt. I thought it was a success and I think Davis and all the kids had fun. He sure has talked a lot about it since then. I didn't take very many pictures due to the chaos but here are a few.

The first present he opened was a Thomas Train and he was so excited about it he just wanted to play with it and didn't want to open any other presents. The kids were so excited for him to open their present they brought and he was not having it. It was a little chaotic.

Blowing out his three candles.

Thanks to Jenny and my friend Kara who stayed and helped, they saved the day! Happy Birthday Davis! We are so glad that you are a part of our family and you have made the last 3 years the best! We love you!

Light Up Louisville

We just got back from our trip to Texas and I had several chidings from family members to keep up better on my blog...I am glad that someone cares and actually reads it! So, I am committing to do a better job on this. So, here goes a little catch up!

We went to 'Light up Louisville' with our great friends, the Madsens on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It was fun...mostly because of the company...when I go to things like that here (no offense to anyone from Louisville) I remember where I live! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it here, but it's just different and the events sometimes aren't so great. Okay, I sound really snobby right now so I'll stop. Anyhow...here are some pictures of our fun night!



The kids watching the parade...I think it was a parade...I won't comment on that!

Tyler got swords for the boys-Davis and Kaleb were loving them.

Happy Halloween!

We had a fabulous Halloween, not only the day of but the whole week leading up to it. I think Davis dressed up at least 4 times and now wants to trick or treat everyday and put on his Cowboy costume. He definitely got into the spirit...the spirit of treats, that is! Michelle hosted us on Halloween night and all of the cousins got to trick or treat together. Okay, maybe more by age group! Davis and Josh went together but Davis was a much more exuberant trick or treater than Josh! He ran to every door and had the whole thing down...what to say and when! He didn't want to stop when we were done. Now we are all enjoying the fruits of his labors!

What a handsome cowboy!
A good looking group of cousins ready to trick or treat!

Family Halloween Party

While Stacy and her family were here, we had a fabulous family Halloween Party. The kids (and some adults, minus myself...you know how I hate to dress up) dressed up, we had games, great food and of course, treats. Good times were had by all.

All of the cousins (minus baby Andrew who decided to stay in Utah) dressed up in all their Halloween glory.
Making sticker skeletons with Eva, I mean Dorothy.

Doing the pumpkin walk. I saw some good dance moves during this game. Steve decided to be a cowboy like Davis.

Davis decided to forgo the 'no hands' rule of the donut eating contest. He enjoyed every bite.

A Visit to Huber's Pumpkin Patch

We decided to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather a couple of Saturdays ago and headed up to Huber's Farm to pick some pumpkins. Davis is at an age where it is just so fun, it is all new and exciting to him and he actually gets what he is supposed to do! He had a hard time deciding which pumpkin he wanted to take home with him. The deciding factor ended up being size because he couldn't carry most of the pumpkins he tried to pick! The picture below shows the winner:

Everytime he sees his pumpkin on the porch when we drive up, he says 'There's my pumpkin, mom'. I think it will be a sad day when the pumpkins get old and have to be thrown away!

A couple of projects

So here are a couple of projects I have recently finished....FINALLY the 'candle' quilt. I spilled a melted candle on this a couple of years ago when I was first working on it. We did everything we could to get it out, but after finishing it and washing it, it sort of looks like a kid might have went pee pee on it. You can't tell unless you really look closely. I am really happy with how it turned out. So fun to actually have a finished quilt that I did all by myself, start to finish! (It only took like 3 years! Hopefully the quilt I am doing for baby girls room doesn't take that long.).

The Moons have been staying with us so I made my beautiful niece, Mylee an Aunt Summer special apron while she was here. I think she liked it...she wore it all night when I gave it to her! I really liked the fabric on this one.

Happy Monday

I hope everyone had a conference weekend. We listened to most of it over the internet because the cable channel wasn't working on our main TV. It was great especially during Davis' naptime so we could really pay attention!

Our brother in law Sheldon is staying with us for a few weeks doing a medical school rotation at UofL. It has been nice to have him around! He helped us..okay he did most of the painting of our basement on Friday. I have been planning this room re-do for a few months and had everything ready to go (we didn't paint down there when we moved in and the color has been killing me). I love how it turned out. I'll have to post some pictures. Sheldon, you are amazing and you can stay with us anytime!

We watched Jen and Keith's 4 kids while they went on a trip for their anniversay last weekend (Friday night through Tuesday). It was really fun and I loved getting to spend the time with the kids. Lets just say it was complete chaos. I have a new found respect for people with several kids. I don't think I am cut out for it! They are such great kids, it is just busy and they are busy and wow, I was tired when it was over! I'm so glad that Keith and Jen got to have a trip together.

Davis is loving his playgroup/preschool class he goes to at my work on Wednesdays. He keeps telling me he goes to school on Wednesday and church on Sunday. He was a little upset when we didn't go to church yesterday. His current obsession is trains, especially the Thomas trains-and we don't have any of those. I think they are ridiculously expensive and haven't come across any in my bargain hunting so he loves to go to Aunt Jen's or to Jo's to play with them. He does stay busy with the great Ikea train set that Grandma Wright got him awhile back.

Baby Girl is just kicking away these days. I have been feeling so good, I am trying to enjoy this phase of pregnancy, before I get too huge and miserable. I am almost done with the 'candle' quilt and I will post a picture when I finish the binding later this week. Then I have to get started on her room quilt and bumper. Can I just say I love the internet? I really have no idea how to do this stuff, but you can find a tutorial for almost anything!