Trick or Treat

Jake and I took the girls for some good old trick or treating tonight and they had so much fun. I loved watching them run door to door laughing. Talia did such great job keeping up but them pooped out after a while and sat in the wagon enjoying the candy she got.

Talia needed to take a picture of us :)

My three beautiful butterflies.

Pumpkin carving

Daddy was able to carve pumpkins with the girls thank goodness. Jake has been working so much that I thought he might miss this. Jessica and Kaelyn were so excited and Talia was making faces for Jake depicting what she wanted her pumpkin to look like...Of course Talia wanted a "Sca-wee face". The girls are getting so big and I cherish every moment that they give me.

Trunk or Treat

Today was CC2's Trunk or Treat and Halloween party, so the girls and I went to have some Halloween fun. Jake had to work late so I recruited my one and only "man-ny" Joe to come and help me with the girls. I can ALWAYS count on him to help me with the girls and they definatly enjoy him around. He was able to stay and help me chase the girls around and help them with the games and trunk or treating. I haven't been doing well with the pregnancy and my stress levels are high and the doctor tried to put me on bed rest...hahaha if you know me that was NOT an option.

The girls got sooooo much candy.Talia was just the most happiest butterfly in the world, she went from car to car and had the biggest smile on her face. Kaelyn kept booking it from car to car and when I would call her back so she could wait for her sisters she would go back to the cars she had already went to to come back to us, very smart little girl. And little Miss Jessica was a big help with Talia holding her had and making sure her sister got candy too.Talia kinda got a little bit of makeup on Joe's nose :)

My 3 butterfly girls. Love that they are holding hands :)

They were told not to get up off the bedroom floor while I was doing Jessica's makeup...I knew if I let them roam the house that they makeup would be everywhere.

My crazy mom

Every year for Halloween my mom and her co-workers dress up and they are so funny. This year they are Gothic chics. The kids at her school think it's the greatest thing ever. She said that one kid was like I wish my mom dressed up. When my mom walked out of the office I just started to laugh at her. She is crazy with what she does and every year is great. Her friend Lisa has a spunky attitude and was wearing a short mini skirt with fish net stockings and all of them had their lip pierced and multipule earrings....The girls loved it and were excited to see my mom dressed up.

A&P class

Another semester but different class! This semester I am taking A&P and it has been fun so far. I have learned so much over the last few months and my brain hurts. We are studying the muscles of the cat right now and yes it is stinky in the class room but thank goodness I'm almost done. Thank goodness for my parents watching the kids because without them I would not be able to do this.
I'm 31 weeks in this picture and I hate to admit the spot on my shirt is cat juice...yes ewwwww I scrubbed it with soap after I saw that hahaha This normally doesn't happen but due to the big belly I bump into everything...yuck!

Thunder

Today while the kids and I were sitting in the parking lot waiting for school to start it started to rain and then we would hear the loud thunder. The kids eyes got big and Talia kept saying "Scawee mommie" and that comment caused a chain of "I'm scared" coming from the girls mouths. A story my mom came to mind of when I was a little kid and living in Chicago we would hear the thunder all the time. My mom use to tell us that my babcia was in heaven bowling and that every time you would hear the loud crash of the thunder it was her getting a strike. It helped us get over the fear and I don't think I ever was scared of thunder after that story. My mom use to sit us on the outside step of our back door and we would listen for the thunder and cheer because our grandmother was winning :)

After I told the girls the story they seemed more excited to hear the noise and I even got Talia to cheer.

Prayer before bedtime

Jake is so good with getting the girls together to do prayer at bedtime. Tonight Talia was the one who said prayer and I just love listening to her cute little voice. She still calls Heavenly Father "Harry Potter" when she prays and it always puts a smile on my face. Since I really have a hard time with kneeling or sitting for that matter I stood by the door to listen to prayer and I had to take this picture.

Contest day

Kinda bummed but we did not place for the scarecrow contest and I was actually shocked by that. The Grad prize was really good but it seemed like groups of like girls scouts were winning, it seemed to be a group contest not a family thing. OH WELL, there is always next year

What a difference a year makes...this was taken 2009.
Our 2010 picture!

Lombardi Ranch Scarecrow contest

This year I decided to enter our family in the Lombardi Ranch scarecrow contest. I figured it would be something that would be fun for us to do, I didn't realize how busy we were going to get over the next few weeks. So this is our creation in a two day period.

Daddy and the girls stuffing the lineman scare crow.

Here are the girls with their scarecrow doubles....The sign says "Our daddy keeps the lights on". It was going to say when the lights go out our daddy gets it on but I figured that would not probally be good hahahaha!

Our finish display!

Daddy never learns

Jake was reading the girls a story in my office and fell asleep mid sentence...I left the room for a bit and came back to this. Kaelyn and Jessica decorating daddy. First it started out with happy face stickers from the craft drawer, then they were poking him with sticks and then it ended with Snow Whites dress on his head with Kaelyn laying on him. He didn't move once, the girls thought he was playing dead and were going to jump out at them like he usually does.

I have NO idea where they get this from!

I could never sleep through this!

My soccer stars

I wanted to get pictures of the girls in their uniforms for soccer and if you know my little Kaelyn she is like the dog in the movie UP (squirrel). I can never get her to look at the camera, it is like pulling teeth. Talia wanted to be in the pictures and was crying after a while because I wanted just the two girls. So we made it a sister shot just for her.

My three little stooges!

With tears in her eyes she was able to take a picture with her sisters.

Jessica's first game of the season

Jessica is in her second year of soccer with AYSO and she seems to be doing well. The only thing we need to practice on is when she kicks the ball she doesn't have to fall to the ground and not to continuously pick her butt every 5 mins...Sorry for the detail I do this blog to remember everything! Jake and I love going to the games, just not how hot is has been. Her coach this year is an old fried of Jakes from church (Luis DeLeon).

Poor thing feel down and got trampled so her daddy went to comfort her.

Talia wanted to get dressed for the occasion in Jessica's old soccer uniform.

The girls are pumped up and ready to play...GO GREEN MACHINE!

Kaelyn's first game

This year we put Kaelyn in AYSO and she loves it. I'm not fond of the way the program is laid out but I can't pull her out now. This year they do practice and game on the same day and there is no coach just parent volunteers. It is really unorganized! A good friend of ours has his daughter on the team and he has been the coach, which I have to say he is great with the kids

Looking sharp in her uniform.Talia and Logan were having a rough day so they decided to take a break.

Coach Andy giving the girls a pep talk during the game.

Birthday dinner with the girls

Some of my good friends that I have known for years took me out to dinner for my birthday and I have to say I really needed it. Due to all the stress from school and life I needed a night out to laugh and relax. To the right is Jen and we have been friends for 4 years now and she is such a great friend. Melinda and I go way back to highschool, she use to give me rides to school when I was a freshman. So you can say Melinda and I have been friends for 16 years. Melissa and I have a long history and have known eachother for 16 years. These girls are one of a kind really and I love my friendship with them.

28 weeks

I'm offically 28 weeks now and the weeks are flying by. I feel like he is very low and there is a lot of pressure on my back and pelvis to were it is hard to walk at times. I know now that this is probally going to be our last baby for sure. I love kids but it is hard having other little ones running around and trying to keep up with them

I feel like I'm sticking out more with this pregnancy than I did with the girls.

When I was pregnant with Kaelyn I have a picture of Jessica hugging my belly like this and I thought that it would be cute to have another one with the girls hugging their baby brother.

Syrian wedding

I have never been to a Syrian wedding before and I have to say that they love to party. Growing up I lived across the street from 4 families that were either related or very close and we played with their kids on a daily basis. Last week we were able to attend one of their weddings, my mom and dad went as well as my brother and sister inlaw. All the surrounding neighbors were there too, it felt like a block party but we were all dressed up.Thanks to a great friend of mine I was able to wear a dress that was amazing.

My beautiful family!

The food was amazing and it just kept coming and coming. I love the culture and the traditions that this wedding had. It's sad at times how I have been to weddings and people are showing up in jeans and not dressing up. I loved watching everyone dance and when I say everyone, everyone one was dancing to the baznaye holland dance.

Time for the tooth fairy to visit

About a week ago Jessica came running in my room to tell me her tooth was wiggling and for me to feel it. Sure enough she was going to soon be loosing her first tooth. Yesterday when I went to get the girls from my mom's Jessica showed me that her tooth is now bent in half and it was still wiggling. My mom was trying to encourage her to pull it but if you know Jessica she is a bit dramatic when it comes to pain. My mom took her to the bathroom and told her to rinse her mouth out and with a little slip of my moms hand the tooth came out. Let's just say Jessica was very traumatized that her tooth was no longer in her mouth.

After she calmed down my mom gave her 2 dollars and she was trying to get more from my dad haha. She called her daddy and informed him of the news and we told her to get it under her pillow so the tooth fairy will visit. At about 5 am Jessica came running in my room with a five dollar bill from the tooth fairy.Talia wanted to join in on the fun and show us her teeth.

Kind of scary I know but Kaelyn wanted to have me take a picture of her teeth also.

Trip to Utah

We were able to take a weekend trip to Utah for the first time as a family this summer. Jake spoke very highly about Utah and always talked about us going and how much I would love it. The trip started out a little rocky with the fact that our battery died at the gas station and then not finding the battery at a nearby Walmart. Jake and I were to say the least a little upset. The trip was really long but the girls did an awesome job. I was getting a little uncomfortable and I had to get out a walk around a bit, remind me never to take a long trip while pregnant.

The cabin we stayed at was really far into these beautiful mountains and the kids loved running around. Jake was able to help build a zip line that was a hit! We stayed with a really nice family and Jakes parents were up there too. Jake and I were also able to go to our first BYU football game and I LOVED it.....It was a nice get away.

Absolutly love this picture~

My three little cuties!

My handsome hubby tightening the zip line!