Christmas gifts

This year we are going about Christmas gifts a little differently. We are trying to do things on sale and spread all the purchasing of gifts out over a couple of months so that December is not so strapped on money. As one of the gifts we are giving each child a blanket that I made.

 This is the front of Josh's blanket.

 and the back of Josh's blanket

 The front of Eric's blanket

 and the back of Eric's blanket

 The front of Eden's blanket

 and the back of her blanket. I know that in the picture it looks crooked but it's just how I laid it on the ground.

Now I get to look forward to another project, organizing all my craft stuff.

Pumpkin Fun

Last night we lit the candles in our pumpkins and had a little fun playing a game of pumpkin bowling with Elmo as our pins. Everyone had fun, and I think we have a new family tradition for years to come. 

Happy Halloween!

 We had a mini family photo opp.

Josh took this picture for us. He did a really good job given you couldn't see anything till the flash went off.

 pumpkin bowling.

 Josh knocked Elmo over the most.

 The pumpkin was doing just fine till Josh threw it on the ground and cracked it open.

 Little miss Strawberry Short cake

Aww the close of a very good weekend.

Halloween party

 Mr. Cowboy

 Mommy Pirate

 Captain Josh

 At the party

 Eating Cotton Candy

 Josh loved the the fun

 Daddy and Princess

 Josh's smiley face.

Princess Eden

A very successful party.

sneak peak

  The most adorable princess ever.

The only thing I purchased on her costume was the 30 cents of fabric for her crown.

For Josh's costume a friend lent us the costume and I added the accessories to it . The cost $1.50.

 For Eric I used what I had. The accessories 58 cents.

Now I could have spent a lot on my kids costumes but I wanted to make a point that you do not have to spend a lot to get a look for one night out of the year. Happy Halloween every one.
As for Jason and myself I didn't spend anything this year so you'll just have to wait and see what we came up with. :)

love

Fall

It turned cold really fast. Last Sunday we were in short sleeve shirts and now we are huddled down in our winter coats trying to stay warm. Last night we went with Jason to the YM YW activity to carve pumpkins. Eden didn't care but the boys were all for getting their hands dirty and making their works of art from pumpkins. I carved Eric's pumpkin from the shapes he told me to do. That is easy when he only knows a handful of shape names. Josh drew the face onto his pumpkin and Daddy carved it. We took pictures of the boys with their pumpkins this morning before we went to school. The boys are getting super excited to go to the ward Halloween party on this Saturday. Every day Josh thanks Heavenly Father for the Halloween holiday. Josh made sure that everyone would be dressing up this year. He seems to be stuck on this notion that Eden and I both need to to be princesses. We'll see how that works out since I will not be purchasing anything else except candy this year.

 Josh standing by Eric's pumpkin

 Eric sitting with the pumpkins

Josh and his pumpkin

Eric trying to hatch his pumpkin.

And Eden happy as ever.

Coming soon to our house. A bunk bed for the boys so that they will stop hurting each other at night.

We were able to find a frame, now we just have to find mattresses to go with it.

Fall Pictures

We decided to take some fall pics. Hope you like them.

YM Hiking trip

Jason took one of the YM from our ward on a hiking trip, the rest of the YM would have gone had they not been up all night from a football trip. all that went seemed to have a lot of fun. They went to Round Top, close to Carson Pass.

 Mountain Lake

 Top of the summit

 Chris and Brother Schmidt

 Having lunch on the summit

Why should red heads always wear a hat when hiking?

Because they will be a lobster if they don't.

Costume

I finished up the boys costumes but I still needed to find a tiara for Eden's and I was looking on line and found this tutorial www.lubirdbaby.com for making tiaras and so I gave it a try tell me what you think.

Eden fell asleep before I could try it on her but I think I'll make one or two more in different colors just for fun.

Eden

It's true I can't get tired of taking pictures of her. She is such an obliging little person. She was being especially fun today in her Halloween outfit.

I just love this little girl

Eden Is Three Months Old!

Three wonderful months ago Eden blessed our lives and even though we have at times struggled with her tummy problems we are so happy to have her in our family.

Three months old, 22in long and is 9.6 lbs. She has almost doubled her birth weight.

Her newest trick for us is smiling and giving us little laughs. She is a happy baby girl and we love her so much.

This video Eden shares her adorable little laugh.

It doesn't matter how many babies I have every milestone is new for me.