4-wheeling

Yesterday afternoon we took the kids outside to have fun on the 4-wheelers and go-cart. As you can see, Katie is a very serious driver and Tys was a prepared rider with his helmet on (you never know about those blonde drivers!) Colleen did great for her first time on a 4-wheeler

Michael and Ryan had a BLAST on the go-cart!

"Little Boys and Their Toys"!!

Papa was teaching Katie how to ride her 4-wheeler... she is already an expert at using the "go" button but, is still learning how to stear :)

Trent's new favorite thing is to walk behind his little push-toy. He is also crawling more and getting himself into everything!
After a very busy two days, I'm looking forward to this weekend. Tonight Marie arrives from Boise... she's also bringing our friend, Colleen and her 3 boys along! We have a fun-filled day planned for tomorrow and, it'll be great to have my girlfriends here (too bad Mere couldn't come too but, her BSU game is of higher priority than me! LOL)

Trent Crawling

Trent is beginning to crawel!

Pumpkin Carving

On Sunday afternoon our friend, Sandy, invited all the kids (and parents) from church over to their house for a fun-filled time of pumpkin carving! It was a beautiful fall day to do it and, we enjoyed hot cider and bbq'd lunch too. Adorable Josiah

All the kids and their carved pumpkins

Edna, carving her first pumpkin.... and, Piper, mad at me for taking her picture :)

Precious, also carving her first pumpkin!

Tys and his pumpkin, holding the scooper was as far as he got. He didn't like the pumpkin guts!

Tys and Katie's pumpkin... Precious and I ended up carving theirs... Katie did draw the face on hers.

The four babies: Josiah (liking the dirt!) Sydney, Trent and Will

Me, having fun with the slimy pumpkin guts

Being a mean mommy and teasing Tys with them :)

Jakob wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty!

Katie liked eating her black frosted cupcake more than touching those slimy guts! It took me two days to get her black dyed fingers and face clean!

Trent had fun hanging out in his walker

Afterwards the kids got to play in the big sand box; this is Katie and her friend Jolena

Nevada Sunset

A view of last night's sunset from our kitchen window... it makes doing the dishes a blessing instead of a chore!!

Trent 10 months

Trent turns 10 months old tomorrow! He is finally getting the hang of crawling... having already been passed up by his 3 other friends, Josiah, Sydney and Will, weeks ago!! Just these last couple of days he's been using his knees to push himself forward; between that and rolling or, scooting on his back, he's getting himself around the house at a faster pace. This also means he is beginning to get into things! Yesterday I caught him eating the paper cover of a VHS (note: those movies sitting at floor level are going to have to be moved) And, he loves pushing the chairs around in the kitchen. His life has recently expanded to a whole new world and it's exciting to see his face as he reaches his goal! At his checkup he weighed 21.5 lbs; even though he hasn't gained much weight lately he's growing in length.. he is now wearing size 18mos clothes.

Trent is still loving food and eats all meals with us. Also, this last week he began using a bottle full-time and seems happy with it. For me this is a good thing because once I stopped nursing he began sleeping through the night!!

Our week

This week has really flown by and we're already heading into the weekend... Casey is working nights the next 4 days so it'll be a low-key weekend for us (I'm not complaining!) I was happy to get lots of things accomplished this last week: the month of May scrapbooked for Trent's first year baby book and the boys' old clothes put away and winter clothes brought out. Here is what our week looked like:
Monday ~ clean house and pick up after having friends over from church on Sunday evening. I also taught Katie and Jakob their school in the morning. Jakob is doing awesome at learning how to write his letters; Katie is also doing well but is also very concerned when "snack time" is!
Tuesday ~ We spent the day in Elko with my parents. Mom and I took the kids to story/art time at the library; which they love! The boys' had doctor appointments in the afternoon and poor Tys had to get a shot :( Tys weighs 33 lbs and Trent is 21.5 lbs. We also did some shopping and made it home by 5. Just in time to eat dinner and head to women's Bible study.
Wednesday ~ I finished putting the groceries away from the day before and worked on things around the house.. taught school to Katie and Jakob
Thursday ~ Taught Wesley school in the morning; had my friend, Lisa, and her two kids over for dinner last night. Katie and Tys are quickly becoming good friends with Taylor and Dalton! I made a big dinner of bbq pork, garlic mashed potatoes, rolls, salad, corn and tiramasu cheesecake... I spent the whole day smelling that bbq pork!
Everyday, except Tuesday, I woke up early (6:30) and headed to the gym. Now that Trent is officially not nursing, it's a lot easier for me to go the gym in the early mornings and not have to worry about when he'll wake up. It's been great doing the cardio and weights again!
Cowboy Tys

Princess Katie (she's wearing her "fiesta Dora dress")

The kids playing last night