October 2011

 Andrew at the city building

Andrew's pre school class went to the local pumpkin patch for a fall field trip.  He was so excited for this trip because we got to ride on a trailer pulled by a tractor.  He wanted his picture behind every card board picture and then he was able to choose a pumpkin.  It was pretty fun and nice to have a fun activity in our little town:)

 Dan Nielsen with His Boys Carson and Gunner.  Andrew is in the middle and me on the end.

 The Pumpkin he wanted

 Ghost Andrew

 Witch Andrew

Scarecrow Andrew

October 2011

During the deer hunt Brett's grandma Nelson takes all the girls & boys that are not old enough to go with dad hunting to Salt Lake for the weekend.  This has been a fun tradition for me.  I started going when Brett was on his mission and now I get to take my own kids.  The past two years have been really fun because Andrew has been with Brett. So it has been a pretty relaxing weekend for me and Madi.  For the next three years Hayden will have to tag along but it will be OK:)  I was closer to 30 weeks Pregnant and didn't really want to get in a swim suit so I just sat on the side of the pool and watched Madi and all of her cousins and second cousins play.  The rooms Brett's grandma gets are big enough we can all fit in and we order pizza and craft all night:0  This year we made wooden Christmas trees, Thanksgiving vinyl to put on plates, and the kids made candy corn decorations.  It was really fun.  In the past we have made watches, necklaces, pillows, fun stuff like that.   The next morning Brett's Grandma and mom gave all the little and big girls some money to spend shopping and off we went:)  We have a great family and I am sure this will always be a tradition.

                                                       Ashlyn, Madison, & Kaci

                                           Madison, Ashlyn, Kaci, Sydney, & Haley

                                                      Madison in her chair bed:)

                                                         Madison, Kaci,& Ashlyn

                      Ready to go shopping!  Ashlyn, Madison, Sydney, & Kaci

                                   Madison, Ashlyn, Kaci, & grandma Woodland

                                              Me, Madison, Ashlyn, Kaci & Grandma

                Me looking way pregnant, Grandma Nelson, & Madison

          Madison, Kaci, Ashlyn, Grandma Nelson,& Grandma Woodland

                                                        Madison and her Grandmas

                                               Trying the make-up they just bought:)

October 2011

In the post before I talked about how cold it was at the ground breaking of the Payson Temple. My parents had given us BYU football tickets for later that night.  It was already freezing and it was calling for snow.  So to say the least I was not at all excited to go and listen to my kids whine because it was too cold:(  Plus the game didn't even start until 8:00 pm.  I was kind of grumpy about it:)  The kids and Brett wanted to go so we got dressed in snow suits layers of warm clothes, coats, & blankets.  I was surprised when we got there and it wasn't that cold.  And It never snowed.  The kids had blast and even took off their coats and gloves.  It ended up being a fun time an to think I almost made them stay home:)

Back in October around the weekend of the 7th Brett and I had the opportunity to go to the ground breaking of the Payson Temple. We woke up that morning and it was raining and freezing cold. We almost went back to bed thinking they would do it on another day. We took Madison and Andrew to Brett's parents house and my sister in law Shannon watched them so we could go. When we got there all you could see was umbrellas and people snuggled under blankets:) We found a seat by Brett's parents and his brother Dan and his wife Lisa. My Parents had some reserved seats up front a little ways. I didn't think we would be able to see or hear the speakers very well because of all the umbrellas. Seriously no kidding as soon as it started the rain stopped and everyone was able to put down the umbrellas so we could see. It was awesome. Dallin H. Oaks was there to do the ceremony. He talked about his time he spent in Payson. If I remember it was where his wife was from, or maybe his grandparents??? UGGG I cant remember now!!!! That's why I should write this stuff down before now!! If you know please tell me. Any way it was so cool and We felt very blessed to have been there and can't wait until we can take our kids to the open house. I was close to 30 weeks pregnant and I kept thinking that our baby would be able to walk around when it was finished.

September 2011

In September of 2011 Andrew started 4 year old pre-school at Wilde 4 Learning with Mrs. Jenni. He was so excited to start. One of his favorite cousins Brityn was also in his class, and to him that made it that much better. I was able to help as much as I could before the baby came. It was fun to watch Andrew and Brityn learn. This will be the last time they will be in the same school until Jr. High. Also in September of 2011 Brett turned the big 32 :) It seems strange to be getting older! We celebrated with his favorite birthday cake Pumpkin Pie :) Brett's parents and I went together on his gift again this year and got him some nice snowmobile pants to go with the coat we gave him last year. We appreciate all Brett does for our little family. He is a great husband and dad!!! We love him very much. Madison signed up for Mini Cheer! She loves this. It is usually a week long and then they get to cheer at a home football game. She loves to dance and preform and we love watching her:)

August 2011 part 2

My little brother got Married!!!!!! We were so excited:) We fell in LOVE with Kristen the first time we meet her, and so did our kids:) They were engaged in June and Married August 27, 2011 in the Manti Temple. It was such a great day for them. We had fun meeting Casey's new family. They had a great turn out at the reception. Casey picked a wonderful person to spend eternity with. We love them both and were so happy to welcome Kristen into our crazy family. I was 20 weeks along starting to feel some what normal. Madison was 8 years old,& Andrew was 4 years old

August 2011

Last August we went back to school:) Madison Started the third grade. Her teacher was Mrs. Lepien. She also had her for Kindergarten. I think her year went pretty good:) She really likes school. She is growing up way to fast. Her cousin carson was also baptised last August. She looks so cute in between those cute boys.