Bodey, Bodey, Bodey!!!!!!

The most common phrase in our house lately is "Bodey, Bodey, Bodey!!!!" He walks now and he is a MONSTER!

I Love October

Sweet Moment

Sweet enough I even decided to edit it. Maddux was pushing him on his bike, it was cute. It is simply a moment though. These two have had quite the bit of sibling rivalry lately. Bodey knocks over blocks carefully constructed into houses. He destroys perfectly lined up cars for races. And he loves to pull apart puzzles and train tracks that are being put together. Maddux in return has been shoving.

Road Trip

Caramel Apples with Grandma Janice

i love caramel apples. i love that it is fall the perfect time to do something fun like this. sorry we talked you into it grandma, but i think you liked it too.

Annies

my sister watched our 3 kids, plus her 2 and she is 8 months pregnant. that makes 5 children under the age of 5 for 4 days. my sister is a saint. seriously hanging out with her is sometimes not good for my self esteem. she is one of those people that will probably be lifted straight into heaven one day. i know she probably has some flaws, i just dont know what they are. her house is always a nice place to camp out.

favorite faith and jadyn conversation

me:faith do you have hairy legs like jadyn?

faith:ya

jadyn:there not as hairy as mine though

faith: but yours arent as hairy as my dads

jadyn: but my dads are hairier than your dads

Grandma Mortensens House
we went to sanford colorado to visit my grandma. she is 95 and may be on her way to a better place. it was hard for me to visit her, hard to know that it might be the last time. i took pictures of her yard. i remember playing out there with my siblings, picking the honey suckle flowers.

After 2 weeks of being gone, it feels good to be home.

i need to journal, document, whatever. in portland. going home tomorrow. spent 4 days here with pat.

forgot the camera. pat says that people are too woried about capturing the moment these days rather than enjoying the moment. he has a point, but i still like to capture the moment (truely just for myself) (and for your viewing pleasure if you care) so i was bummed about the camera.

took my first taxi-cab ride. it was pretty uneventful, but i am glad that i can now say i have rode in a taxi.

since that cab ride we have done alot of walking. our hotel is on the river. the weather and the river are beautiful. i even went for a run this morning and it was glorious because the air was crisp and the scenic view was awesome.

spent alot of time feasting. cute little restaurants. yummy food. we have been shopping, one thing i really miss doing since i have had 3 children. spent alot of time relaxing. it is so weird to sleep through the night. i haven't slept alot the past 5 years, and it's nice to know that even though i have spent the past 5 years waking up numerous times in the night with kids that my body still knows how to sleep all the way through the night. that is comforting to me.

it is nice to spend some alone time with my husband. but after 4 days i am 100% ready to have my babys back. cant wait to go home.

Summer say goodbye.

I needed to post this goodbye to summer so it will start cooling down. I put up my fall wreath. I love seasons. Summer was fun. But it was hot! And I am ready for fall. It's coming and it's my favorite!
ps. sawyer we miss you.

They grow up and its sad and its heaven

Maddux made his bed this morning by himself. I was so happy I took a picture. My oldest child successfully washed and rinsed her own hair, dressed herself in a outfit that matched and put on her shoes all by herself. Bodey happilly and idependentally crawled around the house while I made pancakes. Today do I feel sad that they are growing? Not a bit, it's heaven.