Giddy-Up Cowboy!

I know it's been awhile and yes we're all alive and doing quite well actually. I just don't have much time lately. So while I'm playing hooky from church I thought I'd blog. I know.... it's about time! I have several posts for you all to see.

We LOVE Halloween! Neil even usually takes the day off work so we can all enjoy the day together. It was nice that it was on a Sat. this year so he didn't have to. But Halloween is a special day for us and some of you know why. :) This year Neil was so sweet and got up, made me breakfast, decorated the house and got the kids ready to go. It was SO nice. Not to mention that we actually got go on a date without the kids! Wahoo!!!!!!

Cole was a cowboy for Halloween and I don't think he understood how darn cute he looked! Well actually from the looks of that cheesy smile I think he did.

The little guy even had spurs on the back of his boots. Aren't they cute?

And here's a back side view of him. I love how he's holding his hat in this picture. Just like a real cowboy.

And cute little Korver was a giraffe. He didn't seem to mind his costume at all. And I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the 2 of them together!! What kind of mother am I? Luckily the grandmas did.

Cole was a little hesitant at first with the trick-or-treating. It didn't help that the first house we went to had a dead guy on the porch blowing out fog. Cole HATED ANYTHING SCARY and didn't think scary was fun or funny at all. But by the end of night he warmed up a bit to everything and had a blast trick- or- treating

Pumpkin Party

We had a pumpkin carving party at our house the Friday before Halloween with a bunch of people from Neil's work. It was a lot of fun, and some of Neil's buddies really got into it. They brought drills from work and other tools. Some of them turned out pretty cool.

And here's a picture of them all done. The one in the middle was done by shaving it so in order to see it we had to put a light underneath it, that's why it's so bright. Neil did the pirate and then I made him do the cute Frankenstein.

And is this not the most haunted picture? Can you see the outline of the ghost in the middle and all the little devils coming out of the pumpkins?? SCARY!!!!I'm not quite sure what Neil was messing with when he took this picture.Whooooooooooo!!!!

What the... Are those pumpkins???

Well we harvested our pumpkins early October this year after the frost pretty much killed the plants. Cole had a blast helping Neil pick them all.He was just a little frustrated with how heavy and poky they were. He wanted to carry them too!

And in case any of you were ever wondering. This is what happens when you cross pumpkins with crook necked squash. Apparently, they were planted a little too close to each other.

But as weird looking as they were, they were actually pretty cool. We got lots of compliments on them and people actually were willing to take them when we gave some away.

Hmmm... can you tell where Cole gets his fake cheesy smile from? Sorry Cole.
Cole and I got the fun job as being the trash compacters for the day.

Although, I think he enjoyed it more than I did.

So our garden is done for the year. So sad. And let the lesson be learned. Don't plant your squashes too close together! Or actually if you want to see some kind of cool new breed then do!

Korver & Cole

Well now that Korver is 7 weeks old I thought that I should probably post some pictures.

Cole ABSOLUTELY loves being a big brother and absolutely LOVES Korver. He tells me all the time that Korver is his best friend. It's super cute!

At first Korver would sleep through ANYTHING! Baths and even getting poked in the foot by a needle and then having his blood squished out of his little foot. The nurses couldn't believe he slept through the whole thing, and I was SO grateful! Poor little guy!

Cole wants to hold Korver every chance he gets. But then he gets frustrated because he can't see Korver's face when he holds him. Cole also got sick when Korver was about 4 weeks old so he wasn't allowed around the baby at all. It was the hardest, worst week of his life! Luckily, Korver didn't get sick and they're able to play again. Korver also loves Cole and it's cute to see him smile at Cole when he gets right in his face. Oh and just a little tidbit for all you nursing mother's out there. If you get mastatis put cabbage on it. It does wonders! I couldn't believe it. I didn't even have to go to the doctors and it was gone within a day! Wahoo!!!!

He's Here!

He's finally here! Korver was born Saturday night around 10:00 after 10 hours of labor weighing 7lbs. 5oz. Everything went smooth and so far we're both doing great!!

Incase any of you are wondering why he wasn't born on the 18th as planned is because my doctors office forgot to call the hospital and by the time they did the 18th was full. Grrrr.... but it all worked out in the end.

Bye Bye Emily

OK so I'm a little late in doing this, and Emily probably won't even get to see this post, but Emily, one of my best friends is moving to Georgia (today actually) and we all got together a week or so ago to say goodbye. It was such a bitter sweet thing. I had so much fun seeing everyone but I still can't believe she's leaving me!!!! Especially since she just had a little girl! But here's some pictures that I'm sure some of you have been waiting to see from that night.The Girls
Crystal, Me, Katy, Emily, Nette, Jenny, and Anna

All of us. (well all of us that were there.)

Cole became best friends with Jenny's little boy Carson. He WOULD not let go of his hand.

Katy, Emily, and Jenny

We're going to miss you Emily and Kris. Good luck with everything. Thanks Katy for getting it all together and thanks to everyone that came. It was so fun to see you guys!

Cole's Parade

For the 24th of July our ward did a primary parade where the kids decorated their bikes with red, white, and blue, or they could dress up as pioneers and paraded through the neighborhood. Neil had so much fun with this. He went all out on Cole's car.It paid off too. Everyone commented on how cute it was.

Cole ABSOLUTELY loved it too! He wouldn't let us take this stuff off his car for weeks!

The bishop was so awesome too. After breakfast he took all the little kids for a horse ride. Cole was thrilled!! He had the HUGEST smile on his face. (not in this picture though) And I still can't decide who had more fun this day. Neil or Cole. :) Regardless we all had a lot of fun with it all.

Cole, Cole, and more Cole

I wanted to share some of Cole's funny moments lately. I swear I tell Neil a funny story about him everyday, but these are some of my favorites.

- We have a radio hooked under our cabinet in the kitchen and the other day Cole dragged a stool clear across the kitchen, climbs up, turns the radio on, looks over at me and starts dancing on the stool and says. "Come on Mom, let's dance!"

- Cole loves to wake me up in the morning. And the other morning Cole climbed right up on top of me and put his face right next to mine. So when I opened my eyes I was startled and Cole asked "what happened?" and I said "there's a baby in my face!" and Cole said "No, there's not a baby in your face, it's in your belly."

- A few nights ago we were all sitting in the living room and Cole farted. He quickly turned around and then back to us and with a startled face asked "What's that?"

- Mom: "Can I get a whoo whoo?"
Cole: "Whoo whoo."
Mom: "Can I get a whoo whoo?"
Cole: "No you can't get a whoo whoo."

- Cole loves books and we find him quoting them often now. One of his favorite books to quote is Bearstain Bears. So the other day I did something bad (I can't even remember what it was now) but Cole turns to me and acting like Papa Bear and quoting the book word for word says "Go to your room and no t.v. for a week, for a month, for a year!!!" and then points up to my bedroom.

- I must admit I'm human and every once in a while I loose my temper. And the other day I was at my wits end and was trying to get something done on the computer. Cole came in bugging me to get him ANOTHER drink of milk (for at least the 5th time that day) and would not let up about it so I finally I got up and said "Fine!" and stormed off to the kitchen to get him some milk. Cole, calmly comes into the kitchen and looks at me so sweetly as I give him his milk and while motioning downward with his hands says "calm down Mom.....just calm down."

And I know this is a really long blog, but I don't get around to blogging much anymore so I kinda have to fit it all in at once. At least this second part isn't so wordy.

We went to Discovery Gateway with my sister and her kids a few weeks ago. Cole LOVED it! By the end of the day we were so zonked!

Cole LOVING the kitchen.

In the dog house..... how fitting????

They all thought the helicopter was pretty cool, but Cole was too funny. He was SO afraid that the helicopter was going take off. He wouldn't let me get more than 10 ft. away from him.

Cole and his cousin Rex.

What a cute fireman!

And we ended the day off with the fountains, which were a blast.

Projects

This post probably won't really interest any of you, so just know this post is basically for us. Our garden this year has done SO well and has been so much fun. Even Cole has had a lot of fun with it.

Here's a before picture

Another before picture

And after. Although, the corn still isn't very high in these pictures.

And another after picture. So far we've gotten potatoes, strawberries, onions, carrots, peas, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, and zucchini. We're still waiting on our corn, beans, cucumbers, spaghetti squash, and pumpkins. We've loved it so much we're going to add to it next year.

And now that I'm in my third trimester I think I must be going through a nesting period. I'm organizing closets, drawers, and I finally painted ALL the doors in my house! Wahoo!!

Sorry I don't really have a "before" picture of this. Just know the trim and doors used to be the same color as the walls. We've been meaning to paint the doors since we moved in, but we were so sick of painting from our last house that we wanted to do it with a paint sprayer this time, but I got fed up waiting, so I just started painting them one day while Neil was at work. I love how much it opens up the house!

And here is the flower bed that we planted over Memorial Day.

And here it is after all the flowers have bloomed.

Next project... the babies room. I'm making a crib skirt and valence for the window to match the bedding.

FISHING!!

This past weekend Neil's family came down fishing with us at East Lake. We caught lots of fish and it was so much fun to fish with everyone. We missed you Grandma, Clint, Rachel, and boys!

Neil, Davis, and Rick with the first catch of the day.

Neil and Davis hoping to score again.

Neil teasing the girls with the fish. They all wanted to reel in, but DEFINITELY were not about to touch the thing.

Hey look.... there's my belly! (Does this count for my belly shot?)

Grandpa and Brinlee!

Grandpa and Davis!

Carlie, Rick, and Austin. I think Rick and Austin had too much fun on this trip. They couldn't stop smiling!

Travis and a little bit of Suzanne.

We went fishing last weekend too with just the 3 of us. Cole was excited about catching the fish.

Before touching the fish

After touching the fish. Gross Dad!

Me catching a fish at the perfect time. In the middle of the rain storm. I was reeling in so we could go take cover and look what I found! Too bad you can't tell how hard it's raining.
Neil and Cole in the cute little tent we made to take cover. At least it kept these two dry. I was a different story.But the rain finally stopped and we ended up having another great day fishing.

Thanks to everyone who came down!! We had a lot of fun!