Fall Happenings!

Ya I know that I'm so far behind, here are a few pics from this fall. We got to travel once again for Jasons race. We headed down to Las Vegas over UEA for the 'Vegas Ragnar' and to hang out with family. Jason organized a van with brother in laws and a friend. They had a great time together, and it was fun to hear all their goofy stories afterwards.
We also had a good time shopping, playing, and chasing the kids around.

Above: Their whole team

Below: Just their van

I took the kids downtown one afternoon to meet the 'Real' lightening McQueen 2 characters.' They had some free gifts and activities for the kids to promote the new movie. The kids loved it.

Cornbellys!

If you have never been to this place before, you must visit sometime. It was so fun and such a great family place. Luckily Katelyn had a dance performance their, which made us visit it for the first time. We were there for a while and still weren't able to do everything(plus the kids were scared of a few things as well). She had a soccer game right before hand and we barely made it to the performance on time. And when I say barely, she literally walked onto the stage when we got there. She did a great job though. It was a very crazy day for us!

This doesn't look too scary, but Henry WOULD NOT go through it. You walk through the mouth, back towards the throat and there is scary music playing. Jason made Morgan go with him. What a mean dad! =)

This trampoline was pretty fun, I got to go on one for the bigger kids with Katelyn. You get some pretty good air!

This picture is for the Grandpas. Here is your future milker!

Morgan was the one that was scared of this guy. His mask was pretty freaky looking!

Fall Soccer!

We just finished up with soccer for the fall season! It was a fun few months, but it is really nice to have a break for the winter. We decided to put Katelyn in a more competitive league this year. She was improving so much the last few years and absolutely loves soccer, so we thought it was a good choice. Katelyn loves her team and coaches and has had a great season. The girls have all improved so much. I am the team manager and sometimes I feel like I have a full time job with it, but it is fun to be involved.

Here are a few random pictures that I got of her team.

Katelyn is on the right coming up on the ball.

We weren't sure if we were going to put Henry in soccer again, he wasn't loving it last year but he said he wanted to try it again, so we went ahead with it. This time Jason was able to be his coach(he has usually coached Katelyn). He did so much better and is enjoying it so much more. He actually scored 2 times this season, although both times it was for the other team. =) He was actually trying to get it away from the goal at the time. I sure love my boy.

The kids were able to see the 'Real Salt Lake Mascot' at one of Henrys games.

Visit to the Dentist!

What kids are excited to go to the Dentist? Well mine sure are, but I'm not complaining.
Yesterday was Morgans first official visit to the Dentist. She kept telling me she was going to open her mouth really big for the dentist. She was very excited to be included in the big kid club along with Katelyn and Henry. I don't even get to be by them while they are in their chairs because I'm getting my teeth done as well. It's great babysitting =).

Katelyn was just chilling there watching 'ICarly' in the ceiling. They didn't have those when I was younger. =(

Henry was entertaining Haven when he got done. Haven wanted to be a big kid too. She was such a happy girl the whole time, but I needed that after taking 4 kids to the dentist by myself.

The kids were so excited to receive their goodie bags with toothpaste and brushes. Well if you are waiting to hear the damage from our visit, here it is. Good news first, Henry - NO CAVITIES! Katelyn - 1 Cavity and she needs to get a spacer on her bottom teeth! Morgan - only 4 Cavities! Me - No Cavities(but he wants to redo/take out all my old silver filling). Jason better make more money sooner rather than later to pay for all this crap!

St. George Marathon!!!

That's right, HE DID IT!
Jason finished his first Marathon. We are so proud of him for such a huge accomplishment. He has been training for about 6 months and has ran more than 500 miles, so it better be worth it. I still don't think that I want to do a Marathon anytime soon!

We were able to see Jason and cheer him on at Mile 16. We had a few gliches on the way there, so it wasn't the easiest thing getting to that point, but I think that he really appreciated it. He had been cramping, but kept on going.

The last couple steps to the finish line. YOU DID IT!

There were a few guys from our neighborhood that ran it to.

We thought it would be fun to cheer our husbands on with matching shirts, as well as the kids. We may look like we just ran our own Marathon, but after standing out in the heat with kids and staring down the race course to see when it was our turn to cheer louder then you would understand. =)

Haven was also very proud of her Daddy!

There were five families that all went down to St. George for the weekend. We had to stay in 2 condos, so we stayed with the Williams and had a great time. The kids were so good and played together so well. Katelyn and Ben were inseparable. The kids had so much fun swimming all day, and just being kids and playing. It was a really fun weekend(except for the flu that was slowly making its way through the group, I happened to get it right after we got home, luckily the kids didn't get it to), and much needed!

The kids had a blast with this Flurp stuff, so gross! Thanks to Pat! The kids were also entertained with a sucker that had a real bug in it(which Pat bought), Jason promised them that he would actually eat it. Disgusting! The loved every minute of it, so thanks again Pat!

Go-Karting!

This is what we do when the kids are asleep. It's called PARTYING!!!

Jasons sister was here from Canada so we went Go-Karting one night. It was a BLAST, it's so fun to act like kids once in a while, or all the time. We had to watch a safety video before we went, did anyone listen? Probably not!

I made Jason wipe out twice, he may tell you otherwise, but don't believe him. It was a great date night!

Random Happenings!

Life is full of surprises and random things happening all the time. Our household is definetly no exception for this either. Haven is now 8 months old and has been scooting everywhere for sometime. She took her first official crawl the other day. I'm happy for her, but at the same time, I'm fine with her not moving too fast, now it's just one more body to chase around, grrr! =) We sure love this little bundle of joy. She is always so Happy and is the best sleeper ever. I'm not complaining!

This boy is always falling, what else can I say about this lovely shiner on his head. He absolutely loves riding his bike and was wearing his helmet when he took a BIG fall. He also got a 'Concussion' from it and threw up all over. Poor kid. It actually healed up quite a bit faster than I thought it would, considering it happened not too soon before we had family pictures.

Why do kids love making messes? Because mom has to clean it up afterwards. These two had a blast painting pictures and probably themselves to.

Are you wondering what this picture is? Well if you can't tell what color the hair is, yes it is red! Katelyn came up to me with her hands cupped together and this is what she was holding. I first thought that it was barbie hair and was waiting for her to tell me that. Then she informed me that it belonged to my cute, adorable, perfect little red head. Oh wait, she pretends to be all those things and really she is mischievious, unpredictable, and my child to do all the knotty things first. None of my kids have ever given themselves a haircut before until now. And this all just happend only a couple hours before we were to go and get Family Pictures. That's right it was perfect timing. Morgan doesn't have very much hair as it is, but we managed to hide the cut in the pictures but soon after I realized that she really did need it touched up. So off to the hairdresser we went and this is my little girl now.

I should've fixed it a bit better but she wouldn't let me use the flat iron on it. She now has Bangs. She actually has some really short bangs in there but it we didn't want to go that short so we tried to make it stylish. Don't get fooled by that little grin. =)

Morgan got to go to her very first 'Tea Party.' She was sooo excited for this and got herself all dressed up and this is the picture that I got of her. Yes, she does have her finger up her nose. Gotta love it.