Paxton's Blessing Day

Can't you tell how much they are into the game!

This past Sunday, we blessed Paxton. I thought it would be fun to do while Tiffani and her kids were here. The day turned out really good. Somehow, no matter how hard I try, I ALWAYS run late. I knew I couldn't be late on Sunday because the blessing is very close to the beginning of the meeting! With a ton of help from Tiffani, we got there, not early, but on time!

Mike gave a very special blessing. I wrote a few things down as he was giving it, but unfortunately lost the paper. Afterwards, my family came over for lunch. We hung out for a while, and then I took Tiff to the airport.

Happy Halloween!

Today was a fun filled Halloween! It started off with dance class. Lyric was able to wear her costume to dance, and at the end they handed out treats and had a little party!

All day, all she could talk about was trick-or-treating. Recently, she has been watching Mickey and Little Einstein's Halloween movies. This has gotten her totally into the Halloween spirit. I kept telling her, after dance we will take a rest and THEN we will go trick-or-treating! About 25 minutes into her nap she yelled for me. I walked in and she said, "Mom, is it time for trick-or-treating yet?!?!" I made her lay back down, which only lasted another twenty minutes. She was too excited.

This evening we went over to Jamie and Tucker's. We ate pizza and then Tucker and Mike took the girls out. They sure got a good amount of junk! We were surprised at how few people came to Jamie's door. Unfortunately, that meant candy leftover! Keep in mind we BOTH bought Costco size 12.5 pound bags of miniature chocolate bars!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a Fun Week!

Last Tuesday, my best friend, Tiffani, and her two adorable kiddos came for a visit. We have made a goal to visit at least once a year no matter what! We had such a fun time! I will let the pictures tell the story.

Tuesday, Oct. 23:

I picked Tiffani, Tessa, and Seth up from the airport. She was one brave woman, flying alone with two kids! Altogether, we have four children: Seth 3 1/2, Lyric almost 3, Tessa 9 months, and Paxton 3 1/2 months.

Fun times in the tubby!

Paxton & Tessa, hard to believe they are just over 5 months apart!

Okay, we just had to do this one!

Wednesday, Oct. 24:

On Wednesday afternoon, we took the kids to the park. They loved it! We put Paxton and Tessa back to back in the baby swing. It was his first time in a swing.

They loved these crazy, windy slides!

Seth pushin' Lyric
They had no idea the other was behind them!

Can't you just tell he loved it!

We also had the ward Halloween Party that evening. Lyric was Tinkerbell, Seth was a lion, Tessa was Minnie Mouse, and Paxton was a Tootsie Roll.

Minnie Mouse Tessa

Tinkerbell and the Lion

The world's largest Tootsie Roll with his Grandma

Tinkerbell and Belle

Me and Tiff

Thursday, Oct. 25:

Tiffani and I crazily took all of the kids shopping. I was on a hunt to find Paxton's blessing outfit! Talk about last minute. We went to the Outlets and then to Target. We had no luck. That evening Mike was nice enough to stay home with Seth, Lyric, and Paxton while we took Tessa and continued on our blessing outfit mission! We did succeed, thanks to Gap and Children's Place!

Just another tubby shot, they had so much fun playing in the tub.

Just a little sneak peak at part of Paxton's blessing outfit!

Friday, Oct. 26:

On Friday we just hung out until the evening when we went to Jamie's for Peyton's 1st Birthday Party! It was lots of fun with lots of kids! Unfortunately, I have no pictures from that. Jamie posted some though. Tiffani somehow managed to take all four kids on a little walk while I was getting ready, Superwoman!

We wanted to get a good shot of their sizes. We stripped them to their diapers and did a photo shoot!

Peyton came to play for a little bit in the morning, just look at that face!!

Paxton in his saucer watching Baby Einstein for the first time. He actually enjoyed it!

Saturday, Oct. 27:

On Saturday, Tiff and I ran some errands to prepare for Paxton's blessing on Sunday. Once again, Mike was nice enough to keep Paxton, Seth, and Lyric for us. Here are some pictures of "daddy type fun," meaning, the kind of fun I probably would have been not so fun and prevented from happening! Hey, what are dad's for!

Lyric in a trash can filled with water!

Keep in mind, it wasn't the warmest day of the year!

Mike was so kind to have them bathed and ready for bed when we got home!

I was so sad to see the week end. It went by way too fast. I consider Tiffani to be my fourth sister. I wished we lived just a little bit closer! Oh well, we won't let the distance keep us apart!

Just something silly, growing up, we always said we wanted to be related. Well, it looks like our dreams could possibly come true! Come on, either Lyric and Seth, or Tessa and Paxton. One of the two has to marry :)

Technical Difficulties

I have so much to post about, but unfortunately, my camera won't download my pictures! I sure hope they're not lost. So, stay tuned for lots of pictures, hopefully!

Flashback Friday

My Flashback Friday this week is from November 2004. I was living in Utah at the time and pregnant with Lyric. My work was kind enough to throw me a shower. It was a lot of fun and I got a lot of good stuff! I worked there for 2 1/2 years. I started before I was married and worked until a couple of months before we moved to California. I cannot believe I was 36 weeks pregnant! I swear I was that big at like four months with Paxton!

Happy Birthday Pey Pey!

Today is Peyton's 1st Birthday! I was able to have the privilege of being in the room when she was born one year ago! How amazing that was. We are having a little party for her tomorrow. I cannot believe that she is one! Time has gone by amazingly fast.

Family Pic

Yesterday, I had Jamie snap a few shots of our family. I have hardly any pictures of the four of us. At the moment, it always sounds so inconvenient to do, but I am glad we did it. I am very good at criticizing every last bit of myself! Overall, it turned out ok, and I like the little effects Jamie gave it.

Family Fun

Paxton and daddy catching a short snooze!

Yesterday after Stake Conference, we went over to Jamie and Tucker's to hang out and do some activities with the kids. There was pumpkin carving and painting, turkey decorating, and best of all, sugar cookie decorating. I really think I ate at least ten! It is so much fun watching Lyric have such a blast with her cousins.