~*PRINCESS PARTY*~

Kalea and Mia were invited to our good friend Lindsay's house today for a Princess Party which involved lots of bright shiny dresses, Tinkerbell Movie, fighting over toys, and a snack.  It was pretty fun to watch all the girls in their dresses act certainly NOT like Princesses.  Fun nevertheless.  They all did seem to have a really good time together.  The girls were really excited to go to Kaitlyn's (Lindsay's daughter).  But as soon as we got there Mia acted like her usual self... attached to my hip that is.  It took her a little while to warm up but once she did, she did not want to leave.

All the girls... and Mia (showing some skin)... my little rule breaker.

Kaitlyn and Emily with the tea set... coveting each other's toys

Olivia and Landen.  They're about a month apart and were absolute the dolls the whole time.  Landen is NEVER going to be able to escape all of this Princess junk.

Kaitlyn and Kalea sharing fantastically

Snack time for the Princesses.

WOW! SO MUCH GOING ON!

Can I just start by saying that I'm not thrilled with the outcome of this years election.  However,  as an American I stand by and support the decision of the people.  It may not be as bad as some people are thinking.  I'm just going to be optimistic.  That being said here is what is really important... what is going on in MY life... 

Ok... So I'm really not that important.  But I did have a spanking awesome good time on Saturday with some girls from church.  We went out to eat and left our kids with the hubbies.  We pretty much laughed ourselves into a stuper the whole time.  It was very entertaining.  Here are some pictures of that night...( and if you are in are our ward I'm sorry for the repetitiveness of the pictures that have been on all of our blogs.)

What fun girls!  I do have to say that when I got back that night it seemed like Landen was a little upset with me.  I held him until he fell asleep but them when I tried to lay him down he just cried and cried until I picked him up again.  Apparently he didn't want to be away from me since I was gone all night.  What a sweet little boy!  I adore him.  

Trunk Or Treat

My friend Lindsay took these pictures last week at Trunk or Treat.  The girls had a really fun time.  Not only did THEY get candy a whole week early... so did I.

Apparently I was on a Sugar High

Lindsay and me

Christian and Steve with our sleeping newborns who are about a month apart.  It kind of looks like Christian is holding Steve's hand... I don't think he is... but I'm not making any promises.

Mia and Kaitlyn... SO Cute!

HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES

The night before Halloween we carved a pumpkin with the kids.  I don't ever remember doing that with my family as a kid.... my mom wasn't really into Halloween.  But Christian knew exactly what to do.  What I do remember is that I don't like the smell of pumpkins when you're scooping all the gross stuff out.  I distinctly remember saying, "Ew, that stinks."  And right after Kalea gags and was completely grossed out. Christian thinks I put the thought in her head, but they really do stink.  Mia was quite scared of the insides.  It was funny to watch her run away.  So of course I had to catch her and stick her hand down the middle.  Hopefully I didn't traumatize her.  

It was such a beautiful day outside so the girls took some cute pictures in their little Halloween shirts.  They crack me up!

Christian got the girl's witch costumes for a great deal!  He also found mine for a really good deal.  We thought it was going to be a little bit big on me but it fit perfectly.  I think he was hoping it would fit a little bit smaller *wink*wink*

3 witches, 1 cowboy, and a baby Jaguar (like on Diego... according to Mia)

The girls had a great time trick or treating.  My parents (Alo's) came over and hung out with us and then helped me take the kids out while Christian stayed behind to hand out candy.  It started to get cold and Landen got a bit fussy so they took him back early.  Mia was a little bit scared in the beginning but warmed up rather quickly to everything.  She's so funny.  Kalea had so much fun that she didn't want to wait for Mia since she's slower paced then her big sister.  I had to keep telling her to slow down.  I'm relieved to say that they didn't get too much candy.  

LANDEN'S PHOTO SHOOT

Here are some pictures that Landen and I took when he was 2 weeks old.  He's 9 weeks now! Holy Cow time flies!!  Anyways, I didn't get a chance to post them until now.  There's a lot of them, I know.  But Linda Connor did such an amazing job that I wanted to post as many as I could.  Enjoy!

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We took the girls to the fair on Monday.  Christian took the day off and we dropped Landen off at Christian's mom's house.  It was a bit chilly to start but then warmed up a lot and turned into a beautiful day.  Andrew and Lisa met us there and ate lots of deep fried junk food.  It was amazing. (This next part is for my brother Luke)  We ate deep fried snickers, a funnel cake, cotton candy, deep fried pickles, and a hot dog.  I believe that is all.  It was all wonderful.  I think next year I'll have a frozen chocolate banana, more deep fried pickles, and another deep fried snickers for sure!  Yes, I do plan in advanced what I plan on eating each year.  It's soooo good!  We actually only go to the fair for the food.  However, this year Christian got tickets for some kiddie rides.  The girls were able to ride 3 rides each.  We had to choose wisely though since Mia is too short for some rides.  One ride they went on was a mini roller coaster which we thought they would freak out on.  But they were cheesin from ear to ear the whole time.  They loved it!  We also went to the petting zoo area and are happy to say that we did not catch any life threatening diseases there.  Kalea really loved feeding the goats and petting them.  Mia... not so much.  Thus Andrew holding her almost the whole time.  

On a side note, can I just say how EXCITED I am that Lisa and Andrew are pregnant.  And since Lisa says everybody pretty much already knows that they're expecting I figure I can blog about it:)  Sorry Lisa!  Anyways, I love these guys so much and am so excited to see their little family grow!!  It's such an amazing experience for them.  They've been so wonderful with our girls.  The girls absolutely adore Lisa and Andrew!  It's funny to think back because when we first met them, every time Mia would look at Andrew she would start to cry hysterically.  And every time that would happen Andrew would just say, "One day you'll love me."  And she does!  We all do!  Ok, that's my the end of my sappy public display of affection for you guys :)

Okay, one more funny story.  When we were younger I remember going to petting zoos on occasion.  On this particular occasion I remember my little brother Lane getting rammed in the stomach by a goat that did not take kindly to him.  For some reason that gets me HYSTERICALLY LAUGHING!!!

Kalea standing with a black cow you can hardly see

Yes, this goat is standing on that cow (I think that's a cow)

Andrew and Mia with the camel

Cheese!

Mia on the Merry-G0-Round (you can see my face peeking in there too)

Some of my favorite people!

Kalea feeding a goat

THE Roller Coaster (Kalea's in pink and Mia's in white)

.... AND THERE'S MORE....

I've been neglecting my blog all month so now I'm paying for it.  I've got tons to blog about but sometimes life just gets away from you.  Actually, I'm being treated for postpartum depression so I haven't been feeling like myself.  However, the meds seem to be doing the trick and helping me to get onto the right track.  It's been a rough couple of  weeks trying to get out of my rut.  But I'm starting to feel MUCH better.  Anyways, now for the fun stuff...

You will notice BELOW that Rainbow Sparkles has a new BFF.  Her name is Pretty Panda and Mia made her at Build-A-Bear with her dear sweet Aunt Camillia.  Along with the bear came a whole new wardrobe and tons of hair bows for their bears.  

I realized that I've been SERIOUSLY slacking in the picture taking department.  So I've been trying to make up for it the past week or so.  The girls absolutely adore Landen and want to hold him any chance they can get.  Mia only lasts for about a minute but Kalea will hold him for quite awhile.  They are both great big sisters.  Landen really seems to adore them right back.  He stares at them and smiles now too!  It's fun to hear his little coo's and to see how much he's changed.  In case I haven't talked to you in awhile, Landen has become an ANGEL baby.  He changed so much and seems so content all the time now.  He rarely fusses unless he's hungry or sleepy.  It's so much easier.  What brought on the change, you wonder?  Well, after I would nurse him, he would CRY AND CRY AND CRY... sooo, we thought he was gassy.  Um... the baby just wanted MORE.  So afterwards, we give him a bottle if he wants more and mama just isn't doin the job.  Sorry for starving you the first month of your life, bud.   Anyways, here are some pictures of my kiddos.

We had a really fun weekend this past weekend.  Christian got free tickets to the Duke vs. Miami game on Saturday.  So we took Crystal (Christian's sister) and Brad along and had tons of fun with them.  Aunt Camillia and Uncle Cayler watched all of the kids for us... yes all 4.  It got really cold during the game and one of the absolute highlights for us was seeing this crazy guy walk around in spandex shorts and THAT'S IT.  We thought it would be funny to take a picture with this guy but after much deliberating decided that it was a little bit creepy.  So we passed.  But he seemed nice and waved to me at one point.  Weird.  

Here are some random pictures of my little man smiling... sort of.  It's hard to catch his quick little smiles since they come and go pretty quickly.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE this little boy.  He's such an awesome addition to our family.  A quick update on his 2 month check up he had.  He got his shots of course, which he did not like.  He was quite devastated by them.  Also, he's in the 75th percentile in his weight and in the 30th percentile in his height.  So, we've got a short fat one folks.  

This last picture is of Landen at like 1 week old.  This onsie was given to us by Brad and Brittney Nelson who I miss like crazy!  Brad plays baseball in the Minor Leagues for the Braves.  They live in Utah during the off season so I haven't seen them in a really long time, but it's so great to see them when Brad comes in town for a game or when they're just out here visiting family.  Love you guys!