Harrison and William

The other day I put all the boys down for a nap, I needed a break and so did they. William was fussing and I was in the office ignoring him. I saw a flash of something run past out of the corner of my eye but continued reading email. William calmed down, how nice, I thought and then I heard cooing and baby talk.

I walked into his room to find this.

and this......

and this........

Suddenly I didnt need a break anymore, this was too sweet.....

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving this year was wonderful! We drove to Utah and spent a week with Ben's family. Ben's family is wonderful and I always feel so blessed to be apart of their lives. We had so many people able to come and celebrate with us this year. We missed Becky and Emily, but hopefully next time they can come. We stayed at Sara and Bryan's house and had Thanksgiving dinner at Julie's. We stayed at Sara and Bryan's house and had Thanksgiving dinner at Julie's.
I loved being a Julie's the day before Thanksgiving and cooking all day, we made a million pies, I think we had something like 35 pies. We made them all gluten free and dairy and that was ruined when I made a crumb topping for the apple pies with regular flour. Sorry Moody's. We still had 3 gluten free/wheat free pies for them so it wasnt all bad.
Samantha helping me make the turkey's

We had 4 turkey's, 1 ham and prime rib. There were 42 people (however I think there might of been more?)


Cousins were abundant and Harrison took advantage of every moment to spend with them. We barely saw him. William won everyone over with his big toothy grin and his lover eyes. Aunt Julie and Aunt Sara couldnt put him down and he had them wrapped around his little finger. Sam wasnt feeling so well. A case of pneumonia kept him from enjoying cousins and playing. When we returned home Sam was admitted to the hospital for a few days to clear up his pneumonia. The family was so loving, helpful and kind with helping Sam feel better, what a blessing.
Big sister Lauren and baby sister Kathryn, these too are way to sweet together

Grant and Tatum

Joey and Tatum

Sara, Grandma Ilene, Julie holding William and Ange's mom, Kimberly

William and Claire are two days apart, Claire was holding William up

Daddy and William

The 2008 Cousins. The 4 brothers had babies this year, here they are.
In birth order, Desi, Ceseley, William and Claire The babies with their dad and no one would be serious enough to take a pic.

A rare sighting of Harrison

William and MommyWilliam and Desi
Dad, Allison, Jim and Julie

Aunt Sara and William

Mari and Desi
Grandpa and Sam checking out the Day After Thanksgiving Ad's

Ben spent every moment with his brothers and sisters and really enjoyed the time. Dart gun wars, Rock Band, Uncle Baseball, visiting and enjoying his family was the highlight of the trip.

Uncle Baseball

Rock Band

More Uncle Baseball

Ben chasing Matt during Uncle Baseball

We had so much fun and honestly wish we could do this every year. Its a blast. I got to spend Tuesday night with my sisters and their families. I love their little families and love my sisters so much. I wish I had more time with them while I was there. Ben and I had lots of things planned to do, but with Sam's pneumonia it all got tossed out the window, which is no big deal, we'll be back this summer.

In my family every Thanksgiving we sit at the table and say what we are thankful for.

I am thankful for my husband. He is wonderful and he treats me like a queen and loves our children so much. I couldnt ask for anything more and he makes my life so wonderful and enriched.

I am thankful for my kids and the opportunity to be there mom. I love them dearly and enjoy every moment with them.

I am thankful for the gospel and all the peace, joy, happiness and knowledge it brings to our lives.I am thankful for the role that our Heavenly Father plays in our lives. We are so blessed and I know it is because of Him.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving we sure did

Funny quotes from the weekend:

Joey: (I was sleeping in Joey's bed) Aunt Amanda I tried really hard not to get boogers on my sheets
Kate: Baby William needs goldfish crackers (Kate carries her crackers in her pretend bakeware)
Kate: Asking me "Who are your brothers?" (Sam, Harrison, William) "Who's your dad?" (Ben)

Kate asking the young RM at Julie's house "How did you get here, your Mom and Dad drive you?" "Do you live with your Mom and Dad?" "Do you share a room?"

Ok, so pretty much everything Kate said was hillarious!

Harrison, in love.....

Harrison wrote a love note to his preschool teacher today. It says "Hi Ms. Pat, I love you soooooooooooo much. Love Harrison"
He has put it in his homework folder for her to find when she grades his work. I thinking he's working on an A.

Nothing is better than a box!

Our microwave died after 8 years so we got a new one. The boys loved the box!

It Rained Today!

The boys footprints on our porch

It rained and we had to run outside and get wet!

Happy Happy Halloween

Sam as a skeleton, Harrison as Batman and William as a "I Love Mummy"

We had a fun Halloween this year. This year Ben got the spend Halloween with us. Since we have had kids Ben has been in school and in school on Halloween night. It was fun to have him trick or treat with us, carve pumpkins and hang out. In years past I took the kids to my parents on Halloween and my dad I have taken the kids trick or treating around their neighborhood. This year the kids said they wanted to do the same so we headed to grandma's for Halloween.
For dinner we had:
Bloody Muscles ( BBQ Beef)
Worms (Spaghetti Squash)
Frog Eyes (Peas)
I know we had other things too but I cant remember what they were.
After dinner we went trick or treating through the neighborhood. Every year we make it farther and farther in the neighborhood, its fun to see how the kids grow up and want to do more every year.

Mommy and her Mummy

Harrison's preschool class

After trick or treating we got into our costumes and headed to a Halloween Party at the Faughts. Ben and I dressed up like and Orange County 80's couple. My costume was shinny purple jogging pants and a Jansport pink jogging sweatshirt. Ben had a colorful 80's sweater with a pink dress shirt underneath with the sleeves rolled up into the sweater and his collar flipped. He wore jeans and even french cuffed them into his socks. He looks just like Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell. At this point we were so tired we forgot to take pics. But it was good. My mom dressed up in her pajamas and robe and put her hair in curlers and my dad dressed up like a rasta farian. I hope I spelled that right.

We had a fun night and cant wait until next year!

William's Favorite Toy, the Jolly Jump

William's favorite toy is his Jolly Jump. It hangs from the doorway and he bounces around inside it. He spends 30-40 minutes at a time there and is so happy. Some days, that's all he wants to do. Eat, sleep, poop and jolly jump. This morning I was making the boys french toast and I put William in his jolly jump. He was laughing, bouncing around, turning around and then I didnt hear anything. I looked over and he has fallen asleep. Too much jumping makes William a tired boy.

Calabasas Pumpkin Festival

Our little pumpkin

Two scary scarecrows

Saturday we went to the Calabasas Pumpkin Festival with grandma and grandpa. We had a time great looking at the street vendors goodies, listening to the Eagle cover band, "The Long Run", eating, playing carnival games and enjoying the nice weather.

William snoozing with Grandma

Grandpa listening to the Eagles cover band, they were really good

I couldnt get these two monkey's to smile or stand still, so this is the best I got out of the 6 pictures I took.

The boys and I going down the slide

We had so much fun and decided we would come back next year. We usually go to Underwood Family Farms, which is great, but they charge $10.00 a person to get in and you still have to pay to do things. This was much less stressful for a growing family!