I Never Thought...

The girls/wives I met while our husbands were in Dental School, would mean so much to me. I think the friendships we made are so unique. I can't believe we managed to keep the girl drama, that normally surrounds big groups of girls, out of our lives to allow us to get so close. I could say that we became so close because we were all going through the same thing for four years, but it is more than that when you find yourself happy for their successes and find yourself in tears for their struggles, as if you were going through them yourself. I love that when we get together it is like nothing has ever changed, even though tons has. Almost all of them have another child, or are pregnant with a new one on the way. Their husbands are now working in the "Real World", or they themselves have started a career of what was once a hobby.

We met up this past weekend in St. George, UT for TOFW. I think we have all decided that three days is just not enough, and that having something to go and do is not a necessity. We were all happy to just sit and talk for hours. This isn't all of us, and we missed all who could not be there. There will always be next time though, as this was the first of many trips to come.



As for the TOFW part of the trip, Justin would like to think that I was inspired by the speakers on how to be a better wife to my husband. Unfortunately that wasn't on the line-up. But who couldn't love this sweet, young, stud! I don't need a speaker to tell me how to do that.



I have been trying to find a reason to post this beauty up on the ol blog, and I finally got my chance.

Happy "Ween"...

This year Zach was a SWAT Police Man and Kate was his Prisoner, or our little Jailbird, to make it sound sweeter. I am still in shock that I got Kate to wear this costume and manage to keep the hat on. It is so fun to have the kids' costumes coordinate or compliment each other.

Zach had a pre-school program at his school. They sang songs and had a costume parade, followed by their Halloween party. Zach's friend, Jack, dressed up as Gene Simmons, from KISS. I thought Zach was going to die! He could not keep his eyes off of him for several minutes, just trying to put it all together in his mind. You could tell he was just making the connection between the song, "I wanna rock n roll all night...and party every day!", and his friend's KISS costume. I was the room mom for their Halloween party and was glad I was there to see all the kids and their cute costumes. Zach is in the back left of all the videos by his friend Ian. The little girl he has a crush on is Lizzie, dressed as the black cat. Apparently they have already planned to get married. Zach tells me all the time that she is "beautiful". She is pretty darn cute!

We spent Halloween night with our good friends the Broadbents. Zach and Kate love Ellie and Gracee. They had so much fun trick-or-treating. The weather was perfect, and they got just enough candy to satisfy their little hearts. Kate's new saying is "Candy Now". She caught on pretty quick! At every door step she would greet them with a "Happy Ween", take several minutes to decide what candy she wanted, and then would say "Tanks" and "Bye" to everyone. She's pretty sweet. If only we could freeze her at this stage. She is making Justin baby hungry for another girl...

From Our House to Yours..

The Pumpkin Patch...

With our great friends the Broadbents.

They ran...



They searched...



They found...



We loaded...



Now if we can just find the time to carve them...The celebrations around Halloween seem to be getting bigger and bigger every year. Almost bigger than Christmas it seems sometimes. Going to the pumpkin patch last weekend, going to the "Spooktacular" this weekend, and Zach's pre-school party, ward party and the actual holiday itself, all to come this coming weekend...I am not sure if I can keep up! Anything to give the kids an opportunity to dress up in their costume right?

Kate Turned Two...

We celebrated her birthday this year with family. I was feeling kind of bad because I didn't really make a huge effort and go "all out", but seeing how satisfied she was with the first gift she opened, as if it was the only one, and getting more than enough attention from her cousins, aunts and uncles, made her special birthday moment just enough. I did make her a little crown to wear...




Here are a few things about Kate at this age...
She refuses to drink her milk out any container except her bottle. I have got to ween her from this one.



She adores her big brother "Zach-ery", as she says it. We love that she calls him by his full name, and wonder why just "Zach" didn't stick.



She is obsessed with her neckless and bracelets. She will not take a nap or go to bed without them on, so much that if she accidentally drops one outside of her crib, she will scream until you come in to get it for her. She won't even take them off to get into the tub. They are on AT ALL TIMES!



She can be so sweet, giving loves, saying hello and good-bye to everyone and everything she sees and meets.



She is an expert squeeze giver.



She loves music and loves to be apart of what all the bigger kids are doing.



And last but not least, really starting to talk, a lot!