Red vs. blue

Tonight was the holy war so we had a little party over at our house. Other than the Utes losing we had a fun time. The grub (notice the red theme)
Mark, Aaron, Gavin, Steve
My dad, my mom, Steve, Neal, Jenny, Mike, and Henry in the frontThe cousin rivalry

Thanksgiving

We went up to my parent's bright and early in the morning so Aaron could play in the annual Turkey bowl with my family and me and my sister-in-law Shalee went for a 3 mile run. It was a great way to start the day off. That afternoon we went to my grandma's for dinner and had some great food. There were 16 pies there for about 40 people. I should have got a picture of it, but sometimes I'll admit I have no desire to pull the camera out. Austin and Zack had a blast playing with their cousins. My grandparents have an old camper that they all love to play in. Neal and Zack going through the secret door.
Austin, Zack, Timmy, and Neal swinging.
Zack loved playing on this swing.
After we went over to Aaron's parents. We were still too full to eat again so we just played with the kids and chatted with everyone.
By the time we left, to say that the kids were tired would be a gross understatement. They were asleep almost instantly in the car and when we got home they woke up while we were getting them in their pajamas and all 3 were crying at once. It was worth it though, we had a great day and have much to be grateful for.

Catch-up

Well I guess I'm far enough behind now that I can start blogging again.
A couple of weeks ago Aaron was taking care of the kids while I slept after working all night. They went outside to rake leaves and had a blast playing.
I LOVE this pictures!
Child labor/Austin helping daddy
Zack helping
Last Friday Aaron's sister Shelley got married. I need to get the pictures of our kids from Nate and Malinda and when I do I'll post them.
Last Saturday was cold so I didn't want to take Gavin to the Ute game, but we couldn't find anyone that could go with Aaron so he decided to take Zack and Austin. They had fun with daddy and I had fun with some one on one time with Gav.
Austin, Zack
For FHE on Monday we made turkeys and wrote on the feathers (fingers) what we were grateful for. I thought I would have to prompt the boys on what to say, but when I asked Zack what he was grateful for he said balls, family, and Jesus. Austin said family and Jesus. I was so shocked that they actually got it. They teach me so much on a daily basis and I'm so grateful to be trusted to be their mom.
After we had these turkeys for our treat. I didn't have the right frosting decorators to do the eyes so they didn't turn out as cute as her's, but they were still fun.
Gavin had cherries for the first time this week and he LOVED them which I was so shocked at. He doesn't really love most fruits, but he can down baby cereal and vegetables. I need to get some pictures of him and all of his new tricks. He has been sitting since the first of September and started army crawling around the first to middle of October. He likes to get up on his knees now and will just rock back and forth, it's so cute. He can also almost get to a sitting position from his belly. A couple of weeks ago he had a cold and was getting 3 new teeth all at once. The poor kid was miserable, but other than wanting to be held a little bit more he was still a good baby as always. He has also decided to follow in his brother's footsteps and had become quite the mama's boy. Whenever I walk in to a room he instantly starts doing this little whine and will start crawling over to me saying ma ma ma. It's nice to be so loved!

Halloween

I decided to start a new tradition this Halloween and made pumpkin pancakes with apple cider syrup for breakfast. It was so yummy! We will definitely keep making it. Then my poor boys had to endure the wicked witch that day. I was not in a good mood and Aaron had to work so my poor boys bore the brunt of mom. I've been giving them extra pieces of candy to try and make up for it since. :)

That night Aaron and my brother David went to the Utah game so me and my sister-in-law Shalee took the kids trick-or-treating. They had a lot of fun. They were very quiet at the first few houses, but started warming up. Austin and Zack had colds, but luckily they weren't whiny at all. After we had been out for about an hour we went to a couple of homes that had scary music, fog, and talking decorations which totally freaked them out and they were pretty much done. They kept saying, "I'm done, I wantta go home. I scared." So we came home and had potato soup in pumpkin bread bowls. The day ended up turning out really nice. Thank heavens for kids who forgive fast and love their mom no matter what.
My cuddly bear
Austin and Zack are still obsessed with Toy Story and they both wanted to be Woody. I debated about talking one of them in to being Buzz, but then decided I didn't want a fight Halloween night when one of them freaked out because they wanted to be what the other was. So Woody it was.
Zack
Austin
Austin, Gavin, ZackAustin and Zack kept throwing leaves on Gavin while I was trying to get these pictures and Gavin decided he had enough and threw his arms in the air. I love it because he looks like a little bear doing it.

Pack's Pumpkin Patch

For family night on Monday we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. Austin and Zack were really excited at all of the pumpkins they saw. They also had fun going through the hay bale maze they have set up.
Trying to find our perfect pumpkin
Austin and Zack kept trying to lift them up and then would say, "I can't, it's too heby."
Me and my Gav
Austin's cheeser
Zack's cheeser
3 of my handsome dudes
The cutest kids ever!