update

I just wanted to update that I finally finished Breaking Dawn! I am sad that I'm done reading, and my Twilight obsession will now start to fade, but grateful that I can finally give my full attention to everything thing else now. I have much to post about to cover these past few weeks...including totaling my car, Devin's first Thanksgiving, more babies (not mine!) parties and more. It's been a crazy busy past few weeks, and with the holidays now in full swing, it doesn't seem like anything is going to slow down. I know I'm probably preaching to the choir right now as this is a busy time for everyone too. I just hope that we all can sit back and enjoy what this season is all about, enjoy the time spent with our loved ones, and have safe travels as we venture to our various celebrations.

Right now my attention is getting my house back in order and decorated for the holidays. Our goal is to get the decorations up and boxes back in the attic so we can park our cars in the garage as the weather gets nasty :(
I'll end this post with a shot out to those men in our lives who are loving and faithful. There are too many guys in this world who are careless with their actions and affections, and end up hurting those we love. Those guys are not men, and do not belong in the same category. Those guys give our men a bad name, as many just throw the lot all together in a generalization. There are men out there who are good hearted, faithful, and eager to love a woman unconditionally. I pray every day that those are matched up with someone who will truly appreciate them and love them faithfully in return. To those scumbags out there, I hope that someday you will get what you truly deserve. And that you will leave the people you have hurt and broken alone, giving them the space to pick up the pieces and move on to bigger and Better things. You've done enough damage...do not stick around. If there is any hope for you to become a fraction of a man, then you will leave those hurt alone, allowing them to get over you-because they WILL get over you.
That's all.

Twilight

I'm not going to lie...I've become newly 'obsessed' with Twilight in these past few weeks! I will say that we have been doing a ton of traveling-and there seems to be no end in sight at the moment. A lot has happened since we got back from Florida, which I promise to blog about soon. But right now my time home has been cleaning, taking care of sick kids, :( cooking for various Thanksgiving celebrations, and reading the Twilight series! I'm about a third of the way through Breaking Dawn...so it will be a few more days before I can catch up on my posting (finding the time to read isn't always easy with 2 kiddos and a house full of chores) haha! But being the dork that I am, I did get to see the movie on opening night with my sisters and Daryl. Micah was there in body, but not it mind as he fell asleep due to some long call nights catching up to him. Hopefully we can go see it again soon where he can enjoy it with me, and see what I've been so obsessed over for the past few weeks. And yes...I bought the soundtrack...hehe. Call me what you will, but I need a little enjoyment right now, and romantic vampire fairytales seem to be doing the trick!
To all of you out there not in on the action...I highly recommend the books! The movie is actually quite good I thought. There was a lot that they tried to keep true to the book, a lot they had to leave out (that's to be expected) and a few things they decided to add-some I thought were unnecessary...but all in all it was great, and I hope to see it again if given the opportunity.
Happy reading to you, and I'll be posting again soon!

cute cousins

As I mentioned in the Wedding post, we traveled with Aunt Cindy, Melinda, and little Macee. It was awesome because we had joining rooms and the kids were able to be with each other most of the time. By the end of the trip I think Aiden and Macee were best friends :) Here they are the first night in Florida playing with Devin.

tickle tickle :)

Isn't she just so dang cute??

Say Cheese! She wanted to take pictures of me because I was taking them of her...not sure those pictures turned out so well for her ;)

The wedding took place at these gardens, so between the ceremony and reception, the kids went back to play by the fountain-it was really pretty.

This video is so cute of the two of them dancing!

Wedding

As we are a family always on the move, we just got back from Florida :) Micah's cousin Miranda was getting married, and Sandy really wanted the family to go. Unfortunately Micah had a national test on Saturday, and was on call Sunday so he couldn't go. But the boys and I, Sandy, Dan, Sandy's sister Cindy, and her daughter and granddaughter Melinda and Macee all went together. Here are some pictures from the wedding:

Aunt Tracey did everything for the wedding, including the flowers, food, decor, hand writing on all the cake napkins, etc. You think of it, she did it! It was incredible, and I give her a lot of credit for taking that all on! It was beautiful, and I think her daughter Miranda really enjoyed it all :)

The three sisters :) Aunt Cindy, Aunt Tracey, and Sandy

Miranda walking down with her father Bruce

The ceremony was short and sweet

Miranda and Ryan exchanging vows

Enjoying the ceremony

Getting ready to live happily ever after

awwwww

Here are those napkins I mentioned earlier...talk about patience!

Miranda and Dan

Here is Miranda's sister Arlee and her daughter Lexi. This was the only clear picture I had of her, but I think all the kids had fun together

This was so cute: Dan was using Devin's foot to 'kick' Aiden, and Aiden would 'fall' foward. Both boys thought it was the funniest thing :) watch the video below, sorry it is sideways-I wasn't thinking when I shot it that I wouldn't be able to edit it later.

Kiki and Devin

Even though it was the running joke that I was the only one who could really quiet Devin down on the trip, the only picture I have with him is of him screaming his head off...go figure ;)

Melinda and Macee :) With baby in the tummy too!

No wedding is complete without dancing!

or flying through the air :)

or eating cake :)

I think everyone had a pretty good time!

leaves!

Since we live in a fairly new subdivision, we don't have many trees-and therefore don't have many leaves to rake up. Both a plus and a minus ;) I was afraid that the kids would not have the opportunity to be in leaves this year, but Grammy and Papa kidnapped the kids for a few days and they have plenty of leaves! So here are some pictures that Papa took of the kiddos in the leaves :)

Grammy, Aiden, Lauren, and her new dog Spanky

burn baby burn! I actually love the smell of burning leaves...I can almost smell it!

Aiden's thinking "I want to roast a marsh mellow!"

Devin's turn!

Look at my baby doll! He's probably thinking: "What the heck are they doing to me? And where is my Mommy??" :) At least I hope he's wondering where I am :)

I'm Drowning!

Very random post-catching up

I think I'll be caught up with my blogging after this very random post. I was going through my pictures and decided there were some blog worthy ones that had not made it yet-so here you go! And the ones on the end are the most recent and were going to have a post of their own, however it is just easier to add them to this one and call it a day. Besides I think this is like my 5th post in 2 days...haha :) So here it goes!

Kiki is usually camera shy, so I don't have a lot of pictures of her with the kiddos unless I catch her off guard-but she told me that was going to change :) Well, in my picture archive I found these photos during one of our Jokers and Marbles marathons. It is a super fun game that was introduced to us by Micah's grandparents, and for Christmas just a week before we were married we got our very own board! We try and play whenever we can when his parents come over-and I will say that us girls rule! We have been in a bit of a slump these past few games, but we've got to boost the boys' egos a little sometimes ;)

Kiki consulting Devin on what move she should make next

Apparantly she didn't listen, and this is what he thinks about the move she did make! ;)

Ok, back to Colorado for a few pictures: I was sad I didn't have any pictures of Cari during our stay there. To be fair, she was out of town for most of our visit, and then hard at work when she came back. So I did snap this picture of her and John relaxing after a long day.

Amanda and Devin

We even got John to hold Devin a little ;)

This is a cute story :) This is John and his girlfriend Amy. We were giving them a hard time and kept telling Aiden to sit between them, and make sure they didn't 'kissy kissy'. So Aiden was getting ready for bed when John and Amy were getting ready to leave for a date. I told Aiden that he had to go and chaperone the date-and he then proceeded to get his shoes on! It was sooo funny and cute ;) I felt bad having to tell him that no, he really wasn't going to go with them, when John stepped up and asked if they could take him for ice cream. I thought that was so sweet of them to offer, so of course I said yes. So here is Aiden getting ready to go on a date with John and Amy :)

Devin getting to know Rowdy

My Aunt Judy has lived in Australia since before I can remember. A few years ago Aunt Judy and Peter bought a barge to cruise around France in during the winter time. My parents have had the pleasure of staying on the barge with them-and I'm super jealous. Anyway, she also has an apartment in Switzerland! What a world traveler :) This cute little koala arrived in the mail last week and this is what she said in her letter to Devin: "Here is a Koala that has flown from Australia to France, barged around France-then went to the World Balloon Championships in Australia (they used to own the largest hot air balloon company in Australia until they recently sold it-and Peter is a champion flier) and now is being posted from Switzerland. It really should have a passport! Thank goodness none of the boarderguards asked to see the passport. Then we really would have been in trouble! Love, Great Aunt Judy" I think Devin is so happy to have a friend that has seen the world-and it snores just like him ;)

Aiden being goofy

And last but not least: Introducing Punk Rock Devin!