What a FUN week!!!

They made it!!!!

It was such a fun week!! Filled with cooking, stories, and lots of laughs!!!

I am seriously so blessed to have such an amazing mom!!! She and I have become such wonderful friends as I became an adult. I liked her as a teen but as I grew up our relationship as really grown. She is such a blessing and a wonderful support through all our family changes.

My mom's best friend Diane Earnshaw also came along with my family for the holiday. I've know her forever and have watched her kids grow. She is a hoot and you can always count on her to bring the laughs!

My youngest sister Amelia is a freshman in HS...when did that happen?! She is on the drill team and needed to practice her Christmas parade routine...the garage was a semi warm spectator area.

Gotta love the crazy lady taking pictures while your trying to concentrate...heheh.

She truly is growing into a talented young lady...and an AWESOME aunt!!!

So the meal was a success...I didn't get a picture of the full spread. But here is the line up of the pies...the stack of tupperware is where all the leftovers are.

Saturday was a perfect day for the first sledding of the season. We got dumped on and we had to enjoy the snow even though the temp was somewhere in the negatives. 

It took me a while to get everyone out the door to watch the sledding...mom HATES being cold.

But Kadi and daddy were full of smiles.

Crazy Milly!!

A girl in motion....

She giggled the entire trip! 

She went down several times and was fine until she got snow in the face and then she was VERY done!!

I HAD to document the fact my mom was out in the cold...proof to my brother that my mom was out in the snow!!!

A very happy Papa Chris...he loves snow!!! He said it was a bit cold though...no kidding I think it was at least -10!!!

Why she has to roll through the snow is beyond me!

It cracks me up that my tiny mama has a grandbaby that is already almost as tall as she is. Kadi is over 3 ft tall and my mom is only 5 ft!!!

The sledding was done so time for snow angels!!

It was a AWESOME week and we can't wait until everyone comes back...hopefully before the baby comes. We want to see them again before then.

Pre-Thanksgiving Fun!!!

Like I said it's been a little cold outside!!! But hey we get to see family in a couple of days!!! We are SO excited!!! My parents and a dear family friend are coming to town for Thanksgiving. We are so blessed to have family that loves us so much that they WANT to spend their holidays with us. 

Now we just gotta get them here without incident. It's a bit snowy out there...drive safe everybody!!!

So in anticipation we have been busy doing puzzles. Kadi love love LOVES puzzles!!! She actually did this one on her own in 5 min FLAT!!! What 2 year old does that?!?!?!

She then proceeded to do the same puzzle another 4 or 5 times!

She sings "Old McDonald" the whole time she does it...

Since we are getting to see Gramma Tracy this week we decided to wear the dress she made...which Kadi LOVES...as you can see.

 She loves choosing her dress for nursery "family time" (their learning about Eternal Families right now), and the rest of church every week.

 Hugs and kisses Gramma Tracy!!!

My beautiful girl! Believe it or not this dress used to hit the top of her socks...now its to her knees. Someone has been busy growing...and I don't think she's done yet.

Now to just get everyone here safe and sound. 

Yay for family time!!!!

It's been a COLD week in Montana!!!

Not much to say or report for this week. It was been FREEZING this week!!!! The pictures from last week were just the beginning of a very cold and stay at home week we have seen since last winter. When we had gone out to the barn it was 18 degrees and dropped to -9 degrees by the time we left. Kinda crazy I know...

We're not complaining, we love it here and love the time we have with daddy and time with each other. All in all we are so happy that it is kind of crazy. 

I never thought that I would be content with staying home completely and entirely full time. Sure I miss teaching and boy do I miss training but I love showing Kadi the world and having our own adventures. I want to get Kadi and baby a "pony" of their own. Now when I saw pony I am talking of a shorter horse than Izzy who is actually a large horse. Something that isn't too small for me to ride, fix, train but small enough for the kids to ride to their hearts content. I know most people think that what I LOVE to do is a childhood fantasy but isn't all careers? Mine isn't any different than the other kids dreamt of...I just prefer horses verses humans. I love being a mom though now...the adventure continues and holidays to prepare for. 

Not much for this week....

 So this week has been filled with lounging in the house because....well I just haven't felt like anything.

When I was pregnant with Kadi I was a busy busy person, at least with work. Since it was just me and Trav, I pretty much stayed at the barn as much as I could cause Trav was working. I was nauseous ALL the time and if anyone cooked eggs or if I ate anything with eggs I would hurl. My headaches weren't bad and I wasn't overly tired however I was anemic for the first trimester.

With this pregnancy I am tired ALL the time! Yes, I know I am chasing a crazy 2 yr old, and yes I know that can wear you out. I haven't been sick...yet. Sure I get nauseous but it typically is in the evening and doesn't get too bad. I will say this though...and you might think its TMI...but I have NEVER been so constipated!!!! I have been that way since we found out I was prego and it SUCKS!!! But hey not anemia this time! The baby is already above my pubic bone...which I think is a little weird cause Kadi wasn't until at least 14 wks. And I am feeling awfully thick around the midsection already. My mom says it's cause my body saying "Yay, we're pregnant! Let's get started!" All in all though I feel pretty good. 

Now if we could get Kadi to keep up the good work on the potty and to enjoy her naps still life would be perfect!

So we got out first snow tonight!!! I didn't get any pictures...boo. It was roughly in 30-40's after church. I knew we needed to bring out horse in...she had been out to pasture for over a week. She needs to come in so I can love on her every now and then. So we took friends out to see the barn and horse. It started snowing on the way out and was 28 degrees or so. It got cold FAST! There was nasty sleet coming down with snow WITH 15 mph wind!!! All the horses were walking up and down the pasture fence looking to come in. So we brought Izz in and got her bed all set up...hence the pictures below.    

 Kadi LOVES baby Asher!

 And she LOVES having her own barn to help with. She even has her own chores that she LOVES to do.

Just trying to make sure Asher enjoyed as much as she did.

So I don't think we will be going anywhere this next week cause the temp isn't supposed to get over 15 degrees...we'll see how we do.

Are we really getting close to the end of the year?!?!

I am in total denial that we are already in November! It's not that I am too cold...however I do get cold easily just sitting around the house. But it's just that the year has gone by WAY too fast!!! 

This week was fun...better than the weekend was FOR SURE!!! We had a week and half long exercise...it was ridiculous!!! It just made for a really long weekend with Trav working ALL weekend for absolutely NO reason! Oh well we're done so that's all that matters.

But this week we were determined to have as much fun as possible.   

Kadi was SO excited for dance cause we got to wear costumes! She is TOTALLY a dress up girl! I have already caught her wearing my heels around the house. She has a cape with a pink spiderman symbol on it so of course that's what we were! What a CUTIE!!!

We have found true friends with our neighbors! They are so sweet and have SO much in common with us. It has been such a blessing especially since I am missing Beth and Michelle TONS. Kadi LOVES their son Asher! He is 10 months and she LOVES to play with him, take care of him and teach him things. We have gone out and about several times this week but this was the cutest thing. Kadi LOVED sitting next to him and giving him snuggles.

So dang cute!!!

Halloween was great! Kadi talked about Trick or Treating ALL day long. It was GREAT motivation for nap time. She even sat super still as I did "Princess Hair".

Turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.

 

The kids started coming out about 5:30 or so, it was so weird to me to start Trick or Treating before dark but I know it's safer especially with little ones. The kid in me though didn't find it creepy enough though.

Kadi was SO ready to go I had a hard time getting ANY pictures of her.

So we took turns while dinner was cooking taking Kadi down just our street. She had so much fun, she would say "I'm trick or treating" instead of "trick or treat"...so cute! 

After a quick dinner we were off again finding all sorts of costumes and lawn decorations. It was such a nice warm night. Best weather we've had for this holiday in over 5 yrs!!!

There were so many kids out!!! We have NEVER gone through 3 bags of candy but here with the church Trunk or Treat and the regular Trick or Treating we went through SO much. It was TONS of fun!!! Plus we had the cutest little pink princess ever!!!

Lastly I just thought I would add baby's first picture. Kadi loved looking at it and saying "that's baby in mommy's tummy!" 

What a great end to the month of October!

Bring it on November!