HAPPY ONE YEAR!

We MADE it!
One WHOLE year with TWINS!
Brooke and Rhead FINALLY slept till 7am without waking up!
Finally A FULL nights SLEEP!

Happy Birthday Brooke and Rhead!
WE LOVE YOU BOTH!

More thoughts & pictures to come...

Carden's 2 Mile BIKE ride

Today Carden rode his bike TWO miles to play at Portuguese Park!
He rode so fast the whole way
and I had to walk at a good pace!
He didn't even ask to ride in the stroller and he wanted to keep riding his bike when we got home!
I was for sure he wasn't going to make it all the way home but he did it!
He really is getting to be SO BIG!

Now if only we can get him potty trained!

What we have been up to

Carden came and sat down ready to eat dinner. When we came to the table with his food we found him asleep like this! It was funny because we could hear him saying, "PIZZA BALLS! PIZZA BALLS!" Then all of a sudden there was nothing! haa haa!
Cool boys in their SHADES! Carden wore these the whole afternoon so he could look just like his COOL DADDY!
Brooke and Rhead are such good eaters (Carden is too), which is why we go through SOOOO MANY DIAPERS!! They love every vegetable, every fruit, every meal we make. I swear I can't believe HOW MUCH my kids can eat. They are TANKS! I get sooo tired of eating because all I do is FEED my kids.
So what do I do with ALL these BOXES of diapers we go through. I have made them into storage bins!

Carden found his goggles and wanted to swim in NOVEMBER! So he did! He swam a couple of laps in our tiny pool and it was the funniest thing ever! He was kicking his legs soo fast and putting his head down in the FREEZING cold water. He can't wait to swim again!
As for our CHEF! Well Justin is an amazing cook! He made me dinner the WHOLE weekend and it was HEAVEN! He made me SHRIMP tacos that were to DIE FOR!!
YUM YUM!

Sprouting Class!

I just went to a sprouting class for our ward and it was AWESOME!
I really LOVE sprouts. I am determined to grow sprouts and use them on my salads, soups, and sandwiches! I really love Alfalfa, broccoli, red clover and onion sprouts. I like sunflower as well but only by itself since it is more crunchy. But anyways it was a great class and I am so glad it was on a Saturday! Justin watched the kids ALL morning. I was able to sleep in, get DRESSED (actually wear regular clothes instead of my pjs), and drive in the car without crying babies, and have some fun with ladies in our ward! It was great! I have such a WONDERFUL husband! Thanks babe for letting me have a great Saturday free of kids!


Has anyone grown sprouts? Where do you usually buy your sprouts? What has worked and what hasn't?

Binkie VS. BITING?!

Okay so I have been saying how wonderful it has been to have NO binkies but now that I look at all the damage Rhead has done with bitting I'm not so sure now!

1. Our crib rail is totally ruined by Rhead running his teeth along it. The finish is completely gone! Hopefully Rhead won't die from harmful chemicals in the finish!

2. Our drawer that he ALWAYS opens to find all the kid's plates and bowls is now streaked with teeth marks as well. Should I be concerned that he is eating paint all day long? He has this annoying thing of wanting to bit and run his teeth along ANYTHING!

3. My clothes and some socks now have holes.

4. The bottles and sippy cups are all bitten up.

5. Our backyard has BARK and pretty much every piece has been chewed on!

I SWEAR as much as I love this boy he DRIVES me CRAZY! He makes my mood go so UP and DOWN it seriously is so ANNOYING! Our poor kids are probably going to die from chemicals but anyways I guess that is what happens when a baby is deprived of a binkie?!

October gone, November here!

COOL glow sticks from the ward TRUNK or TREAT party! They loved them. We even had a GLOW STICK bathtub time with the lights out and they didn't want to get OUT! They were PRUNES!

Carden and Rhead playing the games at the party! Check out that cute little tail!

Poor DOGGY has a SNOTTY NOSE :(

Daddy and his LITTLE girl!

Go COUGARS!

Chicken Little plays some good FOOTBALL!

COUSIN time at FAIRYTALE TOWN!

Going down the SLIDE! Wish I had one of these in our backyard!

The COWBOY and the COWGIRLS lost their pants! They ditched out on the horse and found a NEW RIDE!

The kids all dressed up for the COWBOY party!

Well October was a long month but we had a lot of fun. We celebrated (Asia, Chase, and Emmy) Birthdays, we went to a pumpkin patch, train museum, zoo, fairytale town, playing with cousins and Grandma. We finished off the month with a fun ward trunk or treat party! And the BIG one, Brooke learned how to walk!

Now it is NOVEMBER and I am really excited since Brooke and Rhead will FINALLY be ONE! No more nursing, no more having to haul them around on my hip, no more backwards facing car seats, no more babies! Just kidding. They are still my little babies but we are just that much closer to being more independent! It has definitely been the hardest year of my life.

Just the other morning Justin was telling me if I were like his family (but with no twins) that I would have a brand new baby right now. I told him immediately that I WOULD TAKE that over having twins! (don't get me wrong I LOVE Brooke and Rhead and seeing them grow together but it is just hard). I thought again about it for a moment seeing Justin, James, and Ashley are all really close in age and some might even say "you should have had triplets!" but honestly I think one baby at a time is easier even if you have to go through THREE pregnancies! Twins are hard. The hardest part is that you want to baby a baby but with twins you have to divide all your time. You never get a break. And you always feel tired. Your hands are ALWAYS full.

I LOVE having A baby. I really do. I love holding A baby. And I LOVE Brooke and Rhead, but I just feel like this whole year was a blur. I really didn't get that time to just relax and enjoy snuggling with a baby. (if that makes any sense!). But anyways, we are excited to celebrate their ONE YEAR!

Brooke and Rhead are so fun to watch. Rhead will pick on Brooke and Carden but he sure is a love bug. He loves to snuggle. He loves people. He loves to be like a BIG boy. He loves going down the slide by himself. He loves being pushed in the swing. He loves to EAT. He loves to TACKLE you. He always has his eye brows raised. He is a character!

Brooke loves to EAT. She is our "little tea POT!" She loves to go down the slide as well. She loves to be with MOMMY! She doesn't like it when you take things from her and she WILL put up a fight. She is quiet but when she needs to be heard she knows how to SCREAM!

November also means Justin and I will be CELEBRATING our FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Pretty exciting! Well I have to run to get crying babies.