Oh Boy!!

Today was our find out ultra sound and the tech said that she is 95% sure that it is a boy! Drew and I are more like 100% sure, but jumped at the chance to come back the week of Thanksgiving to get the definite. Every shot that included the bottom frontal area showed something else there that we girls do not have!

If you look at the first shot, look in between the legs. NO that is not a picture of twins! It is actually a jigger :) (Megan's famous term for her boy's parts!) The legs are pointed up and his bum facing you. You are like looking at him swinging his legs up.

We are excited that Mr. Anthon is coming and that we don't have to worry about moving the girls into the play room and the play room into the girls room for a BIGGER room. Now we will have 2 boys in one room and 2 girls in another. All is well!

According to measurements the due date is March 27th! We all know me, this means 4 weeks from March 27th, so we are looking at the beginning of March. Who knows, maybe this one will surprise me!

More Of A Trick Than A Treat!

Halloween festivities started off normal as usual with daddy helping carve the pumpkins, orange goo spilling on the floor, and kids having fun with the mess. We even got to ride in the fire truck with dad for the Nevada Day Parade!

BUT Friday night it turned into an awful trick with Brook's first E.R. visit! Poor thing, here we were getting ready to eat dinner and go to our church's Harvest Festival and Trunk-or-Treat when Drew and I got a howl that was not from some ghostly creature, but from our little blond. She had jumped from one chair to another missing it of course, and hitting the edge ever so perfect on her cute little mouth. It burst of course! Oh the gash was nasty. I have a picture on my phone, but none for the blog :( Three stitches later and a bummed out brother and sister we were home with no loot in tow.

However, the festivities picked up the next night with regular Trick-or-Treating with a yummy get together at the Bates' house of soup, fun, friendship, and lots of little ones to go treating all the houses in the neighborhood. Thank you Rory and Kari!

The kids were so cute. Dalton was Batman, Xandry was a Fairy who never wore her wings, and Brook was Tinker Bell. Me, I was the tired preggo while Daddy played real life fire fighter. He had to work.

Our little Beethoven!

After only a little over a month of practice, Dalton had his first piano recital. I was so proud of him as he sat at the piano with no fear in his eyes. Yes, it may have not been the most greatest of songs, but I beamed just as if he was playing a classic piece! What a sweet heart!

(Good thing I bought that piano for just $150! Hee Hee)

My good friend Amy, is his teacher, and does a wonderful job with him. Her recital was just the cutest too. It was Halloween themed where all the students wore their costumes and just relaxed and had fun!

Up and Away!

The Great Basin Balloon Festival was in full force this past weekend and like every year I am so gung ho on making it out to Spring Creek to see them all lift off. I had told the kids that I would like to take them. However, the night before I was a bit pooped out and really didn't want too. When I brought up the idea of bailing out, the tears and the sadness started. "You promised!" Xandry said.

Well, darn right I promised. So I got up at 5:30 made the hot chocolate and realized that Elko does not have a Dawn Patrol like Reno. I jumped back in bed and tried to catch some zzz's for another hour. This did not work of course, but at least the kiddos got to sleep for a bit longer. We were out the door by 6:45 AM with donuts and hot chocolate in hand.

It was a pretty sight, even though the balloons weren't all lit up. The favorite of mine and Brook's was Humpty and Smokey the Bear. Dalton and Xandry really went for the red, white, and blue star balloon.

All I can say is that I kept a promise and actually really enjoyed it once I was out there. Huh . . . always happens that way.

Time Out For Women!!

Yes! I finally got a weekend with the girls were I was rejuvenated in so many ways. However, sleep was still not one of them. :(

But then again, who needs sleep when you are filled with "Sweet Assurance!" This was the theme of this year's conference. I of course went and left my little notebook that I had taken with me at school in my school bag so all my good quotes will be left out of this selection. Poops, I know.

First off, I will need to give thanks to all the girls that put up with me over the weekend. Oh all right, you can thank me since you all gave me more drama than I know what to do with. (Hee Hee) No really, I am so grateful for the women that allowed me to tag along. Each and everyone of you taught me something and renewed my faith in good friendships and compassion. Thank you Anne, Shayla, Dixie, Kim, Suzanne, Amy, & Sheryl. Your love and support is more needed and appreciated than you know.
Now, for what I learned! I honestly think that the words of the music and the pictures that were displayed, taught me more than anything this time. There is just something to learning that way. Where the images and the music touch what is really needed inside of you. The messages that my Heavenly Father is around me all the time, cheering me on, and loves me even when I mess up royally was so profound.

The real touching point was listening to Mark Mabry and his story of finding out who he really was. I so can relate to this. Not that I have ever been an absolutely bad person, but many of the things that I did when I was younger did not reflect the true person that I know now I am to be. I hope you can take a look at YouTube and type in "Reflections of Christ." It is truly inspiring.