I forgot

I left out the pictures of Kyla, so here are a few:

Pumpkins

Yay for carving pumpkins for FHE! Here are some out of order pictures from our family activity:

Kaden with his finished pumpkin.

Aaron with his finished pumpkin.

The boys cleaning out their pumpkins.

And this last picture is from the Jensen Family Halloween Bowling Party. My children love this! Grandma Jensen rents out the bowling alley in Tremonton and we get to eat and bowl (and the kids get to wear their costumes an extra day!) Tons of fun!

Remodel

I have to admit, my new addiction is HGTV and DIY. Our t.v. is always on those channels, except in the morning (when the boys watch some cartoons). I love the home buying shows and remodel shows. Yes, kinda nerdy. It's fun to see different ideas and color schemes, etc. I'd love to do more with the little space that we have, but it's more important to try to save money right now. Anyway, Brad decided to help me add some class to our bedroom the other day:

This poster used to be in our boys' room. Aaron ripped it off the wall so I put it on the desk in our bedroom for temporary safe keeping until we could put it back up. Brad found a new home for it. Not what I had in mind, but it did make me laugh!

6 months

Believe it or not, Kyla is now 6 months old. She is crawling and I'm not ready. Safety wise we are good. I'm just not ready to have 3 to chase after...

Notice in the above picture Aaron is wearing Kyla's headband...

She absolutely loves solid foods. This picture is the first time she had rice cereal, 2 months ago. Now she's eating all sorts of stuff and gets really mad when you eat in front of her without offering her some. She is so happy, all the time. She has a smile for everyone. Her 6 month stats: Length: 25 3/4 inches (50th percentile), Weight: 15 lbs 9 oz (50th percentile), Head circumference: 44 cm (90th percentile!). Her brothers still love her. They are always asking for her to sleep in their bed with them. Despite the challenges of having 3 kids, I love it!

Family Pictures

Back on conference weekend we had Michelle, Brad's sister, take some pictures for us. I edited some of them, but can't get the edited versions to upload. So, here are the raw pictures, just imagine they're cropped and edited. I think she did a wonderful job! I'm excited to get prints and hang them on my bare walls!!

Kyla

Me and Kyla, with Brad's head in the background! He has holding onto the baby too.

Kaden

Our (not so little anymore) family

Funny boys!

More serious: Kaden, Aaron

"The boys:" Kaden, Aaron and Brad

Aaron

This picture shows his personality so well, I love it!

Smooth Talker

This weekend Brad's brother, Mark and sister, Michelle came down to visit. We love having them come and our kids constantly ask for them now. Mark is dating a girl that lives down here named Marissa. On Sunday Mark brought here over for a little while between conference sessions. She's beautiful and Aaron fell in love immediately! He sat on Mark's lap and Mark was helping him talk to her. I have never seen Aaron blush, but he was turning all shades of red (poor guy gets that from me!). He hardly left her alone the entire time she was there. When Aaron's naptime came around I had him give Michelle and Mark a hug because they were going to leave soon. I started walking him to his room when he said, "Marissa." So I turned around so he could give her a hug. He got right up by her and said, "Marissa, give me a tiss." (That's how he says kiss). I am now very worried for when he's a teenager.

That night I was telling him goodnight and putting his covers on him. I gave him a couple kisses before I said goodnight. He looked at me and said, "Mom, I don't want any kisses." I responded, "What, Mom can't kiss you but Marissa can?" to which he answered, "Yeah." Turkey.

He's only 2 and a half and he already has his first crush. Watch out Mark, you've got some competition!