lydia the tattooed lady

The Muppet Show Lidia the Tattooed Lady - Funny blooper videos are here
the doctor that helped deliver Lydia sang this to us during the c-section. he even had it as a ring tone on his phone. so we wanted to share one of our favorite version of it. enjoy

Lydia Nadene 11.13.08

she's finally here and she's beautiful & healthy. her brothers & sister are very glad to have her & mom home.
7 lbs 6 oz
21 1/2 inches

first snow fun

The excitement of the first snow get better every year with the boys. As soon as breakfast was done, I ran downstairs to dig out the snow clothes. The first thing they asked me as they ran out the door was, "can we eat the snow?".
the boys devouring the snow off the slide
ian making a snow angel



fiona was mystified by the weird behavior of her brothers and all their excitement.

dress up fun

we bought the boys some halloween costumes yesterday for their dress up box. i love getting them on sale. we got a knight and a firefighter. fiona got a hold of the knight helmut and i got quite a laugh out of these pics.

what a weekend!!!

okay, this is going to be quick. I want to get our Halloween photos and Ian's birthday pics up.
Halloween was lots of fun, I love the idea of trunk or treat. It makes trick or treating so fast and easy. And the kids get a TON of candy. Then we have plenty of time to visit all the grandparents, one of our favorite parts. Austin was Marvin the Martian. Most of his 5th grade class had no idea who he was (the same thing happened when he went as Sloth from Goonies last year and Mr. T 3 years ago.) What child hasn't seen Loony Tunes!? I was a queen bee. I thought it was the most appropriate costume for me this year. And some days I feel like a queen bee with lots of little ones buzzing around. Ian said I wasn't a queen bee, I was a princess bee because I'm a cute girl. So Sweet. Wesley was a slice of pizza.
It was all his own idea. We were as surprised as everyone else. It turned out great and was a lot of fun. He got lots of comments, and he'd tell anyone that said they wanted to eat him that he'd throw pepperoni at them. Ian was a robot. Most of his costume fell apart by the end of the night, but he loved it and had a lot of fun. He practiced talking like a robot for days (he got really good at it, too.) Fiona really loves sheep right now. So she was very excited to be a lamb. She even kept her hat on for most of the night (especially, if we kept her distracted with candy.) She looked darling and is very good at saying "BAA!"
The day after Halloween, Ian had a little birthday party with some of his friends. I wanted to invite his whole sunbeam class, but their was no way could do a party that big. Maybe next year. He wanted a medieval theme: Castle cake (I hate cake decorating and cussed the darn thing all morning, but the boys thought it was great so it was all worth it), shield decorating, an obstacle course for the brave knights which included riding a stick horse, climbing the rock wall to kill an ogre (Austin was such a great sport, some of those boys were relentless with a sword), and saving the damsels (Fiona's baby doll and a fuzzy green monkey) from the dragons. We really had a lot of fun and the weather was wonderful. Sunny and warm, it was so nice to have the whole party outside. I never thought any of our kids (who all have winter birthdays) would ever have an outdoor party. We got pretty lucky.

terrorist activity

The kids got new trick-or-treating bags. Fiona really likes hers. She especially likes hers on her head (she and Ian have a real liking for weird accessories). The pics that I got made me think of a terrorist hostage, I'm so glad she was able to escape.

if i only had a brain

We went to see the scarecrows along Main Street this past weekend. The boys have been wanting to go for a while now, especially to see the Jack Skelington scarecrow. It was very well made and they really wanted to get a picture of it. When we finally got a chance to go, Jack was gone. There were many other amazing scarecrows, the Edward Scissorhands and Black Knight from Monty Python were some definite favorites. Fortunately, the had the scarecrow from Halloween Town, so the boys weren't too disappointed. Next time I'll have to make sure I get there earlier.

a fun read

Ian loves to entertain, and has found a great way to do so by 'reading' the David book. We had him do it for our literacy class, Grandma Deanie, Grandpa, Grandma Johna, Grandma Davis and Karen. Austin might try to get him to read it to his 5th grade class and I'm sure Ian would be happy to do it. So we taped it for all of you that aren't around for your own personal performance. Enjoy.

chickens, pumpkins and goats, oh, my!

love the belly? we have 3 weeks left and counting! yeah!





This past Saturday we went to the Country Farm Fest in Payson. It was a lot of fun and the kids had a really great time. We played in the petting zoo. And the boys became professional chicken catchers (watch out Enterprise, next year we're going to be ready for your chicken round up). Fiona liked the pygmy goats and the calf. They all had a great time riding the ponies; Fiona made it around twice before trying to bail out. They rode the train and played in the hay maze. We also had a great time looking at the tractors. It was a good afternoon spent with the kids.
This past Monday we went to the Big Red Barn in Santaquin to pick out pumpkins. The boys have been looking forward to this all month. They love the tractor ride and to run through the pumpkin patch. We got there a lot later that we have in past years so I couldn't get the amazing fall pics that I usually get. But we still got some fun memories. Austin & I just love spending time with the kids, they are so much fun. And their excitement and amazement is very catching. It's wonderful to relive such childlike activities with our own children.

creating satisfaction

I've been crocheting a lot more lately (see previous blogs for the hats I've been forcing on my children). It's been great and I've gotten a lot more daring. I decided to recreate a sweater that I saw on a little girl at the grocery store. I just LOVED it, but when I asked the mom said she had bought it several years before and couldn't remember where. Well, it seemed pretty simple so I thought I'd try one for Fiona. I am so excited with the way it turned out (it helps that Fiona makes everything look darling), and I'm trying to decided what color I want to make the next one for myself. Here's some pics, enjoy.