Determination

On Sunday Ben decided he wanted to count to a 1000. He asked me a few questions, like what was the number right before 1000, and then got started. Every time I would walk past him I would hear him counting "124...., 456..., 765...." Finally after about an hour he got to 1000. He was so proud of himself and I was proud of him for sticking it out and finishing what he started.

Happy Birthday Katelyn

Okay her birthday was actually back on the 17th but I am a little behind due to all of my knitting projects (More on that later). Anyways Katelyn turned 1. I can not believe how fast the last year went. She is now walking and saying things like "dada" and "uh-oh". She is so much fun. She loves playing with her brothers and will even wrestle with them. She always has the biggest smile. She still has no teeth which has made meal time interesting. She loves to give hugs. Her favorite person is Daddy and she has the best belly laugh I have ever heard.

Here are some pictures from her 1st birthday party.

Here is Katelyn with her favorite person in the whole world. Her Daddy!

Here she is trying to blow out candles. She could not figure out what was going on.

Here she is opening presents another thing she did not get.

We also celebrated her birthday at John's parents. Here she is eating cake and then opening presents.

Halloween Part 1

Well we had a great Halloween this year. The kids ended up going to three parties along with trick or treating on Halloween night. John and I even went to a party.

John and I in our costumes. Isn't John a cute Winnie the Pooh?

Here are my cute kids in their costumes.


Here are the kids at my family Halloween Party. They got to decorate pumpkins with stickers and hit a pinata. They had a great time. Also the baby in the turtle costume is my nephew. I loved his costume he looked so cute.

Katelyn's New Trick

For the past several weeks this has been Katelyn's favorite thing to do. I don't know why she loves moving the stools around so she is enclosed, but she does. She even tries to do it while the boys are sitting on the stools eating breakfast or lunch. Here is a video of her doing it. It just makes me laugh watching her. You can just see her thinking about the best way to arrange the chairs.