Knitting

Okay I know you have all been waiting to see my cute baby hat I finished so here it is. (For those that don't know I have started knitting. So far I have made two scarfs and this hat.) I have to say I loved making this hat. I loved it so much that I finished that hat in a few days. I can't wait to make another one but in the meantime I need to first finish the scarf Ben wants.



Also I think I need to work on my gauge. I don't think the hat fit Katelyn right. Of course it was hard to tell because she was screaming and crying the whole time she had it on. It is probably safe to say she won't wear it. I think next I will make a hat for Ben or Jacob because I know they will wear it.

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.

Fire Wood!

We had an early snow this year that wasn't good for many of the trees in the neighborhood being that most were still full of leaves. Unfortunately it was too much for one particular neighbor's tree and it ended up splitting from all the weight. They were kind enough to let us have the firewood in exchange for helping haul it off.

Around 4pm today John's dad came up after work with his truck and chainsaw and they got to work cutting the bigger stuff up. At 5pm a bunch of guys from the ward showed up to help with the rest and between John's dad's truck and another neighbor's trailer, they got a load of wood over to our garage (above picture) and everything else loaded to take to be mulched.

Thanks again Egans for the firewood. It's very much appreciated!

Happy Birthday Jacob!!

Today Jacob turned 3. Last night we had my family over and opened presents. I think his favorite present was the electronic Thomas the Train. Tonight we are headed out to Chuck E Cheese's. It should be fun.

Here are a few things about Jacob that I want to remember.

1. His favorite show is Curious George.
2. He is an excellent bowler on the Wii. In fact for family night one night he beat us all.
3. He loves to play with Katelyn and make her laugh.
4. He thinks his older brother knows everything and loves to follow him around.
5. When he wants me to hold him he says "I want to hold you."
6. He wants to do everything himself.
7. His favorite food is Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches.
8. He loves to be silly. Even when he is getting in trouble he makes funny faces.
9. When he gets hurt the first thing he wants is a sippy cup of milk.
10. His nickname is Jakie.
11. He loves to say "that is awesome!"

Happy Birthday Jacob we love you.