Catching Up

I know it has been forever since I have last posted, and I don't want to make this eternal - I will try to be brief with everyone's comings and goings. I will start clear back from Halloween! It was a great day. I took the girls and got their hair cut and styled. They were both princesses (again) this year. McKenna really hated it from the start as she really wanted to be spiderman - but by the evening time and enough compliments, she was feeling pretty good about herself. Kylie on the other hand ate up every moment and enjoyed every compliment. She didn't want the night to end. Tyler elected to be Darth Vader and he looked great! They all got quite the stash of candy and Halloween was a huge success!

The morning after Halloween, November 1st, Tyler was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The baptism started at 10 a.m. and his dad performed the baptism. It was such a sweet moment for us as parents to see him all dressed in white and make the choice. He looked great - but he was really nervous. After he was "dunked", he told Allen that there was no way his sisters would ever be baptized because they would be too afraid to go under the water. He was quite proud of himself! He was able to enjoy the rest of the day with his grandparents, and his cousins who drove up from Utah (a 5 hour drive) that morning. We sure appreciated them doing that!

Thanksgiving was great. We had my parents over for the meal, and Allen did most of the work. It tasted great and it was nice just to enjoy the day. Also, during the week of Thanksgiving, all three of our children starred in a couple of commercials for CalRanch Stores. So we got to see them on t.v. and they were really excited to see themselves on t.v.

December has been a crazy busy month. Allen had a conference for his student leaders on December 5th and 6th. Below freezing temperatures and a lot of work - but he was grateful there wasn't a couple of feet of snow. Usually there is and the vans and buses usually get stuck - so he felt grateful for that.

We are all looking forward to a wonderful Christmas - but of course especially the kids. Lots of Christmas songs and movies, letters to Santa, and lots of questions about the Reindeer. We live next to an elk farm, which the girls think are reindeer. So they come up with some pretty funny questions as they try to think it all out in their minds.

As for me, I am doing okay. It's been a tough go with this pregnancy - and yes...definitely worse than my twins. I see the Dr. often and have been put on "partial" bedrest. There is a lot of physical activity I am not supposed to do. I am trying to stay off "full" bedrest - but the Dr. thinks it will happen in January sometime. They are wanting me to get to the beginning of February and then whatever happens - happens. But we are hanging in there and doing well. Again, I am extremely grateful for Allen who has done so much to keep things afloat around here.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!