4-10 Shotgun....

Sorry it has been a few day's since I updated. We have been trying to keep busy to make the time go by, until Chris get's home. Thursday, the kid's went to Grandma Olsen's, while I went to Landon's Conference's, and to make a trip to Grand Rapids and back. Friday night, my dad took Landon to the girls' Beaver hockey game, while Colton and I sat at the house for a Lia Sophia (Jewelry) Party. I didn't end up buying anything, but it was so nice, to once again, get out of the house and be social. Saturday, Colton and I went home to do some cleaning and laundry, while Landon went with my Dad, Teresa, and Addie out to our families hunting shack, for the big deer opener next weekend. They had so much fun out there! They played in the woods, climbed trees and deer stands, rode four wheeler AND shot a gun! I asked the kid's tonight what their favorite part about yesterday was. Both were quick to yell "SHOOTING THE GUN!"

Here are some pictures of the kid's out at the hunting shack:

...and the 4-10 shotgun....

Here are a few pics from today:



Both kids should sleep good tonight :) 

Fruit Salad

Monday night my sister, Addie stayed the night. Her and Landon are like two peas in a pod. We kept busy to try and keep the kids from fighting, and making a mess (notice how I said "try"). Anywho, we had to go to the grocery store to get some things for supper - chicken spaghetti. I was a little nervous about taking all three kids out in public - alone! These kids have some, ok, ALOT of energy! We all sat down and made a grocery list for each kid, to try and keep them busy while we were there. They decided they were going to make fruit salad for their dessert's. All in all, they were pretty good kids at the store. I was very proud of all three of them. I snapped a few shots of the kids cutting their fruit.

Pumpkin Carving

Last weekend, we stayed at my dad's house for a night. We had a blast! It was nice for all of us to get out of the house for a while. Especially for mom - it was nice to have someone to talk to, besides a 5 year old and a 5 month old! We all carved our pumpkins. The kids lasted about 5 mins, and left the rest of the work to the grown-ups. With Wine, Captain, and Chuck Norris' we got the job done.

Here are some pictures of the kids carving pumpkins:

His favorite - digging out the guts

Landon and Papa

Landon and Addie



He LOVED watching everyone carve their pumpkins!



We all had so much fun. It's our tradition to carve pumpkins together. A little sad we might not be here next year for it. The only thing missing this year was our Daddy. Happy he will be home to come Trick-or-Treating with us on Monday.

Here are the final products:

 Happy Halloween Everyone!

New Blog!

Hi Everyone! I have decided to start a blog, so our family can check in and see how the kids are doing. I am going to try and update it everyday - we'll see! :) These kids are growing faster than I can keep up, it will be nice to look back at this one day and remember all the fun times we had! Keep checking back.

 Ashley