Happy Halloween

We had so much fun this year for Halloween. Steven was old enough to really get into trick-or-treating. Friday night we had a party for the day care that I help out with during the summer. The kids played all sorts of games and had fun showing off their costumes to their friends. Saturday we went trick-or-treating at the mall. There were a ton of people there and it was really fun to see all the different costumes. Tonight the girls went around the neighborhood. It was the first time they had done anything other than the mall and thought it was way cool. Steven and I had fun passing out candy.

Ramblings of Natalie Rhae

Last weekend Natalie blew on a wish flower and when I asked her what she wished for she said that she had wished that she could grow big without having to eat food.

On Monday for family night we carved pumpkins and I got in big trouble for calling them pumpkins. Once they are carved they are Jack-o-lanterns.

On the way to preschool Natalie saw some cows and went on and on telling me about the family of cows that she had seen. " There was a yellow dad cow and a yellow mom cow but the baby cows weren't yellow...maybe they had a different dad"

Lately her favorite thing to say is "your funny" unfortunately she says it as an insult so we have had to get after her. In fact I am pretty sure that she told one of the kids in her primary class that they were funny and they haven't wanted to come back since.

She has such a funny sense of humor and Malaya has none at all so it can be pretty funny to listen to them. Natalie has to repeat a joke several times before Malaya kind of gets it.

FHE

Carving Pumpkins...The kids were so excited until we told them that they had to gut the pumpkin. Malaya wanted nothing to do with it and was done in about 5 minutes. Natalie was a little nervous at first and then dug right in. We had a lot of fun.

Steven was perfectly content to play in his mashed potatoes:)

Update

A year ago I was diagnosed with POTS syndrome and then 2 months ago I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. These conditions are difficult but when you throw pregnancy on top of it...they are almost unbearable. I am not writing these things to get sympathy but rather to express my gratitude. We are expecting Cornelsen baby #4 and I am very excited. But the morning sickness makes it so I can't eat which makes the pots worse causing me to pass out and because I can't move without passing out the fibromyalgia gets a lot worse. We have been able to handle it in the past but with Scott being the Bishop things have been really difficult. I finally had to call the Relief Society President to ask for help. I asked for help once a week. When my neighbors heard the problems that we were having they started coming Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to help. It has made such a huge difference for both me and Scott. It has been such a blessing.

Here is a picture of me 6 weeks pregnant. I get huge fast.

Soccer

Soccer season this year was fun. Malaya and Natalie both played. Malaya loved it which was nice because last year she only played because I was the coach and I made her. Natalie played on Malaya's team unofficially last year and loved it but this year she didn't want to play. Slightly frustrating after 6 months of begging to play soccer. But all in all we had fun.

This was Natalie all season long:)

Fun!

This little guy is so much fun.

He has so much personality.

We sure love having him around.