Look who finally decided to crawl.

Okay, well, not Kermit, although he can crawl with the best of them. I just had to post a picture of him in his scout shirt. This kid kills me, we had to talk him into going to scouts, he told us he didn't want to be left alone on a mountain to camp by himself and sleep in a tent all by himself. So I asked him what that had to do with scouts and he informed me that's what scouts is....

I tried to explain to him what scouts is, but he didn't believe me because I'm a girl, and I've never been in scouts. Of course this conversation all happened on a night Rambo was at work, so I had no boys to back me up, so we had to call Grampa and ask him what scouts was all about.

This seems to have worked because here he is all scouted up. Doesn't he look thrilled about it?

Truly though, he looks adorable in his scout shirt, and that little scarf! Could you die? Love this kid.SSShhhhhhh, Smalls has to get really good sleep these days because...

SHE IS CRAWLING!!!
Look at this picture, it's a little blurry because that's how fast of a crawler she is!

Look at the determination on her face, she's amazing.

And she's made it to the stairs! Fantastic crawling there by Miss Smalls!

She can crawl all she wants as long as she stays all cute and chunky, that's out deal take it or leave it Smalls.

A lot

Here we go! Kermit is a baptized little muppet! We're so proud of him and his decision to do this, what a cool kid he is.

After being dunked, he came up and said, "TOASTY!" I guess that meant the water was warm enough

Don't they look fabulous in their jumpsuits? Rar. You can't go getting baptized and not have a picture with your huggy/squeezy mom. Kermit loves it when I hug him like this, but it's not complete without me covering his freckley little face in big kisses. HE SO LOVES THIS!!! Take notes everybody, so you'll know when you see him to do exactly this.These are our sweet friends Dan and Diane, Dan is out stake Patriarch and he was super good friends with my dad. Diane and Bonnie have been friends since they were fetuses, so they know each other really well and love each other tons.

When they found out Kermit was being baptized on Halloween they asked to speak at his baptism! None of us even knew it, so we were so excited to go into the chapel and see their names on the program. They are the sweetest people, we just love them.

After the big baptism it was time to get down to a different kind of business: trick-or-treating. I had to get this picture of Tink's hair, it made me so happy, look at those spiders in her hair! I'm still not totally sure what she was for Halloween, but her hair rocked!Here is Smalls all bundled up and ready to go. She was comfy and super warm in this beautiful Halloween afghan made by her Aunt Shirt! At this particular moment, she is enjoying a sucker. When I say enjoying, I mean obsessing-she was livid when we had to take it from her for a minute! And this is not a child who gets mad, but you take her sucker away from her and WATCH OUT!
The Trick-or-Treaters!!! Before going we had to sic Kermy on the gorilla in our front yard JUST KIDDING! That is Uncle Havel and that is a costume! Smalls is a pumpkin!
Hey there Little Red Riding Hood (sing along) you sure are lookin' good, you're everything a big bad gorilla could want! OOOOWWWWW!
Kermit is Commander Fox-for those of you who do not know who that is, he is a Clone Trooper. See what I mean about Tink? What is she? I do not know, but I think she's cute anyway (a fairy spider princess???)
After treking through the hood we had pizza-Thanks Grampa and Nana, we danced a little we took pictures and just had a fun night.

I love this picture, Bonnie looks like she goes over photos with gorillas all the time, it's just so blah to her. And last but not least, Smalls and Uncle Havie. She wasn't even phased by this. Should I be worried for what that could mean for her future?
We had such a fun night with everyone, we want to do this every year for Halloween. I know, Kermit can't get baptized every Halloween, but really come back next year...I mean it! don't make me get mad!

Happy Birthday Kermit!

Happy Birthday to our Kermy!

He is now the ripe old age of 8, these are the cupcakes we made for his class, I thought they turned out so pretty, so here they are to eat with your eyes.The super yummers cake!

Check out this birthday boy with his monster green cake, and his candles were so cool the flame was the same color as the wax, they were so pretty, you can't really tell in the picture but they're so cool.

Here is Kermit dancing to our singing "Happy Birthday", check out his moves!

Make a wish!!!

Kermit, we love you and we love having you in our family! You are a wonderful big brother (when you're not fighting with Tink...) you make us laugh, and keep us on our toes. You are such a great helper, you are always helping me with Smalls, you are the best table clearer this side of the Mississippi. We love you and your craziness, happy birthday!

My pretty Girls

Just so you know, Kermit did not want to be a part of this post, he's not a pretty girl and he will not wear a tutu.

These are Miss Tink's preschool pictures! I love how they turned out, her eyes look so sparkley, and she just looks like my happy girl.I love this one, she looks like such a calm kid.....oh, if only....

And then, how can little girls have that messy hair around their face, and they still look so pretty! It does not work that way with me. And I am sorry, but her little nose is to die for! What is wrong with me?!?! I mean really-noses!?

Okay, onto Smalls....could you die!? I got the idea for the tutu from Netter, she's such a talented picture taker-or photographer, whichever you want to go with. She does amazing pictures with her girls and sometimes I like to try to copy her.

I can't believe how red Smalls hair looks in some of these pictures.

I so heart this little one. She's getting so funny, she will not crawl, she will roll all over the place, but crawling-who needs to crawl when you have a brother and sister who bring you everything your heart desires?

My children love to cater to her.

Okay, totally off the subject, wanna hear something gross? There is a hawk in my backyard right now eating another bird! Gross huh!

Loves!

Yadda yadda

I picked up Tink from preschool the other day, and this is what I got. Look at that dirty little nose, she was so proud of herself, she got to play in Miss Janet's sandbox and had a good good time.Look how sweet my son is. He loves to feed Smalls, I love this picture. He just giggles when he gets to feed her, and they make such a mess.

This girl cracks me up, she was just standing on her chair at dinnertime dancing away. Look at those cheeks. I know they're full of dinner, but it still kills me. She was so funny, we were having stroganoff with mushrooms in it, and she told me she didn't like the meat because it was bouncy, and then took the mushroom out of her mouth. I love her descriptions of life.

Me and Smalls just kicking it at dinner time.

We had the hardest time getting her to look at the camera, we kept looking at each other and just laughing. I love this baby.

Airborn!

She looks like she's mad, but we just caught her in between laughs.

There we go, there's a happy face.

She's so funny, she loves it when the kids jump around with her, and the minute they stopped, she stopped too and looked at us like "why have we stopped?"

Look at those thighs taking over. These pajamas are long pants, but not when we're dealing with those thighs. I adore those legs!!!

She just talks to us so much now, I think we caught her mid-sentence in this picture. I so love this baby, it's ridiculous! You should see her in the bathtub, talk about cute fatness and splashiness! What am I gonna do when she's not a baby anymore!?!?

Just Aubrey being cute

When Aunt Patty came down, she made this ridiculously cute little headband for miss Aubrey, what's cool is that it matches this little sundress. I'm so glad we got these pictures before the weather got all poopy, and Aubrey got sick. Poor baby, she'll be okay though, just stinks that she's so stuffy.
The sundress was brought to you by Grammy, and the headband...it's like they were meant to be.

Also, Aubrey can clap now-how stinkin cute is that?!?!

Don't answer unless you're going to tell me that you've never seen anything cuter than this in your whole life.

I really don't think I can say anymore about this adorable little person. I love love love her.

Oh my gosh-those toes! I was wrong, I can say more!
And her legs! It's a damn shame it's fall cuz now I have to cover up those big chubby thighs with pants so she stays warm!

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There's not a ton of stuff on there yet, but just you wait, I've got tons of ideas and cute little tricks, there just aren't enough hours in a day!
Now, onto family business, we have all been sick! I think and hope hope hope it's all over for now. London and Ethan both had the flu, so I was up all night with London first, then a couple nights later it was E-man -yahoo for puke. Then I got to be sick, I didn't throw up or anything, just fevered and felt like someone kicked my butt.
Finally, we all get over it (for some amazing miraculous reason the flu spared Smalls and Rambo). We were having a pretty normal life again, and I was out of my pajamas and actually dressed, when Rambo brought home all the fixin's for sandwiches...it was bad turkey, so he and I got food poisoning. Rambo was throwing up so much I had to take him to the ER before we could get him to stop, thank you to my sweet friend Kristen for coming to our rescue at 2 in the morning Sunday morning! I stayed up all night Saturday, took the kids to church on Sunday so Rambo could have a quiet house, and by Sunday night I was throwing up the evil turkey...man oh man. I'm just glad it took turns with us so we could take care of each other, I was okay for Rambo and then he was okay to take care of me. We were truly pathetic, and now back to life!