FHE treats

Ryan really liked the lesson...can you tell?

These were the treats we had tonight for FHE we got them from Our Best Bites, if you have never been there you need to go take a look because they have the best goodies ever! Chio and I can't keep nutella in the house because we eat it by the spoonful. As you can see, it also can double as lipstick:)

Donut holes dipped in Nutella, rolled in chocolate sprinkles and then a pretzel stuck in the top to make the acorn stems:) the one closest to the corner is alex's "apple" because he doesn't like chocolate.

Chio just came out and saw me writing this and wanted to make sure that you knew all about her lesson. She gave it on keeping our house clean like the temple so we can go to the temple.

Posting

Okay, I know there are just pictures for the last couple of posts... I'm going to go back and put words in the *near* future but I figured it would be okay to post them and then go back and edit. It has been taking me forever to get pictures to load on blogger lately so that is why I went for the slideshows for now. We are all doing well.

Ryan Lifting his head

Ryan's Birth

Halloween

Magic Potion

Chio's Dance Class

Lake Texoma

Alex's Sixth Birthday

Alex was very definite about having an asteroid party for his birthday. These are the pictures.

Grandma Karen's Visit

It's no secret I hate being pregnant, but this one I actually had reason. Around July I was 50% effaced and contracting but not dilated; so they put me one bed rest for 2 weeks to see if I was progressing. I wasn't so then I was on modified bed rest which meant that whenever I had contractions I had to go lie down...which was a lot of the time. Did I mention I have two other children and the contractions kept getting worse? And a husband in school and working crazy hours? It was not fun. And I was definitely not fun. I asked my mom if she could come before the baby was born and she agreed to come to take care of me and my family because I couldn't. I'm so grateful she selflessly gave up six weeks of her extreamly busy life to help me. I don't know what we would have done without her! I can't even write about it without crying, I'm sorry I was so awful while you were here and that we live so far away! I love you so much mom, you are truly a great example in my life. It turned out to be a very good thing she came because I kept thinking that when I hit 37 weeks I would be able to be up and about again but when i got to 37 week my blood pressure shot up and I was back on strict bed rest...not fun and very scary.

Anyway, my kids adore my mother and here are some pictures of what they did while she was here.