Cute kids

I can't believe it's fall. We love it! The kids love the changing leaves and I love the cooler weather. Today on the way to the grocery store Hope looked at all the neighborhood trees and said, "I just love these beautiful trees." We feel so blessed to have the Gospel, our Savior Jesus Christ, our family, Daddy's awesome job so we can pay our bills, and the best family on earth!

Halloween 2011

Halloween is not our favorite Holiday. We did buy the candy, and use our costumes from last year for the kids. We did dress them up for their respective preschool parties and joined Grandma and Grandpa at their Trunk Or Treat. It was all fun, especially since the kids are now old enough to start understanding and participate in the festivities. Halloween just doesn’t have a meaning to Jared and I. Once Halloween got here we just stayed at home and handed out as much candy as we could get rid of. (Not all of it, though, since Mommy is pregnant) The good side of Halloween is that Fall has arrived! Cooler weather, leaves changing, and coming home soon for our two most favorite Holidays are Uncle Dan, and Aunt Mary and Uncle Tyler! We can’t wait for that!

Look who’s Talking!!

A few weeks ago our sweet Ethan started talking. Hooray! It has been a concern of mine as to when that would start. Not because I thought something was wrong, but because a child who can communicate seems to cry less and be happier. When Heidi and Steve came to stay a few weeks ago Ethan was able to see Wyatt and how he could communicate. He uses quite a few words. Then a few days later Maggie and Jacob came for a day and Gordon….well….what else would you expect from the child of a speech therapist…..he could talk more clearly than Bryce. Maggie played with Ethan and found that he could make quite a few sounds and gave me instructions as to how I could help him. Then he suddenly started to form words. Surprising to me was two of his very first and most clear words were “Hope” and “Bryce”. It is so heartwarming to see such a strong bond between siblings. How Ethan loves his older playmates! A week or so later came “Daddy” and then “Mommy”. (However, once he could say “Mommy” he hasn’t grown tired of using it…to my delight)