Getting Bigger!

Baby boy is coming on December 26th (due to C-section). So to say the least we aren't going anywhere for Christmas. But we can't wait to meet and see the little guy. His sisters are really excited and I know that he will think that he has 3 mothers when he's born. And thanks to my Mother-in-law and Mom who are both coming out to help us out. And yes I know it's not straight, MJ was dying to take the picture.

Trunk or Treat

Our ward party was a lot of fun. And wow what a turn out. There were so many people and kids there. I loved the costumes and there was a scary cake contest. That was a great idea! They looked gross but tasted good.

our friends joined us and Tim really enjoyed the cupcakes as you can see
Snow White and Dr. MJ
Sorry Mandy I couldn't help it a hot dog eating a donut on a string, who could pass up the picture?

Living in New England

I have started to love it, but it takes some getting use to. One thing that is so unique is the way the houses are painted. Here are a few examples. Oh and the little white plaque things on the houses are saying when they were built and who lived there. Since we live in such a historical area there are a ton with the dates on them, most are from the 1800's and 1700's but there was one in the 1600's the other day. Enjoy!

Oh and the last one is just for Halloween, since we find some pretty scary looking houses too.

Painting Pumkins

So instead of carving our pumpkins this year we decided to paint them. It turned out to be a lot of fun and all of them came out looking cute. Oh and this method didn't case a huge mess like scooping out all the insides usually does. Oh and for more pictures click here.

Pumpkin Patch

So my big wish was for us to have a tradition of getting to go pumpkin picking as a family every year. So this year since we were in a new place I told Matt that I just wanted to go somewhere that we could pick our own pumpkins right off the vine. Well, we searched and this farms website said you can pick pumpkins. As you will see my idea and their idea of picking pumpkins is way different. So we didn't get to pick them from the vine, but we did get some apples from the trees and got to pick out some nice hot cider donuts and cold cider to top it off. Thanks to our friends the Christens for coming with us. We had a blast!Our group minus Matt
LL and MJ picked their pumpkins off the ground from the big bunch of pumpkins, okay I'll drop it now, I really am over it.
LL riding the horse tire swing, and look dirty knees. She really does take after me, right mom!

MJ and Mason take their turns on the swings

MJ and Mason checking out the chickens

look at those poor wasted apples in the ditch, it made me sad, I just wished that they were all eaten ones and not nice juicy looking ones

then walking down the rows and seeing all the apples under the trees. I know it's late in the season so some start to fall off, but how many were just wasted?! I know you can tell I'm from Washington State and miss apples

Also being late in the season meant sending someone up the tree for apples that we couldn't reach, and you are asking why didn't they get a ladder. Now that is a good question, but we wouldn't have these great pictures of Matt in the tree if we would have thought of that.

Family Hay Ride

Heather, Mason and Nick on the hay ride

What are they looking at?

yes, that's right the cider donuts being made fresh, YUMMMMMMM!

Mason was helping us keep track of LL while we were getting cider and donuts

MJ enjoying a donut

LL licking the sugar/cinnamon off her hands

Where is our Prince?

So for LL's birthday she got a Cinderella dress-up set and for MJ's birthday she got an Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) dress-up set. Thank you to Uncle Kyle and Aunt Carrie for those. But now we have a problem. They use to take turns pretending to be the prince and now they just argue over who will be the prince because the both want to be a princess now. Our poor boy is in for a treat, just kidding.

LL really wanted me to show everyone her shoes

her favorite way to watch movies, because at the end when the music plays she has to have a dress on to dance to it.

Preschool

Sorry this is late, but MJstarted Preschool about two weeks ago and just loves it. I can't believe that I have a 4 year old and that she is already telling me that she is turning 5. Her preschool is at the YMCA and we only live about a 10 minute walk from it. So we get to make a fun family walk twice a week, unless it's raining.

Picture This

Picture this if you can. On our way to church yesterday we passed one of these riding on a motorcycle waving at everyone coming down the street. And for some reason this is something normal for us here in Salem, MA.

Simple Requests

I asked MJ what kind of a cake she wanted for her birthday. I even gave her a bunch of options like princess, animal, Dr. Seuss, etc. But her only request was that it be strawberry with chocolate frosting and that she was the one to write her name on the cake. I hope all her cakes are this easy.

Portland, Maine

We had a blast visiting some friends that just moved to Maine from Washington State. It was a nice day trip and a beautiful day to spend time outside. Portland is a cute tourist town/city with a cute downtown. a view of some of the tour boats that will take you up and down the coast
Matt and MJ waiting for lunch, not pictured are all the stinking birds that kept dive bombing us while we waited. Rats with wings, or pigeons seem to show up no matter where you are.

some of the cute downtown

a park stop to get the wiggles out

the view from the park

I am such a dork and only got a picture of our friends backs as we were finishing up. Thanks again Justin and Elizabeth we had fun.

Tagged!

1. I love watching college football, but hate NFL. And this makes Matt happy too.

2. I like to have soap in my dishwasher whenever there are dirty dishes, so I know that they are dirty and no one has to ask.

3. I have a sewing problem. I always seem to have about 5 quilts going at once and I got this trait from my mom the quiltaholic.

4. I forget to get laundry out of the dryer. It will sit there until I do laundry again, but at least I know it's clean.

5. I love donuts or something sweet for breakfast, but I can't eat sugar cereal it hurts my teeth all day long if I have a bowl in the morning.

6. I have an extra bone in my feet. That one I got from my dad.

7. I loved growing up in a small town where everyone knows everyone, but I love the big city even more. Thank goodness we are next to Boston!

Stone Zoo

We took a fun trip to the zoo with some friends the other day. All the girls had a blast together. I don't like taking my camera to the zoo because it's usually just a picture of the girls looking at animals, but with all the girls doing it some turned out really cute. Enjoy! LL and her friend Edie looking at the bears
all the girls looking for snakes

taking a seat while they look at the jaguars

Edie, LL, MJ and Tallie being cute

Sorry Teresa, but the girls were so cute I couldn't help but put it on there