Halloween on Saturday

Saturday was busy but a lot of fun. We started out the day by running a few errands and ending up at Josh's grandma's house to visit his grandparents. While we were there I took the kids outside for a mini photo shoot so I can practice. Here's a few pics of them playing in the leaves:

Afterwards we rushed home so the kids could take their naps. We woke them up a little early, of course, right as it started raining. We quickly took them to a couple houses in our circle:

Then it was off to the Trimbles. Luckily the rain had stopped by the time we got there, so Jeff and Josh were able to take the kids around their neighborhood. Jaxon was Luigi and Claire was Princess Peach, although she didn't want her picture taken.

They had a lot of fun, eventhough it did get a little cold. We ordered pizza and hung out for the rest of the evening. At one point I couldn't hear Brooklyn so I went to find her. I found her at the front door picking out all of the suckers out of the bowl. She had already unwrapped two of them...little sneak!

Jeff's parents stopped by and brought swords for all the kids. Of course Brayden was in heaven:

Overall we had a wonderful day. Thanks Jeff and Amy for letting us come play!

Trunk-or-Treat

Friday night we went to our old ward's trunk-or-treat. It was a lot of fun to see our old neighbors and the kids had a blast seeing their friends. Here's our cute little pirates:

Little Brynlee slept in my arms the entire time. Here she is before we left:

 Playing with Boston:

 "Trick-or treat!" 

Afterwards we went with Nick and Kesha and their little boys Boston and Easton to IHOP for their free scary pancakes. We had a lot of fun hanging out with them and talking while the kids played in the restaurant.

Hanging Out

I forgot about this picture. This was taken when Brynlee was only 11 days old. Brayden was playing with my camera while I was playing the piano. So far, Brynlee loves to sit and listen to me play.

Brayden's Halloween Party

Brayden's preschool class had their Halloween Party on Friday. He's been talking about it for weeks! He got to dress up in his costume, a pirate, and although he didn't get to take his sword to school he was stoked. My brother-in-law Michael dropped him off since Josh had meetings all day. Parents were allowed to come the last 15 minutes to take pictures, so of course I jumped on that chance. Michael stayed at our house and watched the girls while I ran up to see Brayden. To my surprise, Josh's boss allowed him to miss some of the meeting to meet us there! Brayden was very excited to see us both. Here he is before he left:

 Each kid brought a treat for everybody. They took turns going into one of the classrooms with the teacher while the rest of the kids knocked on the door while trick-or-treating:

 Here's Brayden's turn passing out candy:

 So excited for his treats!

 Kinda hard to see (forgot to change the settings on my camera when we went outside) but here are the kids in his class:

 Cute boy!

 His class with his teacher:

First Bath

It is a tradition with my kids that my mom gets to come over and help give them their first bath at home. It's always a lot of fun. 

All clean! Thanks mom for such a wonderful evening!

First Walk

The nice weather we had last week really made me sad that it is ending. I finally have energy to take the kids outside and go on walks, and now we won't be able to. We did, however, make it out for one walk before it got cold. Here's Brynlee all snuggled up...of course she slept the entire time.

 The beginning of our walk:

 The end of our walk. Looks like I should've taken pictures in the shade since this is all I got:

Chillin' With Dad

Brynlee is the most chill baby I've ever seen. Both of our other kids had to be walked around the house or rocked whenever they were awake. I remember walking around with Brayden until 5am the first couple weeks after he was born. Brooklyn wasn't as bad, but still had to always be moving around (in hindsight they both ended up having really bad heartburn and reflux, so that could have something to do with it.) Brynlee is a completely different story. She doesn't make a sound, first of all. I don't think I've ever heard her cry. The first two nights she was up ALL night, but all I had to do was lay her next to me (I'm on a queen mattress by myself upstairs while Josh is downstairs with the 2 other kids). We just lay by each other and talk, look around, and she'll nurse. I drift in and out of sleep while she just hangs out wherever I put her - the bassinet, the bouncer, the swing...doesn't matter. I still can't believe how low-maintenance she is. I'm always putting her in her bassinet throughout the day thinking she's asleep, then I'll go check on her 20 minutes later and she's just looking around! Thank you Brynlee for being so stress free. We LOVE your sweet spirit in our home. Her she is chillin' with her daddy: