Happy Belated Birthday

I am a little slow at wishing Matt a Happy Birthday. His birthday was last Wednesday (the 4th). It was a busy day, so I didn't post anything. He is the big 32. He wasn't really home on his birthday so we celebrated on Sunday. We just wanted to tell our dad and husband how much we love him and appreciate all he does for us. He is an extremely hard worker and is very dedicated to his church calling. He is such a wonderful example to all of us and we don't know what we would do without him. We love you and hope you have a wonderful year ahead of you.

Now onto the rest of the family. We have finally done it. We have trained the boys completely. They now put themselves to sleep at night in their beds and if they wake up in the middle of the night they cry for a few minutes, but they put themselves back to sleep. It is heaven. I was really worried that if they woke up crying they would wake the other two, but the others sleep right through the crying. Collin is the only one that usually wakes up crying, but he only cries for 10 minutes at the most and he is back to sleep. It is so nice to not have babies in bed with us. I actually get a good nights sleep. Yeah!!! We finally did it. Next challenge, get rid of the bottles. We will see how long that takes.

Matt was wonderful to keep the kids all day Saturday and my mom and I were able to go to Idaho Falls shopping. I got almost all of my Christmas shopping done. I still have a few things to get, but I am near the end. It is such a good feeling. It gets so busy around the holidays and it is so hard to get out and get the shopping done, that I decided to do it early. I am also not taking the boys out very much, because there are way to many germs going around. We are going to be hermits once again this winter. It will be worth it if we can keep all illnesses away from them. We are keeping our fingers crossed. I have really turned into a germaphobe this last year. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

About 3 weeks ago, we went and got family pictures taken at a pumpkin patch. I am so pleased with how well they turned out. Here are a few teasers for you. Also check along my side bar for more.