Busy November

Wow. Where has November gone? I can't believe today is the last day of the month and only 25 more days until Christmas.

The boys are super busy lately and are really in the terrible twos, times three. They are always climbing and getting into trouble. They are really starting to say alot of words. Some of them I understand, others I can't translate. We'll figure it soon, I hope. This is them the other day eating their snacks. They always copy one another, so when one went and sat on the steps, the other two followed.

Two weeks ago, I was able to get away for 4 days. I went to St. George and Las Vegas and just shopped and did whatever I wanted. I was also able to go to the show "Mystere." It was incredible and something I would definately do again. It was a nice break from the kids, but I was glad to see them again. Grandma and Grandpa Nielson watched the boys and Matt and my mom watched the girls. I was a little delayed getting back to Rexburg because of the bad weather, but we made it home. I was really glad to arrive safely.

The kids got two extra days out of school last week because of the awful weather. The wind and blowing snow, cold temperatures and blizzard like conditions were to thank for that. It was nice having a couple of extra lazy days to enjoy with the kids before we headed to Utah for Thanksgiving.

We left on Thanksgiving morning and had Thanksgiving with Matt's family. We were able to spend a couple of days with them and then we made it back home before any more storms hit. Matt and I hit some of the Black Friday sales and I am glad to say that I am nearing the end of my shopping. Only a few more gifts to go. Yeah!!

Driving to Utah, Brock (middle) fells asleep, Collin (left) was faking sleep, and Aiden (right) didn't want his picture taken.

Thanksgiving dinner with some of the Nielson cousins

Sunday night the kids were building tall Lego towers. They do this quite often and it is something they all do well together. The challenge is keeping the boys away from it, so they won't knock it down once it is built. When Matt got home, he helped them put the final touches on and this is the end result.

We put up all of our Christmas decorations and tree yesterday and I must say that it is really "beginning to look a lot like Christmas." I am starting to feel more in the holiday mood and am feeling the excitement of the kids.

Happy B-day Matt

I am a day late posting this, but as my motto goes, "Better Late Than Never." Matt turned the big 33 yesterday. We didn't do much exciting since he had to work all day and then go to school last night. He got home earlier than normal and we did presents and cake. Hopefully he had a good day.

The boys and I did go and get him balloons yesterday morning and then we went to his work and the boys each carried a balloon into his office to give to him. That was fun for the boys.

We love you Matt and hope you had a fun birthday.

Halloween

What a fun Halloween we had this year. On Friday night we went to the Spookfest at the girl's school. This was the first year we took the boys. I wasn't quite sure how it would work out, but they did super. After an hour and a half, I don't know who was more ready to be done, the boys or me. We had fun though.

For the Spookfest Brock was a Policeman, Paige was a pirate, Aiden was a pirate, Kayla was a pirate and Collin was a Fireman.

Saturday morning was Paige's last soccer game of the season. She had a lot of fun playing and learning the game and it was fun for her to have her Dad as the coach.

That night the kids were so excited to get all dressed up to go Trick-or-Treating. We took all the kids around our neighborhood and then the four boys stayed home and I took the girls to fill up their baskets. Then we went to see Grandma and Grandpa. The weather was great and the rain held off until later that night. I was so glad, because there is nothing worse than getting soaking wet on Halloween.

For Halloween, Kayla changed into a princess and Collin was a Dragon, Brock was a Monkey and Aiden was a Tiger, Paige stuck with being a Pirate. If you are thinking the boy's costumes look familiar, well you're right. I recycled them from last year, because they still fit and they don't care or remember what went on last year.