Because you asked...

Ready to be afraid?  Remember, I still have 6 weeks left.  Seriously.  6 weeks.  But lots of you have asked to see the belly and I WILL NOT post it on Facebook.  Those who are really interested can visit here.  :)  Thanks in advance for not making any, "Oh my gosh!!" comments.  You may also keep the, "Are you having twins?" comments to yourself.  I'm glad you all love me...

Photo courtesy of Jolie!

Matt made me take another one to see if a different angle would help.  NOPE!  Even bigger this way.

Yep.  That's real life!  I am so happy and thankful to have this giant belly.  God has blessed us more than I can even say.  Thank you Jesus for my body and it's ability to stretch to such mammoth proportions.  :)

Mama look!

Levi has been in front of the camera many, many times in his short little life.  He has grown quite fond of the spotlight.

Mama look!

Mama look!

Mama look!

Mama look!

Mama look!

I love my job!

Snowday!!!

This is what my yard looked like today.

Mommy!  Can we have a snow day?  PLEASE!!!!

Sure baby.  Lets make a snowman.  An indoor snowman. Cause mama doesn't really do freezing cold snow fun.  Party pooper!

I want this in my home forever.  Chubby baby fingers rock my world.

My niece sent us a Flat Stanley.  So we let him make cinnamon rolls with us.

Beautiful.

Before the icing.

The kids finally decided to go outside.  I didn't let Levi go so we pulled a chair up to the backdoor and let him watch.  Of course he became a target for many snowballs.

Much to his delight!

I love to catch these times.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Stanley! :)  Love you Ava Grace!

Thanksgiving=tons of pictures

I realize that this blog has way more pictures than anyone really wants to scroll through.  But in the interest of fairness, even if I only showed one picture of each family member, there would still be 18 pictures.  We like to roll big.  So, if you can hang, here they are.

I guess we have more than one "Face" in the family.

Levi fancied this helmet all weekend.

Aunt Sara and Miss Emma

Uncle Galen blessed our meal.

The babies. (Who are actually 3 and 2 but may always be called "The babies.")

Nap time.  This may or may not have been faked.

Kyle entertained us all with his mouse maze.  It is a darn impressive science experiment.

Uncle Brad looks a bit scary in this picture but the children were full of joy as he threw them around the living room.

Pile O' boys.

Stack O' girls.

Cousin love.

Grandmolly brought the supplies to make ornaments with the kids.  Here she is giving Cody expert advice.

This is one of her favorite things.  ART!

Asher and Addison look impressed with Emma's creation.

I love this.  Loud, crazy and full of love.  (And strange smells.  Lots of them.  I do not love that.)

Addison's ornament.

Uncle Brad and Kyle had a jam session.  Of course Sara, Amanda and I had to kill it with some sweet harmonies.  You've never heard Jingle Bells until you have heard our version.

Can you see the smoke coming out of Matt's ears?  It turns out that kids don't give the best hints in a game of 20 questions.  This is a version of that game called Headbands.  It's a family favorite.




All around it was a wonderful weekend.  We have a great family full of cousins who love to spend time together.  Lots to be thankful for.  Praying your Thanksgiving was blessed!

Kids and their performances

Jolie is in a group called Broadway Kids.  They learn music and perform in different locations around town.  The costumes are for a song called Chritmas in Any Language.  She is a little Danish girl!

Jolie and Merik

This is the famous Kindergarten Pow-Wow.  The classes all study about different Native American tribes to learn about their dress, food and language.  Then we get to come and watch them do some very non-traditional songs with motions.  It is very cute .

This is my very own Soaring Eagle from the Navajo Tribe. 

Here is Zaddok with one of his best friends, Scout.  Please save your "they look kinda cozy" comments.  According to his teacher, Zaddok and Scout are never far away from each other.  It's Kindergarten people!  They are just friends!

The boys showing off some moves.

This is Zaddok's class.

 

I find this photo hilarious.  Kids are weird.  This is at another Broadway Kids performance.

Hi sweet girl!  You have crazy friends.

Asher's birthday camp-out!

In November we celebrate my sweet Asher's birthday.  He turned 8 this year.  Like very other year, he wanted a camp-out party!  There was a fire restriction at our local state park, Palo Duro Canyon.  That is our normal camping spot.  So that meant no roasting hot dogs or marshmallows.  We opted to camp in our own backyard. (That meant if it got REALLY cold outside, the kids could come and camp in the basement.)  Fun was had by all!  Did I mention that my friend Michelle and I sat inside where it is warm, ate Thai food and watched Project Runway?  It's good to be mom.  :)

It's a room full of boys!!!  (and my daughter who is always the only girl)

The 2-year-olds got into the action.

Presents are always amazing!

This was the morning after.  The crazies went outside in freezing cold weather to wrestle on the trampoline. 
(Don't worry, safety precautions were followed.  I just made them all get on the trampoline for this picture.)

This was the camp site.  It was pretty cozy.

Happy birthday my buddy.  I love you lots.