Does it get any better than this?

Last night when we put the kids to bed we put Layton in bed with Syd. Jackson and Layton have a hard time going to bed at the same time. Jackson usually cries a bit and if he's not Layton will get up to go potty or get a drink or any old excuse to get out of bed, and Jackosn will then start to cry. So I decided I want all the kids in bed at the same time and put Layton in with Syd. Layton was so excited,however Sydney wasn't exactly thrilled to share her bed, but was willing to put up with it.
So this morning I woke up and walked past Syd's room and could here little whispers and giggles. They saw me so both got up and Sydney said, "Mom I am so proud of Layton! Do you know what Layton did, he hasn't done this before! He told me he was scared in the night so I put my arm around him and he was okay!"
Seriously nothing is better than seeing them so happy to take care of each other. Right now Jack is taking his nap and Syd is reading books to Layton on her bed. I love these kiddos!! I am so blessed!!

Requested Pics

So for those of you who wanted to see my big belly and how fast it is growing, here you go. Tyler and I are both amazed at how quickly it has got big and bigger!



(Pics courtesy of Sydney)

It snowed here on Tuesday and Wednesday so I went out and took some pics of the snow and our house, so here are the requested pics of our house. We finally finshed all the siding, painting and stained all the brick a little over a month ago. It was quite the job and we wre so glad when it was all done. We really like the end result.


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Our Thanksgiving Weekend Fun

I actually was waiting for Tyler to post this because he said he might actually write a post on our blog, however after a while I thought I better do it for him. Besides I needed to post about our Thanksgiving too. After a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner with our great friends here,and might I add it was a really great dinner. Our friends have an 11 year old daughter who took care of all the kids eating in the other room, and even entertained them when they were done eating. We sat and ate our whole dinner without any interuptions. Amazing isn't it! It was so nice, great food and great company.
Anyway after dinner Tyler went out hunting with his friend Spencer, and they both got a white tail buck. It was Spencer's first time hunting and Tyler's first hunt in a long time. Tyler was so excited!!! It was so much fun to see him so excited, I only wish I could have been there to see him in action!!



Then on Friday night we got a babysitter and went out a spent the night with Spencer and Jamie out on her Dad's property where he has his ranch. It was so beautiful and peaceful, rolling hills, beautiful green pastures, and bare trees with their leaves all gone. It was so nice. I actually was amazed at how relaxed I was leaving the kiddos for the first time with a babysitter over night. We were lucky again to have great friends and knew they were in good hands.
Then on Saturday we just enjoyed a day at home with our munchkins. We definately missed them and it was nice to just play and have fun. We made a gingerbread house, from scratch which I have not done before. The kiddos had lots of fun rolling out the dough and cutting out the shapes, and of course decorating, and as if we hadn't eatedn enough sweets we finished it off roasting marshmallows in the fireplace and making smores. It was a great holiday weekend!
Watching the jollyranchers melt to maek the windows

Relaxing after our hard work

Our finished masterpeace, it did have a fence but Jackson got to it.