Almost there....

It seems as if the pregnancy has been forever long, however, now that I'm at the end of it, I sort of want it to last a bit longer. If I don't go into labor in the next two weeks, I'll have her on December 2nd. We have so much going on in the coming weeks that we're praying she waits until after Thanksgiving at least. I feel we're not quite ready with moving the girls into the same room, organizing baby clothes, cleaning house, Christmas shopping, etc. I've been blessed lately with great friends doing thoughtful things for me that have made me feel so special....even if it is my third child! We're almost there....

Halloween 2009

For Halloween, my parents had a little shin-dig at their house as they do every year and we had a good ol' time. My mom of course went over board with the food, serving mummies, witches hats, cider, soups, dips, candied apples, pumpkin cake, cookies, and more! The girls did well trick-or-treating and definitely have the hang of it for next year.

Trunk-Or-Treat, Primary Program, etc.

What a crazy weekend we just had!!! Friday night, we went to the football game which happened to be Hays Homecoming. Saturday morning, T.B. and I went down to church for the Primary Program practice and ice cream social (which I was in charge of). We then went to Target to pick up last minute birthday gift and part of Blake's costume for that night's Trunk-or Treat at church. During the girls' naps, I made 30 cinnamon rolls to take that night. Saturday night, we went to our ward's trunk-or-treat.....which included a Chili cookoff (I was a judge), fun booths for the kids to do stuff, and then we went out to the parking lot to trick-or-treat out of people's festively decorated trunks. Lots of fun, but exhausting! We also had our neice and nephew with us, so keeping up with four little ones added to the excitement....to say the least! Here's some pics of that night.....

Tinkerbell trying to show me her spider ring

Ariel striking a pose

Preggo football player and Tink

The coach and his player

Sunday was the Primary Program at church. This was T.B.'s first and she did such a great job! We were SO proud of her and loved watching her sing all the songs. Both of us got teary-eyed at how big our girl is getting and how sweet their little spirits are at that age singing about Jesus and what they've learned in Primary. After church we had a birthday party to attend, followed by our usual dinner at my parents' houe.....and thus ended the crazy weekend. (SIGH.)

Sweetberry Farm

This past weekend, we took the girls to Sweetberry Farm in Marble Falls. It was loads of fun! They had hayrides, horserides, two mazes, pumkins and gourds everywhere, face painting, food, goats, pumpkin decorating, scarecrow stuffing, and all the strawberry stuff you could think of (popsicles, ice cream, lemonade...). We thought it was worth the drive and definitely easy on the pocketbook. Thankfully, the girls cooperated and we were able to get a few good pictures. We couldn't have asked for better weather, either. Happy Fall!!!

Wish we had more.....

Saturdays like this:

Today we woke up late(r), had blueberry pancakes for breakfast, then went to play at Zilker Park followed by lunch at Whole Foods. It's so nice to be able to spend time as a family on the weekends.

Annual Mother/Daughter Trip-NYC

the Flatiron building

view from Top of the Rock

on the Staten Island ferry

Washington Square Park

On a carriage ride through Central Park

At the Manhattan Temple

Cookie Craze

We let the girls make peanut butter cookies the other night (with supervision of course), and they felt so BIG! Not too bad of a job either....ended up very tasty!