Halloween!

It's Halloween time again! One of the favorite holidays in our house. After last year...spending over $100 in costumes, I told the kids that this year was a make your own, find an old costume year. So after brainstorming, dad came up with a great idea...be zombies! So we found some worn out clothes and the boys had a blast cutting and ripping into them. Since Justin has such a big head, we thought he looked like a good Charlie Brown and Jessica got to wear a Strawberry costume that Grammie sent for her.

At Jaron's work they have a trick or treat day and so we were able to go to that. Our good friends the Barrus came too, since both dads work at the same place. That is Tyler in the gorilla costume...his own daughter wouldn't give him the time of day!

Carving Pumpkins

It is pumpkin carving time! It is so nice to have the boys older every year and more involved in the pumpkin carving. Tyson didn't even need any help this year. Each boy drew out the face they wanted and then carved their pumpkin.

Nathan still needed quite a bit of help from Dad.

Braden settled for mom help and we did quite a good job.

Thankfully Amanda was here that night to help with babies! While here Braden sang "Monster Mash" to Justin and he actually giggled for the first time. It was soooo cute! Thank you for all your help Amanda!

Halloween Babies

Here are the cute babes in their Halloween outfits. The other morning they were both so happy and I got them both to smile in a picture! They are getting so big...recognizing more and more around them. They smile whenever anyone gets down and talks to them. They are both talking and learning how to use their voice. We love having these two in our family!

Two Months

Jessica is growing so much. She is now up to 8lbs 5 oz. She loves to be held and will win you over with her smile that lights up her face. She is so beautiful! Justin is puttin on the pounds. He is now 10lbs 3 oz. He is such a cuddler and just molds to your body when you hold him. He is our love bug! Jessica looking like she is trying to push Justin out of the way and steal the spotlight....better get used to that buddy:) Noni and Popi came for a visit and to meet the twins. Jessica stole thier heart with her beauty and smiles. Justin found his place in their hearts by being his mellow, cuddly self...oh and smiling too!

Sports, sports, and more sports

Tyson plays goalie and midfield defender. He loves playing soccer and is on a team with all his buddies. It has been wonderful for him to have such success and build up his confidence. Jaron really had to talk me into letting him play, with other kids in sports and the twins I was unsure, and Tyson usually doesn't like soccer. But I am so glad that dad had the insight to make this happen.

Nathan our other soccer boy! He loves playing soccer and gets right in the middle of everything. He is quite aggressive and gets mad when the coach subs him out. He wants to always be on the field.

Braden is playing flag football and enjoying it! He is quite fast and has made some break away, length of the field touchdowns. His favorite move is the spin move which has been quite effective!

Juggling Twins

Having twins is like a circus. You have to feed, bathe, clothe, change, love, play with the baby and once you get that one settled down and asleep, there is another that needs your attention. It is a constant flow of babies needs at our house. Luckily we have come up with some ways to console them both when needed.

There isn't much else that gets done around here when the babies need attention, so we resort to sleeping, watching tv, or reading if we are lucky!

Family Pictures

Our family does NOT like to take pictures, whose family does. So when Jaron got his nice camera I thought great, now he can take our family pictures. So last week we decided to see how it would go. I think they turned out pretty well. Jaron still wants to try again to see if he can get the camera settings better. We were going to go up the canyon to find a great spot, but didn't have the energy to get 5 kids ready and head up there. So we just set up in the back yard with the rock garden as the back drop...good enough for me:)

Of course Nathan had to have a turn holding one of the babies in a picture since the brothers got to...so here is his quick photo, since we were all hitting our picture limit!!!