Around the House

Not much is going on around here. We've most just been hanging out at home, doing some small projects. The kids get bigger and bigger every time I close my eyes. We had a fun visit on Sunday with Mark's family. We went down to Anna's apartment for Oktoberfest. Anna made bratwursts, which were delicious. Her apartment is really cute, it made me want to redo some of the things for my house. It was fun to see Michael and John, too. I just wanted to update with some pictures.

 

 

Hannah at Anna's apartment.

Anna, Mark and John

General Conference

Today for General Conference, we had Aaron and Benjamin up for a conference party. We watched the afternoon session together, and then grilled out on the deck. I wanted Jess to take some pictures of Hannah for her baby book, and it evolved into a super cute photo shoot. She is an amazing photographer. A few notes: First, we had to bribe Matthew to sit next to Ayden by giving him my camera. That's why it's in all the pictures. Second, I actually took the last three pictures.

The Haircut

On Friday, I went in for my first haircut since August 2012. I came home all excited and when Mark saw me, he laughed at me. Worst husband ever. I wanted to really change it up, so I added some bangs and layers. At the end, the hairstylist asked if she wanted me to curl it. I think the last time I had my hair curled was at my wedding, so I agreed for fun. The result was an 80s rocker look. Fun, but not quite me. I guess I shouldn't hold it against Mark for laughing at me, though I, of course still will.

Matthew's Slytherin sweater

Happy 90th Birthday

Mark's Grandma Hazel is turning 90, so Mark's mom had us take some pictures for a collage she is making. Here are my super cute pictures from our photo shoot.

Random Pictures

Here are just some random pictures and stories.

Matthew watching tv.

First snow of the year - really just ice.

Story #1: The other night after we put Matthew to bed, I could hear him talking in his room. I went up to investigate whether he was complaining or just jabbering. What do I hear? "Oooo! What is that?! Is that an airplane?'"

Story #2: This morning, I woke up about 5ish and realized our door was wide open, as was Matthew's. I ask Mark if he had opened the door, which he hadn't. Then Mark gets up and realizes Matthew is sound asleep in the hallway next to our door. The funniest part is that Mark just left him there for the rest of the night.

Picture Taking with Two Kids

 

 

 

Gingerbread Cowboy

Matthew had a library book called The Gingerbread Cowboy, which was the basic gingerbread man story, except set in the Wild West. Matthew loved it. We read it all the time. We returned it to the library almost three weeks ago, but he still talks about it. He even says the quote "Giddyup, Giddyup, as fast as you can; you can't catch me. I'm the gingerbread man." So, I decided that we would make Gingerbread cowboys. Actually we made gingerbread men, gingerbread cowboy boots and gingerbread cowboy hats ... and gingerbread dinosaurs. It was a lot of fun, but a bit taxiing to have Matthew help. He threw a gigantic fit when I had to put the dough in the fridge for an hour. But in the end, it was a memorable experience for both of us.

Hannah picking out cookie cutters.

Matthew putting away the rejected cookie cutters.

Rolling the dough.

Our Gingerbread Cowboys

Covered in flour.