All it took was confidence!!!!

Katy finally started walking. She is just shy of 16 months and has been walking holding on to things for months. Last night she started trying it without holding on. She got a kick out of it and loved how happy we were about it. I got a video today of her walking. She only makes it a few steps, but she finally has the confidence to set out on her own.

Pumpkin Patch

One of the things my kids like to do every year that we are in Boise is to take nana and papa to the pumpkin path at Linder Farms. They hate waiting for it to come. The boys especially love the Halloween season and Christopher loves making pumpkin pie from what we picked. I hate to tell him that it usually comes out of a can!!!

This was Katy's first year to go. She loved the fact that we would let her get down and dirty. That's my girl!

Every year that the boys get bigger we seem to bring home bigger pumpkins. Christopher carried his all the way back to the farm without any complaints. He even had 2 small ones in his pockets of his sweatshirt.

They will look forward to that tradition again next year now that we are in Boise to stay. It is nice to know that now they can count on things every year and look forward to them, instead of change.

Daddy and Daughter Working Together

It has been getting cold outside lately and winter is coming soon. We are new to having a gas fireplace and Jake was trying to get the pilot lit so we could have some extra warmth. Katy decided that she was going to help and see what she could do to see that daddy succeeded. It was so cute to see her down there copying him.

Here they are enjoying the finished work!!! Yea it is done!

Now she is trying to blow out the fire!!!! I guess we don't have to worry about the birthday candles anymore, she's a pro.

HELP!!!!

Ok, I have been looking at everyone's blogs this last week and I have decided that mine definitely needs help. Everyone else's are so cute!!!! Is there anyone out there willing to help an inept person update her blog? I don't even know where to begin!!!!

Loves to Eat!!!!!!

My little Katy sure does love to eat. She will eat almost anything. The first picture is of the fun she had devouring a warm chocolate chip cookie that we had made. She was in heaven.

The next picture we went through nana's garden and found that the carrots were ready. Katy nibbled and nibbled and loved chewing on the carrot. She has her 4 front teeth and just went after that carrot. Of course, the boys were full of, "What's up docs?" while they were eatting the carrots. Glad to see they will eat straight out of the garden. I hope next year when we have our garden they will be just as enthused.

Caden's new year

Caden is loving how this new year for him is starting. He is going to preschool 2 days out of the week this year. He loves how big he is getting. And mommy loves that he has something of his own to go to. It seems we are always taking him along when we go to something for his brothers. He is so good at just coming along and staying with mommy. But he got to the point where he would cry everytime I left for a short while. His first day he wasn't sure of he wanted to go. He said that he didn't want to go until he was 4. Took some coaxing, but now he loves it and says, "see ya, mom" when he gets out of the van.

Caden also had his 4th birthday yesterday. We celebrated with family on Sunday, and then celebrated Monday with Jake. He was very spoiled and loved. We love being in Boise where we can do things like this with family. He had a great birthday. It was exciting for him to realize that he actually was 4. We have been telling him for weeks that he was almost 4. Now he can actually say he is 4. Happy Birthday Caden!!!!!

What do you think?

Ok, I am curious to get feedback on this addition of our blog. So please feel free to express your opinion on how you feel or what you think. Maybe this will all help you to understand why Jake does not sit home and watch the kids alone, hardly ever. A week before school started I went shopping with my mother, it was nice to get out of the house for a change. When I got home I had a surprise waiting for me. Under the covers of my bed, 2 heads popped out and said surprise. Needless to say as you can see from the picture, they had mohawks. I didn't know whether to laugh at what they looked like, or be totally angry with Jake. I had just given them all haircuts to look nice for school. Needless to say it was a little bit of both. I told them that they could keep their hair until Saturday and then we would have to shave it because I would not let them have mohawks at church. Kyle didn't realize that in order to get rid of it we would have to shave him completely. He wasn't very happy about that. He didn't want his friends to laugh at him. Luckily his hair grows really fast and he could already use another hair cut.

Needless to say, if I ever leave the kids with Jake alone again, I will take the clippers with me.