So It Begins...

So I have tried multiple times to post lately, but have been unable to finish any of them. They just end up going into my drafts section so while this one says September it is really October 5.

This picture is the first BSU game of the season if I'm not mistaken. Anyone who knows my husband knows that he has been counting down the days to this one moment. He was lucky enough to get tickets from his brother in Boise and had a wonderful time as usual. He has already set in motion the yearly boys get together to see the game. I have no idea who BSU is playing only that it is in November. I am lucky that my husband is only into college football otherwise I might go mad with him so obessed over sports all the time, but then comes snowmobiling....then golf....then....oh well. Sam is a lot of fun and truthfully my life would be just so darn boring and depressing without him.


The boys have started school (I know it was over a month ago) and everyone is doing well and enjoying it. I have really appreciated the quieter times at home with Will, but that time just flies by. Cade struggles with doing his homework and it was a big frustration for both of us to get it done. He now gets a reward for doing it WITHOUT WHINING! It has been helpful and while I hope that he will enjoy it sometime, I honestly don't ever remember my homework being fun.


Here is a cute picture of William looking like he is saying a little prayer. He is growing and changing so much. He has already outgrown the adorable little outfit in that picture. Sam and I go back and forth on who he looks more like Caden or Ethan, but he is developing his own look these days. Will is also rolling over and now sleeps best on his belly. I wish I could say he is sleeping through the night, but he is still up 2 or 3 times a night and on rare occasions more. He seems to be getting into more of a schedule with naps and feedings and speaking of food...the boy is becoming a tank. We started him on cereal at 4 months and have continued from there. He is a good eater and always is interested in what we are eating. He already prefers the sweet stuff which his daddy is sure to give him and I am trying to keep everyone from feeding him "table" food when I'm not looking (you know who you are)! C'mon, the boy isn't even 6 months yet and I as his mother should be the first to feed him such wonderful things. Okay....I think I will move on now.

Our family is doing well despite a few sicknesses lately. The boys are excited for Halloween and are hoping to be characters from Star Wars. I can see them now running around hitting people with their lightsavers. Oh my boys are never boring! I remember being sad that I wasn't going to have a little girl, but now it just seems right that I have all boys. I can only imagine the things that will happen with all these boys, but I think that I would rather not...Hee, Hee.

William

SMILE!!
I am keeping my mommy so busy that this is all she has time to post right now!

Oh so busy!

Elizabeth (my sister-in-law) and William on his blessing day. She was looking so cute that I decided to post her picture instead of mine. :) Thanks to everyone who came to the blessing. We had a wonderful time.

Our family went to Island Park and stayed at my in-laws cabin. We didn't know we would be sharing the place with a squirrel who visited us often at meal time and I am talking about INSIDE the cabin. That explains all the hidden peanuts all over the place. We had a good time even though it rained and we didn't catch any fish. This picture is of Caden at a kids pond in Island Park. He really likes to fish and loves it when he catches them, but then don't we all?
This would be me trying to fish with the baby strapped in front of me. It was drizzling a little so I was trying to keep him covered.

Ethan finally got his first bike and helmet. He was so excited! Caden finally took the training wheels off of his bike. We had tried to take them off before, but he got into Daddy's tools and put them back on, so we let it be. A few weeks ago, I caught him in Daddy's tools again, but this time he was taking them off. He has been riding training wheel free ever since.Check out that cool scar of Ethan's. He and Caden were pulling on each end of a rubber band cord I use for exercising and well let's just say that Ethan didn't let go of his end when Caden did and the handle came flying back and nailed him in the head. We took him to the doctor for stitches, but they used glue instead and now he has quite the mark. He is a tough boy and will have some stories to tell some girl about all his scars when he gets older.
Cade and William before the soccer game. This is the first year we have put Caden in sports. It has been a lot more fun for me to watch than I had anticipated. He is really timid about kicking the ball and tends to just jump up and down when he gets excited (like when he plays the Wii), but he is learning and I think having some fun. William is growing every day and is now 3 months old. He is starting to coo and smiles often. I can now give him a bath for a few minutes without him screaming the entire time. What a relief!

Well, the summer is just flying by and I am really hoping to go camping more in these last few moments of the season, but I can barely keep up with all my kids and housework these days, so I am hoping that school might bring me some time. Caden will be in 1st grade this year. He is not too excited to go back to school and I don't think he realizes that he will be spending most of the day there, so it will be interesting to see how he handles it. Ethan will be back in preschool and is so thrilled to see Mrs. Thompson again. Sam has been telling me that he is getting hassled about not having new pictures of William on here, so I will try to get more on here later. Hopefully, we will have some family pictures taken soon.