Trick or Treat it's time to eat...CANDY

Halloween week started out with the boys and I going to the ward carnival. Boys had such a blast participating in all the activities.

On Halloween, the day started out with taking the boys over to Lee's Market for trick or treating. I didn't think it would be all that great, but it turned out to be a good time, and was packed with moms and kids. Then after kiddies to a nap, we headed to Kaysville for dinner and trick or treating. We ate nummy soup, and green bread sticks. Then it was time for FUN. Boys had so much fun trick or treating, and running from door to door. We only trick or treated up and down the one street, and still got a ton of candy. The funniest part of the night was everytime we went to a door, Zack would yell out "treat" he couldn't say trick or treat, but he loved to say "treat"..

Zack sitting on bench outside of Grandma and Grandpa Olsen's house.

Once TJ finally got home from work, we all headed up to Liberty, to mom and dad's house. Every year my parents neighbor and good friend turns her whole house into a Halloween town. Boys were so excited to check it out.

My sister Annie, Zack, and Brock checking out Halloween village

Zack wasn't to sure about this blinking spider

I love the look on Zack's face. This is what he does now every time there is a camera around.

Brock just had to have his picture taken in front of Halloween village.

Zack was so fascinated with all the lights, and the fact the lights looked like candy.

Brock so carefully watching

This year I was such a lame mom and decided not to do official costumes. I just couldn't bring myself to pay $20 for each boys costume, for them to only wear them for 20 minutes. I found these cute shirts at old navy for $6. The boys thought their shirts were the greatest since they were glow in the dark.

It's that time of year...Christmas lights

Can you believe it's that time of year again. Halloween is over so it's time to think about putting up those Christmas Lights. TJ already started today putting up lights. Most would think your crazy to think about lights so soon, Halloween was yesterday. Tis the season.
TJ has had his own Christmas Lighting business for the last 3 years, but has been doing professional lights ever since he was in high school.

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YOU MUST WATCH THIS..such a sweet story

www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6Njr-qkq0 HERE

Brock at a day old....We are SOOOO grateful to have him alive,and well.
Brock born 2.6 pounds and 13 1/2 inches long

Oh my heck this is the most heart warming thing you may ever watch.

Today I was watching Oprah and she did a story about this family. I cried through out the whole thing. Two months before their baby was born they found out he had some rare thing and didn't even know if he would make it to birth, so he's father started writing him letters. Watch and listen to their dear story. For me this we especially overwhelming to watch. Here is a family who did everything to make sure their baby was born, and loved him no matter what, even if the overall outcome was not what you would think.

Having had two very high risk pregnancies, especially with Brock, him being born so early and so small, my heart reached out to them. I remember with Brock going everyday and sitting in the NICU by his bed for 12 or more hours a day, and only taking a break when the NICU was closed for shift change. When Brock finally came home after little over 2 months in the NICU then home on an heart monitor and oxygen for another 6 months, it didn't matter to us, Brock was alive and home, we loved him tubes and all.

When Brock was 1 1/2 years old we almost lost him. Watching this video of this couple took me back to that time when the doctors thought Brock would die, and what a devastating time that was for us. This couple have pushed through such a hard time, watching them on Oprah makes you want to STOP what you are doing and tell your kids you love them. You just never know what each day brings.

Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum

I wasn't able to post these pictures at the time due to computer being SOL. Here you all go, and sorry about the picture overload, I have no clue how to do a slide show.

In August the boys and I headed down to Utah county to meet my grandma at Thanksgiving Point to check out the dinosaur museum. Boys had a blast, we ended up there for over 4 hours.

For some reason some of these pictures of the kids turned out funny and they look strange in the pictures. I think it was the lighting in the museum.. That first picture of Brock makes him look really strange.

Brock and Zack in cave

Brock and grandma Kaye under T-REX
Me taking a picture through the mirror

Boys waiting on big rock outside of museum

Zack running through cave

Brock hiding in cave

Brock sitting on T-REX foot

Zack sitting on T-REX foot

There was this really cool sand water thing the kids could play in,kids had a blast

Zack wasn't to sure about the baby dinosaur

Boys getting weighed on dinosaur scale

At the end part of the museum, there was an area where kids could dig for fossils

Notice Zack has two brushes, he has to have two of everything, one for each hand.

Shark bait

Thanks grandma for taking us, we had so much fun, and such a blast going with you.

Mr. Funny Guy

Brock always seems to be making this face, especially when you ask him a question. My Funny Guy!
The boys and I were in the car on Tuesday headed to Kaysville too TJ's parents house. On the way down this is the conversation I had with Mr.Brock.... I laughed so hard I think I may have peed my pants just a little.

Brock: hey mom

Mom: what son

Brock: um, um, um

Mom: yes honey

Brock: um mom, I want to tell you something

Mom: okay, what?

Brock: um mom, you are?

Mom: I am what Brock

Brock: well mom, you are the BUTTER in my PEANUT BUTTER.

Mom: laugh, laugh, laugh out of control. Um Brock where did you learn that?

Brock: I learned it from myself mom... laugh from Brock, the kind of laugh where you know your child is thinking your stupid.

I sure love this boy, and when he says funny things like that I love him even more.

CONGRATS.. Arrival of baby Avery

I had to post and say CONGRATS, to my most wonderful and great friend Sarah and her husband, on the arrival of their new baby girl Avery. She is gorgeous and so sweet. I am so trilled for them. Avery arrived on Friday the 17Th, when she wasn't due until the 26Th, she was ready to enter the world, and couldn't wait any longer.
Funny story: on Thursday Sarah and her oldest Trey came over for a little while, Brock asked Sarah about the baby in her bell and was told she was coming out soon. I had told Brock that on Friday we would go to Sarah's house to play, and help her if need be. So when on Friday morning I get a call from Sarah's sister saying the baby was coming.

Brock's response:
Me: Guess what Brock Sarah is having the baby right now so we wont be able to go over to her house.
Brock: we are going to help Sarah get the baby out?
Me: laugh laugh laugh, No Sarah is at the hospital where the doctors are helping her.
Brock: Oh? so she is coming over to our house to have the baby?
Me: laugh laugh laugh, no.
Brock: then how are we going to help her get the baby out?

Brock was so worried about her, and how baby was going to get out if we weren't there to help her. Somewhere in Brock's thinking, he thought that by going over to Sarah's meant that were going to help her get the baby out...lol.. Oh the mind of a 3 year old.

Funny boy

I was going threw my pictures, and had to post these. These were taken back in July, but couldn't post them, because my computer was broken at the time.
At the time this was Zack's favorite thing to do. As you can see Brock was upset that he couldn't get the the drawer like Zack did.

Yes, Brock was that upset about the whole thing, also it was close to nap time, and this is how upset he gets before nap time.